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Shafiq has created imaginative works highlighting animals / reptiles in a fantasy landscape. Perched on a tree, chameleon has a highly developed ability to change colour for camouflage purposes. The chameleon could suggest an attempt in hiding the criminal act of stealing taxpayers’ money. Flying banknotes are seen in the background. The Tax Theft is an intricate composition painted in his signature style, with techniques that resemble the characteristics of woodblock printing, presenting metaphors for his observations of issues related to politics and society. Shafiq Nordin is one of the fastest rising young artists since graduating with a BFA at the Universiti ITM, Shah Alam, in 2012 (he did his diploma at the Lendu campus in 2010). He won the Malaysia Emerging Artist Award (MEAA) in 2013 and had the Imperium MEAA solo at the HOM Art Trans in 2016. He was represented in Art Expo Malaysia for consecutive years. The year 2015 saw him taking part in art fairs in Sydney and Istanbul under Yavuz Gallery, while the Mizuma Gallery featured him in The Collective Young From Southeast Asia, Gillman Barracks, Singapore. He was represented in Art Stage Singapore and Art Kaohsiung in 2017, Hotel Art Fair Bangkok 2018, Art Busan South Korea 2018 and 2019, as well as Art Fair Philippines 2020.