KentaWorks Graphic

KentaWorks Graphic (est. 2018) is a Kuala Lumpur-based design practice that partners with artists, curators, editors, collectors, galleries and institutions. Its various commissioners and collaborators have included RogueArt, Ilham Gallery, A+ Works of Art, Galeri RumahLukis, Ahmad Fuad Osman, Noor Mahnun Mohamed, chi too, Kuala Lumpur International Photoawards (KLPA), Primz Gallery, and The Back Room KL.

Recent projects include Dream of the Day (Ilham Gallery), I have a scars on my hand from touching certain people: Stories and Essays by Ellen Lee (KL Art Book Fair 2022), Immediate Conception (A+ Works of Art and Blank Canvas), Ginger Biscuits: Art and Stories by Nik M. Fahmee (CULT Gallery), Universality and Particularity: Woodcut Portraits in Asia (Hong Kong Open Printshop), Lee Mok Yee & Mark Tan: Rudiments (Temu House). Books with art collectors, and Mutual Aid Projects.

Kenta Chai, the founder and designer of KentaWorks Graphic, has accumulated a decade of experience from projects such as luxury real estate development, artisan packaging, and lifestyle brands. Chai was also the co-founder of Nowornever Design, Kuala Lumpur (2014–2018) and has guest lectured for Dasein Academy of Art, Kuala Lumpur.

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Exhibition Identity for Ilham Art Show 2022, Ilham Gallery, Kuala Lumpur.

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《普遍與特殊：亞洲木刻群像》Universality and Particularity: Woodcut Portraits in Asia (2022), curated by Krystie Ng. Presented by Hong Kong Open Printshop and Hong Kong Arts Development Council at 1a space, Hong Kong.

Exhibition Guide for Lee Mok Yee and Mark Tan: Rudiments (2022) at Temu House.

Kok Yew Puah: Portrait of a Malaysian Artist, 12 October 2021 – 3 April 2022 at ILHAM Gallery, Kuala Lumpur.

Noor Mahnun Mohamed September (2021) at The Back Room, Kuala Lumpur.

Gallery entrance Sometimes You Can Be Weak (2018) at A+ Works of Art, Kuala Lumpur.

Yim Yen Sum Solo Exhibition, Gallery entrance, contemporary art, Malaysian

Yim Yen Sum: Threshold of Memoirs (2021), curated by Alia Swastika at A+ Works of Art, Kuala Lumpur.

Installation view Nadiah Bamadhaj: The Inconsistencies of Success (2021). Presented by A+ Works of Art in collaboration with Small Shifting Space, Kuala Lumpur. Photo by Damien Khoo.

Exhibition Identity — Immediate Conception (2022), presented by A+ Works of Art, Kuala Lumpur in collaboration with Black Canvas, Penang.

Publication design: I have scars on my hand from touching certain people — Stories and Essay by Ellen Lee (2022), with support from CC Kua

Jun Ong STAR / KL — Fission, Fusion, and Facets (2021–2022) at The Godown KL. Signage is designed for both daytime & nighttime experience.

Limited edition artist book — 95 by chi too (2020) and design collaterals.

Ahmad Fuad Osman, At The End of The Day Even Art is Not Important (2019–2020), National Art Gallery of Malaysia.

Flesh and Spirit – Selection From The Linda Neo & Albert Lim Collection (2021), curated by Tan Siuli at Primz Gallery, Singapore.

Publication for Liew Kwai Fei 靠譜，離譜。 In Order (To Play) (2021), Presented by The Back Room, Kuala Lumpur.

Exhibition Identity for Synthetic Condition (2022). A group exhibition curated by Carlos Quijon, Jr., Presented by UP Vargas Museum in partnership with A+ Works of Art, Kuala Lumpur.

Exhibition Identity — Carbon Organika (2022) is a collaborative, process-driven project helmed by Jalaini Abu Hassan. Collaboration between Bendang Studio, Giclee Art, Jalak Art Initiative, Kuasa Suasa, RumahLukis, and The Back Room.

