Izzati Shahrin

Working on my Mandala Art

I’m working hard to finish up my big Mandala Art piece for our upcoming exhibition in April. My sister Armani is worried about the time and deadline but I’m taking my time making sure I get to paint what I want for all my artworks. She keeps asking to check on my painting but I don’t allow her to see it, because that is my artists’ process. I will show her when I am ready. I like to paint in my room surrounded by all my paint and tools and my canvases.

This is my first ever butterfly painting which was exhibited in the first exhibition I had with my friends in 2017. The exhibition was called WE and Izzati which led to the creation of our art collective WE&I Art.

I see myself as a butterfly, colorful and transformative!

I like to draw butterflies too. This photo is of me drawing a butterfly on to a community art mural in an event.

I love painting on the floor and as my fingers move , So does my toes …. thats how i am connected …and expressing my art .

The Other Mandala WIP – i am working on 3 pieces of Art , this is the smaller one on canvas while the one on top is the One on ceramic …. I will try to upload the video of Its progress ..

On Monday 24th February 2025, I went shopping for art supplies with my sister Armani and mom Zuraini.

There were so many things to choose from but I knew exactly what I wanted. Here is a photo of me choosing some boxes to paint on while holding 2 big canvases in front of a full basket of art supplies.

On Saturday 15th February 2025, I went to visit a gallery in Kuala Lumpur called Ur-Mu with my sister Armani and mom Zuraini.

Ur-Mu (Urban Museum) is one of the venues that we might host the exhibition for Sync Shorts in April.

There were a lot of people there as it was the launch day of Mr. Jailani Abu Hassan’s exhibition. He is a well-known visual artist in Malaysia and I had the opportunity to showcase my artworks together with him before in another event. I was happy to meet him again and enjoyed looking at his artworks.

This is a photo of me in Ur-Mu gallery, sitting on a bench amongst the guests who are exploring the exhibition. I am wearing bright green patterned pants, striped red long sleeve under an olive colored vest with lilac sandals and a black beanie under mt pink headphones. I received many compliments on my outfit today, which I picked myself!

thisis my art work ya  in progress .

Gemalai Boneka III (Gracious Dolls III), 2019