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Jalaini, better known as Jai, constantly breaks the formal and technical boundaries of both traditional and experimental media. Graceful form of the female subject is illustrated in rich burnished colours. The spatial depth is heightened using a strong contrast of light and shadow using dark sepia tones. Jai has a double Masters in Painting from the Slade School of Fine Art, London (1988) and the Pratt Institute, New York (1994) after his BFA at the Mara ITM in 1985. His first solos were abroad, Malaysia Hall in London (1987), and for drawing, New Gallery in New York (1994), before his home solo at ITM in 1996. His Lifeform solo at Taksu Kuala Lumpur in 1996 was well received. He made waves when he won the Major Award in the Young Contemporary Artist (BMS) competition in 1985 and followed this up with the Gold Award in the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank art competition in 1991. His other accolades include the 1st Prize in the Murray Hill drawing competition in New York in 1994 and the Rado Switzerland commission in 2005. Jai was awarded the coveted Anugerah Akademik Negara (National Academic Award) for the visual arts category in 2019.