LOT 7
KHOO SUI HOE
B. Kedah, 1939
Dayak Bride, 1995
Signed “Sui Hoe” on lower left
Oil on canvas
61 x 49 cm
Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur
RM 12,000 – RM 17,000
Khoo Sui Hoe was born in 1939 in Kedah and is one of Malaysia’s foremost artists who graduated from the prestigious and highly reputable Nanyang Academy of Art in Singapore. He also studied in the United States where he obtained his education through the Pratt Graphic Centre in New York back in 1974. Khoo’s talent doesn’t go unnoticed as he has won first prize in the Oil, Malaysian Art and Craft competition in 1965, received an honourable mention in the Salon Malaysia Art competition in 1969, received the Certificate of Merits, Asian Art Now, and has had his work showcased at the Las Vegas Art Museum in 2002 and 2004.