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Roslisham Ismail "Ise"
1972 - 2019, Malaysia
Roslisham Ismail "Ise"
1972 - 2019, Malaysia

Roslisham, better known as Ise, was born in 1972 in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. He was interested in social relations, cross-cultural and generational interchanges, class, and geography. His practice encompassed drawing, collage, video, found objects, publications, participative installations, and situations. Ise worked collaboratively and often with networks of what he called ‘Superfriends”, who were based all over the world. He was the founder of Parking Project and co-founder of sentAp!, a bilingual Malaysian quarterly art publication. Ise exhibited widely, including exhibitions in Kuala Lumpur at OUR ArtProjects (2018); ILHAM Gallery (2016); National Visual Arts Gallery (2007); as well as internationally at Residency Unlimited, New York (2016); Archipel Secret, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2015), Operation Bangkok, Bangkok University Gallery (2014), Asia Asian Art Biennale (Taiwan, 2013 and 2019); Singapore Biennale (2011); and Sharjah Biennial (2019). Ise passed away on 23 July 2019.