Azam Rais
Spoken word artist
Azam Rais
Azam Rais is a spoken word artist who uses rhyme schemes to speak on national, social and environmental themes. Most recently, he was featured at the 2019 Performatura Arts Festival in Philippines and crowned champion of the 2018 Asia-Pacific Poetry Slam in Singapore.
In 2018, he represented Malaysia and was crowned champion of the 2018 Asia-Pacific Poetry Slam Competition ahead of poets from Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines and Malaysia at Singapore's Premier Literary Festival – The 2018 Lit-Up Festival.
He is the co-founder and director of ‘Poet X’, Malaysia's first-ever poetry podcast aimed at progressing the local poetry scene along with his colleagues
Ryan Matjeraie
Comedian
An Iban/Irish Malaysian from Kuching with a haircut that makes him look like a villain in a romantic comedy.
His journey started off with music, as he wanted to tour the world with his band when he was 19 years young, he completed a film course in Perth and later decided to pursuit his venture into Radio Hosting job in the heart of KL.
From then on, Ryan grew his exposure and experience in the particular art hosting both in front of the camera and on the radio with HITZ FM and have been with the company for 7 years before taking the leap to create what he truly believes in, which is to create meaningful content.
Ryan has landed a gig with Harry Kok Siew Yok's founder who up till today wants to remain anonymous. They both collaborated in both writing and directing the humour behind Harry Kok's true Malaysian heroic comedy.
Shila Amzah
Malaysian singer-songwriter
NurShahila binti Amir Amzah is a Malaysian singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Kuala Lumpur. With the help of a famous Malaysian record producer, in 2005 Shila released her second pop studio album, Sha-Hila. Her single "Patah Seribu" (2011) received Pop Song of the Year and Song of the Year at the 19th Malaysian Music Awards.
She continued her singing career by breaking out to Shanghai, China and eventually won the Asian Wave. Afterwards, Shila continued her singing career in mandopop industry by breaking out to Hong Kong in 2015 by releasing some new singles, doing an international press conference and establishing her second record label and global management company, Shilala (HK) Limited. Her success on international stages has gained her honorific titles such as Asia's Sweetheart, Princess of Music, and National Treasure of Malaysia. She is the first and only Malay artist to have success in Chinese-speaking countries and Chinese record charts.
Wong Chee Meng
Artist
Wong Chee Meng, who is a partially blind artist, has been practicing art for over 24 years. His works exhibited locally and internationally in the Czech Republic, Havana Cuba, Macau, Taiwan, South America, Singapore, and South Korea. He participated in the Residency Programs at MaliHom, Penang and Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan. He is represented by Weiling Gallery and currently lecturing at Asia Pacific University.