BIO
Zarina Abdullah is a Malaysian visual artist and arts educator whose career began in 1999. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Art from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam, and a Master's degree in Arts Education from Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris.
A recipient of the Grand Prize at the 2002 Nokia Art Award, Zarina has exhibited throughout Malaysia and internationally. Career highlights include her 2005 solo exhibition Sweet Cargo at the NSTP Art Exhibition Centre, participation in the Korean Art Festival, an international painting project in Bremerhaven, Germany, and her first exhibition in the United States as part of Beyond Modest, the inaugural Miami Modest Fashion Week in 2019.
Her works are held in corporate collections including Bank Negara Malaysia, Bank of America, New Straits Times Press, and Tenaga Nasional Berhad, as well as private collections across Malaysia, Russia, Germany, Japan, Brunei, and Australia.