CALL FOR ENTRIES

Submission Deadline:
Extended to 15th June 2025

CALL FOR ENTRIES

Submission Deadline:
Extended to 15th June 2025

We are excited to announce an invitation call for members of the Faculty of Creative Multimedia and artists from all disciplines to participate in our upcoming exhibition,Β 

"SUSTAINAISSANCE: Emotion. Expression. Identity"

“SUSTAINAISSANCE” is a creative exploration of sustainability as a driving force for renewal and transformation. This exhibition brings together diverse artistic expressionsβ€”including visual arts, video, photography, and multimedia installationsβ€”to examine how sustainability shapes emotions, fuels creative expression, and redefines identity.

Through a fusion of traditional and digital media, artists reimagine personal and collective narratives, offering fresh perspectives on environmental consciousness, cultural evolution, and human connection. From paintings and sculptures to immersive augmented reality experiences, each artwork serves as a bridge between the past and the future, inviting audiences to reflect on the role of creativity in shaping a more sustainable world.

Selected Artists & Awards

AFDHAL NIDZAM ABD RAFFAR (Bronze πŸ₯‰)

AFIQ NASIR (Gold πŸ₯‡)

AHMAD HAFIDZUDDIN ABDUL AZIZ (Silver πŸ₯ˆ)

AHMAD SAUFI MOHAMMED (Bronze πŸ₯‰)

ALIFF AFIQ (Gold πŸ₯‡)

ANDREW STIFF (Silver πŸ₯ˆ)

ANUAR HASSAN (SIREH) (Silver πŸ₯ˆ)

AKMAD ARIF WICAKSONO SANDI (Silver πŸ₯ˆ)

ARIF FAUZAN OSMAN (Gold πŸ₯‡)

ASYRAF PAUZI (Silver πŸ₯ˆ)

ASY SHAM ELYA AHMAD (Bronze πŸ₯‰)

DENDI PERMADI, P.Tech (Silver πŸ₯ˆ)

DJAZUE (HAMZURI ABDUL HAMID) (Bronze πŸ₯‰)

ELYNA AMIR SHARJI .PhD (Gold πŸ₯‡)

ENGKU KHAIRUDIN ENGKU MUDA (Gold πŸ₯‡)

ERWIN ABD JABBAR (Silver πŸ₯ˆ)

FADLY SABRAN (Silver πŸ₯ˆ)

HADY MOHAMAD (Silver πŸ₯ˆ)

HANAFIAH WAIMAN (Gold πŸ₯‡)

HUSHINAIDI ABDUL HAMID .PhD (Gold πŸ₯‡)

IRADAH ISMAIL (Silver πŸ₯ˆ)

JAMES LY (Silver πŸ₯ˆ)

JANEJIRA LAKSANABOONSONG (Bronze πŸ₯‰)

KAROLINA PATEREK, PhD. (Gold πŸ₯‡)

KHAIRUL AZMIR SHOIB (MEME) (Gold πŸ₯‡)

KHAIRUL AZUAN ISHAK (Silver πŸ₯ˆ)

KHAIRUN NIZA MOHAMMAD RADZI (Silver πŸ₯ˆ)

KHAIRY ISHAR (Bronze πŸ₯‰)

MANNY LING, PhD. (Gold πŸ₯‡)

MASTURA ABDUL RAHMAN (Gold πŸ₯‡)

MOHD IKHWAN MOHD MARZUKI & ROSNANI ABDUL RAHMAN (Silver πŸ₯ˆ)

MOHD NAZRI RUSLI (Gold πŸ₯‡)

MUHAMMAD IQMAL AMIN YAHI (Silver πŸ₯ˆ)

NADIA MAHMUD (Gold πŸ₯‡)

NIK SYAHIDA SABRI (Silver πŸ₯ˆ)

NOR TIJAN FIRDAUS ABU BAKAR (Gold πŸ₯‡)

NORZAFUL ANUWAR AHMAD NAJAMUDDIN, P.Tech (Silver πŸ₯ˆ)

NUR SARIFAH HASSAN, P.Tech (Bronze πŸ₯‰)

PAPRACH THAPTHEP, PhD. (Gold πŸ₯‡)

PIOTR WADJA & TOM TU HUU NGUYEN (Gold πŸ₯‡)

PORNYOS MANEECHOTPEETI (Bronze πŸ₯‰)

QISTINA RUSLAN (Bronze πŸ₯‰)

RASYID NOR (Bronze πŸ₯‰)

RIDZUAN MUSA (Bronze πŸ₯‰)

RINI FAUZAN & ANIS HARON, PhD. (Gold πŸ₯‡)

ROOPESH SITHARAN, PhD. (Bronze πŸ₯‰)

SHOFANI AZHARI (Bronze πŸ₯‰)

SUKOR ROMAT, P.Tech (Silver πŸ₯ˆ)

SYAFIQ HARIZ MOHAMAD SAKOR (Gold πŸ₯‡)

SYARIZ AMIR SHARJI (Bronze πŸ₯‰)

