Artist's Profile

Artist ADEPUTRA







Exhibitions ADEPUTRA

2006 – 62nd Tokyo International Gift Show – Tokyo
2006 – Yayasan Harapan Kanak-Kanak Malaysia- Impiana Hotel & From One Earth – Soka Gakkai Malaysia K.L
2005 – Group Exhibitions Yayasan Kesenian Johor- JB & Hikayat – Balai Senilukis Negara
2004 – Colour Recipe – Art Talk Gallery Kuala Lumpur & Exhibition by 2 Malay artist – Bar Ember, Kuala Lumpur
2003 – Guest Artist – Mat Dollah Solo, Mallorca - SPAIN
2003 – Adeputra & Chekri – Starhill, Kuala Lumpur & Imajan Dan Suara Kemerdekaan – Balai Seni Maybank, K.L
2001 - Cradle Of The Nation - Dataran Maybank, Kuala Lumpur / Face the Act - Petronas Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
2000 - Quest into Malaysia Fine Art - Nikko Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
2000 - Appear Innocent - Isetan Gallery, Kuala Lumpur & Art on Plus - Air Keroh, Melaka
1999 - 48th Tokyo International Gift Show - Tokyo, Japan & Fukuoka International Art Fest - Fukuoka, Japan
1998 - In Living Palette - Sheraton Imperial, Kuala Lumpur
1991 - Cartoon Exhibition - National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur


Solo Exhibitions
2006 & 2007 – Anugerah Art Gallery Solo Exhibition
2003 – Made In Blessingland – Balai Seni Maybank, Kuala Lumpur
2002 - True Colour Of Kuala Lumpur - Great Eastern Mall, K.L
2002 - The Launch of Adeputra New Paintings - Galeri Art Colony, KL
2001 - New work by Adeputra - Cafe Art Colony, Kuala Lumpur
1999 - Solo 'My Promised Land' - Legend Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

Art Projects
2006 – Yayasan Harapan Kanak-Kanak Malaysia
2005 – Children design on furniture for La Maison Design
2003 – Artist Jam @ C.M –Central Market, Kuala Lumpur
2002 - Adeputra ART Projects & SAHABAT HUKM Pediatrics, Ward wall decorations (volunteer project) - HUKM
2000 - The Launch of Art On Plus - Ayer Keroh, Melaka
2000 - Design for Pediatrics Ward wall decorations (volunteer project) . Hospital Seremban, Seremban.
1999 - New Millennium at Bintang Walk, Starhill - Kuala Lumpur
1999 - Design for Pediatrics Ward wall decorations (volunteer project) - HUKM Cheras, Kuala Lumpur.
1999 - Painting With Sounds - Dewan Filharmonic Petronas, KLCC

Adeputra was born on the 31st of December, 1970 in Batu Pahat, Johor. Before going full time in 1996, his involvement was mainly caricature works. He was a cartoonist and illustrator for a publishing house from 1989 to 1992. After which, he was employed by Utusan Malaysia until 1995.His early works were about searching his identity and expression. He was obsessed towards this quest and eventually realised that the best way is to let his soul do the searching with his lines and colours. Ade said “ The quest for individuality in expression is an endless journey. It is not a mission of perfection but allowing free evolvements in it.” The actual search is not about differences but similarities. These qualities bring out the feeling of togetherness and love in his soul.”

After going through a few stages of developments, experiences and observations, his works progresses through shapes and techniques. “To me, art is my spiritual expression within. Just like the artist’s progressive life and movements, creative arts requires changes too. I am not looking for point of stability in my works. It must progress and improve with age and experience.” It is obvious that within a short span of years, Ade’s works clearly travels and progress through his mediums, techniques and ideas. But most importantly, his inclinations towards urbanizations as his conversation subjects are constantly maintained. In fact this one identity brings about stability in his artistic involvement till now. A good artist will be able to transfer his circles of environment and surroundings to canvas. Most of his works are his daily expressions and experiences of challenging life in metropolitan Kuala Lumpur.

