Nelson Hor Ee Herng (born 1998, Penang) is a Malaysian Chinese artist currently practicing in Tokyo.
Hor graduated with a BA in fine arts from Tama Art University in 2022.
Hor mainly uses mineral pigments in his paintings and believe they are like a primal link between
humanity and nature as the ancient people used mineral pigments to paint murals to convey messages
and record incidents of the time. Therefore, Hor sees them as a unique tool to document issues related to our modern society, such as mental illness and discrimination against LGBTQ people.
Hor also takes inspiration from the idea of contemporary sculpture to experiment with unconventional
sculptural materials and art forms and to use figurative and abstract metaphors to examine social issues.
Therefore, in recent exhibitions, Hor extended his story from a single canvas to an entire exhibition
space, and depending on the concept and series, he uses embroidery, ceramics, video and sound to
create installations that allow the audience to immerse themselves more deeply into the subject that he
wants to convey.

Bath Date with My Devil is part of a series of paintings called Water in the Desert which is about the feeling of loneliness and helplessness that most LGBTQ people experience due to negligence and discrimination from society.
Many people see the shower room as the last sanctuary to escape the outside world, but what if the harsh loneliness invades your oasis, would you be able to find the water, or would you become one? (Nelson Hor)