Tajuddin Ismail Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Tajuddin Ismail Art Value Price Guide

Aug. 25, 2024
Tajuddin Ismail, Dato' (b. 1949) Jendela, 1998
Est: RM8,000 - RM14,000
Dato' Tajuddin is known for his distinctive abstractions derived from the tranquility and stillness of deep open spaces. In Jendela, the artist has simplified the elements of geometrical shapes in his canvas to enhance the expression of forms. A contemplative journey as well as a contemplated arrival, not necessarily an idealised world but one from fragments of memories and touch-points, coaxing moods of lulling quality. It is no coincidence that Dato' Tajuddin Ismail had won the Minor Awards in the National Drawing Competition in 1977, the National Graphic Art competition in 1978 and the Salon Malaysia in 1979, apart from the National Design Council in 1994. After being adjudged Best Student during his Mara Institute of Technology Art studies (1969-1973), he followed up his studies in Graphic Design at the Art Centre College of Design in Los Angeles (1974) and post-graduate Interior Architecture at the Pratt Institute in New York (1979-1981), where he was also apprenticed to Massimo Vignelli. In 1987, he was also awarded a Fulbright research fellow, by the American Council of Learned Societies, New York. Dato' Tajuddin, who retired as associate professor of Fine Art and Interior Architecture at Universiti ITM became the associate professor and academic adviser in the Fine Art Department in Sunway University.
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Aug. 25, 2024
Tajuddin Ismail, Dato' (b. 1949) Floating Form II, 1997
Est: RM8,000 - RM14,000
Dato' Tajuddin was exploring the elements of forms, space, colour, pattern, along with the effects of darkness and light. In Floating Form II, the artist presents black forms consisting of three-dimensional shapes painted on a white-coloured background with emphasis on expressive, gestural brushwork. A contemplative journey as well as a contemplated arrival, not necessarily an idealised world but one from fragments of memories and touch-points, coaxing moods of lulling quality. It is no coincidence that Dato' Tajuddin Ismail had won the Minor Awards in the National Drawing Competition in 1977, the National Graphic Art competition in 1978 and the Salon Malaysia in 1979, apart from the National Design Council in 1994. After being adjudged Best Student during his Mara Institute of Technology Art studies (1969-1973), he followed up his studies in Graphic Design at the Art Centre College of Design in Los Angeles (1974) and post-graduate Interior Architecture at the Pratt Institute in New York (1979-1981), where he was also apprenticed to Massimo Vignelli. In 1987, he was also awarded a Fulbright research fellow, by the American Council of Learned Societies, New York. Dato' Tajuddin, who retired as associate professor of Fine Art and Interior Architecture at Universiti ITM became the associate professor and academic adviser in the Fine Art Department in Sunway University.
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Aug. 25, 2024
Tajuddin Ismail, Dato' (b. 1949) Untitled, 1998
Est: RM8,000 - RM14,000
A place in time, or a time in placeâ¦ vistas of open natural landscape, real and/or unreal or abstracted, mediated or composite. A contemplative journey as well as a contemplated arrival, not necessarily an idealised world but one from fragments of memories and touch-points, coaxing moods of lulling quality. It is no coincidence that Dato' Tajuddin Ismail had won the Minor Awards in the National Drawing Competition in 1977, the National Graphic Art competition in 1978 and the Salon Malaysia in 1979, apart from the National Design Council in 1994. After being adjudged Best Student during his Mara Institute of Technology Art studies (1969-1973), he followed up his studies in Graphic Design at the Art Centre College of Design in Los Angeles (1974) and post-graduate Interior Architecture at the Pratt Institute in New York (1979-1981), where he was also apprenticed to Massimo Vignelli. In 1987, he was also awarded a Fulbright research fellow, by the American Council of Learned Societies, New York. Dato' Tajuddin, who retired as associate professor of Fine Art and Interior Architecture at Universiti ITM became the associate professor and academic adviser in the Fine Art Department in Sunway University.
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May. 19, 2024
Tajuddin Ismail, Dato' (b. 1949) Moon Shadow II, 2002
Est: RM35,000 - RM68,000
With a title like Moon Shadow, one would expect a semblance of spherical orb with some kind of penumbra. Not painter-printmaker Dato' Tajuddin Ismail in this work from his riveting RED solo exhibition, where the darkened top strip of ambiguous floral buds (trees) is played against a nebulous geometric gridspace with an oblong red centre of controlled, constricted vistas. It is a dichotomy of the outward physical world against the inner space. The horizontal spaces stretch the eyes, slowing things down and forcing a glacial outlook, while the mind skirts on imponderables, to the point the effects of the moon: on time, light, space and the tides. Dato' Tajuddin Ismail won the Minor Awards in the 1979 Salon Malaysia and the National Drawing Competition (1977). He also clinched the Minor Awards in the National Graphic Art competition (1978), and the National Design Council (1994). After the Mara Institute of Technology (ITM), he studied Graphic Design at the Art Centre College of Design, and then at Pratt Institute in New York Fulbright fellowship, where he apprenticed under Massimo Vignelli, for his Masters in Interior Architecture. He taught at ITM (associate professor) and Sunway University in Selangor.
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Jan. 14, 2024
Tajuddin Ismail, Dato' (b. 1949) Jalan Petaling; Jalan Bandar; Malacca Shophouse I; II
Est: RM3,000 - RM5,000
A subject that is the forte of the artist, these set of prints depict the designs of colonial architecture that has captured the hearts of people around the world. It is no co-incidence that Dato' Tajuddin Ismail had won the Minor Awards in the National Drawing Competition in 1977, the National Graphic Art competition in 1978 and the Salon Malaysia in 1979, apart from the National Design Council in 1994. After being adjudged Best Student during his Mara Institute of Technology Art studies (1969-1973), he followed up his studies in Graphic Design at the Art Centre College of Design in Los Angeles (1974) and post-graduate Interior Architecture at the Pratt Institute in New York (1979-1981), where he was also apprenticed to Massimo Vignelli. In 1987, he was also awarded a Fulbright research fellow, by the American Council of Learned Societies, New York.
