ABOUT | ANNICE LYN
ABOUT | ANNICE LYN
+ Photo courtesy of Tay Keen Meng of All is Amazing
Annice Lyn is a visual artist, documentary, and sports photographer based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia who visual document story that resonates with its critical importance. She developed her passion for photography while obtaining her professional architectural degree at UCSI University and was named a prominent alumnus for her work. She founded Anntopia in 2015 as a platform to further her creative pursuits in authentic portraits, weddings, and designs. Annice Lyn is the co-founder of Women Photographers Malaysia, with a vision to develop an inclusive culture that increases gender equality by ensuring better support and empowerment of women photographers through visual storytelling.
As a former national figure skater, she seeks to visually document winter sports to raise the ice-skating community's visibility in a tropical equatorial country. The first and only female photographer based in Malaysia to be accredited for the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (PyeongChang 2018), her photography work has been featured on Samsung #DoWhatYouCant campaign & been picked up by Forbes, Getty Images, Associated Press, AFP, the Washington Post, USA Today, The Guardian, Olympic NBC Sports, Malaysia Tatler and various news online and publishing platforms.
Annice has covered the Malaysia General Election in 2018, as a candidate Photographer & core team campaign designer. She strung for the Associated Press in 2019 covering news and sports and signed with Getty Images as contractor and contributor. She often shares her philosophy in photography through public speaking engagements and workshops training. She is the recipient of the Women of the Future Awards Southeast Asia 2020 and appointed as Canon Malaysia EOS Youth Ambassador with a commitment to cultivate and nurture a new generation of young photographers. Among all her achievements, Annice is a finalist for photo creator of the Year 2018 & a speaker at 2018, 2019, and 2020 Kuala Lumpur Photography Festival.
When Annice is not taking photos, she enjoys a good read, coffee, and scrumptious bites of a molten lava cake. She is passionate about championing gender equality and she's available for assignments worldwide, project commissions, workshops training, speaking engagements & good conversations.
EDUCATION
2010 - 2011 Foundation in Architecture, UCSI University
2011 - 2015 BSc (Hons) Architecture Technology, UCSI University
EXHIBITION
2018 Harapan: An Exhibition on GE14 & the Malaysia Politics, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2018 Creator of the Year 2018 Finalist, Kuala Lumpur Photography Festival, Malaysia
2018 61 Years of Malaysia: Contemporary Art Exhibition, Malaysia Fashion Week, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2019 Women Street Photographers Exhibition Finalist, Kuala Lumpur Photography Festival, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2020 Bridging the Distance: Documenting National Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic, The Biddy's & Fergana Art, Publika Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2020 HER. Perspective by Women Photographers Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur Photography Festival, Malaysia
2020 Women Street Photographers Exhibition Finalist, Kuala Lumpur Photography Festival, Malaysia
2020 Faces of the Heartlands, KL20X20, the ZhongShan Building, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
RECOGNITION
2018 Prominent Alumni Lecture, UCSI University
2018 Canon Malaysia EOS Youth Ambassador
2020 Women of the Future Award Southeast Asia
TEACHING & SPEAKING
2018 Guest Speaker, US Embassy Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2018 Guest Lecturer, Design Communication in Architecture, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2018 Prominent Alumni Lecture Series, UCSI University, Cheras Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2018 A Leap of Faith: Photographing Sports, Photomania, Kuala Lumpur Photography Festival, Malaysia
2019 Challenge the Norm: Women in Sports Photography, Photomania, Kuala Lumpur Photography Festival, Malaysia
2020 EOS-1DX Mark III Practical on-site test, Canon Regional, Singapore
2020 Featuring Annice Lyn, PhotoJam, Facebook Live
2020 Women Photographers Malaysia, Photojam, Facebook Live
2020 The Moment It Click, EOS Workshop Webinar, Canon Malaysia
2020 Capturing Moments Workshop with EOS Youth Ambassadors, Canon Malaysia
2020 Women Street Photographers, a Dialogue by the Curator and Photographers, Kuala Lumpur Photography Festival, Malaysia
2020 'Her Perspective' An Observation of the Female Eye, Women Photographers Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur Photography Festival, Malaysia
2020 Faces of the Hearthlands, artist walkthrough, KL20X20, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia