Sabri Idrus
Sabri Idrus engages in different disciplines and mediums as language according to his artistic needs, who is obsessed with 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 interest lies in developing works that tries to unfold his critical notion towards the social condition and the parody against institutions that secures that definition between painting and crafting painting. His belief in art making, especially paintings as an inherent social process that submerged him in technical and material advancement through experiments.
Education
1995 - 1997 | FINE ART STUDIES, UNIVERSITI INSTITUT TEKNOLOGI MARA, MALAYSIA (UITM), MALAYSIA
1990 - 1991 | DIPLOMA IN GRAPHIC DESIGN -MENSA DESIGN SCHOOL, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
Residencies and Award
2014 | Malaysia Open Show, Juror’s Award. National Visual Arts Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2013- 2014 | 19th Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia –Australia Visual Arts Residency, Kuang, Selangor, Malaysia.
2013 | Artist in Residence: University of Technology and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
2011 | UOB Art Award – Special Mention
2010 | Artist In Residence, Hegarbudhi Community, Bandung, Indonesia
2009 | Artist In Residence Poland – University Of Arts, Poznan, Poland
2004 | BMS04/The Young Contemporary Art Award (Painting Category).National Visual Arts Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Solo Exhibitions
2012 | ANTARA. Taksu Gallery, Singapore
2010 | MUFAKAT: SPACE FOR THE PUBLIC. The Painting Garage, Bandung, Indonesia
2010 | MASA SERIES: A REDUCTION PROCESS. Taksu Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2009 | IN TRANSIT. MALAYSIA-POLAND . Aula Gallery, University of Arts Poznan, Poland
2008 | MYDOMAIN. Ahmad Zakii Anwar’s Gallery At The Back Of The House. Johor Bahru, Malaysia
2006 | KERONCONG SERIES: A NEW FORM OF PHYSICAL LISTENING. Wei-Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2004 | BANGAU OH BANGAU. Balai Berita NST. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2004 | LOREK-LOREK. THE CREATION OF LINES. Townhouse Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1999 | THE SEARCH OF THE UNCERTAINTIES. The Painting Hall, Selangor, Malaysia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014
Eye Zone, Start Art Fair 2014, Saatchi Gallery, London.
Malaysia Open Show 2014, National Visual Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Prudential Malaysia Eye, White Box, Publika, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Malaysia–Australia Visual Arts Residency, Disruptive Nature: Sabri Idrus (Malaysia) + Habitat: Sean Cordeiro & Claire Healy (Australia), Rimbun Dahan, Kuang, Selangor, Malaysia
ReimagineNation: Love, Vision and Hope, Galeri Chandan, Publika , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2013
Water: A group exhibition by Sabri Idrus, Budi Agung Kuswara, Jigger Cruz & I Made Arya Palguna. Taksu, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
UTP STANZA, University of Technology and Life Sciences , Bydgoszcz, Poland.
2012
DUA: Sabri Idrus & Tony Twigg. Taksu, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Peninsular & Islands, Taksu, Singapore
1 meter Diameter. HOM Art Trans. Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2011
JAGA. National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Figure in Paint. Galeri Petronas, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Locals only. Taksu gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
40 x 100. HOM Art Trans, Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2010
Bakat Muda Sezaman (The Young Contemporary). National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Antara Bahan Campuran. National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Locals only!. Taksu gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
A Meter Perspective. HOM Art Trans, Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Boleh!. Taksu Gallery, Singapore
Combines! A Tribute to Rauschenberg. Taksu Gallery, Singapore
2009
Himpunan Tetap. National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Malaysia-Poland Cultural & art exchange. Pyzdry & Lagow, Poland
Malaysia-Poland Cultural & art exchange. Shalini Ganendra Fine Art, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Beyond Canvas. Wei Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2008
Susur Masa. National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
18@8. Wei-Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2007
18@8. Wei-Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Between Generations:50 Years Across modern Art inMalaysia. Asian Art Museum, University of Malaya, Selangor and Muzium & Galeri Tuanku Fauziah, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2006
Tabik (Salute) Jerry Show. National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Investor. Wei-Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Malaysian Expressions. National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
18@8, Kuala Lumpur-Karachi. Wei-Ling Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2005
18@8 Malaysian Artist. Wei-Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Print In Malaysia-British in Print. National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2004
BMS 2004 (The Young Contemporary Show). National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2003
Phillip Morris, ASEAN Art Awards Show. National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
ALAMI. National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2002
Malaysia Open Show. National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Mac World Expo, Singapore
2001
Phillip Morris, ASEAN Art Awards Show. National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2000
BMS 2000 (The Young Contemporary Show). National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1999
Phillip Morris, ASEAN Art Awards Show. National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1995
Phillip Morris, ASEAN Art Awards Show. National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
95’ PPM Annual Show. Galeri Petronas, Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Alternative Printmaking, Galeri Petronas, Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Urban Vision, Concorde Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1994
The Young Contemporary Show. National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Inspirasi 94. Maybank Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Asian Art Workshop. BELUM. National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1993
Shah Alam Boat Show, Galeri Shah Alam
Earth Day Exhibition, Central Market, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1992
Nature Art Camp, Bukit Cerakah, Selangor, Malaysia
92’ Open Show, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1991
The Young Contemporary Show. National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
One World No War Exhibition. City Hall, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Question Of Identity. National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Open Show. National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1990
The Open Show. National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Art Fairs
2015
Art Basel 2015, Hong Kong with Gajah Gallery. Singapore
Singapore Art Stage 2015, with Gajah Gallery. Singapore
2014
Singapore Art Fair 2014. Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre, Singapore with Artemis Gallery, Publika, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Malaysia Art Expo. MATRADE Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with Segaris Art Gallery, Publika, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Public Collection
Central Bank of Malaysia, Malaysia.
National Visual Arts Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Khazanah Nasional, Malaysia.
Ministry of Finance, Malaysia.
Galeri PETRONAS, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Prince Court Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
PETRONAS University of Technology, Tronoh, Malaysia.
University Of Arts, Poznan, Poland.
University of Technology and Life Sciences, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Muzeum Ziemi Pyzdrskeij, Pyzdry, Poland.
University College Shahputra, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia.
Embassy of Poland, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Muzium & Galeri Tuanku Fauziah, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.
Hijjas Kasturi Associates @Rimbun Dahan Gallery, Selangor, Malaysia.
Grand Hyatt, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Westin, Singapore.