Often depicting imaginative spaces, Ismail Awi’s canvases are intricate and chimerical. While the fascinating dream-like paintings beautifully illustrate a giant fish human creature in a meticulous style, the title alludes to a succession of hidden desires and psychological states. Imbued with a sense of drama and fantasy, How To Disappear Completely presents an intimate tale of the struggle for freedom and liberation in life. Ismail Awi is a rising star who was among 12 artists featured in the Tanah Air Ku showcase at the Malaysian Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It was organised by Galeri Chandan. In July-August 2016, his work also made it to the Curate Henry Butcher exhibition called A Raya Celebration Of Generations In Art, and in January 2018, The Young Contempo Showcase II (organised by Curate Henry Butcher) held at Galeri Prima. His first debut in Sotheby’s Hong Kong auction sale in April 2018 saw his pricing skyrocketed, and in the October 2018 edition, soared almost five times higher!