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Jan. 14, 2024
Tajuddin Ismail, Dato' (b. 1949) May Mindscape II, 2015
Est: RM25,000 - RM45,000
Working with a mixture of mediums, May Mindscape II features a construction of brightly coloured organic shapes in a vibrant colour palette. Richly layered with forms, this unique work contains the artist’s signature elements, including gestural marks, and rhythmic shapes that convey a sense of energy. A manifestation of the artist’s intellectual journey, the works of Dato’ Tajuddin Ismail reflect his experiences, artistic sensibility, dreams, and self-identity. After graduating from the Mara Institute of Technology in 1973, Dato’ Tajuddin Ismail studied at the Art Centre College of Design, Los Angeles (Graphic Design, 1974), Pratt Institute, New York (post-graduate Interior Architecture, 1981; apprenticed to Massimo Vignelli). A Fulbright research fellow (1987), he won the Minor Awards in the National Drawing Competition (1977), the National Graphic Art competition (1978), the Salon Malaysia (1979), and the National Design Council (1994). He retired as Associate Professor of Fine Art and Interior Architecture at Universiti ITM, and joined Sunway University as Fine Arts Department Associate Professor and Academic Adviser.
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Jan. 14, 2024
Tajuddin Ismail, Dato' (b. 1949) Green Landscape, 1988
Est: RM3,000 - RM5,500
A diaristic record of the journeys and memories in life, Dato' Tajuddin Ismail's creations are imbued with a sense of peace and stillness. The poetic arrangement consists of the exploration of gestural marks and poetic colours. It is no co-incidence that Dato' Tajuddin Ismail had won the Minor Awards in the National Drawing Competition in 1977, the National Graphic Art competition in 1978 and the Salon Malaysia in 1979, apart from the National Design Council in 1994. After being adjudged Best Student during his Mara Institute of Technology Art studies (1969-1973), he followed up his studies in Graphic Design at the Art Centre College of Design in Los Angeles (1974) and post-graduate Interior Architecture at the Pratt Institute in New York (1979-1981), where he was also apprenticed to Massimo Vignelli. In 1987, he was also awarded a Fulbright research fellow, by the American Council of Learned Societies, New York.
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Jan. 14, 2024
Tajuddin Ismail, Dato' (b. 1949) Innerspace - Greenfield II, 1992
Est: RM17,000 - RM30,000
A place in time, or a time in place… vistas of open natural landscape, real and / or unreal or abstracted, mediated or composite. A contemplative journey as well as a contemplated arrival, not necessarily an idealised world but one from fragments of memories and touch-points, coaxing moods of lulling quality. Dato' Tajuddin Ismail creates or allows to be created, these universal notions of a space binding Man and Nature, the Real and the Void, the within and the without. It is no co-incidence that Dato' Tajuddin Ismail had won the Minor Awards in the National Drawing Competition in 1977, the National Graphic Art competition in 1978 and the Salon Malaysia in 1979, apart from the National Design Council in 1994. After being adjudged Best Student during his Mara Institute of Technology Art studies (1969-1973), he followed up his studies in Graphic Design at the Art Centre College of Design in Los Angeles (1974) and post-graduate Interior Architecture at the Pratt Institute in New York (1979-1981), where he was also apprenticed to Massimo Vignelli. In 1987, he was also awarded a Fulbright research fellow, by the American Council of Learned Societies, New York.
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Nov. 26, 2023
TAJUDDIN ISMAIL, DATO : Ravine, 2003
Est: RM3,000 - RM7,000
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Oct. 01, 2023
Tajuddin Ismail, Dato' (b. 1949) May Mindscape II, 2015
Est: RM25,000 - RM45,000
Working with a mixture of mediums, May Mindscape II features a construction of brightly coloured organic shapes in a vibrant colour palette. Richly layered with forms, this unique work contains the artist's signature elements, including gestural marks, and rhythmic shapes that convey a sense of energy. A manifestation of the artist's intellectual journey, the works of Dato' Tajuddin Ismail reflect his experiences, artistic sensibility, dreams, and self-identity. After graduating from the Mara Institute of Technology in 1973, Dato' Tajuddin Ismail studied at the Art Centre College of Design, Los Angeles (Graphic Design, 1974), Pratt Institute, New York (post-graduate Interior Architecture, 1981; apprenticed to Massimo Vignelli). A Fulbright research fellow (1987), he won the Minor Awards in the National Drawing Competition (1977), the National Graphic Art competition (1978), the Salon Malaysia (1979), and the National Design Council (1994). He retired as Associate Professor of Fine Art and Interior Architecture at Universiti ITM, and joined Sunway University as Fine Arts Department Associate Professor and Academic Adviser.
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Oct. 01, 2023
Tajuddin Ismail, Dato' (b. 1949) Untitled, 2013
Est: RM12,000 - RM22,000
A manifestation of the artist's intellectual journey, the works of Dato' Tajuddin Ismail reflect his experiences, artistic sensibility, dreams, and self-identity. Various planes were devised to produce a soft and rhythmic effect, through an intensive colour palette of orange, red, and purple hues. The upper segment contains intuitive gestural marks and subtle layerings, accentuated by expressive forms of landscapes. After graduating from the Mara Institute of Technology in 1973, Dato' Tajuddin Ismail studied at the Art Centre College of Design, Los Angeles (Graphic Design, 1974), Pratt Institute, New York (post-graduate Interior Architecture, 1981; apprenticed to Massimo Vignelli). A Fulbright research fellow (1987), he won the Minor Awards in the National Drawing Competition (1977), the National Graphic Art competition (1978), the Salon Malaysia (1979), and the National Design Council (1994).
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Jul. 09, 2023
TAJUDDIN ISMAIL, DATO’ : Black Space, 1998
Est: RM22,000 - RM45,000
Tajuddin Ismail or also known as Taj, has a deep-rooted passion for art and design since an early age, having studied Fine Art at ITM School of Art & Design and Graphic Design at the Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles before pursuing his post- graduate studies in Interior Architecture at Pratt Institute New York. Now, he is a reputable artist worthy of respect and recognition for his amazing abstract art that draws inspiration from natural forms and landscapes. His artworks are labyrinths of metaphors and underlying meaning. The artist uses distinctive style which has lured many art enthusiasts into his realm of innovative, complex artistry. To Tajuddin, art is about making a visual connection with the eyes of its beholder. Tajuddin uses a mixture of lines, colours and geometric shapes to portray the time and space of nature in a poetic visual language that is well structured and lyrical. While some artists stick to certain medium such as acrylic on canvas to create their works of art, Tajuddin uses several such as acrylic, oil pastel, graphite, and cement paste on paper canvas, wood canvas and wood panels.
