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M. Safwan Ahmad

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M. SAFWAN AHMAD

 

Phone    012 5676769

               016 4897767

E-mail    daijobu_ne69@yahoo.com.my

 

NO 44, TAMAN MEDAH,

JALAN TUN ABDUL

RAZAK, 05200,

ALOR SETAR,

KEDAH

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
                 
- SEBIJI PADI ART COMMUNITY
 
 
- PEPAKTAKLUMAT ART GROUP
 
 
- SOSOUND PERFORMANCE ART GROUP

    

Education

 

2007  Bachelor (hons.) of Art and Design (Fine Art)

            Major in Sculpture / Minor in Painting

            Fakulti Seni Lukis dan Seni Reka,

            Universiti Teknologi Mara,

            Shah Alam, Selangor

 

2003  Diploma in Art and Design (Fine Art)

            Fakulti Seni Lukis dan Seni Reka,

            Universiti Teknologi Mara,

            Seri Iskandar, Perak

 

1999  Sultan Abdul Hamid College,

            Alor Star, Kedah

 

Languages

English / Malay

Interests and activities

Arts and Performances

Work experience

 

LIVE DRAWING AND PAINTING (Festivals, Exhibitions and Performances )

              -     Painting With Performance

              -     Public Sketches

              -     Art Clinic

 

 

T-SHIRT MAKING & PRINTING ( Apple Red Enterprise, Alor Setar,Kedah )

                -     Making T-Shirt, Printing and Design

 

 

CREW OF VIDEO CLIP MAKING FOR PETE TEO (Director: Kamal Sabran)

-          ‘Carnival Hall’ - Nokia Make It Real Video Contest 2007

         (Grand Prize Winner for The Best Director)

-          ‘I Go’ - A video clip tribute to Korea

 

 

PUBLIC MURAL PAINTING ( Studio PepakTakLumat, Meru, Klang )

-          3 art group collaborate – PTL, R2K, Studio Sebiji Padi

-          Protest Mural – Section 2, Shah Alam

 

 

ISLAMIC ART MURAL –LIBRARY OF UNIVERSITY AL-BUKHARY

(Zelan Construction & Osim Khon Construction)

-          Copying design from Masjidil Aqsa ( Dome of Rock )

-          Convert tiles to painting

 

 

ART PERFORMANCE ( SoSound Experimental Art Group )

-          Perform at the opening of PATISATU STUDIO

-          Art Port, Gallery Shah Alam, Selangor

 

Art / Performance Group

PTL – PepakTakLumat Art Group

(X)Purple Beat – Non-Electrical Band

So Sound – Sound Experimental Band

Sebiji Padi Studio

Awards received

Consolation Award of  Sculpture Competition 2007 – Kraftangan Malaysia

Finalist of  Nokia Art Award 2005 – Breaking Barriers

Exhibition / Performances

 

Exhibitions and Performances

2003

Diploma Show, UiTM Seri Iskandar, Perak

 

2004

Pameran Terbuka Pulau Pinang, Pulau Pinang

 

2005

Pameran Terbuka Galeri Shah Alam, Shah Alam, Selangor

Enviro Art Earthwork Sculpture, Bagan Lalang, Sepang, Selangor

Breaking Barriers, Nokia Art Award, Ram Say Ong Art Gallery, Kuala  Lumpur

Pop Culture, Galeri Seni Maya, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur

Purple Beat Performance Art: Pameran Warisan Melayu, UiTM Shah Alam, Selangor

Purple Beat Performance Art: Malaysia Shopping Festival, The Curve, Kuala Lumpur

Purple Beat Performance Art: Citarasa Malaysia, MTC, Kuala Lumpur

Purple Beat Performance Art: PhotoFest 2005, MTC, Kuala Lumpur

Purple Beat Performance Art: Pembukaan Sukan Wanita Kebangsaan 2005, Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil, Selangor

Purple Beat Performance Art: LaCraft Langkawi Art & Craft Festival, Pulau Langkawi, Kedah

Purple Beat Performance Art: Celebrating Malaysia-Poland Painting Workshop, Galeri Seni FSSR,UiTM Shah Alam, Selangor

 

2006

Come Closer, Galeri Seni Maya, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur

Pameran Terbuka, Galeri Shah Alam, Shah Alam, Selangor

Sculpture Group Exhibition, Gema Rimba Private Gallery, Kuala Lumpur

Purple Beat Performance Art: Malam Pra-Graduan Fakulti Hotel & Katering, Hotel Holiday Villa, Subang Jaya, Selangor

Purple Beat Performance Art: Malam Gala Pertandingan Batik Piala Sri Iman 2006, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu

Purple Beat Performance Art: KL Festival 2006, Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur

Purple Beat Performance Art: Karnival Merdeka Titiwangsa (DBKL), Taman Tasik Titiwangsa, Kuala Lumpur

Purple Beat Performance Art: Sehari Di Sini – Istana Budaya, Galeri Seni FSSR, UiTM Shah Alam, Selangor

So Sound – Sound Experimental Group: Art Port, Galeri Shah Alam, Selangor

2007

So Sound – Sound Experimental Group: 1 Year of Art Port, Galeri Shah Alam, Selangor

International Mother Language Day Art Exhibition, Gallery Kathmandu, Nepal

Gallery Opening Show Exhibition, Galeri Tuanku Nazirah, UiTM Shah Alam, Selangor

Segitiga - Degree Show 2007, Galeri Tuanku Nazirah, UiTM Shah Alam, Selangor

Malaysia Art Contemporary Artist 2007, National Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Pameran Rasa Antarabangsa, UKM, Bangi, Selangor

