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Rizo Leong

@rizo_leong

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North Borneo,Sabah
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check out this exhibition at @cult_gallery #reposted A series of woodblock prints that combine to create a beautiful uninterrupted harvest scene in landscape form by Rizo Leong. The artist’s book is limited to 4 editions. Rizo Leong is part of the artist collective Pangrok Sulap in Sabah. They often work with communities including farmers, using art to highlight social and political issues or to support communities. #rizoleong #woodcut #printmaking #artistbook #cultgallerykl #pangroksulap by @rizo_leong
Okey gais cekidaut! SK8 Karabau 🤪 try untuk masuk RakitaxVansmalaysia skateboard deck design. *16jam ambil masa 2 hari. 1st time woodcut atas papan deck. Keras gila-gila haha. @rakita.my @vansmyofficial @vansskate Credit 🎶 The Offspring #woodcut #woodblock #printmaking #skatedeck #skateboard #skateboarddesign #sk8 #art #artwork #sk8karabau #karabau #cungkilkayu #vans #vansmalaysia #nft #rakitaxvansmalaysia #tentangukir by @rizo_leong
JAPAN TOUR 2026 🇯🇵 October–November We’re travelling to different places across Japan, sharing stories, making prints, and connecting with people through art and music. Join us for exhibitions, artist talks, woodcut and printing workshops, and live music along the way. Let’s carve, print, share stories, and make new friends! Come along and say hi—we’d love to see you! 📍 GERO | October 4–14 Gero Art Discovery Exhibition & Printing Workshop Venue: Former Gero Elementary School 📍 FUKUDA | October 15–24 Setouchi Asia Gallery Exhibition & Printing Workshop Location: Fukuda, Shodoshima 📍 HIROSHIMA | October 27–29 Artist Talk & Woodcut Workshop Venue: Hiroshima City University 📍 KYOTO | October 31 10 Years of Vivian Sui Method Exhibition & Live Music Special guests: Pangrok Sulap & Kambai Record Venue: Soto- 18, Shishigatani Hōnenin Nishimachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 606-8427, Japan 📍 OSAKA | November 1 Make Your Own Print Woodcut Workshop Venue: Peg.- 2-19 Tamatsukurimotomachi, Tennoji-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 543-0014, Japan 📍 NAGOYA | November 7 Minatomachi Block Party Live Music & Printing Performance & Printing Workshop Location: Nagoyako, Minato-machi 📍 TOKYO | November 10–13 Artist Talk & Woodcut Workshop Venue: Tokyo University of the Arts
 📍 TOKYO | November 14 Kerjasama Woodcut & Printing Workshop Venue: TKA4 Location: Higashi-Koenji, Tokyo 📍 TOYOTA | November 20–22 Hashinoshita–Soul Beat Asia 2026 Woodcut & Printing Workshop Location: Hashinoshita, Toyota See you along the way! Aramaiti! by @rizo_leong
JAPAN TOUR 2026 🇯🇵 October–November We’re travelling to different places across Japan, sharing stories, making prints, and connecting with people through art and music. Join us for exhibitions, artist talks, woodcut and printing workshops, and live music along the way. Let’s carve, print, share stories, and make new friends! Come along and say hi—we’d love to see you! 📍 GERO | October 4–14 Gero Art Discovery Exhibition & Printing Workshop Venue: Former Gero Elementary School 📍 FUKUDA | October 15–24 Setouchi Asia Gallery Exhibition & Printing Workshop Location: Fukuda, Shodoshima 📍 HIROSHIMA | October 27–29 Artist Talk & Woodcut Workshop Venue: Hiroshima City University 📍 KYOTO | October 31 10 Years of Vivian Sui Method Exhibition & Live Music Special guests: Pangrok Sulap & Kambai Record Venue: Soto- 18, Shishigatani Hōnenin Nishimachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 606-8427, Japan 📍 OSAKA | November 1 Make Your Own Print Woodcut Workshop Venue: Peg.- 2-19 Tamatsukurimotomachi, Tennoji-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 543-0014, Japan 📍 NAGOYA | November 7 Minatomachi Block Party Live Music & Printing Performance & Printing Workshop Location: Nagoyako, Minato-machi 📍 TOKYO | November 10–13 Artist Talk & Woodcut Workshop Venue: Tokyo University of the Arts
