SOLO EXHIBITIONS

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1951 | First Exhibition, Malay School Kota Raja, Singapore

1963 | Frankfurter Kunstkabinett, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany

1966 | Ladengalerie, Berlin, Germany | Bangkapi Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

1967 | Balai Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

1968 | British Council, Singapore | TRIO Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

1969 | Gallery 11, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

1971 | British Council, Kuala Lumpur

1971 | 1st Open-air Art Exhibition, Taman Jaya, Petaling Jaya, Selangor

1971 | Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, London

1973 | Retrospective Exhibition, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur

1976 | Dewan Tunku Cancellor, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur

1977 | 215 Jalan Macllister, Penang, Malaysia

1979 | Langkawi, Arca Dinding, Museum & Gallery

1982 | Australian High Commission, Kuala Lumpur

1983 | Wooden Structures & Metal Sculptures, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor | Mindscape, Australian High Commission, Kuala Lumpur

1988 | Gelombang, Maybank Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur

1994 | Pago-pago to Gelombang, 40 years of Latiff Mohidin, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore

1998 | Rimba, Galeri Petronas, Kuala Lumpur

2007 | Voyage/Kembara, Galeri Petronas, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2012 | Serangga, Muzium dan Galeri Seni Bank Negara Malaysia

2012-2013 |Pameran 60 Tahun Latiff Mohidin Retrospective Exhibition, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur

2014 |

• Latiff Mohidin, Seascape, Recent Paintings, 2012-2014, The Opera Gallery, Singapore
• Latiff Mohidin, Seascape, Recent Paintings, 2012-2014,The Edge Galerie, Mont Kiara

2016 | Latiff Mohidin, Modern Sculptures 2007-2015, The Edge Galerie, Mont Kiara

 

HONOURS/AWARDS

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1960| German Academy Deutscher Akademescher AustGuschdientst (DAAD)

1968 | 2nd Prize, Salon Malaysia Graphic Design

1972-1976 | Malaysian Literary Awards

1984 | The Southeast Asian Writers Award, Bangkok

1984, 1986 | National Literary Award

 

EDUCATION

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1969 | Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Berlin

1969 | Atelier La Courrier, Paris, Printmaking

1969 | Pratt Institute, New York

• Known for his modern abstract paintings as well as print-making
• Sculpts in various mediums including bronze and stone
• Distinguished poet noted for his books on aesthetics
• Creative Fellow at Universiti Sains Malaysia in 1977 and guest writer of the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka in 1988
• Launched a Bahasa Malaysia translation of the first part of German classic play Faust in 2013

 

FIRST AUCTION

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1994 March | Christie’s Singapore | Oil on canvas (81.28cm x 99.06cm), USD 31,615

 

LATEST AUCTION

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2011 Jun | Henry Butcher Malaysia| Ink on paper (18.5cm x 12.5cm), RM6,270

