Umibaizurah Mahir (1975)

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As more people worldwide pay attention and take action around climate change, the art world is joining in the movement toward a more sustainable and ethical future through art. Many artists from different parts of the world and generations are rethinking their work's environmental impact and re-engaging new methods and ways to educate the art world and the public about sustainability. With the arrival of the new millennium, the artistic community continued to develop sustainable art, noting its impact at the social and environmental levels. The relationship between art and sustainability, though, is not limited to physical media, be that sculpture created from natural materials or paintings made from materials respectful to the environment. It goes beyond what can be seen as a priori assumptions in work.


In Umibaizurah's ideology, sustainability is present in many aspects of our everyday life. We ensure we take care of the environment, desire balanced economic development, and defend social well-being in many fields. She researched deep into the environmental discourse and used her knowledge to represent the significance of life on earth through her sculptures and drawings to show the importance of human life.

Since 1997, Umi has participated in exhibitions across Malaysia, South-east Asia, Asia, and Europe. She represented Malaysia in the 2009 Jakarta Contemporary Ceramic Biennale #1, 2012 Jakarta Contemporary Ceramic Biennale #2, 2011 Cheongju Craft Biennale, and 2009 Asia Ceramics Network South Korea. She attended several ceramics residency programmes, ceramic symposiums, art talks, and ceramic workshops in Thailand, Indonesia, Korea, Japan, and Europe. Her artworks have garnered several international awards and are collected both locally by; National Art Gallery Malaysia, Petronas Galeri Malaysia, Ilham Gallery, and
individual collectors and internationally.

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