Most of Rafiee Ghani’s paintings depict the interior domestic scenes of still-life objects, plants and flowers in vibrant colours. The artist once quoted, that to him these are mere symbols of everyday objects that surround us, bringing with them a deep sense of comfort that are frequently forgotten or taken for granted in our everyday life. Rafiee Ghani won the Minor Award in the coveted Young Contemporary Artists (BMS) exhibition and the Minor Award in the 1991 Salon Malaysia. He was placed second in the Malaysian Art Open competition in 1994, and was among the five Juror’s Choice winners in the Malaysian-level Philip Morris Asean Art Awards. He studied at the De Vrije Academie Voor Bildeendie Kunst at the Hague, the Netherlands, but did not finish. He obtained his Diploma at the Mara Institute of Technology (1981-1985) and a Masters from the Manchester Metropolitan University (Manchester Polytechnic) in Britain in 1986-1987. After teaching at ITM for a few years, he taught in Mahe, Seychelles, in 1991-1993. His work, The Beginning Of The Red Sea (2016), sold for a personal record of HK$325,000 in Sotheby’s Hong Kong April 2017 sale. His recent show at the prestigious Nou Gallery, Taipei, was a great success.