Kazvyn Yew
Kazvyn Yew is a Naarm-based painter. Born and raised in Malaysia, before settling in Melbourne via Thailand and Sydney, Yew works primarily with acrylic and oil pastel on canvas. By combining vibrant palettes with expressive mark-making, Yew creates whimsical figures and environments that invite curiosity through a lens of cheeky, child-like wonder and playfulness.
168MA
Arcylic on canvas, 2026.
20.3 cm x 20.3 cm
$200
This painting places the horse - a figure of strength and instinct - within a cement-grey expanse, dense and architectural, evoking industry and modern construction. Rendered in a corroded green patina, the body recalls weathered bronze, as though time has settled into its surface, turning motion into monument.
The anomaly lies in this displacement. A living force stands where it does not belong, recast as structure, held within a constructed field shaped by human modernity. The horse is present and resolute, yet its vitality feels suspended.
Power is not lost, but contained -instinct paused within permanence, insisting on being seen.