Synopsis

'For Our Daughters – Installation     (Tun Tan Cheng Lock Centre)

Using discarded mineral water bottles, gloss paint and plastic beads,  Azliza Ayob meticulously crafts radiant red flowers, transforming the unwanted into the precious as a gesture of possibility and female sensitivity. A field of these Bunga Telur-like flowers pay tribute to the immeasurable worth of women – to the wives, mothers, sisters…and to the daughters.

Biography

Azliza Ayob’s art career is characterized by a hectic schedule of participation in numerous art programs as well as her work as artist, mother and artist manager to her husband, Ilham Fadhli. Initially trained in fashion merchandising, Azliza later studied painting at MARA University of Technology, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2002. With a committed installation and painting practice since 1999, Azliza has participated in group exhibitions and solo projects in Japan, Sweden, Jakarta, Australia and Malaysia. In 2006, Azliza was a recipient of a National Art Gallery of Malaysia, Young Contemporaries Award – presenting an installation of 9,000 hand-made pink mushrooms.