KLAS Art Auction
Jun. 25, 2023
Tajuddin Ismail, Dato' (b. 1949) Grey Windrift No. 3, 1995
Est: RM14,000 - RM32,000
It may look like a cartography of linked geometry and the odd organic shapes simulating an imaginary landscape. More a sensorial drifting of objects and thoughts, sentimental and poetic. Moving, hovering, inexorablyâ¦ you can't see it, only feel it as it caresses your skin in a sense-surround idyll, in tones subdued. Dato' Tajuddin is much inspired by the Spanish Basque sculptor Eduardo Chillida and American Bayside painter Richard Diebinkorn, but devises his own matrix of iconography. Dato' Tajuddin Ismail moves inexorably between Fine Art, Graphic Design, Interior Architecture to produce works in a Lyrically Abstract style. He won the Minor Awards in the 1979 Salon Malaysia, the 1977 National Drawing Competition, the 1978 National Graphic Art Competition, and the Malaysian Design Council (1994). He's trained in Graphic Design at the Art Centre College of Design in Los Angeles, MSc in Interior Architecture at the Pratt Institute, New York (1981), where he apprenticed under Massimo Vignelli, and the Mara Institute of Technology (1973). He was also a Fulbright research fellow (1986). He taught at the Universiti ITM, retiring as Associate Professor in 2002, after serving for 28 years. His overseas exhibitions include Madrid, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Yogyakarta, Japan, Germany and the Jenkins Johnson Gallery in San Francisco in 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2000.
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Jun. 25, 2023
Tajuddin Ismail, Dato' (b. 1949) Moon Shadow II, 2002
Est: RM45,000 - RM80,000
With a title like Moon Shadow, one would expect a semblance of spherical orb with some kind of penumbra. Not painter-printmaker Dato' Tajuddin Ismail in this work from his riveting RED solo exhibition, where the darkened top strip of ambiguous floral buds (trees) is played against a nebulous geometric gridspace with an oblong red centre of controlled, constricted vistas. It is a dichotomy of the outward physical world against the inner space. The horizontal spaces stretch the eyes, slowing things down and forcing a glacial outlook, while the mind skirts on imponderables, to the point the effects of the moon: on time, light, space and the tides. Dato' Tajuddin Ismail won the Minor Awards in the 1979 Salon Malaysia and the National Drawing Competition (1977). He also clinched the Minor Awards in the National Graphic Art competition (1978), and the National Design Council (1994). After the Mara Institute of Technology (ITM), he studied Graphic Design at the Art Centre College of Design, and then at Pratt Institute in New York Fulbright fellowship, where he apprenticed under Massimo Vignelli, for his Masters in Interior Architecture. He taught at ITM (associate professor) and Sunway University in Selangor.
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Jun. 25, 2023
Tajuddin Ismail, Dato' (b. 1949) Blue Oasis, 2003
Est: RM12,000 - RM20,000
For Dato' Tajuddin, the work of art is the visual manifestation of the artist's intellectual journey. In this context, his work reflects his experiences and worldview, his spiritual values, his artistic sensibility, his dreams and most importantly his self-identity. Executed in his signature style, blocks of colours and geometric shapes are united to form a vibrant composition. By using grid like shapes painted in vivid reds, blue, and black hues, a sense of tranquillity and visual order is achieved. Dato' Tajuddin graduated in Graphic Design at the Art Centre College of Design in Los Angeles, the United States, in 1974. He did his Post-graduate Interior Architecture at the Pratt Institute in New York in 1979-1981. His accolades include the Major Award, National Drawing Competition in 1977; Minor Award, National Graphic Art, National Art Gallery, 1978; Minor Award, Salon Malaysia, 1979; and Minor Award, National Design Council, 1994. He set up TJ Fine Art in 2004. After teaching at the University Mara Institute of Technology for several years, he joined Sunway University as Fine Arts Department Associate Professor and Academic Adviser.
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Jun. 25, 2023
Tajuddin Ismail, Dato' (b. 1949) Purple Haze No. 2, 2002
Est: RM12,000 - RM20,000
No matter how one sees the grid configurations of different colour fields, geometric constructs and more organic spools, or both, the entry points seen as homogenic or disparate, the resultant experience will be one of surprise, a fleeting bliss. Richly layered with forms across the surface, this work contains the artist's signature elements, including expressive gestural marks, playful organic shapes, and vivid colour across the pictorial space. Dato' Tajuddin graduated in Graphic Design at the Art Centre College of Design in Los Angeles, the United States, in 1974. He did his Post-graduate Interior Architecture at the Pratt Institute in New York in 1979-1981. His accolades include the Major Award, National Drawing Competition in 1977; Minor Award, National Graphic Art, National Art Gallery, 1978; Minor Award, Salon Malaysia, 1979; and Minor Award, National Design Council, 1994. He set up TJ Fine Art in 2004. After teaching at the University Mara Institute of Technology for several years, he joined Sunway University as Fine Arts Department Associate Professor and Academic Adviser.
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Jun. 25, 2023
Tajuddin Ismail, Dato' (b. 1949) Pangkor, 2003
Est: RM13,000 - RM23,000
Observing the natural world around him, Dato' Tajuddin Ismail creates compositions that translate perception and memory. The artist explores harmony within the pictorial space through the language of mark making, light effects, and colour relations. In this abstract work, he found inspiration through the landscapes of Pangkor, focusing on the interplay of shapes, rich colours and lyrical gestures. Dato' Tajuddin graduated in Graphic Design at the Art Centre College of Design in Los Angeles, the United States, in 1974. He did his Post-graduate Interior Architecture at the Pratt Institute in New York in 1979-1981. His accolades include the Major Award, National Drawing Competition in 1977; Minor Award, National Graphic Art, National Art Gallery, 1978; Minor Award, Salon Malaysia, 1979; and Minor Award, National Design Council, 1994. He set up TJ Fine Art in 2004. After teaching at the University Mara Institute of Technology for several years, he joined Sunway University as Fine Arts Department Associate Professor and Academic Adviser.