 📍 TOKYO | November 14 Kerjasama Woodcut & Printing Workshop Venue: TKA4 Location: Higashi-Koenji, Tokyo 📍TOYOTA | TBC See you along the way! Aramaiti! by @rizo_leong
Part 4 Kunjungan ke komuniti diteruskan bersama Sung-en. Kali ini, hanya kami bertiga—Sung-en, Memet dan saya. Sung-en merupakan individu pertama yang mengesyorkan kami untuk menyertai program residensi ini, Juliana dan Najmie yang mencadangkan nama kami. Poinsikou togumu! Tempat pertama yang kami lawat ialah Bunun Cultural Museum di kawasan pekan kecil Haiduan. Salah satu folk museum etnik Bunun. Pakaian tradisi mereka dari kain tenunan. Sama macam di Sabah kita ada kain tenun masyarakat bajau dan iranun atau etnik rungus di kawasan Kudat. Tengahari itu, kami singgah makan di sebuah restoran yang menghidangkan pelbagai menu ikan. Salah satu menu yang terkenal ialah ‘Flying fish’. Selepas itu kami singgah di satu bakery yang paling lama bertapak di pekan Guanshan yang menjual kek labu yang sedap. Kemudian kami ke coffee house (HeZuo Friendly Crops), teman kepada Sung-en. Kedai kopi yang diusahakan dalam rumah oleh keluarga kecil ini. Saya lupa nama tapi muka dia macam kawan saya si Pison! Haha (Ropuhan di Tanakwagu) Pison Joe versi bikin kopi. Kami luangkan masa minum kopi dan menyanyi-nyanyi di sini. Malam itu kami dijemput untuk makan malam di rumah seorang artis bernama Ibu, sahabat baik Sung-en. Ibu juga baru balik dari residensi di Johor selama sebulan. Ibu masak rendang ayam ala masakan malaysia. Sedap! Makan malam bersama keluarga Ibu macam makan bersama keluarga di Sabah. Selesai makan malam, kami juga melawat studio Ibu dan beruntung sebab malam itu komuniti mereka ada latihan menyanyi. Setiap malam mereka ada latihan di rumah keluarga Ibu. Nama tempat ini dipanggil Kaiana, ruang budaya yang mereka hidupkan sekeluarga untuk aktiviti bersama komuniti. Mereka di panggil kumpulan nyanyian tradisional Bunun Kanding. Menyanyi dengan iringan pelbagai bunyi irama vokal. Tradisi Bunun yang masih mengakar. Saya luangkan masa berkenalan dengan uncle-uncle yang tertarik dengan bengkel woodcut bersama komuniti. Kalau ada rezeki boleh kembali ke komuniti ini untuk berbagi ilmu. Bersambung… by @rizo_leong
Part 3 Sambungan daripada kunjungan ke studio artis di Taitung. Tempat pertama lawatan ke galeri di pekan Chishang dan seterusnya ke pusat komuniti budaya. Kami berjalan-jalan di sekitar pekan Chishang yang tenang dengan pemandangan sawah padi yang masih menghijau. Kami bergerak dengan satu kereta seramai 9 orang bersama artis dari Tahiti. Kereta dipandu sendiri oleh Sakinu, bersama Nini, pasangan Taua dan Rahera serta baby mereka Alinging, Shaine (penterjemah artis Tahiti) Iotua, saya dan Memet. Perjalanan kami ini macam sebuah percutian keluarga. Banyak bercerita, ketawa dan menemani baby Alinging sampai tertidur. Dari satu pekan ke pekan yang lain, kami sentiasa bersama. Sebelum sampai di pekan Chishang, Sakinu membawa kami ke hutan tempat beliau bekerja sebagai renjer hutan dulu. Dari puncak bukit, boleh tengok seluruh kawasan pergunungan memanjang dari Hualien sampai ke Taitung. Pemandangan dari atas boleh nampak jelas banjaran Hai’an. Kawasan antara kedua-dua banjaran ini dipanggil Lembah Huadong, dan anak-anak sungai bertemu menjadi Sungai Beinan yang mengalir keluar terus ke Lautan Pasifik, dekat dengan bandar Taitung. Kami menghabiskan masa menikmati kuih kacang tradisi sambil puas mengambil gambar. Untuk lawatan seterusnya, kami ke Amis Folk Centre yang berada di atas bukit menghadap laut. Kami meluangkan masa beberapa jam dengan persembahan muzik tradisi, jamuan dan melawat galeri budaya Amis. Persembahan muzik etnik Amis ini menggunakan peralatan muzik daripada bambu, sama macam di Sabah. Kedatangan kami disambut oleh Amis Kakeng Musical Group dan beberapa pengunjung lain. Menarik betul baju tradisi etnik Amis ni, serba berwarna-warni dengan sulaman motif berwarna. Sambungan di ruang komen- by @rizo_leong
