Sophia Yin Ni Shung, ISA Accredited Member

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Sophia Yin Ni Shung
ISA member since Oct 02, 2015

60124139246 (Mobile)

B-3a-1, The Five @ KPD,
Jalan Dungun,
Damansara Heights
Kuala Lumpur, 50490 map

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About

Art Consultant | Cultural Strategist | Gallery Director | Art Appraiser | Podcaster @ The Sophia Shung Show | TEDx Speaker

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After graduated from School of Communication, Universiti Sains Malaysia, I was trained as a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), specialising in risk reduction and corporate insurance planning, particularly in the fields of engineering, manufacturing, architecture and property development.

In 2015, I was trained in Auctioneering at Missouri Auction School, USA and thereafter qualified myself as one of the five fine art appraisers in Asia registered with the International Society of Appraisers, USA. Being probably the youngest gallery owner in Malaysia, I founded Suma Orientalis, a contemporary art gallery based in Kuala Lumpur. It has held various exhibitions, art talks and artists’ critic sessions. I have also published a book titled "Eng Hwee Chu: To You I Surrender My Vanity" (2017) as a documentation of the career of Eng Hwee Chu, a magical realist painter who has gained umpteen attention in Asian Art scene.

With the belief that art should be made accessible to all, I set up The Culture Haus to focus on art consultancy projects. We work with a wide range of art patrons, from high-net-worth individuals to international corporations, in building their esteemed art collection, cultivating deeper art appreciation, providing advisory services with regard to acquisition, insurance and appraisal, as well as enabling public art programmes under Corporate Social Responsibility. Since 2019, we have been serving corporations ranked among Fortune Global 500, in terms of art inventory management and integrating art patronage as part of their corporate culture.