About
OMSC’s artist-in-residence for 2017-2018, Keng Sen Chong, is the pastor of Hope Evangelical Free Church (Chinese) and a visual artist who is sharing his passion of heightening humanity’s spirituality through his art. Keng Sen believes all of life is spiritual with implications for all human situations and conditions, and it is his conviction that he — and everyone — is made in God’s image. Therefore, it is axiomatic that this created image should reflect, to various degrees, the creative attributes of the Creator. To him, art-making is both a doxological act – a spiritual act of worship – and a ministering act – the sharing of a life
In 2010 he was tasked with the preparation of an exhibition in conjunction with the 2010 Christian Conference of Asia assembly, which is held every five years. The exhibition featured Malaysian Christian artists from the Unity Art Fellowship (AUF), of which he was the advisor. He is also the Malaysian coordinator for BuildaBridge International, where he uses art camps as a means to reach out to the refugee children. BuildaBridge International is a Philadelphia-based non-profit art education and intervention organisation that engages the transformative power of the arts to bring hope and healing to societies in need.