MR. KHAIRUL NIZAN B MOHD ARIS

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Jul 29, 2021
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Updated: Aug 5, 2021

Mr Khairul Nizan Mohd Aris is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Art and Design, University Technology MARA Shah Alam. He is also an owner and designer for NIZAN DESIGN company at Kuala Lumpur. He completed his Master of Arts (M.A) in Industrial Formative Arts (Ceramic) from Nagoya University of Arts, Japan in 2004. He is a practitioner in the field of ceramics for almost 20 years. He like to see the world in the eyes of perfection. For him, the quality lies in the details and the craftsmanship. For that matter, he work with high grade porcelain to get the best quality result of whiteness, smoothness and the tactile quality through a thoughtful design process and the most important is, his work is handmade with perfection. He has served on International Academy of Ceramics (IAC) as an artist, Majlis Rekabentuk Malaysia (MRM) as a member and Balai Seni Visual Negara as an artist.

Biography

Full Name: Khairul Nizan bin Mohd Aris

Date of Birth: 01/01/1979

Current Job Position: Senior Lecturer (University Technology MARA Shah Alam)

Email: khairulnizan.ma@gmail.com

Education:

2004 - MA in Industrial Formative Arts (Ceramics)

Nagoya University of Arts, Japan

2002 - Certificate of Exchange Program (Ceramic Training)

The University of Bridghton, United Kingdom

2001 - BA Hons. in Art and Design (Ceramics)

University Technologi MARA, Malaysia

2000 - BA in Ceramics

University Technology MARA, Malaysia

Experience Description:

Coordinator of Programme Ceramic Department, UiTM Perak; 2011

Senior Lecturer in UiTM Perak; 2010

Lecturer in UiTM Perak (Present, 2004)

Part Time Designer at Edmond Design, Australia; June 2012 - September 2014

Internship/Industrial Attachment at Noritake, Nagoya, Japan; January 2004 - April 2004

Designer and Sculpturor at Toboh Sugi, Japan; June 2003 - December 2003

Designer at Claycraft, Malaysia; October 2001 - March 2002

AWARDS

Local Awards:

Silver Medal in IIDEX, 2020

Gold Medal in IID AICAD, 2018 Langkawi

Silver Medal in IID

Bronze Medal in ITEX

Bronze Medal in IID

Excellent Service Awards and Campus Director's Special Awards at UiTM

Best Graduates Awards at UiTM

International Awards:

Choice Awards, 41st Daegu International Grand Exhibition, Korea 2021

Gold Prize Awards at Nagoya University of Arts, Japan 2001

Exhibition:

2021 - 41 st DaeGu International Grand Exhibition, Korea

2019 - 3 rd AICAD Exhibition Nagoya, Japan

2018 - 2 nd AICAD Exhibition, Langkawi

2017 - 1st AICAD Exhibition, Bandung, Indonesia

2016 - Pameran Selsius, Balai Seni Visual Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2008 - Exhibition ‘SerangkaiRupa’, Galeri Tuanku Nur Zahirah, UiTM Shah Alam

2007 - Pameran ‘Biasan FSSR’, Galeri UiTM Perak

- The 9 th International Seminar and Arts Exhibition, Srinakharinwirot University

- Pameran ‘Strecthing Boundaries….From Bota’, Galeri Shah Alam

2006 - Asean Ceramic Workshop, UiTM Perak

- Pameran ‘KembaraTiga’, Nagoya, Japan

- Pameran Selsius, Putrajaya

2005 - ‘Miniature Show’, Galeri Maya, Kuala Lumpur

- Pameran Selsius, Galeri Adiwarna, USM Pulau Pinang

- Pameran ‘ Malaysia-Japan Arts Exchange Programme’, UiTM Perak

2004 - Pameran ‘Kami2’, Galeri Shah Alam

- M.A Show, Aichi Prefecture Museum of Arts, Nagoya, Japan

- ‘International Student Exhibition’, Gallery Be, Nagoya, Japan

2003 - Three Man Show, Gallery Shumin, Aichi, Japan 2003

- Kakudo Exhibition’, Gallery Sumi, Aichi, Japan International Exhibition of Arts

2002 - One Man Show, Arts Gallery, University of Brighton, UK

- Foreign Student Exhibition, NUA, Japan

Presented Papers:

- Bringing Tradition Into Contemporary Tableware, Japan-Malaysia UiTM-NUA, Nagoya, Japan 13-20 March 2018

- Nizan Design Handmade Tableware, Universitas Pembangunan Jaya (UPJ), Indonesia, Asia Design Now Symposium 2017

- Raku, The Spiritual Aesthethic, Insititut Seni Budaya Indonesia (ISBI), Bandung, Indonesia 2016

- The Influence and Remaining Japanese Cultural Elements in Raku Artworks of Contemporary Non Japanese Artists/Potters, The 4 th Asian Conference on Arts and Humanities, 4-7 April 2013, Ramada Hotel, Osaka, Japan

- Portable Husk Kiln, Nagoya University of Arts, Japan, 2007

- Raku As An Alternative Firing for Ceramic Artist, The 9 th International Seminar and Arts Exhibition, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand 2007

- Art Talk, UiTM Perak-ITB Bandung Build Environment Art Talk & Exhibition Bandung 2008

- Contemporary Malaysian Ceramic – Architecture and Design Exchange Seminar, Bandung, Indonesia 2009

- Alternative Firing for Ceramic Industry- Arts, Culture and Education Exchange, Thailand 2009