2011 Jun | Henry Butcher Malaysia | Oil on canvas (88cm x 68.8cm), RM572,000

2011 Jun | Henry Butcher Malaysia | Mixed media on paper (17.5cm x 25.5cm), RM16,500

2012 Oct | Henry Butcher Malaysia | Oil on canvas (91.5cm x 122cm), RM374,000

2012 Oct | Henry Butcher Malaysia | Oil on canvas (181cm x 90cm, diptych), RM396,000

2012 Oct | Henry Butcher Malaysia | Ink on paper (23.5cm x 18.5cm), RM22,000

2012 Oct | Henry Butcher Malaysia | Oil on board (117cm x 109cm), RM374,000

2012 Oct | Henry Butcher Malaysia | Ink on paper (17cm x 11.5cm), RM17,600

2012 Oct | Henry Butcher Malaysia | Watercolour on paper (27cm x 35cm), RM49,500

2012 Oct | Henry Butcher Malaysia | Ink on envelope (16cm x 11.5cm), RM17,600

2012 Oct | Henry Butcher Malaysia | Oil on canvas (117cm x 109cm), RM605,000

2012 Oct | Henry Butcher Malaysia | Ink and watercolour on paper (27cm x 19cm), RM50,600

2012 Oct | Henry Butcher Malaysia | Ink and watercolour on paper (19cm x 27cm), RM40,700

2013 Mar | Christie’s Hong Kong | Oil on canvas (84cm x 110.5cm), USD 158, 424

2013 Jun | The Edge Auction | Ink on paper (14cm x 10cm), RM 22,000

2013 Jun | The Edge Auction | Oil on canvas (92cm x 122cm), RM 385,000

2013 Nov | Henry Butcher Malaysia | Ink on paper (19cm x 13.5cm), RM28,600

2013 Nov | Henry Butcher Malaysia | Ink on paper (19cm x 13cm), RM26,400

2013 Nov | Henry Butcher Malaysia | Mixed media on paper (17cm x 25.5cm), RM19,800

2013 Nov | Henry Butcher Malaysia | Mixed media on paper (22cm x 29cm), RM26,400

2014 May | The Edge Auction | Oil on canvas (166cm x 110.5cm), RM 570,000

2014 May | The Edge Auction | Pencil and pastel on paper (26cm x 17cm), RM 19,800

2014 Nov | Christie’s Hong Kong Asian 20th Century Art Day Sale | oil on board (55cm x 50cm), RM169,030

2015 March | Henry Butcher Malaysia | Siri Gelombang | oil on canvas, 1985 (80cm x 80cm), RM 275,000

2015 Apr | Sotheby’s Hong Kong Modern & Contemporary Southeast Asian Art | Untitled | watercolour on cardboard (43cm x 60.5cm)

2015 Apr | Sotheby’s Hong Kong Modern & Contemporary Southeast Asian Art | Untitled | oil on canvas, 1962 (52cm x 80.5cm)

2015 Apr | Sotheby’s Hong Kong Modern & Contemporary Southeast Asian Art | Untitled | oil on canvas, 1969 (68cm x 87.5cm), RM 493,423 (USD $137,062)

2015 May | Christie’s Hong Kong Asian 20th Century Art Evening Sale | Selumba: Kulit Kayu (Splinters Barks) | oil on canvas, 1997 (111cm x 122cm), RM 349,927 (USD $97,202)

2015 Oct | Sotheby’s Hong Kong Modern & Contemporary Asian Art | Debris | oil on canvas, 1968 (89cm x 69.5cm), RM 307,330

2015 Oct | Sotheby’s Hong Kong Modern & Contemporary Asian Art | Wetlands – 94 (Gelombang Series) | oil on board, 1994 (42cm x 52.5cm), RM 156,000 – RM 212,800

2015 Oct | Sotheby’s Hong Kong Modern & Contemporary Asian Art | Rumbia| print on paper, 1968 (45.5cm x 30cm), RM 8,514

2015 Oct | Sotheby’s Hong Kong Modern & Contemporary Asian Art | Ikurua (Song of a bird) | print on paper (20cm x 16cm), RM 14,190

2015 Oct | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | Shiraz III, 2000 | oil on canvas (121cm x 91cm), RM 270,528

2016 Apr | Christie's Hong Kong  Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art  | Ink on paper | (24 by 30.5 cm)

2016 Apr | Christie's Hong Kong (i) Signed, titled and dated 69 (ii) Inscribed and dated 69 (iii) Signed and dated 69 | Pen on paper, in 3 parts (i) 16.5 by 21 cm (ii) 16 by 21 cm (iii) 11.5 by 16.5 cm | Sold: HKD 52, 500

2016 Apr | Christie's Hong Kong  Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art   | Oil on canvas | (86.5 by 69.5 cm) | Sold: HKD 875, 000

2016 Apr | Christie's Hong Kong  Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art  | IMAGO | Oil on canvas | 86.5 by 69.5 cm | Sold: HKD 875, 000

2016 Nov | Christie's Hong Kong  Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art | RIMBA SERIES 2, 1996 | oil on board (86 x 96.5 cm) | HKD 475,000.00

2016 May | Christie's Hong Kong  Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art | BLUE LANDSCAPE, 1996 | oil on canvas (91.5 x 122 cm) | HKD 562,500.00

2017 March | The Edge Auction Southeast Asian Art | LAHAR III, oil on canvas (90 x 90cm) | RM 309,680.00