Smiles, PINKGUY Malaysia Art & Frame, Kuala Lumpur, 2011
Description
Appearing at Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers for the first time is young artist Nazmi Ismail with a mirror image of a man, who appears to be renowned fashion designer Zang Toi, dressed in a suit of monochromatic hues against a green background. He has painted images of legendary Malaysian celebrities such as P. Ramlee, and Sudirman in stencil technique.
Nazmi Ismail graduated with a Diploma in Animation, University Kuala Lumpur Malaysia (2008) and a Diploma in Fine Art, National Art Academy (ASWARA) in 2011. He was the recipient for several awards namely Third prize for Contemporary Art - The Futurists Art Competition (2013), Consolation prizes for Nando’s art competition Peri-fy Your Art and Goethe Institute art competition Cool Art, Climate Change (2011), Second year Best Student of Fine Art faculty 2009/2010 (ASWARA) and Consolation prize in Maybank art competition Expression of the Malayan Tiger (2010). He held two solo exhibitions in 2011 titled Ikon at ASWARA gallery and Smiles at PinkGuy gallery, Kuala Lumpur. He has also participated in Young & New group exhibition organised by HOM Art Trans, which was held in Penang in 2012.