K F Choy
Choy Khye Fatt (Malaysia, Penang, born in 1953 is a full-time artist who focuses in landscape and abstract photography. A corporate
retiree, Choy lives and works between Kuala Lumpur and Penang.
He is working in analogue and digital. As an art photographer his immediate connection is to create “art & craft” through “capture to print”, the intuitive interface of “end to beginning”. A methodology that seeks conscious choice making of medium at the moment of camera capture.
His personal journey started with a deep love for visual arts, charcoal, chinese caligraphy and music inherent of his family. At year nine, his first darkroom print was elation and pride.
Ultimately from darkroom through lightroom, he used his hand and mind crafting to make a print from both archival and handmade papers. As an artist his work may not be a realistic depiction of landscapes. Rather they are about how he feels. They depict their own space and scapes.
The eye is drawn from dense to sparse, further and beyond creating a metaphor of feelings understanding the changing nature of existence. He believes that all that exists is the eternal now. Art is passion whilst photography the purpose; both are inseparable. Choy is a frequent keynote speaker including holding dialogues connecting photography as art form. Choy has held numerous solo and group exhibitions both local and abroad with works contributed to various coffee table books.