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Mar. 19, 2023
Tajuddin Ismail, Dato' (b. 1949) Passage No. 5, 2009
Est: RM12,000 - RM22,000
Passage No. 5 features a captivating interplay of brightly coloured organic shapes standing out against a neutral palette of white and grey. Energetic black scribbles vigorously applied at the background convey movement. Richly layered with forms, this contemplative work contains the artist's signature elements, including expressive gestural marks, playful organic shapes, and intuitive lines across the pictorial space. After graduating from the Mara Institute of Technology in 1973, Dato' Tajuddin Ismail studied at the Art Centre College of Design, Los Angeles (Graphic Design, 1974), Pratt Institute, New York (post-graduate Interior Architecture, 1981; apprenticed to Massimo Vignelli). A Fulbright research fellow (1987), he won the Minor Awards in the National Drawing Competition (1977), the National Graphic Art competition (1978), the Salon Malaysia (1979), and the National Design Council (1994). He retired as Associate Professor of Fine Art and Interior Architecture at Universiti ITM. He then joined Sunway University as Fine Arts Department Associate Professor and Academic Adviser.
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Nov. 06, 2022
Tajuddin Ismail, Dato' (b. Negeri Sembilan, 1949) Grey Windrift No. 2, 1995
Est: RM26,000 - RM45,000
It may look like a cartography of linked geometry and the odd organic shapes simulating an imaginary landscape. More a sensorial drifting of objects and thoughts, sentimental and poetic. Moving, hovering, inexorablyâ¦ you can't see it, only feel it as it caresses your skin in a sense-surround idyll, in tones subdued. A work from Dato' Tajuddin Ismail's Unfold exhibition at Art Salon, Kuala Lumpur, in 1995, the impetus is invariably Nature, in all its silent vigil. Tajuddin is much inspired by the Spanish Basque sculptor Eduardo Chillida and American Bayside painter Richard Diebinkorn, but devises his own matrix of iconography. Dato' Tajuddin Ismail moves inexorably between Fine Art, Graphic Design, Interior Architecture to produce works in a Lyrically Abstract style. He won the Minor Awards in the 1979 Salon Malaysia, the 1977 National Drawing Competition, the 1978 National Graphic Art Competition, and the Malaysian Design Council (1994). He's trained in Graphic Design at the Art Centre College of Design in Los Angeles, MSc in Interior Architecture at the Pratt Institute, New York (1981), where he apprenticed under Massimo Vignelli, and the Mara Institute of Technology (1973). He was also a Fulbright research fellow (1986). He taught at the Universiti ITM, retiring as Associate Professor in 2002, after serving for 28 years. His overseas exhibitions include Madrid, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Yogyakarta, Japan, Germany and the Jenkins Johnson Gallery in San Francisco in 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2000.
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Jul. 17, 2022
Tajuddin Ismail, Dato' (b. Negeri Sembilan, 1949) Night Bloom, 2015
Est: RM25,000 - RM45,000
The works of Dato’ Tajuddin Ismail are inspired by nature and its underlying forms. Painted with a variety of textures and surface layering, this work is an expression of his experience, worldview, and spiritual values. Combining the long-standing tradition of humanity observing nature, the circular composition evokes a romantic and lyrical mood, with a dazzling spectacle of colour that heightens the emotional effect. Dato' Tajuddin graduated in Graphic Design at the Art Centre College of Design in Los Angeles, the United States, in 1974. He did his Post-graduate Interior Architecture at the Pratt Institute in New York in 1979-1981. His accolades include the Major Award, National Drawing Competition in 1977; Minor award, National Graphic Art, National Art Gallery, 1978; Minor Award, Salon Malaysia, 1979; and Minor Award, National Design Council, 1994. He set up TJ Fine Art in 2004. After teaching at the University Mara Institute of Technology for several years, he joined Sunway University as Fine Arts Department Associate Professor and Academic Adviser.
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Jul. 17, 2022
Tajuddin Ismail, Dato' (b. Negeri Sembilan, 1949) Bluemoon II, 2007
Est: RM28,000 - RM45,000
All the seemingly disparate shapes or forms are circumscribed by a circle, a perfect symbol of balance and harmony. Dato' Tajuddin Ismail started exploring round canvases in the early 2000s. This harmonious orchestration of forms, colour and space evokes a sense of contemplative calm. One gets a sense of musicality in this round work apart from the tranquility and beauty, and recalls the strains of the 1934 ballad, Blue Moon. Dato' Tajuddin’s abstract repertoire plays on nebulous coloured shapes in rhythmic interaction to create an experience and a revelation. As Piet Mondrian intoned: “Abstract art is not opposed to Nature… it is one with true human nature.” Dato' Tajuddin Ismail’s works reveal his exposures to, and imbibement of, paintings and sculptures of organic and geometric forms, Graphic Design (Art Centre College of Design in Los Angeles) and Interior Architecture (Pratt Institute in New York) after initial studies at the Mara Institute of Technology, which he later taught there. He was also apprenticed to Massimo Vignelli. He has won numerous awards including the Minor Award in the National Drawing Competition (1977), the National Graphic Art competition (1978), Salon Malaysia (1979) and the National Design Council (1994).
