Lui Cheng Thak is a versatile artist working on traditional heritage in architecture, clothes, culture, musical instruments, occupations and ecology. An early 1996 work from his Malaysian Cultural Series, patterns from sarung and the kenyalang (hornbill) motifs provide a lyrical ambience. With the Sarawak tribal shield as a bedrock, he arrays the sejadah, wayang kulit (shadow puppet), wau (kite) in the shape of a giant leatherback sea turtle and kuda kepang, which is also popular in the Johor zapin dance. Lui studied at the Kuala Lumpur College of Art from 1987-1989. His early solos were As I Was Passing (Hotel Istana, organised by Pelita Hati), Our Heritage (Rusli Hashim Fine Art, 2001), As I Was Passing II (Galeri Citra, 2006), Cicles: Nostalgia and Collective Memory (White Box Publika, 2014. This was followed by seven consecutive solos with PINKGUY Gallery, the last being Endless in 2017. His recent solo exhibition Day & Night featured his first series of work painted in black and white at 28 BLVD Gallery. He had a record of sort in his Redeem solo exhibition at PINKGUY in 2014 when all 12 works were sold within 18 minutes of opening!