This is a list of Malaysian artists known for the creation of

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works that are primarily

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in nature, including media such as drawing, illustration,

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and printmaking. This list excludes

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s. The artists are arranged in alphabetical order by their surname, date of birth and death and profession.

List of artists

* A.Kasim Abas (born 1948) – painter * Ahmad Fuad Osman (born 1969) – painter * Ahmad Zakii Anwar (born 1955) – painter * Alex Ong (born 1951) – painter * Andie Tong (Born 1979) – comic book artist *

Billy Tan Billy Tan Mung Khoy, commonly known as Billy Tan, is a Malaysian comic book artist. Early life Billy Tan was born in Malaysia and moved to the United States when he was 18, in 1989 to study business at the University of Kentucky. He began working ...

(Born 1970) – comic book artist * C. N. Liew (1975) – calligrapher, painter * Chang Fee Ming (born 1959) – painter * Cheah Thien Soong (born 1942) – contemporary ink-painting artist * Chuah Thean Teng (1914-2008) – painter * Fahmi Reza (born 1977) – Political graphic designer, street artist and documentary film maker *

Germaine Koh Germaine Koh (born 1967) is a Malaysian-born and Canadian conceptual artist based in Vancouver. Her works incorporate the artistic styles of neo-conceptual art, minimalism, and environmental art, and is concerned with the significance of everyda ...

(born 1967) – conceptual artist * Ibrahim Hussein (1939-2009) – printing, collage *

Khalil Ibrahim Dr. Khalil Ibrahim ( ar, خليل إبراهيم; 1957 – 23 December 2011) was a Sudanese insurgent leader who was the founder of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). Personal life Ibrahim was born in Sudan in 1957. Ibrahim was from ...

(1934-2018) – studio artist * Kopi Soh – digital artist and illustrator *

Lat Lat or LAT may refer to: Places * Lat, Fuman, village in Gilan Province, Iran * Lat, Rasht, village in Gilan Province, Iran * Lat, Mazandaran, village in Iran * Lat-e Disar, village in Mazandaran Province, Iran * Lat, Qazvin, village in I ...

(born 1951) – cartoonist *

Leon Lim Leon Lim (born in Kedah, Malaysia) is an artist, designer and photographer who was schooled in Kedah and Penang and lives in New York City. He has been profoundly deaf since birth and his deafness developed his strong sense of seeing. His independe ...

– artist, designer, photographer * Mior Shariman Hassan aka Mishar – cartoonist * Mohammad Nor Khalid (born 1951) – cartoonist * Mohamed Zain Idris (1939–2000) – painter * Muid Latif (1979-2020) – digital artist * Patric Rozario (born 1964) – painter * Redza Piyadasa (1939-2007) – painter, art historian * Rejab bin Had aka Rejabhad (1939 – 2002) – cartoonist * Sharifah Zuriah Aljeffri - Chinese brush painter * Shing Yin Khor – cartoonist *

Sonny Liew Sonny Liew (born 26 September 1974) is a Malaysia-born comic artist/illustrator based in Singapore. He is best known for '' The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye'' (2015), the first graphic novel to win the Singapore Literature Prize for fiction. E ...

(born 1974) – comic book artist * Syed Thajudeen (born 1943) – painter * Tang Tuck Kan (1934-2012) – painter * Yong Mun Sen (1896–1962) – painter *

Yeoh Kean Thai Yeoh Kean Thai (born 1966) is an artist from Malaysia. Achievements Yeoh Kean Thai is a former winner of the Philip Morris Art Award, Freeman Fellowship (Vermont Studio) and most recently the prestigious Commonwealth Arts Award. He has developed ...

(born 1966) – fine artist * Yusof Ghani (born 1950) – painter, sculptor, professor * Yong Mun Sen (1896-1962) – painter *

Wong Xiang Yi Wong Xiang Yi is an artist from Malaysia, born in 1987. She graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), finishing her bachelor's degree of art in the Fine Arts Department in 2010. In 2016, she completed her master's degree of Fine ...

(born 1987) – visual artist * Zulkiflee Anwar Haque aka Zunar (born 1962) – political cartoonist

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