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Mar. 27, 2022
Tajuddin Ismail, Dato' (b. Negeri Sembilan, 1949) Rentakalam (Rhythm Of Nature), 2008
Est: RM30,000 - RM50,000
There is no space as metaphorically infinite as that of the mind, and it and nothing captures the boundless spirit as Nature, even amidst man-made structural edifications. It is the pastoral, the panoramic that evokes the spiritual touches that effuse the beauty, physical and contemplative, with the infinite suggested by the horizontal push and pull of this work. Rentakalam represents already a maturity, and sophistication, of Dato' Tajuddin Ismail’s orchestration of such interplay of man’s affinity with Nature, organised in several ambiguous spheres of contemplation and dynamic redaction. Dato' Tajuddin Ismail’s art reveals his exposures to Graphic Art and Design, Interior Architecture and Fine Art, which he welded into a symbiosis of poetic and geometric forms. After his basic tutelage at the Mara Institute of Technology (1973), he is able to expand his horizon and explore in his further studies at the Art Centre College of Design, Los Angeles (Graphic Design, 1974), and the Pratt Institute, New York (post-graduate Interior Architecture, 1981, where he apprenticed to Massimo Vignelli). He was also a Fulbright research fellow (1987). He was to teach at the Universiti ITM, retiring as Associate Professor of Fine Art and Interior Architecture. As an artist, he clinched the Minor Awards in the National Drawing Competition (1977), the National Graphic Art competition (1978), the Salon Malaysia (1979), and the National Design Council (1994).
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Mar. 27, 2022
Tajuddin Ismail, Dato' (b. Negeri Sembilan, 1949) Mosaic, 2012
Est: RM23,000 - RM38,000
Tajuddin Ismail has developed a distinct visual style influenced by his education in architecture and design. This painting could be read as an analogy for life resembling a mosaic, a picture composed of various pieces and patterns, as one has to manage various aspects in life to strive towards one’s goal. Dynamic colours of blues, reds, white and black overlap and merge to present a complex labyrinth of space. Intricate mark making, movement of lines, and atmospheric colours unite to create structure and rhythm to the composition. Dato' Tajuddin graduated in Graphic Design at the Art Centre College of Design in Los Angeles, the United States, in 1974. He did his Post-graduate Interior Architecture at the Pratt Institute in New York in 1979-1981. His accolades include the Major Award, National Drawing Competition in 1977; Minor award, National Graphic Art, National Art Gallery, 1978; Minor Award, Salon Malaysia, 1979; and Minor Award, National Design Council, 1994. He set up TJ Fine Art in 2004. After teaching at the University Mara Institute of Technology for several years, he joined Sunway University as Fine Arts Department Associate Professor and Academic Adviser.
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Dec. 05, 2021
Tajuddin Ismail, Dato' (b. Negeri Sembilan, 1949) One Sunday Afternoon, 2002
Est: RM20,000 - RM35,000
One Sunday Afternoon captures the artist’s passion for nature and keen eye for expressing overlapping foliage and ground contours. Painted with a fine balance of varied textures, this work illustrates a splendid view of trees seen from the distant horizon line. The composition evokes a poetic mood emphasising the wide expanse of the terrain. Dato' Tajuddin graduated in Graphic Design at the Art Centre College of Design in Los Angeles, the United States, in 1974. He did his Post-graduate Interior Architecture at the Pratt Institute in New York in 1979-1981. His accolades include the Major Award, National Drawing Competition in 1977; Minor Award, National Graphic Art, National Art Gallery, 1978; Minor Award, Salon Malaysia, 1979; and Minor Award, National Design Council, 1994. He set up TJ Fine Art in 2004. After teaching at the University Mara Institute of Technology for several years, he joined Sunway University as Fine Arts Department Associate Professor and Academic Adviser.
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Dec. 05, 2021
Tajuddin Ismail, Dato' (b. Negeri Sembilan, 1949) Morning Mist II, 2011
Est: RM12,000 - RM20,000
The works of Dato’ Tajuddin Ismail are inspired by nature and its underlying forms. Painted with a variety of textures and surface layering, this work is an expression of his experience, worldview, and spiritual values. Combining the long-standing tradition of humanity observing nature, the geometrical composition evokes a romantic and lyrical mood, with contrasts in colour that heighten the emotional effect. Dato' Tajuddin graduated in Graphic Design at the Art Centre College of Design in Los Angeles, the United States, in 1974. He did his Post-graduate Interior Architecture at the Pratt Institute in New York in 1979-1981. His accolades include the Major Award, National Drawing Competition in 1977; Minor Award, National Graphic Art, National Art Gallery, 1978; Minor Award, Salon Malaysia, 1979; and Minor Award, National Design Council, 1994. He set up TJ Fine Art in 2004. After teaching at the University Mara Institute of Technology for several years, he joined Sunway University as Fine Arts Department Associate Professor and Academic Adviser.
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Nov. 28, 2021
TAJUDDIN ISMAIL, DATO’ : Innerspace No. 2 Edition 257/300 & Innerspace No. 3 Edition 247/300
Est: RM1,000 - RM2,800
Tajuddin Ismail has a deep-rooted passion for art and design since an early age, having studied Fine Art at ITM School of Art & Design and Graphic Design at the Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles before pursuing his postgraduate studies in Interior Architecture at Pratt Institute New York. Now, he is a reputable artist worthy of respect and recognition for his amazing abstract art that draws inspiration from natural forms and landscapes.
KLAS Art Auction
Nov. 28, 2021
TAJUDDIN ISMAIL, DATO’ : Black Space, 1988
Est: RM16,000 - RM32,000
Tajuddin Ismail or also known as Taj, has a deep-rooted passion for art and design since an early age, having studied Fine Art at ITM School of Art & Design and Graphic Design at the Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles before pursuing his post- graduate studies in Interior Architecture at Pratt Institute New York. Now, he is a reputable artist worthy of respect and recognition for his amazing abstract art that draws inspiration from natural forms and landscapes. His artworks are labyrinths of metaphors and underlying meaning. The artist uses distinctive style which has lured many art enthusiasts into his realm of innovative, complex artistry. To Tajuddin, art is about making a visual connection with the eyes of its beholder. Tajuddin uses a mixture of lines, colours and geometric shapes to portray the time and space of nature in a poetic visual language that is well structured and lyrical. While some artists stick to certain medium such as acrylic on canvas to create their works of art, Tajuddin uses several such as acrylic, oil pastel, graphite, and cement paste on paper canvas, wood canvas and wood panels.
