Exhibition raises funds for marginalised Chow Kit community

Waiting Room by Shieko Reto, a mixed media installation, which showed at the Singapore Biennale 2013, is finally on parade in Kuala Lumpur at The Art Of Giving: Nobody Gets Left Behind exhibition. It evokes the feeling of waiting that many transgender people go through.

The Art of Giving: Nobody Gets Left Behind aims to raise funds for the urban poor and marginalised community in downtown Kuala Lumpur.

She may not be a household name but illustrator Shieko Reto has been thrilling local art lovers with her whimsical and hilarious art for a few years now. Drawn on diverse canvas – from zines to tote bags, posters and postcards – her deceptively simple cartoons belie the gravity of her subject: the experience of trans women in a prejudiced society.