"Ping Lian Yeak 11 Year Old Specially Gifted Artist" Born in Malaysia - 18 Nov 1993 Residing in Sydney, Australia - Since May 2006 05411 My Dog II Painted at age 11 06001 Sydney Opera House I Painted at age 12	At My Favorite Art House – June 2004 ( Malaysia) Ping Lian's work, "Ubudiah Mosque I" was sold for RM100,000.00 to an anonymous bidder at the Grand Auction of the RDA Charity Ball in aid of the Riding for the Disabled Association, Malaysia...... 20 Nov 2004 Some of the encouraging responses to the sale of " Ubudiah Mosque I " : ~ Heartiest congratulations on the sale of Ping Lian's artworks. It is wonderful that he can make such a difference in other people's lives too. Best wishes.   - From Nicola Kuok ~ Well done Ping Lian! For someone his age, this is remarkable.  - From Lee Yen	Exhibitions / Events Visual Voices: Art of the Spectrum Curated by Dr. Rosa Martinez Positive Exposure Gallery 83 Maiden Lane New York, NY 10038 READ MORE DAPA Inclusive Art Exhibition at NSW Parliament House - See the Original ‘05402 Rooster’ (Painted at age 11 in 2005) on show in Australia for the First Time!! 3 – 26 June 2025 READ MORE Perceptions of Sentience - an art exhibition brought to you by Strokes of Genius Inc Launch Date: 2 April 2025 and until 13 June 2025 Location: United Nations Secretariat (Curved Wall), New York City” READ MORE Now Available on Amazon.com and  other bookstores (Colour, paperback, 486 pages, 121 images) Ebook EPUB format  available on Booktopia, Barnes and Noble, Kobo and more READ MORE May 12th 2018, 7:00 PM, Austin, Texas Premiere of FIERCE LOVE and ART! a Documentary film featuring Seven Savant Artists (including Ping Lian Yeak), a Prodigious Savant Musician, an Author/Minister, all with Autism, and their passionate parents, who used Art to enable their often silent children to demonstrate their creativity, intelligence, and wisdom to an astonished world. MORE DETAILS All the way from Australia! Come meet Ping Lian Yeak in NYC at the prestigious AGORA GALLERY, March 2017. Exhibition dates March 10-30th. Opening Reception March 16th! MORE DETAILS READ about Ping Lian in Psychology Today Article By Kimberly Stephens MORE DETAILS “Out From Down Under & Beyond: Fine Art From Australia and New Zealand" Agora Gallery at Chelsea, New York City May 20 – June 9, 2016 Reception: May 26 MORE DETAILS Ping Lian featured in Agora Gallery's contemporary fine art magazine ARTisSpectrum Vol.34, Nov 2015, page 42 & 43 MORE DETAILS "Architectural Impressions” an exhibition by Ping Lian Yeak at NYC Port Authority – South Wing, 9th Avenue December 1, 2014 – January 31, 2015 More details More details More details More details More details More details SHOWCASE artworks by PRODIGIOUS SAVANT ~ Ping Lian Yeak at The Rocks POP- UP Project, Sydney More details SHOWCASE artworks by PRODIGIOUS SAVANT ~ Ping Lian,Yeak autistic. Matic, Malaysia Tourism Centre, Kuala Lumpur. 25 Nov 2010-30 Jan 2011 More details "STROKES OF GENIUS": 4-14th October 2010 The Salmagundi Art Club. 47 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY More details More details
At home- Ping Lian at work - April 2011(Sydney) 2011 - Ping Lian and his artwork at The Rocks POP- UP Project Exhibition (Sydney)  Photo by Diane Macdonald (www.dimacdonald.com) 10001 Sydney - Ink and water colour on paper- 66 x102cm Painted at age 16 11013 Sydney Opera House-original size-65x100cm-Ink and water colour on paper Painted in 2011 12003 Sydney Opera House-Original size- 52x75cm-Water Colour on paper Painted in 2012 15502 Blue Mountain - Blackheath Rhododendron Garden   Oil on canvas, 61x91cm painted in 2015 Ping Lian at his gallery- 19 March 2015 Ping Lian Art Gallery @ The Settlement Hotel, at Malaysia’s Historic City, Melaka In 2020 the gallery closed (hotel was sold) International Books Featuring Ping Lian Yeak Including English-, Chinese-, Korean-, and Dutch-language publications from Australia, the USA, Mexico, China, Taiwan, and the Netherlands. Click to view larger image

Ping Lian Yeak
An 11 year old specially gifted artist
By Darold A. Treffert, MD ( written in 2005)
I was delighted to learn about Ping Lian through the worldwide savant syndrome website which brought his remarkable work, and his dedicated family, to my attention. Ping Lian's artwork stands on its own demonstrating a remarkable artistic ability in an 11 year old boy. His drawings are colorful, cheerful and impressive. Those drawings take on an added significance, however, when one sees that such a-bility co-exists with a dis-ability as described by his mother and teachers. Savant Syndrome is a rare condition in which remarkable skills and abilities-islands of genius-are seen in striking contrast to limitations from a variety of circumstances such as autism or other developmental disabilities. Such artistic prowess as Ping Lian demonstrates, in addition to providing us with beautiful art, serves as a source of satisfaction, development and growth for him, helping eventually to minimize whatever limitations might spring from his disabilities. Standing behind and beside each of the savants I have worked with as well, however, is a dedicated, patient, loving, determined and perpetually optimistic family which appreciates the special gift within their child, and wish to share it more widely with world. Thus we all become, then, the beneficiaries of that special giftedness, and that determination and optimism, while the artist himself continues to grow and flourish. http://www.agnesian.com/page/pian-lian-yeak

About Darold A. Treffert, M.D.
Darold A. Treffert, MD, a renowned American psychiatrist, is also an international known researcher who has been studying autism and savant syndrome for more than 50 years. He is also the author of “Extraordinary People:Understanding the Savant Syndrome” and “Islands of GENIUS: The Bountiful Mind of the Autistic, Acquired and Sudden Savant”. He was consultant to the Award Winning movie Rain Man and has appeared on Today, CNN, The CBS Evening News, Dateline, Discovery Channel and 60 Minutes. https://www.ssmhealth.com/treffert-center/resources/about/legacy-of-darold-treffert-md

To know more about Savant Profile please visit
http://www.agnesian.com/page/artistic-savant-profiles

05008 US Capitol Building Painted at age 11

06102 K. Lumpur Twin Towers Drawn at age 12

06018 Eiffel Tower Painted at age 12

 

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In April 2017, the book about Ping Lian’s very personal journey; “I Want To Be Artist”: An Autistic Savant’s Voice and a Mother’s Dream Transformed Onto Canvas premiered in the U.S. at the 10th Annual Treffert Lecture series hosted by Marian University and the Treffert Center located on the Agnesian Healthcare campus. The Treffert Center is the only savant institute in the world.

The Sydney Morning Herald- Good Weekend- 12April 2014- page 30&31

The Sydney Morning Herald-Good Weekend- 12April2014-page 32&33