Khalil Ibrahim (artist)
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Khalil Ibrahim is a Malaysian artist. He works with drawing
, watercolour
, and acrylic
. His styles ranges from realist
to abstract
.
Ibrahim's artistic career has spanned over 50 years. He has exhibited his work in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Switzerland, and participated in group exhibitions in many other countries.
Ibrahim earned a National Design Diploma, and later attended the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
in London, England. He was Vice Chairman of Malaysian Watercolour Organisation from 2002 to 2003.
Drawing
Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...
, watercolour
Watercolor painting
Watercolor or watercolour , also aquarelle from French, is a painting method. A watercolor is the medium or the resulting artwork in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water-soluble vehicle...
, and acrylic
Acrylic paint
Acrylic paint is fast drying paint containing pigment suspension in acrylic polymer emulsion. Acrylic paints can be diluted with water, but become water-resistant when dry...
. His styles ranges from realist
Realism
Realism, Realist or Realistic are terms that describe any manifestation of philosophical realism, the belief that reality exists independently of observers, whether in philosophy itself or in the applied arts and sciences. In this broad sense it is frequently contrasted with Idealism.Realism in the...
to abstract
Abstract art
Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century, underpinned by the logic of perspective and an...
.
Ibrahim's artistic career has spanned over 50 years. He has exhibited his work in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Switzerland, and participated in group exhibitions in many other countries.
Ibrahim earned a National Design Diploma, and later attended the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London. The school has an outstanding international reputation, and is considered one of the world's leading art and design institutions...
in London, England. He was Vice Chairman of Malaysian Watercolour Organisation from 2002 to 2003.