1958    Born in Langgar, Alor Setar, Kedah.
              Received secondary education at Kolej Sultan Abdul Hamid, Alor
              Setar, Kedah.
1974    National School Art Competition, Kuala Lumpur – won 2nd place.
1975    Join ITM, Dungun, Terengganu – Pre-diploma in Art & Design.
1976    Participated in the ‘Young Contemporaries’, National Art Gallery.
1977    National Open Show, National Art Gallery.
1978    Art Exhibition from Local Art Institution, National Art Gallery.
             One Man Show, Penang State Museum, Penang.
1979    One Man Show, Alpha Gallery, Singapore.
              United World College Art Festival, Singapore.
              One Man Show, JARO, Johore Baharu, Johore.
              Salon Malaysia, National Art Gallery – Minor Award.
              Graduated from ITM with a Diploma in Fine Art.
1980    Group exhibition, Anak Alam, Kuala Lumpur.
             Comtemparary Asian Art Show, Fukuoka, Japan.
             Group exhibition, Anak Alam, Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka,Kuala Lumpur.
1981    Treatment of Local Landscape in Contemporary Malaysian Art 1930-81,
              National Art Gallery.
             25 years of Malaysian Art, National Art Gallery.
1982    One Man Show, Centro Artistico Argentino, Ferrara, Italia.
             One Man Show, Holmes Place Centre, London, UK.
             Group exhibition, Anak Alam, Alliance FranÁaise, Kuala Lumpur.
             One Man Show ‘Wind,Water & Fire’, Hotel Equatorial, Kuala Lumpur.
1983    ASEAN, Mobile Exhibition of Paintings & Photographs, National Art Gallery.
1984    Invited by the Council of Culture & Socialist Education of Socialist Republic
             of Romania as visiting artist.
             One Man Show, Sala Cultural Í Scientifika Roman Soviet, Bucharest,
             Socialist Republic of Romania.
             Group exhibition, Fiera di Argenta, Ferrara, Italia.
             Visited Switzerland on a grant by the Official Swiss Cultural organization,
             Stiftung Pro Helvetia.
             Awarded Fellowship by the French government to work in Paris at the Ecole
             Nationale Des Beaux Arts, Paris, France.
1985    Participated in the International Art Festival at the Artist Colony of Prilep,
             Macedonia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
1986    Guest Artist at the Josip Broz Tito Gallery for the Non Aligned Nation,
             Titograd, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
             Awarded the ‘Starr Foundation Fellowship Program’ by the Asian Cultural
             Council of New York to visit the United States of America.
1987    2nd Non Aligned Summit Art Show, Harare, Zimbabwe.
             Malaysian Art 1957-87, National Art Gallery.
1989    Contemporary Paintings of Malaysia, Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena,
             California, USA.
1994    Vision & Idea, Melihat Kembali Seni Moden Malaysia, National Art Gallery.
2001    Rupa Malaysia. Meninjau Senilukis Moden Malaysia, National Art Gallery.
2003    45 @ 45, National Art Gallery.