Biography
D.U.R.A is an independent designer, contemporary illustrator and abstract artist based in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia. Her work varies from contemporary illustration, fashion illustration,abstract paintings and fashionable characters animals, which she called the 'Fashion-na-nimal Darlings ‘. She had a huge interest in art ever since she was a kid; drawing, poetry reading, story-telling, dramas and choir and she believes she had to do something that related to arts when she grows up. She was graduated in Diploma of Interior Architecture in the year 2003 from the University of Technology MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia. She had experiences as a Corporate Wear Designer for a year and landed a job as a Fashion Graphic Designer for 4 years. Having a design background has given her an advantage to emerge her art and design skills together in producing her pieces. She had left her art for quite some times however her trouble of sleeping at night had led her to start her art again using the creative process as a healing medium, communication, self-expression and personal growth. As a self-taught artist, she begins to experiment drawings, illustration and abstract paintings using water colour, gouache, graphite, and acrylic as her main medium. She was pretty occupied for the most of her times, with designing during the day and painting at night simply by getting familiar again with drawing, playing with colours and experimenting with new tools. Her 6 years journey, as an artist has been amazing, overwhelming, challenging yet very fun and she treasured every moment of it. It was a slow process and has tested her patience but she really enjoyed the idea of exploring and experimenting her art.
