Hasanul Isyraf Idris (b. 1978, Malaysia) was trained at Mara University of Technology, UiTM, in Perak. He has received a number of awards, including the Young Contemporary Arts Award in 2007 at the National Visual Arts Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, the Incentive Award at the Open Show held at the Shah Alam Gallery and the Consolation Prize for the Young Talent Art Exhibition at the Penang Art Gallery. A highly elusive artist, Hasanul shuns attending openings and attempts to work anonymously in the art scene. He produces works in a variety of media, from paintings and meticulously crafted drawings to painted oven-baked clay sculptures. Mining inspiration from within, he articulates his personal struggles as an artist by personifying them as strange characters that inhabit his invented universes. Influenced by the graphics of underground comic books, 1960s science fiction, fast food, and street art and fashion, he juggles pop-culture references with a personal viewpoint. Recurring topics in his practice are the meaning of life and death, memories and fantasies and sin and reward.
Hasanul will be at Rimbun Dahan as a resident artist for the month of June 2015, via a collaboration with Richard Koh Fine Art.
- Flower Fairies of The Summer, 2012, Mixed media on paper, 122x158cm
- Luring Hue, 2011, Acrylic and aerosol paint on canvas, 213 x 195 cm
- Parasin, 2014, Acrylic, enamel, rhinestones, semi-precious stones, glitter, pearls and PVA glue on paper, 152.4 x 152.4 cm
- Sculpture – Warrior No. 23, 2011, Acrylic on oven baked clay
- Weaving Vomit, 2014, Enamel paint, rhinestones and ink on paper, 41.5 x 34.5 cm