Those piercing eyes — they look into your deepest thoughts, asking for an answer. The furrowed brows don’t help matters either. The image will linger long in your mind. Once you catch this figure staring at you, you can’t help but be introspective — not to condemn, but as a reminder, that there are always eyes watching, judging.
Yusri Sulaiman graduated with a diploma from the Mara Institute of Technology in 1999. He held his Jungle solo at Wei-Ling Gallery detailing the plight of the indigenous Orang Asli children. He won 1st Prize in Maybank’s Expressions Of The Malayan Tiger exhibition in 2010 and Honorable mention in the Malaysian Asean Art Award in 1997. He has participated in shows held at Taksu, Segaris Art Centre, G13 Gallery, etc.