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EDRIC ONG LIANG BIN

Birthdate :               12th April 1953

Birthplace :              Kuching, Sarawak, E. Malaysia

Qualifications :        Bachelor of Architecture
                                University of Singapore 1977
                                Registered Architect, Malaysia

Positions Held

Proprietor - Edric Ong Architect

Managing Director - Kumpulan Philipino Malaysian Architect Consultant Sdn Bhd

Managing Partner - Malaysian Associate Architects (Sarawak) since 1983-1995

Director - Design East Associates (Interior Design Consultants) 1986-1992

Director - Eon Company (Arts/Crafts Gallery Fashion Boutique) since 1986

Hon. Gen. Secretary - Society Atelier Sarawak (Arts & Crafts Society) 1986-1992

Manager/Artistic Director - Sarawak Culture Fusion Dance
 

Company 1987-1989

Executive Director - “Fabriko – The Luxury of Sarawak-Style” Store since 1989

Executive Management Committee Member – Sarawak Cultural Village since 1989-1995

Committee Member – Crafts Council of Malaysia (1998-Present)

Member - World Crafts Council – Asia Pacific.

Member – National Council for Craft Industry Malaysia

President - Society Atelier Sarawak (The Arts & Crafts Society since 1993)

President - Full Gospel business Men’s Fellowship International – Sarawak Chapter 1993-1995

Chairman - Sarawak Arts Festival (Kuching Festival) 1991-1996

Convenor- International Ikat Weaving Forum June 1999  Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.

Executive Director – World Eco – Fiber & Textile (W.E.F.T.) Foundation Network

 

Fashion

Artistic Director – Ethnic Inspirations Fashion Extravaganza 1987

Artistic Director – Sarawak Inspirations Fashion Extravaganza 1993

Designer – “Eonco Collection” of Fashionwear & Accessories

                 Using Sarawak/Malaysian Textiles & Materials

Designer – Kuching Hilton Hotel Uniforms

Designer – Sarawak Cultural Village Uniforms

 

Exhibitions/Seminar/Competitions

Convenor - International ‘Ikat’ Weaving Forum in Kuching, Sarawak
(June 11-16th 1999) 300 participants from 21 nations; 22 papers presented in forum; Weaving/Natural Dye workshops and Post-forum Tour to Batang Ai Iban Longhouse.

Organising Chairman of “Weaving – Cultural Links” International weaving Exhibition and Seminar/Workshop – Sept. 7-21st 1988, Participants include 70 Iban Weavers, and Guest Weavers from Britain, Australia, Canada, India and Philippines

Organising Secretary of State-Wide Art Competition – August 1988

Organising Secretary of Beads Exhibition at Sarawak Museum – July 1988

Orgainising Secretary - of Sculpture and Carving Exhibition/Workshop at Sarawak Museum – June 1988

Malaysian Representative - at World Crafts Conference Sydney 1988; International Tapestry Symposium Melbourne 1988

Chairman - Annual Sarawak Secondary School Students Art Competition (1992-present)

Chairman - Fiesta Filipino in Malaysia (1994) (Arts, Crafts, Music, Fashion & Sculpture) Tour of 3 cities – Kuala Lumpur, Penang & Kuching.

Presenter - Asian Textile Heritage Convention Chiangmai, Thailand 1992

“Woven Dreams” Iban Textile at Australian High Commission, Kuala Lumpur, September 2000.

“Naturally Inclined” at National Art Gallery in Kuala Lumpur, November 2000.

Exhibition at Aseana Gallery KLCC, Kuala Lumpur, 2000.

 

Organiser

Sarawak Arts/Crafts Exhibition at Voyageurs DuMonde, Paris 1996.

World Eco-Fiber & Textile (W.E.F.T.) Forum Malaysia, September 2001.

Manchester Commonwealth Game Arts Festival – Iban Textile Exhibition in Manchester, 2002.

Annual State-Wide Iban Textile Competition Sarawak.