So Sound Art Performance – Opening for PATISATU Studio, Puncak Alam, Selangor

ARCA - Rambut Sama Hitam, Contemporary Art Space, Bangsar

Pameran Pertandingan Mekar Citra Malaysia, Galeri Shah Alam, Selangor

Feast of History(oct 2007)- Galleria Communale De Arte

Contemporanca, Italy

Refugee Solidirity Chain(oct2007)- Museum G.Katsigra, Greece

The Argonaut, Museum G. Katsigra, Greece

The Parade of Animal(5-31oct)- Riverside Avenue, Trail, B.C Canada

Pertandingan Arca – Pusat Kraftangan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur

Inside & Out, Modesto Art Museum, USA

Mural Painting – 3 Group Collaboration, Studio PepakTakLumat, Klang, Selangor

The Philosophy Day(21-28nov), Vlassis Art Gallery, Thessahoniki, Greece

Open House, Kebun Mimpi Art Gallery, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur

Animal- Mail Art Exhibition, Canada Art Gallery, Canada

Video Art Collaboration with Kamal Sabran – Project LAMU(Let Art Moves U), KL Central, Kuala Lumpur

Islamic Art Mural, Library of University Al-Bukhary, Alor Setar, Kedah

Master Mystery Art Show – Miami Art Bassel (6th dec), Ritz Carlton Miami Beach, USA

Art Exhbition – PepakTakLumat Art Group Seeing World AIDS Day 2007, SUK Building, Shah Alam, Selangor

 

2008

PepakTakLumat Di Dinding, Pelita Hati Art Gallery, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur

AIM 2008 Theme Song – Here In My Home Video Clip Making, KLPAC, Kuala Lumpur

BUKAK MATA Group Show, Studio Dikala Jingga, Shah Alam, Selangor

PepakTakLumat Art Performance, BUKAK MATA Group Show, Studio Dikala Jingga, Shah Alam, Selangor

Pameran Rasa Antarabangsa, UKM, Selangor

SoSound Art Performance, Haslin Ismail & Ilham Fadli - 2 Man Show, Kebun Mimpi Art Gallery, Bangsar, KL

Pameran Rasa Antarabangsa, UKM, Bangi, Selangor

Art On The Floor – Celebrating ENVY Magazine, KLPAC, Sentul, KL

Street Art Graffiti - Celebrating ENVY Magazine, Maison Club, Jalan Sultan Ismail, KL

Pameran Terbuka, Galeri Shah Alam, Selangor

 

Volunteer experience

 

-          Pameran Warisan Melayu, UiTM Shah Alam, Selangor

-          Photofest 2005, Malaysia Tourism Centre, Kuala Lumpur

-          Citarasa Malaysia, Malaysia Tourism Centre, Kuala Lumpur

-          Langkawi Art & Craft Festival, Pulau Langkawi, Kedah

-          Malaysia Shopping Festival, The Curve, Kuala Lumpur

-          Pembukaan Sukan Wanita Kebangsaan 2005, Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil. Selangor

-          Purple Beat – Non-Electrical Band

-          So Sound – Experimental Sound Art Group

 

Hobbies

Arts, Performances, Cooking and Cartoon

 

 

 

On this home page, I'll introduce myself and talk about my reasons for wanting a web site. I might put a picture of myself on this page...or just a picture that I especially like.

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Selisih Dua Ombak, 2010 Wood, Industrial Ink&Nails
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By M Safwan Ahmad

'Ragas' 71x88cm (Wood 2007)
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By M Safwan Ahmad

(b. 1982) completed a UiTM Bachelor of Art and Design (Fine Art) in 2007, graduating with Honours.  Ahmad has shown in numerous group exhibitions throughout Malaysia, and has had sculptural work commissioned for local sites in Kuala Lumpur.  He has also joined group shows in Bangladesh, Greece, Italy and Canada and submitted for art events including Art Basel Miami 2007 and IMCAS 2009. He is currently on a coveted Artist Residency awarded by House of Matahati.

Mohd Safwan Ahmad’s sculptures are ingrained with both a personal connection to Islam and a deep, interminable interest in spirituality. He incorporates the trademark geometry and repetition of Islamic art, as much out of fascination as a sense of duty, to create sculptures which heavily emphasise shape and line.  “First I’m a Muslim and I have to learn that, second I’m Malay. So I have to learn to be Muslim the Malay way.  When I am making art I think about this.” Ahmad’s work to date has gained followers for its quietly confident delivery of an unexpected beauty, which the artist literally builds by creating connectivity with the rigid material of wood blocks.

'Tutuh Gelang' 46x70 cm (Wood 2007)
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By M Safwan Ahmad

GRAFFITI CELEBRATING ENVY MEGAZINE
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By M Safwan Ahmad

ALUN MELINTANG, KAYU, 2008
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By M Safwan Ahmad

BANGUN TAK BERBANGUN, 58CM X 27CM, KAYU, 2008
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By M Safwan Ahmad

ENGKAU YANG BANGUN DULU, 50CM X 40CM, KAYU, 2008
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By M Safwan Ahmad

ALUN GABUNG SEGITIGA I, II, III, IV, V, PELBAGAI S
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By M Safwan Ahmad

ALUN GABUNG SEGITIGA I, II, III, IV, V, PELBAGAI S
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By M Safwan Ahmad

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ALUN GABUNG SEGITIGA I, II, III, IV, V, PELBAGAI S
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*KOLEKSI MR BINGLEY SIM : ART COLLECTOR By M Safwan Ahmad

SELF ISOLATE 5, 24 X 48 inch, wood, 2009
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*KOLEKSI MR BINGLEY SIM : ART COLLECTOR By M Safwan Ahmad

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Photo by Marfizul Azuan Marsuki

2009: ... MR. SAFWAN IN HIS STUDIO

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