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List Of Malaysian Artists
This is a list of Malaysian artists known for the creation of artworks that are primarily visual arts, visual or graphic arts, graphic in nature, including media such as drawing, illustration, sculpture, painting, photography and printmaking. This list excludes musical artists. The artists are arranged in alphabetical order by their surname, date of birth and death and profession. List of artists * A.Kasim Abas (born 1948) – painter * Ahmad Fuad Osman (born 1969) – painter * Ahmad Zakii Anwar (born 1955) – painter * Alex Ong (born 1951) – painter * Andie Tong (Born 1979) – comic book artist * Billy Tan (Born 1970) – comic book artist * C. N. Liew (1975) – calligrapher, painter * Chang Fee Ming (born 1959) – painter * Cheah Thien Soong (born 1942) – contemporary ink-painting artist * Chuah Thean Teng (1914-2008) – painter * Fahmi Reza (born 1977) – Political graphic designer, street artist and documentary film maker * Germaine Koh (born 1967) – conceptual a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visual Arts
The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics (art), ceramics, photography, video, image, filmmaking, design, crafts, and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual art, and textile arts, also involve aspects of the visual arts, as well as arts of other types. Within the visual arts, the applied arts, such as industrial design, graphic design, fashion design, interior design, and decorative art are also included. Current usage of the term "visual arts" includes fine art as well as applied art, applied or decorative arts and crafts, but this was not always the case. Before the Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain and elsewhere at the turn of the 20th century, the term 'artist' had for some centuries often been restricted to a person working in the fine arts (such as painting, sculpture, or printmaking) and not the decorative arts, crafts, or applied visual arts media. The distinction was emphasized by ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fahmi Reza
Mohd Fahmi Reza bin Mohd Zarin (; born 7 June 1977) is a Malaysian political graphic designer, street artist and documentary filmmaker. He is best known for depicting Malaysia's sixth Prime Minister, Najib Razak, as a clown. He is also known for portraying Malaysian politicians, whom most of them are accused to corruption charges in a satirical way and has seen been arrested multiple times since the clown portrayal of Najib. On December 31, 2024, he has been detained and jailed under MCMC Multimedia Act, in the State of Sabah due to his controversial painting on 11th Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sabah, ''Tun Musa Aman''. In May 29, 2025, Fahmi Reza officially banned from entering the State of Sabah. Early life and education Mohd Fahmi Reza bin Mohd Zarin was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 7 June 1977. He received his Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (BE) from the Vanderbilt University in 1999. Legal action Clown caricature On 6 June 2016, Fahmi was charged with 'violating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonny Liew
Sonny Liew (born 26 September 1974) is a Malaysia-born comic artist/illustrator based in Singapore. He is best known for '' The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye'' (2015), the first graphic novel to win the Singapore Literature Prize for fiction. Early life and education Born in Seremban, Malaysia, Liew attended school at Victoria School and Victoria Junior College in Singapore. He went on to read philosophy at Clare College, Cambridge, in the UK and studied illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design in 2001. Career His first foray into comic illustration was with Singaporean tabloid paper ''The New Paper'' in 1995, contributing a comic strip titled ''Frankie and Poo''. A compilation of the strips was published by Times Publishing in 1996. Shortly after his graduation from Rhode Island Liew got his first break into the American comics industry when Shelly Bond signed him on for Vertigo Comics' ''My Faith in Frankie'' together with Mike Carey and Marc Hempel. His work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shing Yin Khor
Shing Yin Khor is a Malaysian-American artist and cartoonist. They are the creator of the comics ''The American Dream? A Journey on Route 66'', ''The Center for Otherworld Science'' and ''Say it with Noodles'', the last of which won them an Ignatz Award. Khor's middle grade graphic novel, ''The Legend of Auntie Po,'' earned an Eisner Award and was a finalist for the 2021 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. Biography Khor is Malaysian Chinese, grew up in the Philippines, and moved to the United States at age 16. They are now a naturalized citizen of the United States. Khor is queer, and has indicated that their work, regardless of what they do, is political because they are doing it. In a 2017 interview with ''HuffPost'', they said, "I do believe that the personal is political, and have always felt that writing about myself ― as a brown, immigrant woman ― is by default a political gesture because our voices are incredibly underrepresented in all creative fie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rejabhad
Rejabhad, or Rejab bin Had, (23 August 1939 - 14 November 2002), was a Malaysian cartoonist, whose career started in the 1950s. History His hometown was in Permatang Pauh, Penang. Rejabhad knew famous Malaysian cartoonist, Rashidin, who taught him about drawing comics. He joined the Malaysian Army after he left school three months after his debut comic was published in ''Gelanggang Filem'' magazine. He was dubbed as Raja Kartun Malaysia (King of Malaysian Cartoon). He became a full-time cartoonist for Gila-Gila magazine published by Creative Enterprise after he retired from the armed services. He mentored for Malaysian cartoonists from the 1950s to 2000. His was known as Pak Jab by his fans. Rejabhad died on the 14 November 2002, at the age of 63. His collections of magazines and articles are kept in his gallery in Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang Penang is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia along the Strait of Malacca. It has two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redza Piyadasa
