NIK M SHAZMIE

Nik M Shazmie (b. 1991, Kuala Krai, Kelantan) is a Malaysian artist known for his pop-surrealist works that explore societal themes with wit and layered meanings. A graduate of UiTM Shah Alam with a Master’s in Fine Art Technology, Shazmie’s career began after winning the 2014 Nando’s Peri-fy Your Art competition, which led to a residency in Cape Town. He later gained further recognition by winning the UOB Painting of the Year (Malaysia) Award in 2025 under the Established Artist Category, following his 2015 Gold Award win.

Influenced by manga, pop culture, and films, his works feature distorted figures and tragicomic aesthetics that reflect identity crises and the pursuit of perfection. Shazmie has exhibited widely, including solo shows such as Face Fiction (G13 Gallery, Malaysia) and The Rojak Wormhole (Secret Fresh Gallery, Philippines). His recent participation in The Return of Cute Show (Mortal Machine Gallery, United States) marks his growing international presence. Based in Puncak Alam, Selangor, Shazmie continues to expand his practice with three-dimensional elements and Cubist influences that push traditional boundaries.

EDUCATIONS

2022

Master in Fine Art Technology, College of Creative Arts, UiTM Shah Alam, Selangor

2014

Bachelor (Hons) in Fine Art, Faculty of Art & Design, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perak (Seri Iskandar), Malaysia.

2012

Diploma in Fine Art, Faculty of Art & Design, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kelantan (Kampus Machang), Malaysia.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2026

Rumah Kita, G13 Gallery, Malaysia

2022

The Rojak Wormhole, Secret Fresh Gallery, Philippines

2018

Face Fiction with G13 Gallery, Malaysia.

2015

Home Sweet Home Exhibition, Nando’s (Winner Solo Exhibition), Malaysia.

DUO EXHIBITIONS

2023

Between Worlds, Nik M Shazmie x Shafiq Nordin, G13 gallery, Malaysia

INTERNATIONAL SHOW / ART FAIRS

2025

UOB Painting of the Year 2025 Regional Winner’s Showcase, National Gallery Singapore
DERANA, Charity Exhibition, Galeri Shah Alam, Malaysia
CIMB ARTOBER - Art and Soul, G13 Gallery, MITEC Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
TOKO Records, Custom Vinyl Cover Group Exhibition @ CIMB Artober, MITEC Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
IMAGINAR – Group Show at KATE Contemporary, MoCAF, Manila Philippines
The Cute Show, Mortal Machine Gallery, New Orleans Louisiana United States

2024

CIMB Artober Art & Soul with G13 Gallery, MITEC, Malaysia
Art Busan with G13 Gallery, BEXCO Busan, Korea
CIMB Hotel Art Fair with G13 Gallery, Four Points by Sheraton, Malaysia
Singapore Art Week with All About Art Gallery, Singapore

2023

Earthly Delights, Secret Fresh Gallery, Philippines
Terrestrial Paradise, YOD Gallery, Osaka Japan
Art Taipei 2023, Lei Xiang Gallery, Taiwan
Spring Group Show, VINS Gallery, Taiwan.
Art Hsinchu 2023 with G13 Gallery, Sheraton Hsinchu Hotel, Taiwan.
Portraits, Faculty Projects, Philippines
CIMB Art & Soul with G13 Gallery, MITEC, Malaysia

2022

Art For All: Art Gala by Art Expo Malaysia with G13 Gallery, Malaysia
CIMB Artober Hotel Art Fair 2022 with G13 Gallery, Element Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The November Show, Pinto Art Musuem, Philippines
No Heroes No Villians, White Walls Gallery, Philippines

2021

Art Moments Jakarta Online 2021 with G13 Gallery
Hotel Art Fair @ Element Kuala Lumpur with G13 Gallery, Malaysia
Art Fair Philippines with Secret Fresh Gallery, Philippines
It’s Okay, We Are Okay, MONO8 Gallery, Philippines

2020

Brain Invasion, Two Man Showcase with Shafiq Nordin, Block 17 Bacolod City, Philippines.
Art Philippines 2020 with G13 Gallery, The Link, Ayala Center, Makati, Philippines.

