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Subang Jaya,
Selangor, Malaysia,
sabriidrus@gmail.com

About HIM

SABRI IDRUS BIOGRAPHY

Sabri Idrus,  Kedah, Malaysia (  B.1971 )
Lives and works in Selangor, Malaysia.

 

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.