 

Lecturer

Iban Textiles of Sarawak at British Museum (Museum of Mankind) – Nov 1992

Iban Textiles of Sarawak, Royal Siam Society, Bangkok 1997.

Indigo-Dye in Iban Textiles – International Seminar on Indigo-Dye Chiengmai, Thailand September, 1998.

Revival of a Dyeing Art – World Crafts Council Assembly Amman, Jordan. November, 1998.

UNESCO Seminar on Heritage Conservation of Historic Buildings in Melaka, May 1999.

Taegu, Korea International Textiles Seminar Exhibition, May 2000.

Jim Thompson Foundation Textile Conference, Bangkok Thailand, 2000.

University of New South Wales, College of Fine Arts, on Iban Textiles, August 2000.

National Trust International Conference Alice Spring, Australia, 2000.

Lecture on Iban Textile at Australian High Commission Kuala Lumpur, September, 2000.

Laos Textiles Festival, November 2000.

Beadwork of Sarawak at Embroidery Seminar Crafts Council of India, Hyderabad, January 2001.

Woven Dreams Iban Textiles of Sarawak, Adelaide, Australia, Sydney, Melbourne & Brisbane, March 2001.

Iban Textile Exhibition in Kyoto, Japan, April 2001.

 

Awards

Recipient of Australian Culture award 1987; Lecture Tour of Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Hobart & Darwin in May 1988

Organising Chairman, Fiesta Filipino in Malaysia (Festival of Fashion, Music, Art, Crafts, Food & Products of Distinction) – 1994

 

 Publications

‘Sarawak Style” author Published by Society Atelier Sarawak, Times Editions, Thames & Hudson 1996.

“Pua – Iban Weavings of Sarawak” – author Published by Society Atelier Sarawak in 1986, 2nd Edition 1988

“Malay Houses of Kuching, Sarawak” Published by Sarawak Museum in 1983

Journalistic Reviews to Newspapers on Arts & Culture.
 

Show Productions:

‘Culture-Fusion’ – Gala Opening of Kuching Festival 1987

‘Ethnic Inspirations’ – Iban Women’s 30th Anniversary 1987

‘Visions’ – Glass/Mirror Etchings & Decorative Arts 1985

‘Warna-Warni’ – Ethnic colours Exhibition Lions District Convention 1986

‘Flash-Back’ Dance/Fashion Show International Secretaries Week, Holiday Inn 1988

Artistic Director, Grand Opening of Sarawak Cultural Village in Conjunction with EC-Asean Ministerial Conference 1989.

Fashion Shows promoting Ethnic textiles and motifs (1986-present).

 

Conservation of Historical Buildings

Conversion of 1929 Structure ‘Sarawak Steamship Godown’ into the Sarawak State Tourism Information Centre Conversion of Maderasah Melayu to State Islamic Museum

Conversion of 1880 Fort Sylvia, Kapit into Tun Jugah Museum 1997

Conservation of St. James, Quop built in 1863.

Conservation of Bishop’s House built in 1839.

 

Cultural Projects

Architectural Consultant to the Government on Sarawak Cultural Village/Heritage Centre

 

Tourism Projects

Consultant on Pelagus Rapids Resort

Kapit Damai Beach Hotel, Phase 2

Consultant – Art Collection of Sarawak Economic Development Corporation (SEDC)

Consultant – Art Collection of Kuching Hilton

Consultant – Sarawak Tourism Promotion in Singapore 1989

Consultant – “Farewell to the King” Film Set at Gunong Serapi, Matang

 

Spiritual Ministry

President – Anglican Diocesan Youth Council Diocese of Kuching (Sarawak & Brunei) (1996-present)

Chairman – Provincial Youth Network (1997-present) Province of S.E. Asia (Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos).

Vice-Chairman – Provincial Church Council (P.C.C.) of St. Faith, Kuching.

Member – Diocesan Synod, Diocese of Kuching

Lay Reader – Diocese of Kuching

 

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