Ismail Latiff

Artist Ismail Latiff was born in Malacca in 1955. Ismail Latiff graduated with a Diploma in Art and Design from Malaysia Institute, MARA Institute of Technology, Selangor in 1979 and has exhibited internationally since 1977. He was awarded the Frank Sullivan Award, Salon Malaysia at National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur in 1979. In 1984, he held his first solo art exhibition in Kuala Lumpur followed by a few others; namely Nine Years with Art Salon, Kuala Lumpur (1993), Magic In The Sky, Kuala Lumpur (2005) and Come Fly With Me, Kuala Lumpur (2008). He participated in a group exhibition titled "The Prayer" organised by NN Gallery in 2012 and his work was featured at the Affordable Art Fair, Singapore in 2014.

SOLO EXHIBITION
1984 | Kuala Lumpur

1993 | Nine Years, Art Salon, Kuala Lumpur

2005 | Magic in the Sky, Kuala Lumpur

2008 | Come Fly With Me, Kuala Lumpur

EDUCATION
1975-1979 | Diploma in Art & Design, Institut Teknologi MARA, Selangor

HONOURS & AWARDS
1979 | Frank Sullivan Prize, Salon Malaysia, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur

1981 | Young Illustrator of Asia, Japan

1992 | First Prize, Biennale of Visual Arts, Seychelles

AUCTION
2015 Jun | Dreweatts Bloomsbury Auctions, Interiors: Furniture, Pictures, Ceramics & Asian Works of Art | Sea Horses & Water Reeds, 1992 | acrylic on canvas (137cm x 180cm), £3,000