Azman Hilmi - Artist Info

About Azman Hilmi

  • Biography

    Azman Hilmi catapulted into the art scene with his Major Award triumph in the coveted Young Contemporary Artists (Bakat Muda Sezaman) competition. It was a mixed media collage of dangerously looking tools, sharp and heavy, and inspired by American Pop artist Jim Dine.

    But Azman’s oeuvre is completely the opposite, very home-y scenes of still-life, interiors or gardens with lots of flowery plants, and reminiscent of the works of Henri Matisse, Vincent Van Gogh and in the streaks and splashes, Jackson Pollock.

    Azman received his BFA at the Mara Institute of Technology. He taught part-time at his alma mater from 1991-1993, before becoming an instructor in hand-drawn batik to less-abled people (OKU or orang kurang upaya) at the ...

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