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  • Umibaizurah Mahir Ismail (b. 1975) Oh My Dear, There's No Place Like Home Series, 2012-2013
    Apr. 20, 2025

    Umibaizurah Mahir Ismail (b. 1975) Oh My Dear, There's No Place Like Home Series, 2012-2013

    Est: RM20,000 - RM38,000

    Umibaizurah employs a wide range of techniques including ceramics and installation to explore contemporary issues. Oh My Dear, There's No Place Like Home is a mesmerising piece of sculpture in distinctive colours. The sculpture features intricate ceramic pieces with floral motifs stacked together, showcasing her impeccable skill. A graduate from UiTM, Umi is one of the country's most important ceramicists who consistently push beyond conventional boundaries of ceramics within a contemporary framework. She represented Malaysia in the 2009 Jakarta Ceramics Biennale. She was among the Top 10 Winners of The Young Contemporaries 2006 by the National Art Gallery, Malaysia and was awarded Top 5 Winners for her collaboration with children in making clay sculpture at the Tokoname City Culture Hall, Aichi, Japan. Umi's works are collected by various institutions and private collectors including National Art Gallery Malaysia, Petronas Gallery, and Asia Arts Network Seoul, Korea. Her solo exhibition Rekah was held at Sareng Gallery (2024), and Clean The Unseen at Art Seasons, Singapore (2022).

    Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers
  • Umibaizurah Mahir@Ismail (b. 1975) Fertility, 2014
    Jun. 30, 2019

    Umibaizurah Mahir@Ismail (b. 1975) Fertility, 2014

    Est: RM6,000 - RM10,000

    Umibaizurah Mahir@Ismail constantly pushes the boundary in art-making. Predominantly a sculptor who works with ceramic, she also dabbles in painting as exemplified in Fertility - displaying the best of both. On the left is a painting of an anonymous face with a comb of ripe bananas on its head with lush greenery as a backdrop. On the right is a porcelain sculpture of a figurine placed on a ceramic building adorned with decals. The word “Fertility” is spelled on the background. Umibaizurah held a successful solo exhibition entitled Fragile By Umibaizurah: Recent Works 2015-2016 at The Edge Galerie, Kuala Lumpur in 2016. In 2018, Umibaizurah has been commissioned by developer BRDB to produce an outdoor installation for Art In The Park at Tamansari in Rawang. Among the selected artists include Ramlan Abdullah, Haffendi Anuar and Jun Ong. Her artworks are also commissioned by Empire by Zouk in Genting, curated by Singaporean art consultant The Artling. In 2019, she was represented by Art Seasons Singapore and participated in S.E.A Focus art fair organised by STPI in Singapore.

    Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers
  • UMIBAIZURAH MAHIR@ISMAIL (b. 1975) The Flower Planter, 2014
    Oct. 28, 2018

    UMIBAIZURAH MAHIR@ISMAIL (b. 1975) The Flower Planter, 2014

    Est: RM4,500 - RM7,500

    Umibaizurah Mahir represents a new genre of contemporary ceramists bringing fresh ideas to the medium. In The Flower Planter, a young girl meanders in a natural landscape, while the right section contains an intricate porcelain sculpture of a child and a house. The white flower adorned on the girl's head and the field of green grass with mountains in the distance raised the contrast of colours with great intensity. This work is one of the best examples of the combination of figures and landscape that the artist has greatly achieved. It's been some time since ceramists like Ham Rabeah Kamarun broke into the scene with her raku firing, and Umibaizurah Mahir@Ismail represents a new breed of contemporary ceramists affording fresh vigour to the medium. Her first solo, Hybrid, of whimsical wheelie ceramics, was held at the Wei-Ling Gallery in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, in 2009, followed by Tag, at Wei-Ling's The Gardens Mall Contemporary Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, in 2012. In 2016, she came up with a hugely impressive exhibition of ceramics and paintings, including mixed media collage, at The Edge Galerie, Kuala Lumpur. She had represented Malaysia in the 2000 Jakarta Ceramic Biennale, the 2011 Cheongju Craft Biennale and the 2009 Asia Ceramics Network, the last two in South Korea. She also took part in the Namyi Seom Ceramics Festival in Korea in 2002, and the Five and Tanah Timur exhibitions in Japan in 2010. She graduated with a Diploma in Education at the Universiti ITM in 1999, followed by a BFA in Ceramics in 2000. Her awards include 1st Prize in the Yayasan Warisan Johor art competition in 1999. She was the top 10 winners in the Young Contemporary Artists (Bakat Muda Sezaman) competition at the National Art Gallery in 2007, and the top 5 winners in the Yokoname City Sculpture competition in Japan in 2004 and she received the Singapore National Arts Council grant in 2005.

    Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers
  • UMIBAIZURAH MAHIR @ ISMAIL (b. 1975) SITTING WITH THE GENII #18, 2009, Porcelain, decal, bell, timber block and wooden stool
    Nov. 12, 2017

    UMIBAIZURAH MAHIR @ ISMAIL (b. 1975) SITTING WITH THE GENII #18, 2009, Porcelain, decal, bell, timber block and wooden stool

    Est: RM3,500 - RM6,000

    This work, Sitting With The Genii #18, represents a slew of breakout works in Umibaizurah Mahir @ Ismail’s first solo, Hybrid, at Wei-Ling Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur from Oct 19 - Nov 11, 2009 (image featured on Page 26 of the Hybrid catalogue). The works using toys as metaphors of everyday objects are arrayed under several series namely Sitting With The Genii, Road Runner, Hands Up! And Delivery. They touch on issues like globalization, consumer culture, spiritual beauty, transformations, politics, cultural values and desires. “I want to alter people’s perception of ceramics. Modern times are bringing big changes to the making of ceramics, as it transforms from a functional form to modern artistic and sculptural forms.” With some five to six firings each object, the technical processes also include layering the colours, glazes and oxides, stains and adding images, layering and subtracting and reapplication of the images.

    Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers
  • UMIBAIZURAH MAHIR @ ISMAIL (b. 1975) UNTITLED, 2000, Mixed media on canvas
    Nov. 12, 2017

    UMIBAIZURAH MAHIR @ ISMAIL (b. 1975) UNTITLED, 2000, Mixed media on canvas

    Est: RM3,000 - RM5,000

    This scroll mixed media painting of flora and fauna is a departure from Umibaizurah Mahir @ Ismail’s quirky ceramic concoctions. The top part is reduced to a jigsaw of what looks like a horse head silhouette in different flat colours, some overlapping, and the bottom half is reserved to an image of a bouquet of faint pink roses with white showers. While this is a fine distraction for her, it enables her to explore painterly forms and colours on a flat surface apart from some personal issues.It’s been some time since ceramists like Ham Rabeah Kamarun broke into the scene with her raku firing, and Umibaizurah Mahir @ Ismail represents a new breed of contemporary ceramists affording fresh vigour to the medium. Her first solo, Hybrid, of whimsical wheelie ceramics, was held at the Wei-Ling Gallery in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, in 2009, followed by Tag, at Wei-Ling’s The Gardens Mall Contemporary Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, in 2012. In 2016, she came up with a hugely impressive exhibition of ceramics and paintings, including mixed media collage, at The Edge Galerie, Kuala Lumpur. She had represented Malaysia in the 2000 Jakarta Ceramic Biennale, the 2011 Cheongju Craft Biennale and the 2009 Asia Ceramics Network, the last two in South Korea. She also took part in the Namyi Seom Ceramics Festival in Korea in 2002, and the Five and Tanah Timur exhibitions in Japan in 2010. She graduated with a Diploma in Education at the Universiti ITM in 1999, followed by a BFA in Ceramics in 2000. Her awards include 1st Prize in the Yayasan Warisan Johor art competition in 1999. She was the top 10 winners in the Young Contemporary Artists (Bakat Muda Sezaman) competition at the National Art Gallery in 2007, and the top 5 winners in the Yokoname City Sculpture competition in Japan in 2004 and she received the Singapore National Arts Council grant in 2005. Her ceramic, Untouchable VII (2009), was sold for a RM6,050 premium at the May 2012 Henry Butcher art auction.

    Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers
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