The Living Network exhibition in London will be showcasing some of Christine’s work from 9th to 26th of September 2026.
Christine Das
Selangor, Malaysia
A contemporary Malaysian artist exploring the interconnected relationships between humanity, wildlife, and the living world through fluid, biomorphic compositions and finely rendered graphite drawings
Christine Das is a contemporary Malaysian artist whose work explores the interconnected relationships between humanity, wildlife, and the living world. Through fluid, biomorphic compositions and finely rendered graphite drawings, she creates poetic meditations on kinship, biodiversity, and the invisible threads that bind all life together.
Born and schooled in Penang, Das trained in graphic design before a career spanning book illustration, mural painting, animation, and scenic art, including work on the 1999 Hollywood production Anna and the King — before turning to painting full-time in 2007.
Grounded in nearly two decades of environmental advocacy and collaborations with conservation organizations throughout Malaysia, Das transforms ecological narratives into emotionally resonant works that invite contemplation rather than instruction.
Christine Das's paintings dissolve the boundaries between species, landscape, and spirit. Animals emerge from flowing networks of line that evoke roots, waterways, neural pathways, and unseen ecological systems, suggesting that identity itself is relational rather than individual.
Her practice invites viewers to consider conservation not simply as environmental responsibility, but as an act of remembering humanity's place within a larger living ecology.
Practice Themes
Line as Living System
Das's flowing ribbons of line function as roots, rivers, breath, mycelial networks, and neural pathways — connective tissue rather than decoration.
Relational Identity
Human and animal forms merge and emerge from one another, suggesting that identity is relational rather than individual.
Nature as Consciousness
Animals emerge from energy and line rather than landscape — the works picture nature thinking, not nature observed.
Drawing on Malaysia's extraordinary biodiversity, Das creates works that are at once intimate portraits and meditations on interconnected life.
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2015: Affordable Art Fair Singapore, Singapore
2013: Art Basel Hong Kong — installation project with Wei Ling Art Gallery, Hong Kong
2011: Malaysian Contemporary Art Tourism (MCAT2011), George Town, Penang & Kuala Lumpur
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Featured artist, International Contemporary Artists 2013 publication
“Woman of Style and Substance,” Marie Claire Malaysia, 2013
Named to Harper’s Bazaar Art’s Power List of Extraordinary Women in Art
Named among Malaysian Women’s Weekly’s Great Women of Our Time
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Cover feature, NATURALIST magazine (Malaysian Nature Society), September 2015
Interviewed for the Kuala Lumpur International Eco Film Fest (Durian ASEAN)
Profiled by Eksentrika: “How to Become a Wildlife Conservation Artist”
Ongoing conservation partnerships: WWF Malaysia, Borneo Conservation Trust, RIMAU / MENRAQ Orang Asli Patrol Unit, Danau Girang Field Research Centre (Cardiff University)
The works
Price: POA
Acrylic on canvas
46 by 46 cm.; 18 by 18 in.
My Harimau is both a tribute and a warning. Honoring Malaysia’s national icon and apex rainforest predator, the work reflects the devastating reality that fewer than one hundred Malayan tigers are believed to remain in the wild.
Part of the artist’s PLIGHT series, the painting transforms an alarming statistic into a deeply personal encounter. It celebrates the tiger’s beauty, strength, and ecological importance while reminding us that its survival is inseparable from the health of Malaysia’s forests. My Harimau asks us to consider what is lost when a species disappears and underscores the urgency of protecting one of the nation’s most treasured inhabitants before it exists only in memory and art.