Finally I Finished my BIGGEST Mural!

This the process how i painted a biggest mural. Check out the video of the process behind the mural in my youtube channel. Dont forget to click like and subscribes!

                                                       My Biggest Mural Finally finished!

The titled of the mural " The light of the Mah Meri Surviving Material Culture", painted on the wall of teh two-storey Centre for Malaysian Indigenous Studies (CMIS), in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This is portrait of good friend of mine, she is Mah Meri cultural activist. For this mural i work with outdoor polimer acrylic paints. In this mural i want to show the beautiful of aditional Mah Meri attire that Maznah often wears. And i want to the portrait to look as part of the building.

You can read the article by The Star Newspaper about thi mural. Here is the link: https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/culture/2020/06/29/malaysian-indigenous-artist-shaq-koyok039s-mural-pays-tribute-to-mah-meri-cultural-activist

Archiving my work on Youtube. Preparing for my solo exhibition at National Gallery, Malaysia.

Here the process how i painted the protrait using pandanous weaving as my canvas. Do check it out here and please subscribes my channel for more contents !


Studio VLOG: Painting on pandanous weaving.

Since the Covid19 pandemic, i been spending lot of time to learn how make video content for my youtube channel. It is funny that pandemic has brought me to explore youtube contents seriously. So i have been enjoy making contents especially recording the process of my artwork. Hope you enjoy my video content in my youtube channel.

New Straits Times on Merdeka Award ceremony.


Orang Asli researcher among three recipients of special arts and sciences grant

The recipients of the International Merdeka Award Grant of the International Placement Research Grant 2017 (from left) Dr. Sophia Rasheeqa Ismail, Shahar A / L Koyok and Dr. Zetty Norhana Balia Yusof pictured at the Merdeka Award Grant 2017 at the Petronas Twin Towers today. (BERNAMA)
 
 
KUALA LUMPUR: An Orang Asli researcher from Selangor was among the three recipients awarded with grants from the Merdeka Award 2017 International Grant on their studies for arts and sciences.

Artiste Shahar Koyok, 32, a Temuan from Banting was the first Orang Asli to receive the grant as well as the first recipient of the Education and Community category.
Shahar said his research will explore indigenous art within the context of the diverse ethnic and culture of Malaysia while emphasising the Merdeka spirit.

“The goal of my research is to regain attention to the indigenous culture in Malaysia, particularly, in arts. Hopefully, the research will show how important for Malaysians to learn about the history of the orang asli and it will be placed in the textbooks,” he said.

The recipients were announced by Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah, who is also the Royal Patron of the Merdeka Award Trust here.Sultan Nazrin said the grant offers the recipients to realise a study or research abroad and also to serve as a role model to the younger generation.

“Merdeka Award is to promote innovation and thought leadership while passing the torch to the next generation to sustain Malaysia’s success as a dynamic and competitive global player in sectors from science and technology to the arts and humanities.

“These three talented young Malaysians will add to the total number of 11 recipients since the International Grant’s inception in 2012. They will make the best of their opportunity with experts, collect valuable insights for their fields of research and develop solutions for the people,” he said at the event.

The recipients were announced by Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah, who is also the Royal Patron of the Merdeka Award Trust . (pix by SAIRIEN NAFIS)
 
Sultan Nazrin added to commit with Merdeka Awards’ objective, there will be an inaugural “Merdeka Meeting” with Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) to discuss on the nation’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects this Dec 16.

The other two recipients were, Institute for Medical Research officer (research medical) Dr Sophia Rasheeqa Ismail, 30, whose research focuses on the studies of cardiovascular disease especially on lipids and the risk of Myocardial infarction (MI) faced by Malaysian men.

While Dr Zetty Norhana Baila Yusof, 35, research focuses on exploring the use of Malaysian seaweeds as an alternative agent to control basal stem rot (BSR) disease that significantly reduces palm oil yield caused by Ganode fungus.
Also present at the event was Petronas president and group chief executive officer Tan Sri Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin and ExxonMobil chairman Edward E. Graham.


https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2017/12/314109/orang-asli-researcher-among-three-recipients-special-arts-and-sciences

The Star News on Merdeka Award ceremony.

The Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah, on Wednesday announced the recipients of the 2017 Merdeka Award Grant for International Attachment. The three outstanding recipients are Shahar Koyok, Dr Sophia Rasheeqa Ismail and Dr Zetty Norhana Balia Yusof.

Read more at https://www.thestartv.com/v/three-lucky-merdeka-award-grant-recipients-named#j01dKD2guRwmeZcp.99 

Please visit the link below to view the video. Thanks.
 
https://www.thestartv.com/v/three-lucky-merdeka-award-grant-recipients-named


Completed a big mural on ship containers!

Please click on the image above to watch the video on how I did this massive mural project at Mah Meri Craft Centre in Pulau Carey, Selangor...