Adeputra Masri - Artist Info

About Adeputra Masri

  • Biography

    Adeputra, a self-taught artist, started drawing for humour magazines Gelihati (under Adi Putere) and Ujang (1990-1992) before doing social commentaries and editorial cartoons for Utusan Malaysia (until 1995).

    He had written two books, Misnan dan Sarip and Dari Poket Seorang Kutu Lepak, in 1997. A member of the Titikmerah collective, he held a two-man show with Latif Maulan in May 2017 and was featured in a group exhibition at Artemis Art in August 2017.

    A Johor-born of Javanese descent, he drew on characteristics of the wayang purwa, the Javanese version of the wayang kulit.

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