SOLO EXHIBITIONS

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1987 | Solo Drawing Exhibition, Malaysia Hall, London, UK.

1988 | Solo Exhibition, Pearson Building, UCL, London

1994 | Drawing, New Gallery. Brooklyn, New York

1995 | Drawing, Gallery KSSR, ITM, Shah Alam

1996 | Lifeform, Gallery Taksu, Kuala Lumpur

1998 | Refound Object, Gallery Taksu, Kuala Lumpur

1999 |

• Jai-Drawing With The Mind’s Eye, National Art Gallery, Malaysia
• Solo Exhibition, Gallery Taksu, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2000 |

• Project Room, Barbara Greene Fine Art, New York, USA
• Jai, Sunjin Gallery, Singapore

 

2001 |

• Jai, Gallerie Taksu, Kuala Lumpur
• Rhythmic Line (In Collaboration with Dida), Galeri Petronas, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

 

2002 | Linear Narratives, Gallerie Taksu, Kuala Lumpur

2003 | Work in Progress, Gallerie Taksu, Jakarta

2004 | Mantera, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur

2005 | Wet Paint, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur
2006 | Berlacu Berdepa, Berlagu Berupa, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur

2008 | Chanang, Borobudur Auction Building, Jakarta

2009 | Bisik Menjerit, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Singapore

2010 | Dendongeng, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur

2011 |

• Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur
• Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York

2014 | Dato’ Rock, APW Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur

2015 | Painting Industry, Equator Art Projects, Singapore

 

HONOURS/AWARDS

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1985| ASEAN Youth Painting Workshop/Exhibition Travel Grant

1985| Young Contemporaries Competition, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, (1st Prize Major Award)

1991| Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Art Competition, (1st Prize Gold Award)

1994| Murray Hill Art Competition, New York City (1st Prize, Drawing)

2005| Rado Switzerland Commission

 

EDUCATION

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1985 | B A Fine Art, MARA, Institute of Technology

1988 | M A,The Slade School of Art, London (Malaysian Federal Scholarship)

1994 | M F A, Pratt Institute, New York

 

• Committed to drawing and painting, and the potential of its raw materials. Constantly pushes the formal and technical possibilities of both traditional and experimental media

• Works from experience – real as well as imagined, felt in the immediate present as well as remembered.

• His works reference elements of traditional Malay and modern global culture, the natural and man-made environment, kampung and city life, the melting pot that is the Malaysian experience

• Curates shows

 

AUCTIONS

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2013 Apr | Henry Butcher | Mixed media on canvas, (183cm x 122cm), RM 74,800

2013 Jun | The Edge Auction | The Hallucination of Facts in Ungrounded History | Mixed media on canvas, 2012 (244cm x 305cm, diptych), RM 121,000

2013 Nov | Henry Butcher | Mixed media on paper (70.5cm x 100cm), RM 24,200

2013 Nov | Henry Butcher | Mixed media on canvas (183cm x 183cm), RM 55,000

2013 Dec | Henry Butcher | Acrylic on canvas (45cm x 35.5cm), RM 22,000 

2014 May | TheEdge Auction | Cinta Tedampar | Acrylic & bitumen on canvas, 2010 (152cm x 152cm) , RM 38,500

2014 May | TheEdge Auction | Chan Mali Chan | Acrylic on Canvas, 2001 (137cm x 122cm), RM 41,800

2014 Nov | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers| Untitled | 1999 | Mixed media on paper (102cm x 81cm), RM 26,800 (USD $8,077)

2015 Mar | The Edge Auction | Kendi & Bendi | Acrylic and charcoal on paper, 1996 (143cm x 108cm), RM 24,200

2015 Mar | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | Kendi II, 1997 | Mixed media on paper (69.5cm x 51cm), RM 14,560

2015 Oct | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | Pisang Emas Di Bawa Belayar, 1999 | mixed media on canvas (53.5cm x 53.5cm), RM 15,780.80

2016 Mar | The Edge Auction | Kulat, 2015 | acrylic on canvas (90cm x 90cm), RM 20,900

2016 Apr | Larasati Auctioneers Singapore | Babi Harus (Pig Definitely), 2008 | mixed media on canvas (152.5cm x 183cm), RM 32,344 (SGD 10,980)

2017 Mac | The Edge Auction | DOLLAH AYAM, 2015 | bitumen and acrylic on canvas (183 x 183cm) | RM 42,028.0 0

2017 Mac | The Edge Auction | ALAM BENDA, 1983 | watercolour on paper (50 x 35cm) | RM 9,540.0 0