The usage of bold and bright colours for imaginative subjects are his identities. He favors the idea of arranging characters and subjects according to their importance. Eventually creates interesting presentations as these are his stories which are easy to understand. He feels that life in the city gives him the freedom of expression within the law, human rights and unfortunately a lot of human hierarchies as well. Every life will have to digest this reality of life. His works will always communicate symbolically and sarcastically towards everyone on the street. As a result, his artworks carry values of life, nostalgic characters and fresh inspirations to the audience. His informal artistic background gives him unlimited space to explore. Unlike most academically trained artists, Ade is not confined to certain styles and streams of works. He is a true artist who paints through in born talent from natural spiritual self. He has his own views about his life. “ We live with our mind. The ability to deliver results will not depend on luck or intelligence. But it all rely on the ability to produce ideas and make it happen.”



Artist ANUAR RASHID



Anuar RASHID was known as a rebel without a cause among his peers during his student days in ITM Shah Alam in the 70’s

He was best remembered as the only student who dared to have a face on fight with the then senior lecturer and respected artist Mr Redza Piyadassa. Anuar was so angry with him that he choose to leave for Eastern Europe without completing his studies.

For almost 30 years, he traveled the world and made himself known among the European collectors and art critics.

He came back to Malaysia in the early 2000’s and made impact by having solo exhibition in Penang.

His early works of Rebel Series Inderapura were mostly burnt as his protest to his lecturer Piyadassa. However, a few survived including two of the series # 1 & 2

Series 2 was purchased by YTL Corporation for RM 80,000 during the Hope , Run & Walk Charity Art Exhibition in 2006.

The current value of such artwork is at the range of RM 70,000 to RM 80,000

Ismail LATIFF is Anuar Rashid only peer who is still active and made equivalent impact in the Malaysian art scene today



ARTIST CHEKRI





Name : Mohd Rizal Bin Mansordin @ CHEKRI
Date of Birth : 8 Mac 1977
Birthplace : Kuala Lumpur
Academic : Self Taught

EXHIBITIONS
2001 - Khalid Batik Gallery – KUALA LUMPUR
2001 - Group Exhibition Wisma Cosway Kuala Lumpur
2002 - Anugerah Gallery Sdn Bhd – Kuala Lumpur
2003 - Imajan & Suara Kemerdekaan – Maybank KL
2003 - Artist Jam @ Central Market
2003 - 2 Men Show with Adeputra – Starhill
2004 - Exhibition by 2 Malay Artist – Bar Embeen Sri Hartamas
2004 - Color Recipe by Kalima – Art Talk Gallery
2006 - Inspiring Hopes – Impiana Hotel & 62nd Tokyo International Gift Show, JAPAN
2007 - X Trasi, Kota Kinabalu

Art Projects
2001 - Batik Demonstration – Awana Cerating, Genting Highland
2002 - The Touch Of Care – Adeputra HUKM – Starhill
2003 - Artist Jam @ Central Market KL

Being a self taught artist, he started painting at the tender age of ten. After he completed his studies in 1995, he left for Seremban as a graphic artist until 1998. In 1999, he started to explore the cosmopolitan life of Kuala Lumpur and be a full time portrait artist. Being an aggressive and fast learner, he received good response for custom made murals and batik art. He moved on to Expressionism in the year 2000. This interest involving a lot of batik art related to landscape, nature and underwater. In the process of doing so, he entertained himself with music and portraitures art.

In the year 2003, he discovered and jointly the founder “Outsiders Art Community”

Being an artist without any academic papers behind him, he teamed up with his best artist buddy, Adeputra creating a new artistic wave with a free expression. This new discovery of style is based on social issues, environment and universal life using methodological symbols.

Beside his bright colours and free subject layouts in his works, he creates images, icons, objects and subjects with unique characteristic and identities.

He strongly feel that art is a medium of visual communication between the artists and his collectors. So he simplified it for easier appreciation among all levels of collectors. He want to be honest in order to produce creative and innovative works.

