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Padang Matsirat

ATMA ALAM BATIK ART VILLAGE

Langkawi's main Batik production and sales center founded by Aza Osman (oil painter) and Roshadah Yusof (batik artist/designer) is atreasure trove of local art and culture. Local artisans and craftspeople have been trained and encouraged to develop their creativityusing local cultural themes and legends.

The half-acre center includes a batik workshop where you can see batiks being made, batik showroom, art gallery, batik gallery andhandicraft shop offering affordable local products. Our range of hand-painted batik on silk and cotton are also available as a range ofelegant casual and beach wear. Atma Alam welcomes you to partake in the village atmosphere and choose from a wide selection of Langkawimementos. Original oil and batik paintings are on for sale and special commissions can be requested.

Atma Alam Batik Art Village is in Padang Matsirat near the Petronas gas station. Open daily 9am to 6pm. Entrance free.

All major credit cards accepted.

Our second shop Atma Alam in the Oriental Village offers Batik painting courses in English, German and Italian.

Open from 10 am to 7 pm.

AZA ART GALLERY

Aza born in 12th Sept 1951 represend the comtemporary artist of the Malaysian art scene. A significant to a generation of artistictalents fulfiing the local visual aesthetics. An additional forces to rise a new perspective of the modern aspiration of the malaysianthoughts in visual expressions.

After having spent fifiteen years (1967 – 1981) in Europe mosty in Italy where he studied Fine Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts inBologna, he returned home with the desire to share his experiences with the local art scene Aza has always been concern with the manyreligious philosophies and visited Mosques, Churches, Temples and Puras due to his believe of the existence of strong forces within thesesites.

It was here in the orient that Aza senses the overwhelming forces. In 1982 after his return from a long journey with an artis friendKhalil Ibrahim from Indonesia that he produced series of works from sketches to paintings call “Nazak”. Upon the theme of “Nazak”, Azasuperimpose and inquiry into the nature of the creative art and the existance of the work as object or vision. Here lies the strenght ofhis vision the personalized interpretations and conviction of concious or subconcious experiences of emotion is dramatized. Aza createdhis images with a total commitment of emotions regardless of any stylistic antecedent. Aza’s visual expression reveals the symbolicsyndrome of the psyhic gesture and posseses spiritual concern of life.

At present Azas’works get deeper into potraying the matter and spiritual aspects in whatever he chooses to express synthesizing allelements to tranform into visual expressions. Aza live and work in Atma Alam Batik Art Village, Padang Matsirat, Langkawi since 1987.

Name: Aza Osman

Education: London College of Printing, Werkkunstschule, Wupportal, W Germany & Academy of Fine Arts, Bologna, Italy

Exhibitions:

1977 - Portomaggiore Spring Art Competition, Italy

1978 - ‘R’ 78 International Exibition in Modigliana, Italy

1979 - House of Lubium Art Exhibition, Italy

1981 - Group Exhibition at Gallery Six, KL

1982 - Malaysian open Art Exhibitions

1983 - Palestinian Art Exhibition, City Hall, KL

1983 - Music & Art at the British Council, KL

1983 - Solo Expedition at Equatorial, KL

1983 - Solo Exhibition at Bacchus French Restaurant

1984 - Asean Art Exhibition in manila, Jakarta, Bangkok, Singapore

1985/1986 Appointed as Resident Artist of Public bank Berhad, KL

1988 - Pameran Seni Lukis Malaysia Sezaman in Los Angeles, USA.

Paintings sold to local/foreign art collector and Public Bank Berhad.