Khalil Ibrahim (b. 1934, Kelantan — d. 2018, Selangor) was an influential batik painter who integrated a Western sensibility in his use of the traditional craft medium. His art education began under the tutelage of Nik Mahmud Idris, who taught him the fundamentals of painting in watercolours and oils. In 1960, he received a full scholarship to study art at St Martin’s School of Art (now Central St Martin’s College of Art and Design) in London, where he was exposed to abstractionism. In his time, he exhibited widely locally and internationally, his works having travelled to Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Canada, the United States, and Germany. His deep affection for the East Coast prevailed throughout his career, and the subject of his works mainly revolved around its people and its village landscapes.