KLAS Art Auction
Oct. 03, 2021
TAJUDDIN ISMAIL, DATO': Black Windrift, 1999
Est: RM35,000 - RM70,000
This artist believes that any work of art is the visual manifestation of the artist’s intellectual journey – a reflection of his worldview, spiritual values, dreams and self-identity. Nature is his muse, and he paints its uniqueness and strengths through consistent gestural styles and abstract and expressionistic images. “Nature, nature’s landscapes and nature’s forces are my sources of artistic inspiration. In the approach of lyrical abstraction, I try to express the poetic and contemplative beauty of Allah’s creations.” Tajuddin Ismail does not believe in painting the same thing over and over again, but views his artworks as a development and progress from the previous one – new experiences and new techniques.
KLAS Art Auction
Aug. 22, 2021
Tajuddin Ismail, Dato' (b. Negeri Sembilan, 1949) Wind Comb (Delta), 2001
Est: RM45,000 - RM80,000
A melange of tendril lines emanating from the left and interconnected in an inchoate way, with two abrupt drops against a muted backdrop of dominant white. Solid and flexible, this lower half stark composition is wedged against a dense dark painterly surface above, with a right-angled white intrusion of negative flow. It’s a delicate play of balance and harmony, between Man and Nature (wind, water and earth) with a dualism inspired by the celebrated Peine del Viento (The Comb Of The Wind) steel-and-rock sculpture of Basque sculptor Eduardo Chillida. The sculpture stood against a low rock promontory in San Sebastian, the sculptor’s hometown, stands like a sentinel, but Dato' Tajuddin Ismail’s adaptation is more interconnected in a tenuous way. Dato' Tajuddin marvelled at interplay of mass, volume and void when he first saw the sculpture in an exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in London in the 1980s. The work was done during the time of his Simply Red solo at Art Salon, Kuala Lumpur, in May 2002. Dato' Tajuddin draws great strength in his paintings from his solid foundation in graphic design and interior architecture — Graphic Design (Art Centre College of Design in Los Angeles, 1974) and post-graduate Interior Architecture (Pratt Institute in New York, 1979-1981, apprenticed under Massimo Vignelli), apart from the Mara Institute of Technology in Shah Alam (1969-1973). His awards include the Fulbright research fellowship (1987), the Minor Award in the National Drawing Competition (1977), the National Graphic Art competition (1978), Salon Malaysia (1979) and the National Design Council (1994). After retiring as associate professor of Fine Art and Interior Architecture at Universiti ITM, he taught Fine Art in Sunway University, Selangor.
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Aug. 15, 2021
TAJUDDIN ISMAIL, DATO' : Innerspace NO. 3 & Innerspace No. 2
Est: RM1,000 - RM2,500
Tajuddin Ismail has a deep-rooted passion for art and design since an early age, having studied Fine Art at ITM School of Art & Design and Graphic Design at the Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles before pursuing his post- graduate studies in Interior Architecture at Pratt Institute New York. Now, he is a reputable artist worthy of respect and recognition for his amazing abstract art that draws inspiration from natural forms and landscapes.
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Jun. 27, 2021
TAJUDDIN ISMAIL, DATO' : Innerspace - Mindscape 1 Edition 188/300
Est: RM500 - RM1,000
Tajuddin’s works are systematically executed, with precision and absolute care for neatness. He moves viewers with the poetry of his brushstrokes. As an artist trained in Interior Architecture, Tajuddin Ismail certainly knows what difference the balance between form, colour and space will make to a masterpiece. The artist animates the lines, colours and geometric shapes to speak a visual language of beauty and tranquillity to viewers looking on.
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Jun. 27, 2021
TAJUDDIN ISMAIL, DATO' : Innerspace No. 2 Edition 256/300
Est: RM500 - RM1,000
Tajuddin Ismail has a deep-rooted passion for art and design since an early age, having studied Fine Art at ITM School of Art & Design and Graphic Design at the Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles before pursuing his post- graduate studies in Interior Architecture at Pratt Institute New York. Now, he is a reputable artist worthy of respect and recognition for his amazing abstract art that draws inspiration from natural forms and landscapes.
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Jun. 27, 2021
TAJUDDIN ISMAIL, DATO' : Red Earth Synergy No. 6 Edition 167/500
Est: RM500 - RM1,000
Tajuddin Ismail’s artworks are labyrinths of metaphors and underlying meaning. He gains his reputation for his amazing abstract art that draws inspiration from natural forms and landscapes. His distinctive style has lured many art enthusiasts into his realm of innovative, complex artistry. To Tajuddin, art is about making a visual connection with the eyes of its beholder. Tajuddin uses a mixture of lines, colours and geometric shapes to portray the time and space of nature in a poetic visual language that is well structured and lyrical.
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Mar. 28, 2021
TAJUDDIN ISMAIL, DATO : Nature II, 2003
Est: RM12,000 - RM18,000
Born in 1949 in Seremban, Tajuddin Ismail’s artworks are labyrinths of metaphors and underlying meaning. He gains his reputation for his amazing abstract art that draws inspiration from natural forms and landscapes. His distinctive style has lured many art enthusiasts into his realm of innovative and complex artistry. To Tajuddin, art is about making a visual connection with the eyes of its beholder. Tajuddin Ismail has always had a knack for abstract art. Abstract art is never constant in their message, meaning different things for different individuals. As in this simple piece comprising basic lines and shapes tinted in gallant, outstanding colours of pink and red, as well as white and blue. Tajuddin Ismail successfully captures the eyes and mind of the viewer. This piece may seem simple, but it has that ability to beckon the viewer to dissect the true meaning behind it. This is a piece that requires the audience to take a longer look, to reflect on this artwork.