2019

Stories, The Art People Gallery, Hong Kong
Art Expo Malaysia Plus 2019 with G13 Gallery, Matrade, Malaysia
Hotel Art Fair Bangkok with G13 Gallery, W Hotel Bangkok, Thailand

2018

Art Taipei with G13 Gallery, Taipei
Poetics with landscape with Block 17 Art space, Philippines
Art Expo Malaysia Plus 2018 with G13 Gallery, Malaysia
Hotel Art Fair Bangkok 2018 with G13 Gallery, Thailand
Soliloquy with The Gallery, Shanghai, China
Across the Bridge, SAC Gallery, Thailand

2017

Art Expo Malaysia Plus 2017 with G13 Gallery, Malaysia.
Tranquillity in Clamour with The Gallery, Shanghai, China.
Singapore Contemporary with Artemis Art Gallery, Singapore.
Art Kaohsiung with G13 Gallery, Malaysia

2016

Art Kaohsiung 2016 with G13 Gallery, Taiwan.
Art Expo Malaysia Plus 2016 with G13 Gallery, Malaysia.

2015

Art Kaohsiung Fair with G13 Gallery, Taiwan.
Art Expo with G13 Gallery, Malaysia.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025

Urban Narratives @ Yap Ah Shak House, G13 Gallery, Malaysia
10x3: Ten Painters, Three Nations, One Contemporary Voice, G13 Gallery, Malaysia
Outlook: Contemporary Malaysian Paintings, ARTSY Online Exhibition, G13 Gallery, Malaysia

2024

New Malaysian Paintings, G13 Gallery, Malaysia

2023

G13 @ 13, G13 Gallery, Malaysia
The Artist’s Studio, Group Exhibition, G13 Gallery, Malaysia

2022

PHYGITAL: Artworks with a Digital Twin, G13 Gallery, Malaysia
J.O RESTART, UiTM Jalan Othman Campus, Malaysia

2020

SEDEKAD: G13 10th Anniversary Exhibition, G13 Gallery, Malaysia.
Cerita Objek, G13 Gallery, Malaysia.
NO(W) SHOWING! II, Segaris Art Center, Publika KL, Malaysia.
Mending Fence: A Tales from an Isolation, G13 Gallery, Malaysia.
Twenty 20, Segaris Art Center, Publika, Malaysia.
FURiends: Portrayals of Cats and Dogs, G13 Gallery, Malaysia.

2019

Figure it Out, Segaris Art Center, Publika, Malaysia.
It’s LIT, Segaris Art Center, Publika, Kl, Malaysia.
Human Being by F Klub, Ken Gallery, Malaysia.
Axis by Praxis: The Meeting Place, G13 Gallery, Malaysia.

2018

Art Show Publika 2018, White Box Publika & The Boulevard Red Zone Publika Shopping Gallery, Malaysia.
Homecoming with Artemis Gallery, Publika, Malaysia.

2017

Figure in a Room with The F Klub, Malaysia.
Bintang 5, Volume I with Segaris Art Centre, Malaysia.
SENSATION with Segaris Art Centre, Malaysia.
Transit A1 with MARS, Malaysia.
Artemis Art's 5th Anniversary Exhibition with Artemis Gallery, Malaysia.

2016

Presence with Artemis Gallery, Malaysia.
Processus, Galeri Chandan, Publika, Malaysia.
A2 Transit with Hom Art Trans, Malaysia.
Youngsters with Hom Art Trans, Malaysia.
#Wearegen-Y with G13 Gallery, Malaysia.

2015

Configuration: The Celebration of Human with G13 Gallery, Malaysia.
Art Trio: The Nik Brothers with G13 Gallery, Malaysia.
MERU Art Exhibition with Segaris Art Centre, Malaysia.

2014

National Petron Art Exhibition with National Art Gallery, Malaysia.
Penang Open Show “Hitam Putih”, Penang, Malaysia.

