Artist

Giraffe head styling by Peggy Wong, photography by Alvin Wong.

莊嘉強,1974年生於檳城喬治市。馬來西亞理科大學建築系畢業,喜歡旅行寫生和整理東西,目前為全職畫家。他於2009年加入Urban Sketchers,2010年和友人發起「速寫檳城」,之後便活躍於世界性速寫工作坊教學。個人素描作品集有《素描老檳城》和《路線》。其更多素描作品可在網站www.kiahkiean.com瀏覽。

表達對家鄉的關愛有許多的方法,我用我的素描為我熟悉的鄉土環境做紀錄。

莊嘉強

Ch’ng Kiah Kiean, born 1974 in George Town, Penang. He graduated from Universiti Sains Malaysia with Architecture Degree and now a fulltime artist based in Penang.

Kiah Kiean joined the global Urban Sketchers movement in 2009 and co-founded Urban Sketchers Penang in 2010. He has been a sought-after instructor with Urban Sketchers in Brazil, Britain, China, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, United States and Vietnam.

He published Sketchers of Pulo Pinang in 2009 and Line-line Journey in 2011. Find out more of his work at www.kiahkiean.com.

I love my hometown, I recorded her changing faces through my sketches.

Ch’ng Kiah Kiean