Samsudin Wahab

 

  • Samsudin Wahab, <i>Democracy Fantasy</i>, mixed media on canvas, 152 x 123 cm, 2008
  • Samsudin Wahab, <i>Jackass</i>, mixed media on canvas, 183 x 152 cm, 2008
  • Samsudin Wahab, <i>Tangan Tangan Rebel</i>, mixed media on canvas, 152 x 183 cm, 2008
  • Samsudin Wahab, <i>The Money Juggler</i>, mixed media, 82 x 96 cm, 2009

 

 

Samsudin Abdul Wahab’s paintings intuitively bridge the local / global dialogue, picking up on a collective awareness informed by the internet, profusion of international magazines, comic sub-culture and its fusion with indie industries, desktop graphics and graffiti. Samsudin Wahab graduated from UiTM Seri Iskandar Perak in 2005, and from UiTM Shah Alam in 2007 with BA (Hons) in Fine Arts, Majoring in Printmaking. He has exhibited extensively in various spaces in Malaysia and Singapore, and was awarded Malaysian Emerging Artist Art Award in 2009. Among several Artist Residency programs that Samsudin participated in are: Rimbun Dahan Malaysia (2009), TARP KL Malaysia (2009), and Mumbai, India (2010). Wahab lives and works in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.