Description
Fadilah Karim is recognised as one of Malaysia’s most talented figurative painters, exhibiting technical virtuosity in the medium of drawing and painting. Bold, painterly expressions give this work its arresting visual power, endowed with a robust presence. Fawwaz Sukri is known for his colourful images influenced by Pop culture and comics. Captured in visual harmony and rich earth tones, the figure is composed in a unique cinematic mode imbued with an enigmatic expression of movement.
Fadilah Karim obtained her Masters in Fine Art, majoring in Painting, at University Institute Teknologi Mara in 2013. She held her first solo exhibition titled Vague at Pace Gallery, Selangor (2012), and her second solo Secret Lies at Taksu Gallery, Malaysia (2016). Her group exhibitions include Bintang 5 Volume III with Segaris Art Center (2018), Figure In A Room by The F Klub, Malaysia (2017), Being Human: Figuratism of 16 Malaysian Artists, Art Stage Singapore (2015), Deceitful Truth, Galeri Chandan, Kuala Lumpur (2011), Transit A4, HOM Art Trans, Kuala Lumpur (2012), Young Guns, Kuala Lumpur (2013), Sekaki, Segaris Art Centre, Kuala Lumpur (2013), Young Guns, Penang, Singapore (2014), and Myst{EO}ry, HOM Art Trans (2014). Her awards include: Incentive Award, Shah Alam Open 2008; Malacca Governor Portrait competition; runner-up Tanjung Heritage competition; Young Guns Award; and recently, one of the 4 winners in UOB Painting Of The Year 2021, Established Artist Category. Her solo exhibition, A DECADE Fadilah Karim 2010-2020, was organised by Segaris Art Centre at White Box Publika, Kuala Lumpur in 2020.