Toya (b. 1943, Penang, Malaysia) graduated from the Australian National University in Canberra in 1971. Since the 1960’s, Toya’s unique approach to batik has combined the indigenous craft with the style of French Impressionist painters like Seurat. His work resides in public collections all over the world, and is also collected by Bank Negara Malaysia, the National Art Gallery of Malaysia, and the Australian National University. One of his paintings ‘Mother and Child’ now hangs in the UNESCO Building in New York.