Sulaiman Esa explores various themes, from the existing diversities and multiplicity of the religious groups, and the Western centric art discourse unattuned to Asian values and belief systems of time and space. According to Sulaiman, the symbols are mytho-poetic visions that are non-objective, non-tangible, non-mimetic art operating in a non-Euclidean, non-perspectival space. Sulaiman Esa is known for his Islamic Art phase and his 1974 Towards A Mystical Reality (with Redza Piyadasa) Conceptual Art phase. Sulaiman had a Diploma in Art and Design at the Hornsey College of Art, London (1962-1966). He did post-graduate Printmaking at Sir William Hayter’s Atelier 17, Paris (1968). He achieved his MFA at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore (1979-1981) and his PhD Islamic Studies at the Temple University, Philadelphia (1986-1996). He had lectured at the Universiti ITM since 1969 and was made Associate Professor in 1995. He won the Major Award in the ‘Man And His World’ competition organised by the National Art Gallery in 1973. His major exhibitions are ‘Insyirah: Works From 1980-2000’ (Galeri Petronas, KL, 2001), and ‘Rajah: Art, Idea And Creativity’ (1950-2011) retrospective at the National Art Gallery Malaysia in 2011.