Biography

Roslisham Ismail, nickname ‘Ise’ was born in 1972 in Kota Bharu, Kelantan and graduate of Mara University Of Technology (BA 1994-1997). Roslisham Ismail aka ‘Ise’ is a conceptual artist whose work centers around his personal experience of urban communities and the culture of the populace. His inter-active events celebrate dialogue and meeting cultures, while he works with comic narratives and collected popular material, He took part in the Jakarta Biennale in 2009 and Istanbul Biennale 2005 (with Indonesia collaborative Ruangrupa). In 2006, he was the Australian High Commission resident at the Gunnery Studio, Art Space, Sydney and held his first solo exhibition at Gallery 4A, Sydney, in 2007. Ise is also a co-founder of ‘Sentap’, a quarterly art publication in Malaysia.