Sabri Idrus engages in different disciplines and mediums as language according to his artistic needs, who is passionate about experimental approaches in combining painting, graphic design, and industrial materials to achieve a liberated socio-cultural dogma towards reinventing a new form of symbol in art. His works are also known to involve a complex process of experimentation in his search of new materials and creating new marks on various surfaces.
Sabri Idrus studied fine arts at UiTM and received The Malaysia Young Contemporary Art Award in the painting category in 2004. He completed his MFA, Creative Practice at Transart Institute, Plymouth University, UK (2015-2017). He won the 2020 UOB Painting Of The Year (Malaysia) award. His solo exhibitions include TRANSFORMATION AND DARKNESS, E-Tay Gallery, New York, USA (2017), Matters and Manipulation, Gajah Gallery, Singapore (2017), and Keroncong Series: A New Form of Physical Listening, Wei-Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur (2006). He has exhibited in both private and public collections in the UK, Poland, Singapore, America, India, Hong Kong and Malaysia.