Raymond Yap (b.1966, Malaysia) first went to study art in the UK in the mid-90s, first completing BA in Fine Art with honours from the Wimbledon School of Art and eventually completed Post-graduate studies at the Royal Academy Schools in 2001. He has held 7 solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Mongolia, Brussel, UK and USA. Recent exhibitions include From Here…To Where?, Sangkring Art Project Space, Yogyakarta, 2012 and Visions of Lightness, ION Art Gallery, Singapore and Pipal Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur 2011.

Since graduating, Raymond's painting has been exhibited extensively in the UK, and has gained him various awards and scholarships: the Fenton Art Trust Prize in 2000 and the Selina Cheneviere Fellowship in 2001. The artist is also the
recipient of the 2006 Whisper Residency at the Chinese Arts Centre in Manchester.