Background
The Journey of a Creative Professional
Alice is a highly creative and compassionate professional with a unique blend of skills in design, therapeutic arts, and community building. Her extensive career, spanning over 37 years, has been dedicated to using art as a powerful tool for connection and personal growth. She holds qualifications in Graphic Design, Ceramics, and Health & Social Care, enhanced by training in Art & Spirituality and Psychosynthesis.
After a successful corporate career as a designer and merchandiser for Metrojaya Berhad, Alice made a life-altering decision to transition into the field of social care. This move began a profound journey working with children, young adults, and individuals with diverse abilities at the Daybreak Centre in Malaysia. Subsequently, she spent eight years in a L’Arche Community in London, where she provided daily support to individuals with learning difficulties. She later joined CareUK, specializing in planning and facilitating creative activities for elderly residents with dementia, even initiating a successful project to produce personalized photo journals for residents and their families.
The Artist and Curator
While her career in social care was instrumental in her growth, Alice rekindled her passion for art in 2005. This renewed focus led her to develop a unique practice where she creates and curates mindful creative art programs, workshops, and retreats. These person-centered sessions are designed to help individuals, groups, and companies connect with themselves and the world around them.
As an artist, Alice's work has been exhibited at various galleries in the UK,Malaysia, Hungary and Germany, with commissions for murals and ceramic pieces. In 2018, she became a resident artist with C.Pariz Museo De Arte in Hungary, solidifying her presence on the international art scene.
Expanding her creative and business ventures, Alice recently partnered with Peter W to co-direct Mein Ding Gallery Studio in Malaysia and Hungary. In this role, she not only exhibits her own work but has also curated several successful exhibitions, including 'FATE: 3 Women 3 Vision 1 Exhibition' and 'IMPACT' Exhibition & Celebrate Life. In 2019, she held her first solo exhibition, 'Dream within a Dream', which was based on her belief that we are a "Community of Hosts"—the living connections between people, our environment, and nature.
