Khalifah is symbolic of the leader who despite his own destruction still battles on to free mankind from war and destruction. He symbolises the savior, the one who brings about freedom and peace. Raja Shahriman is among the few Malaysian artists who have risen to attain high-level mastery in the field of contemporary sculpture. Working primarily in metal, his practice involves a similar technique developed by traditional blacksmiths. Rich in expression, his works cover the spectrum of Nature, Religion and Culture, and are all rooted in Malayness, first captured the imagination with his Killing Tools (1994) in the Killing Tools, Lalang and Warbox exhibition. He used metal scraps for linear anatomical constructs. He had his first solo, Gerak Tempur, in 1996. He enrolled as a Painting major at the Mara Institute of Technology but switched to Sculpture in the fifth semester, graduating in 1990. In 1994, after three years of teaching at the Malaysian Institute of Art, he returned to his hometown Kuala Kangsar. He was honoured with a solo show at Galeri Petronas.