TRX Canvas Collective, an initiative by Tun Razak Exchange (TRX), continues its commitment to celebrating artistic voices by presenting curated works in the heart of Kuala Lumpur’s international financial district. Housed within the iconic glass structure of Anjung@TRX, this exhibition series reflects TRX’s vision of a city where finance, culture, and creativity coexist.
TEXTILE VS FASHION presents an artistic dialogue between textile design and fashion, while honouring Malaysia’s rich art and cultural heritage, especially batik. This exhibition showcases creative works where art, design, and innovation come together to push the boundaries of contemporary fashion.
This edition of TRX Canvas Collective is presented in collaboration with the Malaysian Institute of Art (MIA), bringing together emerging talents from MIA’s Textile and Fashion Design programme within the heart of Kuala Lumpur’s international financial district. Hosted at Anjung@TRX, the exhibition reflects a shared commitment by TRX and MIA to support young creatives and provide a platform where culture, design, and urban life intersect.
Explore the artworks below and learn more about the artists behind each piece.
For artwork enquiries, please message or WhatsApp +6019-274-8000.
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RUSSELL CHIN JUN BING
Malaysian Institute of Art – Textile & Fashion Design Graduate
Awards:
Sakura Fashion Collection 2024 Grand Prix
First Place, Year of Batik International Batik Competition 2025
Budaya OS: Bharatanatyam
Size: 400 cm × 114 cm
Medium: Batik on Satin Silk
Year: 2024
Recognition: First Place, Year of Batik International Batik Competition 2025
Price: RM12,000
The Budaya OS batik art piece collection is a series of fabric hanging works that adopts a surreal approach to Malaysia’s cultural diversity. The collection embodies cultural symbolism, performance art, textile motifs, ethnic attire, and a futuristic touch through humanoid figures with chromatic textures. It experiments with reinterpretations of traditional cultural heritage while evoking imagination about the evolution of culture in a future era.
Budaya OS: Joget Gamelan
Size: 400 cm × 114 cm
Medium: Batik on Satin Silk
Year: 2025
Price: RM10,000
Part of the Budaya OS collection, this work reflects Malaysia’s cultural richness through stylised motifs and surreal compositions. It merges performance art, textile traditions, and futuristic visual language, offering a contemporary interpretation of heritage while imagining its evolution over time.
Budaya OS: Oriental Beauty
Size: 400 cm × 114 cm
Medium: Batik on Satin Silk
Year: 2025
Price: RM10,000
This piece continues the Budaya OS exploration of cultural diversity through batik. Traditional symbolism, textile motifs, and ethnic attire are blended with futuristic humanoid figures, presenting heritage as a living and evolving visual narrative.
Reverberation
Size: 400 cm × 84 cm
Medium: Serigraph
Year: 2025
Price: RM2,200
This serigraph artwork is inspired by Tarian Ngajat, a traditional dance of the Iban culture. Figures of Iban warriors in dance poses form the centre of the composition, framed within circular forms resembling ceremonial shields or drums that symbolise the rhythmic intensity of the dance. Repeating geometric motifs reference traditional Iban textiles and shield designs, mimicking the flowing movements of the performance. The work celebrates Iban heritage through a blend of contemporary design and traditional symbolism.
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ABNER GOH SHANG RONG
Malaysian Institute of Art – Textile & Fashion Design Graduate
Awards:
Best Student 2025
Best Collection / Designer 2025
Echoes of Love Beneath the Borneo Sky
Size: 200 cm × 114 cm
Medium: Batik on Cotton Satin
Year: 2025
Price: RM3,000
Echoes of Love Beneath the Borneo Sky (Day & Night Versions)
Size: 200 cm × 114 cm
Medium: Batik on Cotton Satin
Year: 2025
Price: RM3,000
Inspired by the timeless romance of the Qixi Festival, this artwork reimagines the tragic love story of Puteri Santubong and Puteri Sejinjang through the visual language of Chinese paper cutting. Like the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl who meet only once a year, the two celestial sisters are separated by fate, their spirits forever bound to the land and sea of Borneo.
The day and night versions symbolise the passage of time and the duality of love and loss. Sarawak’s mythical landscape, including Mount Santubong, Rafflesia, hornbills, and proboscis monkeys, surrounds the figures, blending Malaysian heritage with the poetic melancholy of Chinese folklore.