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Mar. 21, 2021
Tajuddin Ismail, Dato’ (b. Negeri Sembilan, 1949) Mosaic, 2012
Est: RM24,000 - RM42,000
Dato' Tajuddin Ismail has developed a distinct visual style influenced by his education in architecture and design. This painting could be read as an analogy for life resembling a mosaic, a picture composed of various pieces and patterns, as one has to manage various aspects in life to strive towards one’s goal. Dynamic colours of blues, reds, white and black overlap and merge to present a complex labyrinth of space. Intricate mark making, movement of lines, and atmospheric colours unite to create structure and rhythm to the composition. Dato' Tajuddin graduated in Graphic Design at the Art Centre College of Design in Los Angeles, the United States, in 1974. He did his Post-graduate Interior Architecture at the Pratt Institute in New York in 1979-81. His accolades include the Major Award, National Drawing Competition in 1977; Minor Award, National Graphic Art, National Art Gallery, 1978; Minor Award, Salon Malaysia, 1979; and Minor Award, National Design Council, 1994. He set up TJ Fine Art in 2004. After teaching at the University Mara Institute of Technology for several years, he joined Sunway University as Fine Arts Department Associate Professor and Academic Adviser. His latest solo exhibition Mosaic was held at G13 gallery in 2021.
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Feb. 07, 2021
TAJUDDIN ISMAIL, DATO' : Innerspace No. 3 Edition 247/300 & Innerspace No. 2 Edition 256/600
Est: RM2,200 - RM4,800
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Feb. 07, 2021
TAJUDDIN ISMAIL, DATO' : Black Windrift Edition 189/500 & Red Earth Synergy No. 6 Edition 167/500
Est: RM1,800 - RM3,500
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Feb. 07, 2021
TAJUDDIN ISMAIL, DATO' : Untitled, January, 2003
Est: RM12,000 - RM18,000
Tajuddin Ismail has always had a knack for abstract art. Abstract art is never constant in their message, meaning different things for different individuals. As in this simple piece comprising basic lines and shapes tinted in gallant, outstanding colours of pink and orange, as well as black and blue. Tajuddin Ismail successfully captures the eyes and mind of the viewer. This piece may seem simple, but it has that ability to beckon the viewer to dissect the true meaning behind it. This is a piece that requires the audience to take a longer look, to reflect on this artwork.
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Dec. 13, 2020
TAJUDDIN ISMAIL, DATO' : Abstract, 1994
Est: RM6,000 - RM12,000
Tajuddin Ismail’s artworks are labyrinths of metaphors and underlying meaning. He gains his reputation for his amazing abstract art that draws inspiration from natural forms and landscapes. His distinctive style has lured many art enthusiasts into his realm of innovative, complex artistry. To Tajuddin, art is about making a visual connection with the eyes of its beholder. In this particular piece, Tajuddin uses dark yet cool tones, smearing shadows and highlights, leaving it completely up to the viewer’s interpretation.
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Nov. 15, 2020
Tajuddin Ismail, Dato’ (b. Negeri Sembilan, 1949) Gridscape III, 1988
Est: RM30,000 - RM55,000
Dato’ Tajuddin Ismail’s Gridscape III, in sleep-inducing sombre colour bands, has demarcating thin strips horizontally, vertically and diagonally. The lines traverse seven unequal tiers, constricting the vision and making the space ambiguous, and fostering a sense of contemplation. This work is from Dato’ Tajuddin’s Innnerspace solo exhibition held at the Australian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur in 1991. The series is inspired by grid-like structural composition with dark muted hues in subtle shades and values. As he explained: “The saturated coloured lines and stripes contrasted strongly with the planar horizontal bands creating spatial tension and depth without the use of conventional perspectives.” Dato’ Tajuddin’s firm sense of graphic design and Architecture was latent, which is unsurprising as he was trained in Graphic Design at the Art Centre College of Design in Los Angeles (1974) and did post-graduate Interior Architecture at the Pratt Institute in New York (1979-1981). This was after his studies at the Mara Institute of Technology in Shah Alam in 1969-1973. A Fulbright research fellow in 1987, he won the Minor Awards in the National Drawing Competition in 1977, the National Graphic Art competition in 1978 and the Salon Malaysia in 1979, apart from the National Design Council in 1994. After retiring as associate professor of Fine Art and Interior Architecture at Universiti ITM, he became associate professor and academic adviser in the Fine Art Department in Sunway University. His solo show entitled Ambiguity was held at Segaris Art Center in 2018.
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Nov. 08, 2020
TAJUDDIN ISMAIL, DATO' : Bridge over Red Mountain, 1993
Est: RM16,000 - RM25,000
Tajuddin Ismail’s artworks are labyrinths of metaphors and underlying meaning. He gains his reputation for his amazing abstract art that draws inspiration from natural forms and landscapes. His distinctive style has lured many art enthusiasts into his realm of innovative and complex artistry. To Tajuddin, art is about making a visual connection with the eyes of its beholder. The title of the painting quite literally captures the visual depicted. A magnificent mountain stands proudly in the foreground, painted in an ombre of red, while hanging over it is a long red bridge that seems to carry on for miles.
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Sep. 06, 2020
TAJUDDIN ISMAIL, DATO' : Mirage Edition 190/500 & Night Journey No. 5 Edition 170/500
Est: RM750 - RM1,600
Tajuddin Ismail’s artworks are labyrinths of metaphors and underlying meaning. He gains his reputation for his amazing abstract art that draws inspiration from natural forms and landscapes. His distinctive style has lured many art enthusiasts into his realm of innovative, complex artistry. To Tajuddin, art is about making a visual connection with the eyes of its beholder. Tajuddin uses a mixture of lines, colours and geometric shapes to portray the time and space of nature in a poetic visual language that is well structured and lyrical. While some artists stick to certain medium such as acrylic on canvas to create their works of art, Tajuddin uses several such as acrylic, oil pastel, graphite, and cement paste on paper canvas, wood canvas and wood panels.
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Aug. 23, 2020
Tajuddin Ismail, Dato’ (b. Negeri Sembilan, 1949) Mosaic, 2012
Est: RM28,000 - RM42,000
Dato’ Tajuddin Ismail has developed a distinct visual style influenced by his education in architecture and design. This painting could be read as an analogy for life resembling a mosaic, a picture composed of various pieces and patterns, as one has to manage various aspects in life to strive towards one’s goal. Dynamic colours of blues, reds, white and black overlap and merge to present a complex labyrinth of space. Intricate mark making, movement of lines, and atmospheric colours unite to create structure and rhythm to the composition. Dato’ Tajuddin graduated in Graphic Design at the Art Centre College of Design in Los Angeles, the United States, in 1974. He did his Post-graduate Interior Architecture at the Pratt Institute in New York in 1979-81. His accolades include the Major Award, National Drawing Competition in 1977; Minor Award, National Graphic Art, National Art Gallery, 1978; Minor Award, Salon Malaysia, 1979; and Minor Award, National Design Council, 1994. He set up TJ Fine Art in 2004. After teaching at the University Mara Institute of Technology for several years, he joined Sunway University as Fine Arts Department Associate Professor and Academic Adviser.