There are a few interesting combination of artistic medium that he explores such as oil, acrylic with sand, enamel, paper and gunny as base. He made his inaugural step to Japan in 2006 with good success. But his latest discovery of Batik on Canvas proves yet another hidden talent he has. This style is related to him by Mat Dollah a known Malaysian Batik artist with a difference. He taught Chekri to paint batik on canvas and eliminates the complicated and slow process of traditional batik art.



Artist Chow Kok Seong





Chow Kok Seong dilahirkan pada 9 Januari 1947. Beliau mendapat pendidikan seni dari Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapura.

Sejak tahun 1969, beliau telah menyertai banyak pameran berkumpulan dana beberapa pameran solo di seluruh dunia termasuk China, Jepun, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Amerika, Kanada dan juga Asia Tenggara.

Melihat karya karya Kok Seong, ada suatu gaya baru yang ditampilkan melalui media cat minyak beliau. Terdidik sebagai pelukis berus China yang menggunakan ‘rice paper’ yang konvensional, Kok Seong memecahkan tradisi gaya ini. Tanpa banyak menukar gaya tersebut, beliau berjaya menciptakan satu aliran baru menerusi cat minyak di atas kanvas. Banyak penekanan diberikan kepada gaya Kok Seong yang kuat dan matang.

Untuk menjadikan karyanya lebih menarik, Kok Seong mencampurkan ‘turpentine’ dan minyak ‘linseed’ lalu dipercikkan ke sebahagian karya. Beliau juga sengaja mencakar di atas kanvas basah kepada sebahagian sudut karya sebagai gaya Kok Seong yang unik.

Antara kolektor karya Kok Seong adalah Lee Ka Shing, Cathay Pacific Airlines, Bank Of China dan President Soeharto.



Artist Kamaruddin Talib (Din)




Kamaruddin Talib ( Din ) was born in Kelantan on the 29th September 1954. Having some distant Thai descendants, he grew up with familiar Thai culture as Kelantan is located within the border. With a strong in born artistic talent, he was later trained with the National Art Gallery in the 60’s under the Intensive Art Workshop for two years. In the early 70’s, being a senior member of the then, Angkatan Pelukis Se Malaysia ( APS), he was among the favourite juniors under the tutelage of the late realist maestro Dato’ Mohd Hoessein Enas. Today, he is among the best realist artists in Malaysia.

Known for his landscapes, architectures, portraitures, market scenes and cockfights series, Din started his artistic journey in the 80’s in Sabah. In 18987, he was one of the selected artist as the guest to the residence of Tun Daim Zainuddin for an exclusive closed art exhibition at his residence.

Din moved into a new leap of success. In 1995, he was selected by Anugerah Gallery to be among the few Malaysian artists joining world class artists for an international art exhibition at the Putra World Trade Centre. It was an art exhibition exclusively for the then Prime Minister Dato Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad in conjunction with the UMNO General Assembly.

Ever since, his artworks were well received by both local and international art collectors. In 1998, he was given an exclusive study tour in Bali. It was a joint effort between the world class Agung Rai Museum of Art ( ARMA ) and Anugerah Gallery. After that event, a successful art exhibition was held in Kuala Lumpur which was officiated by Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak. It was to raise fun for the National Higher Education Fund.

Amog his private collectors are Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Tun Daim Zainuddin, Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak and Tan Sri Francis Yeoh. His corporate collectors are Malaysia Airlines, YTL Corporation Berhad, HeiTech Padu Berhad, Airod Berhad and Pricewaterhouse Coopers



Artist Tang Tuckkan




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BORN IN 1934, MR TANG WHO IS 74 YEARS OLD, WAS EDUCATED FROM THE PRESTIGIOUS ST. MARTIN SCHOOL OF ARTS, LONDON. HIS ONLY OTHER MALAYSIAN ARTIST FRIEND FROM THE SAME SCHOOL IS KHALIL IBRAHIM. AS AN ACADEMICIAN, HE WAS A SENIOR ART TEACHER AT ST. JOHNS INSTITUTION KUALA LUMPUR. THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, DATO’ SERI NAJIB TUN ABD RAZAK AND DATO HISHAMUDDIN TUN HUSSEIN WERE HIS STUDENTS THEN. HE WAS ONCE A LECTURER AT UiTM AND MALAYSIAN INSTITUTE OF ART.

