Syed Ahmad Jamal - Artist Info

About Syed Ahmad Jamal

  • Biography

    Datuk Syed Ahmad Jamal is well-known for being an artist, sculptor, administrator, designer, curator and author. He was honoured with a Retrospective by the National Art Gallery (NAG) in 2009 called Syed Ahmad Jamal: Pelukis, after an earlier 1975 Retrospective. He was also given a Historical Overview (1954-1994) exhibition at the defunct Nanyang Gallery of Art, Kuala Lumpur, in 1994-1995. He is made â National Artistâ (1995), and in 1996, he was conferred the Panglima Jasa Negara, which carries the title â??Datuk.â?? He was director of the Asian Cultural Centre in Universiti Malaya, KL (1979-1983), and the National Art Gallery (1981-1991). He taught at the Specialist Teachers Training Institute in Kuala Lumpur (1961-1972, becoming...

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