Silas Oo

Silas Oo

Multi-disciplinary Artist

Silas Oo (b. 1996) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Kuala Lumpur who specialises in ink drawing and sculpture. The themes of his work explore the human psyche and existential conditions, with a tendency to fixate on death. His works often blend surrealist fantasy with sci-fi retrofuturism, aesthetic sensibilities that he picked up on from childhood influences and pop and alternative culture. Oo graduated from The One Academy, Kuala Lumpur, in 2017 and won the Bronze prize in the UOB Painting of the Year Award (Emerging) in 2018. He has exhibited extensively in group exhibitions, with notable recent shows including Immersio by Filamen (2024, GMBB, KL), and Ways of Seeing (2024, CULT Gallery, KL), From 2024–25, he was an artist in resident at Hin Bus Depot, Penang, which resulted in 余 Oo: A Post-Residency Showcase in 2025. In the same year, he collaborated with local fashion label Huntilanak on a capsule collection for KL Fashion Week. Recently he exhibited his first formal solo exhibition, Roadkill at The Backroom KL.