SYARIFAH NURLEYANA WAFA .PhD, YUSRAN MAZALAN & DZULHAFIDZ DZULKIFLI (Gold πŸ₯‡)

SYAKIR HASHIM (Silver πŸ₯ˆ)

VIMALA PERUMAL, P.Tech, PhD. (Gold πŸ₯‡)

List of Winners

Gold Awards

2D CATEGORY

Hanafiah Waiman
Title: After the Leaves

Heidi Tan Yeen-Ju, P.Tech, PhD.
Title: Tapestry of Co-creation

Khairul Azmir Shoib (Meme)
Title: Reclaimed Souls: Skateboards of the Forgotten

Mastura Abdul Rahman
Title: Bicara Pungguk 7: Merindu Bayangan

Nik Syahida Sabri
Title: Frozen Whispers

Sukor Romat, P.Tech
Title: Echoes of Flight in a Serenade for Survival

Syafiq Hariz Mohamad Sakor, Psd.
Title: Terlaksana

Yuan Wei & Vimala Perumal, P.Tech, PhD.
Title: Navarasas X Navagrahas

3D CATEGORY

Karolina Paterek, PhD.
Title: Anthropocene: The Age We Made

Rini Fauzan Mohamed Zuhairi
Title: Glintwyr Belarun

Suzy Sulaiman, PhD., Ainnuranis Syazwan, Batdania & Emylia Elysa
Title: Ikat 3

PHOTOGRAPHY CATEGORY

Aliff Afiq
Title: Sisa Yang Masih Bernyawa

Afiq Nasir
Title: Akinabalu the Peg

Mohd Nazri Rusli
Title: Lightbox Memorie: A Mosaic of Time

Vimala Perumal, P.Tech, PhD.
Title: Rebirth of E-motion: A Living Canvas of Panchabhuta

VIDEOGRAPHY CATEGORY

Andrew Stiff, PhD.
Title: In the Weight of Light

Christian Berg
Title: All the Places I Have Lived v3.0

James Ly
Title: As I Close My Eyes

Megan Wonowidjoyo & Kamal Sabran
Title: Memulai Lagi

Nadia Mahmud
Title: Ocean Skeletons

MULTIMEDIA INSTALLATION

Ahmad Hafidzuddin Abdul Aziz
Title: Perceptual Echoes: Resonance Exe

Anis Haron, PhD
Title: Telefon Karat

Agnieszka Kiejziewicz, Renusha Athulaga & Surendheran Kaliyaperumal
Title: Morphology of Kinesis

Arkadiusz Marcinkowski, PhD, Dr Hab.
Title: 01001101 01100001 01101110

Dzulhafidz Dzulkifli, Shafeeq Jibin, P.Tech & Muhammad Affan Mazlan
Title: Echoes of Memory: A 4-Track Sustainaissance Time Capsule

Elyna Amir Sharji, PhD. & Mohd Shahrin Ismail
Title: In the Future, Buildings Could Walk

Erwin Jabbar & Nazri Zainuddin
Title: Roh, Rasa, Budi

Lim Kok Yoong, PhD. & Giang Nguyen Hoang
Title: Operasi Cassava 6.0: When UB(A)I Dreams

Masliza Zainuddin, Delas Santano, Mohd Firdaus Mohd Anuar, Muhammad Ayman Jamaludin & NG Lynn-Sze
Title: Noktah: The Ellipsis Within

Zeeshan Jawed Shah
Title: Icons of Sustainaissance Series

Silver Awards

2D CATEGORY

Afdhal Nidzam Abd Raffar
Title: The Earth We Doodle

Ernest Shoong Xuan & NG Lynn-Sze
Title: Thermal Grid

Hasyimah Abdullah
Title: Srata No. 4, Mushmind No. 7, Neurotemenos 0 and the Oracle Machine No. ∞

Mohammad Amirul Shafiq Sajali
Title: Yang Last Sapa? (Who’s the Last)

Muhammad Asyraf Mhd Pauzi
Title: Inkinerary: 31 Journeys of Identity and Imagination

M. Khairy Ishar
Title: Eternal Struggle: Hanuman vs Thotsakan

Naquefarhan Zainal Abidin
Title: Drowning in Silence

Qusyairi Zazili
Title: Anatomi

3D CATEGORY

Su Guosong
Title: Sitting in the Right Place

Zaidi Bakar
Title: 1. Scott Stapp, 2. The Great Big Mouth, 3. J Devil, 4. Ziggy Stardust, 5. Serj! & 6. The Night Watchmen

PHOTOGRAPHY CATEGORY

Hady Mohamad
Title: Verdant Veins

VIDEOGRAPHY CATEGORY

Anwar Suhaimi, P.Tech, Ghazi Alkugsi & Furqaan Mohamad
Title: Landscape Hallucination

Farzura Azreen Abdul Saip
Title: Bloom Through Time

Qistina Ruslan & Muhammad Iqmal Amin Yahi
Title: Solara Flora

Roger Ng Wei Lun
Title: Too Many Birds in One Tree

MULTIMEDIA INSTALLATION

Bin Youn
Title: Embodied Alienation

Dendi Permadi, P.Tech
Title: Legacy of Hang Tuah: Virtual Reality Game for Ancient Malay Heritage