2013

M50 – Shades Of Malaysia with Artemis Gallery, Malaysia.
CARBON Group Exhibition with Artemis Art Publika, Malaysia.
Pameran Nando’s Perify Your Art – Diversity, Malaysia.
Pameran Citra Terengganu (Karya Siap) Potret Terengganu, Malaysia.
Pameran 1MCAT Tourism – Futurism, Malaysia.
Open Art Exhibition; 6’ x 6’ at MATIC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Pameran Poster ‘Drugs Awareness’ UiTM Perak, Malaysia.

2012

Pameran Bank Negara Malaysia, Malaysia.

AWARDS

2026

UOB-NAFA Residency Program Winner at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris France

2025

UOB Painting of the Year (Malaysia) Award, Established Artist Category, Malaysia

2015

GOLD AWARD, UOB Painting of the Year 2015, CURATE, Malaysia.

2014

Grand Prize Winner, National Petron Art Competition ‘Promise’
Grand Prize Winner, NANDO’S Perify Your Art – Alive
Gold Medal, IIDEX Malaysia, UiTM Shah Alam, Malaysia
Consolation, Black & White: Penang Open Show, Malaysia
JPA Best Scholars Awards, JPA Malaysia
UiTM Best Graduate Awards, UiTM Perak Malaysia
Vice Chancellors Award, UiTM Perak, Malaysia

2013

Grand Prize, NANDO’S Perify Your Art – Diversity
Gold Medal, 3rd National Invention Innovation Design, UiTM Perak
3rd Prize, Pertandingan 1MCAT – Tourism Malaysia (Futurism)
Consolation Prize, Citra Terengganu – Potret Terengganu
1st Prize, Pertandingan Melukis Poster Unit Kesihatan UiTM Perak

The Heroes Between Worlds

Nik M Shazmie
88 x130cm
Acrylic on Canvas
2023

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The Heroes Between Worlds

Nik M Shazmie
88 x130cm
Acrylic on Canvas
2023

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The Moon Festival

Nik M Shazmie
140 x 122cm
Acrylic on Canvas
2022

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The Moon Festival

Nik M Shazmie
140 x 122cm
Acrylic on Canvas
2022

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Mr. Jaafar in Pink- Dyed Hair

Nik Mohd Shazmie
152x122cm
Acrylic on Canvas
2017

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Mr. Jaafar in Pink- Dyed Hair

Nik Mohd Shazmie
152x122cm
Acrylic on Canvas
2017

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Castaway On The Moon

Nik M Shazmie
44cm diameter
Acrylic on Acrylic Light Globe
2020

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Castaway On The Moon

Nik M Shazmie
44cm diameter
Acrylic on Acrylic Light Globe
2020

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Artist Statement

‘Castaway On The Moon’, as the title and story essence itself inspired by a Korean movie directed by Lee Hae-Jun, portrays Nik’s self-figured trapped in his house back in Kelantan during movement control order during Covid19 virus outbreak. When he went back to his hometown in Kuala Krai, Kelantan; at first he has no idea that the situation will be getting worse for Malaysia, so he went back one week before Malaysia is declaring the lockdown (Movement Control Order). His initial plan going back to Kelantan was crossing Kelantan – Yala (Thailand) border for a road trip with the family. He got his passport renewed, baggage packed and brought back limited essentials only for the trip. Suddenly, everything turned upside down, all his plans canceled, and he stays trapped in Kelantan without knowing when the situation will become better because the lockdown period is still extending. His movement only in the house during the isolation, like walking back and around on the moon, circulating the same place with almost no art supplies at all except small 4 acrylics tubes, broken brushes and a wasted acrylic white light globe found in the old store. But the artist’s view towards the world must be bigger even the artist staying in a confined space. So he painted fisheye lens view on the globe to make his house space appears bigger. Using an imaginary virus-like character, he painted the creature screaming in suffer, that when everybody is cooperating for staying at home during the outbreak, we did beat the virus for not spreading and ends this lockdown for once and for all.