Bergayut follows the favourite artist’s theme of a figure suspended in space as if falling but gloating with a sense of freedom. His has a figure, obviously male and back turned and dipping with both hands lightly tied up and with slings and arrows all around. He is shown naked from the waist up before the right edge lops off the view. Obviously, the archetyphal “Victim” in society tough struggles.
Hisyamuddin Abdullah was, together with Najib Ahmad Bamadhaj, chosen for a Bali residency sponsored by G13 Gallery, and on their return, staged a two-month show titled NAH! Bali on Dec 2-22 2013. His other residency was with the Morne Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, the same year. He had a solo at Taksu Gallery, Kuala Lmpur, called SArKAs. His latest trimph was his winning the 2016 Young Guns Award. He first showed promise with his triple wins of 1st Prize (Mixed Media), 1st Prize (Oil/Acrylic) and Consolation Prize (Charcoal/Pencil/Ink) in the Tanjong Heritage art competition in 2011. That year, he also won the Incentives Award in the Shah Alam Art Gallery Open Show and a Consolation Prize in the Pesta Open. His higher profile was also boosted by his participating in prestigious international events such as the Art Stage Singapore (2015, 2016), Art Expo Malaysia (2014, 2016) and Art Kaoshiung (2015, 2016). He graduated with a BFA (Hons) at the Universiti Mara ITM, Shah Alam in 2012 after a diploma at its Machang, Kelantan, campus in 2010.