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Jul. 12, 2020
TAJUDDIN ISMAIL, DATO : Oasis, 2012
Est: RM25,000 - RM40,000
Intriguing is the right word to describe the ‘Oasis’. One can’t help but step closer and get lost in this work. Renowned abstract artist, Tajuddin Ismail is known for his symbolic and metaphoric interpretations of nature. Born in Negeri Sembilan in 1949, the artist’s passion for arts didn’t stop him from majoring in fine arts at the MARA Institute of Technology (UiTM) despite his father’s disapproval. He furthered his studies in Graphic Design at the Art Centre College of Los Angeles and had his post-graduate studies in Interior Architecture at Pratt Institute New York. He also became a recipient of the prestigious Fulbright Research Fellowship by The American Council of Learned Societies of New York in 1987. Over the years, Tajuddin has won several Art and Design awards and not to mention he has participated in more than 150 art exhibitions locally and internationally since 1971. He was also a graphic and interior design consultant to government agencies and corporations in Malaysia. Having retired from his position as an associate professor at the Faculty of Art and Design of UiTM, he now runs his own gallery, TJ Fine Art.
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Mar. 15, 2020
Tajuddin Ismail, Dato’ (b. Negeri Sembilan, 1949) Innerspace — Homage To Matisse III; Interiorscape With Flower, 1992
Est: RM6,000 - RM10,000
For Dato’ Tajuddin the work of art is the visual manifestation of the artist’s intellectual journey. In this context, his work reflects his admiration for the great french artist Henri Matisse and the way he sees an installation of flowers in a certain setting. Both are executed in his signature style, blocks of colors and geometric shapes are united to form a vibrant composition. Dato’ Tajuddin graduated in Graphic Design at the Art Centre College of Design in Los Angeles, the United States, in 1974. He did his Post-graduate Interior Architecture at the Pratt Institute in New York in 1979-81. His accolades include the Major Award, National Drawing Competition in 1977; Minor Award, National Graphic Art, National Art Gallery, 1978; Minor Award, Salon Malaysia, 1979; and Minor Award, National Design Council, 1994. He set up TJ Fine Art in 2004. After teaching at the University Mara Institute of Technology for several years, he joined Sunway University as Fine Arts Department Associate Professor and Academic Adviser.
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Mar. 15, 2020
Tajuddin Ismail, Dato' (b. Negeri Sembilan, 1949) Gridscape (Boxscape Series), 1991
Est: RM38,000 - RM68,000
Studies of abstract shapes in architectonic forms and shapes are the mainstays of Dato’ Tajuddin Ismail’s Boxscape Series in the late 1980s. With his background in Interior Architecture, Dato’ Tajuddin explored the intricacies of forms and space by contemporary architects like Richard Meier, Tado Ando, Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid, in stand-alone drawings arranged in horizontal grids. This artwork previously had a L-shape tear of approximately 5cm by 2cm. It is now properly restored. Dato’ Tajuddin graduated in Graphic Design at the Art Centre College of Design in Los Angeles, the United States, in 1974. He did his Post-graduate Interior Architecture at the Pratt Institute in New York in 1979-81. His accolades include the Major Award, National Drawing Competition in 1977; Minor award, National Graphic Art, National Art Gallery, 1978; Minor Award, Salon Malaysia, 1979; and Minor Award, National Design Council, 1994. He set up TJ Fine Art in 2004. After teaching at the University Mara Institute of Technology for several years, he joined Sunway University as Fine Arts Department Associate Professor and Academic Adviser. His solo exhibition, Ambiguity was organised in collaboration with Segaris Art Center and TJ Fine Art in 2018. Many of his masterpieces were exhibited at the VIP Lounge in Art Expo Malaysia 2019.
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Mar. 15, 2020
Tajuddin Ismail, Dato' (b. Negeri Sembilan, 1949) Blue Landscape, 2003
Est: RM30,000 - RM55,000
Dato’ Tajuddin’s paintings are a curious state of mind, lolling between modulated stupor and suspended wakefulness. In the pools of phlegmatic calm, there is emotion in motion.For Dato’ Tajuddin, his sense of stillness, this sense of deep open spaces represents the harmony he seeks, and oneness he achieves, with Nature and things around him, and with himself. Dato’ Tajuddin graduated in Graphic Design at the Art Centre College of Design in Los Angeles, the United States, in 1974. He did his Post-graduate Interior Architecture at the Pratt Institute in New York in 1979-81. His accolades include the Major Award, National Drawing Competition in 1977; Minor award, National Graphic Art, National Art Gallery, 1978; Minor Award, Salon Malaysia, 1979; and Minor Award, National Design Council, 1994. He set up TJ Fine Art in 2004. After teaching at the University Mara Institute of Technology for several years, he joined Sunway University as Fine Arts Department Associate Professor and Academic Adviser. His solo exhibition, Ambiguity was organised in collaboration with Segaris Art Center and TJ Fine Art in 2018. Many of his masterpieces were exhibited at the VIP Lounge in Art Expo Malaysia 2019.
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Mar. 01, 2020
TAJUDDIN ISMAIL, DATO : Bridge Over Red Mountain, 1993
Est: RM18,000 - RM24,000
Tajuddin Ismail’s artworks are labyrinths of metaphors and underlying meaning. He gains his reputation for his amazing abstract art that draws inspiration from natural forms and landscapes. His distinctive style has lured many art enthusiasts into his realm of innovative and complex artistry. To Tajuddin, art is about making a visual connection with the eyes of its beholder. The title of the painting quite literally captures the visual depicted. A magnificent mountain stands proudly in the foreground, painted in an ombre of red, while hanging over it is a long red bridge that seems to carry on for miles.
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