KNOWN FOR HIS CUBISM APPROACH WITH ‘HARD EDGE’ SPACE IDENTITIES, TANG CREATED A NEW IMAGE FROM THE ORDINARY CHINESE PAINTING WHICH WAS POPULAR BACK THEN. COMFORTABLE AS A REALIST, FIGURATIVE, PORTRAITURE, ABSTRACT IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN ARTIST, HE EXCELLED BEYOND THE ORDINARY WITH WATERCOLOUR, OIL AND MIX MEDIA AS HIS MEDIUM OF ARTISTIC PRESENTATION. AMONG WELL KNOWN MALAYSIAN ARTISTS WHO WERE ONCE HIS STUDENTS INCLUDING ISMAIL LATIFF AND ANUAR RASHID.

HAD THREE SOLO EXHIBITION IN 1971, 1976 AND 1977. SELECTED GROUP SHOWS ARE THE 10TH BIENNIAL IN SAO PAOLO, BRAZIL, EXPO ’70 IN OSAKA, JAPAN AND EXHIBITIONS IN CANADA, AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND.

TANG TUCK KAN WHO IS RECUPERATING FROM A STROKE, HAD PARTIALLY LOST HIS MEMORY AND STRUGGLING TO LEARN TO SPEAK AND WRITE AGAIN. HE IS DETERMINING TO FIGHT ON FOR HIS ONLY PASSION – TO PAINT AGAIN.



Artist Rusli Bin Khalid
6hb September 1959
Seremban, NEGERI SEMBILAN
Bachelor of Fine Arts,
University of Technology MARA


Anugerah
2000 Anugerah Guru Cemerlang Seni Visual
Daerah Hulu Langat
Pameran Solo
1997 Pameran Solo, School of Fine Arts, UiTM Shah Alam
2006 Solo Exhibition, Equitorial Hotel, Bangi
2007 Jabatan Pendidikan Selangor, Shah Alam

Pameran Berkumnpulan Pilihan
2005 Berkumpulan Daerah Hulu Langat – Shah Alam

Berkumpulan – Muzium Negeri Sembilan
2006 Berkumpulan Guru Seni Visual Selangor

Berkumpulan Laman Putrajaya



Artist’s Abu Hasan @ Hasan Bin Ahmad

28hb April 1961
KUALA LUMPUR

Pameran Solo
2003 Abstract Composition, KUALA LUMPUR
Pameran Berkumpulan Pilihan
1998 Garden Party – Rumah Belanda
Labour Of Love - Kuala Lumpur Hilton
1999 Gallery Puri Melaka – Seven Artists
2000 Demonstrasi Batik – World Expo Hanover

GERMANY
2001 Balai Seni Lukis Negeri JOHOR
ASEAN NATIONAL ORCHID SHOW, JOHOR
Mutiara Hotel, KUALA LUMPUR
TF NET TROPICA FRUITS NETWORK
2002 Rhapsody In The Water – Elle Six Gallery, KUALA LUMPUR
Potret Diri, Balai Seni Lukis Negara, KUALA LUMPUR
Zukruf – Kompleks Kraf, KUALA LUMPUR
2003 Marine Life, Stonor Centre, KUALA LUMPUR
HOSPIS, Galeri Petronas, KUALA LUMPUR
Art With Heart, Petronas Gallery, KUALA LUMPUR
Imajan & Suara Kemerdekaan, Maybank & Anugerah Gallery
2004 Joyful Moment – Blue Wave Hotel, SHAH ALAM
2005 Charity Art Auction, Sri Cempaka School, KUALA LUMPUR