Figurative painter Hisyamuddin Abdullah’s works often contain narratives about his observations on life and society. The Next Secret illustrates a sequence of five human skulls pierced through a long rod like a skewer. One of the skulls is shielded akin to being wrapped in paper, its texture creased. Hailing from Marang, Terengganu, Hisyamuddin Abdullah attained his BA of Fine Arts (Hons) from UiTM Shah Alam, Selangor in 2012. He held his first solo exhibition SArKAs at Taksu, Kuala Lumpur in 2014. He has participated in numerous group shows namely #SKULL (2019) and Axis By Praxis: Identity In Transition (2018) at G13 Gallery; Human Being by F Klub (2019); XIX Nineteen at Segaris Art Centre (2019), and more.