The Last of the White Elephants
Oil on Canvas      86 x 124cm     2005

1946 - Born in Kampung Batu, Rembau,
Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.

EDUCATION
B.F.A, M.A, Ph.D Harvard University
MAJOR AWARDS
1996 - First IV Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur.
1982 - American Council of Learned Societies Grant
1988 - Harvard University Travel Grant
MAJOR EXHIBITIONS
1996 - 1st Ipoh Art Festival Exhibition, Perak
1997 - 2nd Ipoh Art Festival Exhibition, Perak
1997 - Lectures & Students Art Exhibition, Sabah
1997 - Beautiful Malaysia Exhibition,
          Bank Negara Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur

The Source       Oil       50 x 75cm       2002

Zakaria Ali ponders: "The moment we apply the painted brush to canvas, we are engaged in a monologue of uncertain emphasis. Each stroke is a demand, a plea, a lament, and a compromise, all of which are made half expecting to be disobeyed, denied, ignored, and rebuked. The agony of uncertainty often claims endless hour of sleep. Waking is no better because my children have reminded me that my lips quiver when I paint, a sure sign that things are less than smooth between me and my canvas, between the paint I mix and the mixed up ideas in my head. Many paintings discontinued years ago are reluctantly signed because of the pressure of a forthcoming exhibition, or of the request of buyer who has paid. Those still left unsigned mean simply that the canvas and I have decided to delay striking a deal, a perpetual stand-off."

Tower 1  2002  Oil on Canvas   50 76cm