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Exhibition Identity for Synthetic Condition (2022). A group exhibition curated by Carlos Quijon, Jr., Presented by UP Vargas Museum in partnership with A+ Works of Art, Kuala Lumpur.

Publication design — Ginger Biscuits: Art and Stories (2022), Blue Monkey Press.

Publication design for Hà Ninh Pham Institute of Distance (2021), S.E.A. Focus 2021, Singapore. Curated by Michael Lee.

Publication for Ho Rui An, Look East Gone West (2020). Curated by Kathleen Ditzig at A+ Works of Art.

Gallery entrance Raya Sayang (2019) group exhibition at A+ Works of Art, Kuala Lumpur.

Nadiah Bamadhaj, Contemporary art, catalogue, cover

Publication for Nadiah Bamadhaj: The Inconsistencies of Success (2021). Presented by A+ Works of Art in collaboration with Small Shifting Space, Kuala Lumpur.

Installation view Lee Mok Yee and Mark Tan: Rudiments (2022) at Temu House.

Publication for a group exhibition—Errant Life, Promiscuous Form (2021), curated by Carlos Quijon, Jr., held at Gravity Art Space, Quezon City, the Philippines. Presented by Gravity Art Space and A+ Works of Art.

Chong Yan Chuah FAC3D – What if We Kissed at the Intersection Between Art, Writing and Technology? (2021) at The Back Room, Kuala Lumpur.

Publication for Fracture/Fiction: Selections from the ILHAM Collections (2019), Ilham Gallery, Kuala Lumpur.

Catalogue design — No Man Land, a solo exhibition by Mary Pakinee, curated by Kittima Chareeprasit. Part of S.E.A. Focus 2023, Singapore from 6th to 15th January 2023.

Publication for Hilmi Johandi – Painting Archives (2019), Galeri RumahLukis.

Hà Ninh Pham’s solo exhibition, Recursive Fables (2022), curated by Vân Đỗ. Presented by A+ Works of Art, Kuala Lumpur.

Published in conjunction with The Submissive Feminist, a solo exhibition by Nadiah Bamadhaj at Kiniko Art, Yogyakarta, Indonesia from 5th to 26th June 2021. Presented by Kiniko Art Management and A+ Works of Art.

Projek 555 (2022), Ilham Gallery in collaboration with Malaysia Design Archive (MDA), Kuala Lumpur.

Publication design for Chong Yan Chuah FAC3D – What if We Kissed at the Intersection Between Art, Writing and Technology? (2021).

Limited edition artist book, Azizan Paiman – Aku ini Binatang Jalang (2020). Published by A+ Works of Art, Kuala Lumpur.

Tawatchai Puntusawasdi: Superfold (2019), curated by Vipash Purichanont, A+ Works of Art, Kuala Lumpur.

Exhibition Identity — Dream of the Day (2022) curated by Patrick Flores, Ilham Gallery, Kuala Lumpur.

Publication design — A Year of Mutual Aid Projects (2022). Curator Eric Goh, and artists Areena Ang, Dipali Gupta, Izat Arif, Tan Zi Hao, and Hoo Fan Chon.

Installation view Bayangnya itu Timbul Tenggelam: Photographic Cultures in Malaysia (2020), Ilham Gallery, Kuala Lumpur.

Exhibition catalogue with 10 cover designs, Lee Mok Yee and Mark Tan: Rudiments (2022) at Temu House.

Back To Art (2020) at A+ Works of Art

Outdoor giant banner Fracture/Fiction: Selections from the ILHAM Collections (2019), Ilham Gallery, Kuala Lumpur.

Installation view Bayangnya itu Timbul Tenggelam: Photographic Cultures in Malaysia (2020), Ilham Gallery, Kuala Lumpur.

Exhibition pamphlet for Jun Ong STAR / KL — Fission, Fusion, and Facets (2021–2022), at The Godown KL.