Technology plays an important role in the art of Haslin Ismail. His works have always been visually stimulating composed of intricate drawings including human elements, machine parts, architecture and symbols positioned in a kaleidoscopic world. The combination of pop psychedelic humanoids in whimsical landscapes enhances Haslin’s idea of the contemporary reality in connection with human reliance on technology. The colourful landscape reminds us of a Sci-fi fantasy, presenting a dystopic universe of man versus machine. Haslin obtained his BFA at the Universiti Mara Institute of Technology in 2005-2007. In 2006, he won the Grand Prize in the In-print competition and received a sponsored two-week trip to study printmaking at Gray’s School of Art and Design. His three major awards are the UOB Silver Award (2019), the Young Guns Award (HOM Art Trans, 2013), and the Major Award in the Young Contemporary Artists (Bakat Muda Sezaman) in 2011, the year he was selected for the Rimbun Dahan art residency. He won 1st Prize in the Manga Artists competition (2008), Visual Art Pitch (My Creative Ventures and Chandan Gallery, 2016), the Visual Art Award at Starhill Gallery, Kuala Lumpur (2010). After his first solo, Exorcismus Persona – Windows into the Fantasy Worlds of Haslin Ismail, at RA Fine Arts, Kuala Lumpur, in 2012, he hooked up with G13 gallery, Selangor, for three solos namely Transfiguration (2013), Mindmix (2014), Book Land (under G13 Gallery) in the 2014 Art Stage Singapore. The Merdeka! Exhibition at Galeri Petronas featured him and Samsudin Wahab, two of the most exciting young artists, in 2014. Among the notable group exhibitions he was featured in include Un-cut Malaysian Arts Festival in Gallery Shambala in Copenhagen, Absurd(c)ity at the National Art Gallery in 2013, the Kembara Jiwa exhibitions in Yogyakarta and Bandung in Indonesia in 2012, and the Art Expo Malaysia in 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2015. Selfies: A Mixed Media Project by Haslin Ismail was presented by Core Design Gallery at Art Expo Malaysia 2017. He participated in the group exhibition Marking The Time at Core Design Gallery in 2018.