{"id":1888,"date":"2025-03-01T17:48:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T16:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taliartgallery.com\/?page_id=1888"},"modified":"2025-03-14T08:28:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T07:28:50","slug":"ramlan-abdullah","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/taliartgallery.com\/index.php\/ramlan-abdullah\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramlan Abdullah"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ramlan Abdullah<\/strong>
Born in 1960, lives and w<\/strong>orks in Shah Alam, Malaysia<\/p>\n

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A graduate in Fine Arts at UiTM in 1982, Ramlan Abdullah pursued his studies in the USA, first at Wartburg College in Iowa, then at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York.\n A winner of numerous awards, exhibited in many countries, he is considered one of the greatest contemporary Malaysian sculptors.<\/p>\n

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Working with various materials such as wood, stone, and metal with a sense of monumentality, he enjoys projecting his vision of the line into form across different environments, whether public spaces or art galleries. His\n sensitive relationship with materials leads him to explore the different qualities of surfaces, the fragile balance between solid and void, heavy and fragile, and to incorporate the concept of movement through the articulation\n of various mechanisms. Between abstract synthesis and observation of nature, he summons the echoes of formal Malay tradition to better position our gaze.<\/p>\n

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A former professor at UiTM, he defended in 2025 a thesis interrogating his own work as both a statement and an announcement of upcoming projects. His current research examines color, transparency, and line.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Selected Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n

2023 Gold Award, Env. Art KL Festival 2023, Kuala Lumpur<\/p>\n

2023 Gold Award, IIIBEX 2023 UiTM, Shah Alam, Malaysia<\/p>\n

2021 First Prize, Kota Samarahan Pub. Sculp. Competition, Malaysia<\/p>\n

2020 Art Creative Award, UiTM Shah Alam, Malaysia<\/p>\n

2019 Acad. Leadership Award, Fac. of Art & Design, UiTM, Malaysia<\/p>\n

2007 Mekar-Citra Art Award, Galeri Seni Shah Alam, Malaysia<\/p>\n

2006 National Art Award: Sculp., Ministry Of Culture, Arts And Heritage, Malaysia<\/p>\n

2004 Zambia Art Council Grant For Artist, Insaka Artist\u2019s Workshop, Lusaka, Zambia<\/p>\n

2002 Rockefeller Fdn. Grant S-E Asia Sculp., Hue, Vietnam<\/p>\n

2002 Assoc. Professor Title, UiTM, Shah Alam, Malaysia<\/p>\n

2001 Zain Azraai Art Award, First Recipient, Nat. Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur<\/p>\n

2000 Public Sculp. Award, Nat. Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur<\/p>\n

1996 Best Sculp., APEC International Sculp. Garden, Philippines Convention Center, Manila, Phillippines<\/p>\n

1996 Major Award, Phillip Morris Malaysia Art Award, Nat. Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur<\/p>\n

1995 Grand Prize, Second Oita Asia Sculp. Comp., Japan<\/p>\n

1993 Major Award, Kuching Waterfront Sculp. Comp., SEDC Sarawak, Malaysia<\/p>\n

1987 Major Award, Second Annual Wartburg Library Art Comp., Waverly, USA<\/p>\n

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Selected Public Art Locations<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kuching Waterfront, Malaysia<\/p>\n

Fumio Asakura Memorial Park, Japan<\/p>\n

APEC Sculpture Garden, Philippines<\/p>\n

ASEAN Sculpture Garden, Kuala Lumpur<\/p>\n

Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur<\/p>\n

KLCC Park, Kuala Lumpur<\/p>\n

National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur<\/p>\n

UiTM, Shah Alam, Malaysia<\/p>\n

Hue, Vietnam<\/p>\n

Bandar Johor Bahru, Malaysia<\/p>\n

Axiata Arena, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur<\/p>\n

Petronas Management Training Center, Bangi, Malaysia<\/p>\n

Icheon City, South Korea<\/p>\n

Tasik Darul Aman, Jitra, Kedah<\/p>\n

Dataran Lang, Langkawi, Kedah<\/p>\n

UiTM Solar Research Center, Gambang, Malaysia<\/p>\n

Sculpture by The Sea, Cottesloe, Perth, Australia<\/p>\n

PORT, Ipoh, Malaysia<\/p>\n

INSTUN, Tanjung Malim, Malaysia<\/p>\n

(UTeM), Melaka, Malaysia<\/p>\n

Penang State Museum, Malaysia<\/p>\n

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Solo Exhibitions<\/strong><\/p>\n

2021 Connectivity<\/em>, The Square MAP Publika, Kuala Lumpur ; Sculpture Garden UiTM Perak, Malaysia<\/p>\n

2017 Sculptures & Drawings: Between Form & Object<\/em>, PAM Centre, Bangsar, Malaysia<\/p>\n

2005 So What?<\/em>, Tj Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur<\/p>\n

2002 Defining Divine Dimensions<\/em>, Balai Berita NSTP, Kuala Lumpur<\/p>\n

2001 Zain Azraai Art Award Exhibition<\/em>, Nat. Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur<\/p>\n

1990 Master Of Fine Art, Pratt Institute, New York<\/p>\n

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Selected Group Exhibitions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ramlan Abdullah has regularly participated to jury panel, international art fairs and many group exhibitions including with:<\/p>\n

Penang State Museum, Malaysia<\/p>\n

Galeri Puteh, Kuala Lumpur<\/p>\n

Institut Seni Indonesia, Yogyakarta, Indonesia<\/p>\n

Segaris Art Center, Kuala Lumpur<\/p>\n

KL City Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur<\/p>\n

Ilham Gallery, Kuala Lumpur<\/p>\n

UiTM, Shah Alam, Malaysia<\/p>\n

Galerie Seni Shah Alam, Malaysia<\/p>\n

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