Redza Piyadasa (1939 – May 7, 2007) was a Malaysian artist, art critic and art historian. Biography Piyadasa was born in 1939 in Kuantan, the capital of Pahang, in a family of Sinhalese origin. Initially he followed a study at the Malaysia Teacher's College in Brinsford Lodge to become a teacher. Afterwards, he followed an art study at the Hornsey College of Art in Crouch End, London, on the basis of a scholarship of the Malaysian government. Here he obtained his degree in 1967. Consequently, he returned to Malaysia, where he started to work as a teacher at the School for Art and Design, which shortly before was founded as a part of the Universiti Teknologi MARA.Khoo, Eddin (13 May 2007biography The Star Online Piyadasa dedicated his life to art, in the sense of focusing on art theory, as well as performing himself. As an artist he produced visual artwork, like paintings, installations and collages. By means of his publications in Malaysian as well as in English, he importan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muid Latif
Abdul Muid bin Abdul Latif (24 February 1979 – 11 April 2020) was a Malaysian-based web designer, graphic designer and digital artist, who is known for promoting the cultural elements of the Southeast Asia from Batik and Songket into his commercial works and artworks. Muid was the Project Lead for Creative Commons Malaysia who actively promote Free culture movement and open collaboration. Muid was one of the official Behance Ambassadors representing Malaysia and the author of 'Mekarnya Cinta Kata-kata dan Puisi' e-book, a part of initiative to help the Creative Commons movement in fostering Free content awareness and Going green campaign. Biography After obtaining a bachelor's degree in fine arts from the University Technology Mara (UiTM) Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia in 2001, Muid worked at a few web agencies and design studios providing creative assistance for online campaigns, such as Maxis Hotlink, Petronas's Petrosains Discovery Centre, Toyota and Microsoft Singa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Zain Idris
Biography Mohamed Zain Idris, commonly known as M. Zain (1939–2000) was born in Terengganu, Malaysia. He was a self-taught painter known for his work in watercolor and Oil Painting, oil. M. Zain painted primarily in watercolor and oil. His subjects often depicted bucolic rural landscapes and the people who lived and worked among them. Boats and fishing were a central theme in his work and he earned the nickname 'The Fisherman Artist' from a poem titled 'Fisherman Art-ist' by the American art critic and gallerist Frank Sullivan. He was appointed the rare title of 'State Artist' by the Terengganu Menteri Besar and was given his own studio and residence including a stipend. His works are in the collections of the Royal Families of Terengganu and Johar, the MB of Terengganu, Tan Sri Haji Wan Moktar Ahmad, Puan Sri Kuok and Standard Chartered Bank. Exhibitions *1971 , Samat Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia *1972 , Samat Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia *1987 , Hotel Equ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mishar (cartoonist)
Mishar, or Mior Shariman Hassan, was a Malaysian cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comics illustrators/artists in that they produce both the litera ... whose career started in the 1960s. He worked as an illustrator and writer at the Institute of Language and Literature. Also, he worked with the '' Utusan Melayu'' newspaper. See also * Gila-Gila * Malaysian comics References Malaysian cartoonists Malaysian comics artists 1947 births Living people {{Malaysia-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Lim
Leon Lim (born in Kedah, Malaysia) is an artist, designer and photographer who was schooled in Kedah and Penang and lives in New York City. He has been profoundly deaf since birth and his deafness developed his strong sense of seeing. His independence began at the age of 14 when he started to live alone in Penang. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Rochester Institute of Technology, New York. He competed in the second season of the Bravo (US TV channel), Bravo television network's reality television series Work of Art: The Next Great Artist. Life and work Early life In 1992, Lim moved to Penang, Malaysia for high school, Federation School for the Deaf (later known as SMK Pendidikan Khas Persekutuan). Lim graduated from his high school in 1997 took a De Montfort University of United Kingdom program at the Equator Academy of Art in Penang. After more than two years, Lim received a full five-year scholarship to attend Rochester Institute of Technology. While studying a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lat (cartoonist)
Malay styles and titles#Datuk, Yang Berbahagia Seniman Diraja Dato' Mohammad Nor bin Mohammad Khalid (; born 5 March 1951), more commonly known as Lat, is a Malaysian comics, Malaysian cartoonist. Winner of the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize in 2002, Lat has published more than 20 volumes of cartoons since he was 13 years old. His works mostly illustrate Malaysia's social and political scenes, portraying them in a comedic light without bias. Lat's best known work is ''The Kampung Boy'' (1979), which has been published in several countries across the world. In 1994, the Sultan of Perak bestowed him the honorific title of ''Malay styles and titles#Dato', datuk'', in recognition of the cartoonist's work in helping to promote social harmony and understanding through his cartoons. Lat also works for the government to improve the city's social security. Born in a village, Lat spent his youth in the countryside before moving to the city at the age of 11. While in school, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kopi Soh
Kopi Soh is the pseudonym of a Malaysian author and illustrator best known for her book ''Oh, I Thought I Was The Only One''. She founded the Facebook community "Stick It To Me," a page centered around producing "healing art" for the sick and needy, and organizes a group of volunteers to produce art for hospitals and charities. Her work with "Stick It To Me" was recognized in the Digi WWWOW Awards 2015, winning an award in the Social Gathering category. She also served as the official illustrator for TEDxWeldQuay 2013 and has worked with various nonprofit organizations such as AsPaCC Community Hospice, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya (PPUM), Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (PPUKM), Bukit Harapan Orphanage, and Cambodia Water Project. In 2017, Stick It To Me contributed healing art to charity efforts assisting hundreds of families living at the Sandakan landfill in Sabah, Malaysia. During the Hari Raya season, Stick It To Me helped provide food and art to needy famil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