How much do we really know about Borneo, and how accessible is that knowledge? We’ve found incredible books about Borneo, but many are difficult to find, out of print, or expensive. Meanwhile, much of what is available online comes from colonial-era sources and does not always reflect Borneo through its own voices. Furthermore in an era of significant climate change and resource extraction, our stories and experiences across South East Asia are often intertwined. Bukumpul Library was created to make Borneo-centred knowledge more accessible to Borneans, and bridge experiences and knowledge from across the region. So, let’s keep gathering. Have a book, zine, journal, or catalogue about Borneo? Share it with us and help grow the collection. —- The Bukumpul Library is co-conceived by @borneobengkel and @nationalgallerysingapore , with contributions from our friends in Sarawak, Sabah, Kalimantan, and Brunei Drawing from the current of the Kapuas River and the spirit of the @pontianakbiennale 2026, we are delighted to join so many amazing artists and collectives at this inaugural @pontianakbiennale . Presenting a travelling Library that brings together collection of books & stories from across Borneo, our work sits alongside the work of past collaborators, good friends and exciting international artists. From 25 September to 25 October 2026, visitors can find Bukumpul Library within the Biennale, browsing a growing collection of publications mainly by Bornean authors. Colonial era texts are more easily accessible online, but aren't always accurate and can use problematic language Furthermore, official publications about Borneo are hard to find: they are often out of print, hard to find because they're sold sporadically in smaller bookstores. We’ve found incredible books about Borneo, but many are difficult to find, out of print, or expensive. Meanwhile, much of what is available online comes from colonial-era sources and does not always reflect Borneo through its own voices. Furthermore in an era of significant climate change and resource extraction, our stories and experiences across South East Asia are often intertwined. Bukumpul Library was created to mak by @rizo_leong
Exploring the stories, voices and people who continue to shape our local creative scene! 📚✨ This week, we got to talk with Rizo Leong who is not only a prominent woodcut and woodblock printmaking artist in Malaysia but also an author! He had shared with us his noble journey as a writer and the stories behind his work. From exploring the meaning of tradition, community and identity in ‘Pesta Menuai’, to the journey of hope and purpose found in ‘Misi Membawa Cahaya Ke Pendalaman’, Rizo’s books offer a glimpse into stories that feel deeply rooted in our own culture and experiences. What makes Rizo’s work especially meaningful is the way he brings oral traditions and stories that have long been passed down from one person to another onto paper, providing a proper documentation to be remembered. Rizo believes that writing and images should go hand in hand to preserve our culture for future generations to come. 📖✨ Support local writers and homegrown stories. Come by HAUS and check out Rizo Leong’s ‘Pesta Menuai’ and ‘Misi Membawa Cahaya Ke Pedalaman’ before they’re gone! — Psst… if you’re a local writer or creator with books, zines, merchandise or other works you’d love to see on our shelves, send us a DM with your details and we’ll have a look 🙂 #rizoleong #hauskch #merch by @rizo_leong