Wings of Eternal Love
Size: 400 cm × 114 cm
Medium: Tie-Dye and Silk Screen Printing on Cotton Rayon
Year: 2025
Price: RM2,600
Wings of Eternal Love (Framed Version)
Size: 114 cm × 50 cm
Medium: Tie-Dye and Silk Screen Printing on Cotton Rayon (canvas frame)
Year: 2025
Price: RM900
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DYLAN ANG ZHI LIANG
Malaysian Institute of Art – Textile & Fashion Design Graduate
Award: Best Student 2025
Silk and Shadows
Size: 400 cm × 114 cm
Medium: Batik on Satin Silk
Year: 2025
Price: RM8,000
Silk and Shadows combines Chinese mythology with Malaysian Wayang Kulit and batik traditions, inspired by colour-painted relief sculpture. Organic batik patterns merge with expressive shadow puppetry silhouettes and historical Chinese musical imagery from the late Tang and Five Dynasties period. The work highlights storytelling as a shared cultural bridge, celebrating craftsmanship, cultural exchange, and contemporary reinterpretation.
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DIANA SAFIKA
Malaysian Institute of Art – Textile & Fashion Design Graduate
Award: Best Designer, Selangor Fashion Week 2025
Colmar Tropicale
Size: 400 cm × 114 cm
Medium: Batik on Jacquard Satin
Year: 2024
Price: RM3,000
Inspired by Bukit Tinggi French Village, this artwork reflects the lively atmosphere of Colmar Tropicale, known for its French-style architecture, cool climate, and vibrant tourist activity. The piece captures the village’s unique character, highlighting its buildings, attractions, and surroundings through batik as a visual narrative of place and experience.
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EMILIA ALYSSA BATTISTI
Malaysian Institute of Art – Textile & Fashion Design Graduate
Award: Best Student 2025
Malaysia – Kemerdekaan
Size: 400 cm × 114 cm
Medium: Batik on Cotton Poplin
Year: 2024
Collection: MIA Collection
This batik piece draws inspiration from Malaysia’s architecture and national identity. The Sultan Abdul Samad building serves as a key influence, alongside the Harimau Malaya as a symbol of strength. Techniques such as cracking and dotting create textured architectural surfaces, while abstract forms and monochromatic brown tones reinforce a Merdeka-themed sense of heritage and celebration.
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LIM CLAUDIA
Malaysian Institute of Art – Textile & Fashion Design Graduate
Title: Creative Designer 2025
Monetary Antiques
Size: 400 cm × 114 cm
Medium: Batik on Satin Silk
Year: 2024
Price: RM8,000
This artwork reimagines Malaysian syiling as vessels of time. Through layered batik textures, coins become living artefacts carrying stories of exchange, labour, memory, and aspiration across generations.
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LOW YI LING
Malaysian Institute of Art – Textile & Fashion Design Graduate
Title: Creative Designer 2025
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mia.textile.fashion/
Rainforest Music Festival
Size: 400 cm × 114 cm
Medium: Silk Screen Printing
Year: 2024
Price: RM3,000
The work overlays lush floral leaves with palm silhouettes to create rhythmic forest imagery. Combining traditional patterns with modern colours, it pays tribute to Malaysia’s tropical forests and cultural vitality.
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LYVANNE LEE WEI YING
Malaysian Institute of Art – Textile & Fashion Design Graduate
Recognition: PSE 2024 Finalist
Bustling to Serene
Size: 400 cm × 114 cm
Medium: Digital Printing Textile
Year: 2025
Price: RM1,800
This work explores the contrast between Kuala Lumpur’s dense urban architecture and the tranquillity of nearby rural landscapes, highlighting the coexistence of modernity and tradition.
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ASHES SEE RU THERN
Malaysian Institute of Art – Textile & Fashion Design Student
Title: Creative Student 2025
Monochrome Reptile
Medium: Silk Screen Printing Textile
Category: Fashion Avant-Garde Piece
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A. HAIDAR × W. ATIQA
Batik Artist × Fashion Designer Collaboration
Recognition: Piala Seri Endon 2025
KUNTUM BERTEKAT – BATIK BERBICARA
This collaborative collection explores the dialogue between traditional batik artistry and contemporary fashion design, presenting batik as both heritage and modern expression.
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Batik Men Jacket – RM2,000
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Batik Men Pants – RM2,000
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Batik Women Corset – RM1,500
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Women Puff Sleeve Blouse – RM1,000
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Batik Women Pants – RM1,000
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Visit TRX Canvas Collective
Don’t miss the opportunity to experience the latest TRX Canvas Collective installation at Anjung@TRX.
For artwork enquiries or purchases, please message or WhatsApp +6019-274-8000.
Location:
Anjung@TRX is located opposite the TRX MRT Station. From The Exchange TRX Mall, exit via Uniqlo and turn right to the prism-shaped glass building.
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