Mohd Ikhwan Mohd Marzuki & Rosnani Abdul Rahman
Title: Seasons of the Tree – A Symbolic Journey

Muhammad Tamim Faruq Khairul Azmi, P.Tech & Tse-Kian Neo, P.Tech, PhD.
Title: Inner Renaissance: The Noise Within, the Calm Beyond

Nor Alley Zulkafly
Title: Invitation to Variables

Qusyairi Zazili
Title: Sequence

Bronze Awards

2D CATEGORY

Ahmad Saufi Mohammed
Title: Greatest Pride

Adriana Halim, Enni Norsyahirah Ramlan & Nik Ahmed Kameel Hanipah
Title: The Hand of Life

Anamika Shabnam
Title: The Emotional Archive: Becoming Through Expression and Identity Series

Anuar Hassan (Sireh)
Title: Life & Music: A Visual Narrative on Music, Identity, and Cultural Sustainability in Comic Art

Badrolhisham Hashim
Title: Kuihkayu

Khairun Niza Mohammad Radzi & Mikitoro
Title: Glimpse of Us

Khairun Niza Mohammad Radzi
Title: Running on Empty

Kharlal Nisha Sarfuddin
Title: The Self That Still Survives

Khairul Azuwan Ishak
Title: Dancing From the Past Series

Najib Osman
Title: Beyond the Horizon: Watercolor on Paper

Rebeka Noman
Title: Moonlit Journey to Peace Series (1. Moonlit Tranquility, 2. Golden Silence & 3. Whispers Beneath the Moon)

Rubinden Kumar Balbir Singh
Title: Shattered Dates

3D CATEGORY

Su Guosong
Title: Sitting in the Right Place

Zaidi Bakar
Title: 1. Scott Stapp, 2. The Great Big Mouth, 3. J Devil, 4. Ziggy Stardust, 5. Serj! & 6. The Night Watchmen

PHOTOGRAPHY CATEGORY

Djazue (Hamzuri Abdul Hamid
Title: Echoes of Resilience

Hanafizan Hussain, P.Tech
Title: j.o.m With g.c.s

Nur Sarifah Hasan, P.Tech
Title: Red Recode: Digital Bloom

Ridhwan Razak
Title: The Vanishing Sky

Ridzuan Musa
Title: Art of 8 Limbs

VIDEOGRAPHY CATEGORY

Ahmed Ram Fauzzee
Title: A Quick Byte, a Long Night

Hushinaidi Abdul Hamid, PhD.
Title: Reimagining Guernica

MULTIMEDIA INSTALLATION

Bin Youn
Title: Otherisland

Norzaful Anuwar Ahmad Najamuddin, P.Tech
Title: Worlds Beyond the Frame: Teratak Sukma

Submission Guidelines

Eligibility: Open to artists of all backgrounds and levels of experience. We welcome submissions from visual artists working in any medium, including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, digital art, mixed media, video, and installation art.

Theme: The artwork should reflect the theme of “SUSTAINAISSANCE”. We encourage diverse interpretations and innovative approaches to the concept.

How to Submit

Digital Submissions

Submit digital photos of the artwork, artist statement and consent form

Artist Statement

Use the template to explain how your work relates to the theme of "SUSTAINAISSANCE"

Consent Form

Read, fill up and sign the consent form


Artwork Guidelines

Follow the guidelines to ensure that your artwork complies with the requirements

How to Submit

Digital Submissions

Submit digital photos of the artwork, artist statement and consent form

Artist Statement

Use the template to explain how your work relates to the theme of "SUSTAINAISSANCE"


Consent Form

Read, fill up and sign the consent form




Artwork Guidelines

Follow the guidelines to ensure that your artwork complies with the requirements

Submission deadline has been extended to 15th June 2025 For any questions or additional information, please contact us at inventx.creative@mmu.edu.my.
Submission deadline has been extended to 15th June 2025 For any questions or additional information, please contact us at inventx.creative@mmu.edu.my.

Selection Process

A panel of curators and art professionals will review all submissions. Selected artists will be notified. Once selected, you will receive further instructions regarding artwork delivery and exhibition details. Selected works must be delivered to the gallery before 10th July 2025. It is the artist’s responsibility to handle both delivery and collection.

Artwork Guidelines

2D works: Artwork size should not be more than 220 cm in width and height. If the work is a series the work should occupy the area of 240cm horizontal.

Installations: Installation work should be not more than 100cm space, and 180 cm width and height.

Videos: Video work should be within duration of 3 minutes.

Judging Criteria

1. Creativity & Originality
2. Technical Skill
3. Composition
4. Subject Matter & Theme
5. Emotional Impact
6. Context & Interpretation

Awards

Gold / Silver / Bronze Medals

E-Certificate for Participants

E-Certificate for Winners

Join us in this exciting exploration of "SUSTAINAISSANCE" and showcase your work in a dynamic and thought-provoking exhibition. We look forward to seeing your creative interpretations!