Amron Omar Art for Sale at Auction

b. 1957 -

Amron Omar was among the earliest result of Institut Teknologi Mara (ITM). The Art and Design Faculty students in the 1970s were greatly influenced by western style painting as their lecturers were trained in the West. There were two events that changed the course of Malaysian art during this period: the 'Kongres Kebudayaan Kebangsaan' in 1971 (National Culture Congress) and 'Seminar Akar-Akar Pribumi' (Seminar on Roots of the Native) in 1979 which increased the interest among local artists towards the aesthetics of Islamic and traditional arts, particularly Amron's interest in projecting a narrative through the glorious movements of silat since 1980 as a celebration of Malay culture and heroism.

More than 150 works from Amron Omar's Pertarungan series over three decades were displayed at the National Visual Arts Gallery, Kuala Lumpur in 2012. He worked briefly for an advertising company upon graduation but decided to paint full-time in 1983, specialising in portraits for royalty, dignitaries, corporate captains of industry and also the commoner. He won the Minor Award in the Young Contemporary Artists competition in 1982 with a self-portrait.