Thank you @nowherebookstore for inviting us to participate in @thefakeartbookfair ! This first international appearance of KLZE allows us to exchange ideas with creators from around the world and meet zine enthusiasts in Taiwan. We truly enjoyed ourselves and feel honoured to be part of it! This time, we presented 22 titles by Malaysian creators from diverse ethnic backgrounds, religious beliefs, gender identities, ages, and professions. Their works focus, but are not limited to, indigenous peoples and local cultures, land justice, decolonization, community and social documentation, literature, precarity, and care. Through independent publishing, we hope to further deepen exchanges between the two regions. The Fake Art Book Fair: Zines for Change 3-4 October 2026 Creative Space, Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, Taipei 再次感謝主辦台北飛地書店邀請參加《假的藝術書展：爲了改變的小誌》！KLZE首次出現在國際書展上，與各地創作者交流，進一步和台灣的小誌愛好者分享來自馬來西亞的作品，倍感榮幸。 這次我們呈現了22本由不同族群、宗教、性別認同、年齡、職業背景的小誌。他們的作品分別關注原住民與本土文化、土地與發展正義、去殖民、社區與社群紀錄、文學與人文關懷。通過小誌，我們希望進一步深化兩地交流，擴展民間知識流通的可能。 假的藝術書展：為了改變的小誌 10/3（六） - 10/4（日） 台北松山文創園區創意空間 Special thanks: @bang_bang_zine @gerimis_my @heycentaur @iban.woman @jeffreyjclim @lostprints.community @komuniti_p320 @pangrok_sulap @rockpaperkato @rumahattap84 @shurenpress @sunda.shelves @vaguelydaydreams @choonchyuanlow @jingqiantan by @rizo_leong
Part 2 Program hari pertama kami dibawa berkunjung ke studio artis dalam daerah Taitung dan Pintung. Program residensi ini memberi peluang kepada artis berkenalan dan mengenali amalan seni dan juga pertukangan lokal. Lawatan pertama ke tempat bekas kilang gula. Master Ahsui, saya memanggilnya Ahsui kerana pengalaman beliau dalam kerja pertukangan kayu, dari ukiran kayu dan arca. Sehinggalah kepada pertukangan perabot dari kayu hanyut. Kemudian kami ke artis studio di Taimali. Eleng artis yang berasal dari etnik Rukai ini menggunakan bahan kitar semula dan sisa alam menjadi karya seni. Dari jaring hanyut, botol plastik, bebenang dan sabut kelapa dan pelbagai bahan menjadi karya kreatif. Saya pernah melihat karya Eleng semasa di Brisbane dengan cantuman dari serat tali dan sisa-sisa upih kelapa. Memang hebat!

Hari kedua kami berkunjung ke Pintung 2 jam perjalanan melawat tapak residensi ukiran arca yang bertempat di parking lot (Taiwan Indigenous Culture Park) Kami berjumpa dengan Gulele dan berkenalan dengan 6 orang artis dan mendengar perkongsian hasil kerja arca mereka. Residensi arca selama sebulan ini sangat menarik kerana mereka berkhemah dan berkarya. Kayu-kayu yang digunakan untuk arca ini adalah dari kayu yang disita dari penebangan hutan sebelum ini. Inisiatif baik dari pihak kerajaan mereka kerana mengunakan kayu-kayu ini untuk projek kesenian. Selepas itu kami melawat artis studio yang terkenal dengan pelbagai kepakaran, dari kerja mesin, buat peralatan ukiran dan memburu. Melihat perbezaan praktik seni, kami melawat ke studio Kulele. Kulele yang berpengalaman selama 30 tahun dalam bidang arca kontemporari. Studio beliau penuh dengan arca logam dan kepingan mozek. Di bahagian belakang rumah beliau ada ladang buah-buahan yang akan dijadikan taman arca akan datang. Selesai lawatan kami balik ke Taitung dan singgah makan malam di Taimali, sup ikan dan sayuran. 
Sambungan.. by @rizo_leong
Part 1 20 hari berkampung di Taitung. Pertama kali bertandang ke Taiwan terus ke daerah Taitung. Daerah di bahagian selatan. Teruja juga bila melihat Taiwan bukan dari mata pandang Taipei. Kunjungan kali ini membuka mata dan perspektif baru tentang hubungan manusia dengan alam. Walaupun bahasa utama disini adalah mandarin tetapi jati diri mereka budaya dan tradisi leluhur. Perkenalan dengan Sakinu, pendiri Hunter School dengan organisasi Just Art House mempertemukan kami dengan seniman lain jauh dari Pulau Tahiti. Jaringan komuniti orang asal disini mempertemukan kami dengan etnik orang asal yang pelbagai. Setiap orang sangat rapat antara satu dengan yang lain seperti keluarga. Apa yang lebih menarik kerana muzik menguatkan ikatan persahabatan. Setiap kali acara berlangsung akan dimulai dan berakhir dengan muzik serta nyanyian. Baru hari pertama sudah rasa seperti balik kampung. by @rizo_leong
Art in the making. #Woodcut #woodblockprint #printmaking #Taitung #Taiwan by @rizo_leong

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