Malaysian Emerging Artist Award (MEA Award) is a biannual competition that honours the most promising young artists in Malaysia. Its main goal is to recognize the country's top emerging talents and to give them the opportunity to break into the local and international art scenes.

The 5 artists with the highest number of votes from a panel of respected juries will receive a cash prize, a voucher for art materials, a 10-day travel grant to a city in Southeast Asia, and a showcase of their works.

This year's competition features a shortlist of 39 young artists from 75 entries and the MEA Award showcase features 91 artworks in various subject matters, styles, and mediums.

MEA Award 2011 is organized by HOM and Galeri Chandan in collaboration with Soka Gakkai Malaysia and supported by 30 Artfriends, a loose collective of thirty Southeast Asian art collectors.