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The travels to far and distant places, the uncharted and little known, across in hospitable terrain and secluded communities are what informed Rafiee Ghani's art. Whether it is about the Interiors or the Great Outdoors, the grand and the colourful are celebrated and in Dusun Raja, with a Matisse-an flamboyance. Dusun Raja is a suburb of Kota Baru and to him, is a reminder of a lost legacy. Rafiee Ghani draws great inspiration from his frequent travels around the world, especially to less hospitable terrain in Central, Western and Southeast Asia, apart from Europe and the United States. He was educated at the De Vrije Academic, Voor Beeldende Kunst, The Hague (1980) before returning to retake his Diploma at the Mara Institute of Technology, 1985 (majoring in Printmaking). He followed up with a MA (Fine Prints) at the Manchester Polytechnic, England, in 1987. His major awards are the Minor Award in the Salon Malaysia (1991), twice in the Young Contemporary Artists competition (1984 and 1985), and one of the Juror's Award in the Malaysian chapter of the Philip Morris Asean Art Award in 1994. He also won 2nd Prize in the Malaysian Art Open in 1994. He had taught at his alma mater, ITM, and in the Seychelles, from 1991-1993. In January 2022, he held a solo exhibition, Overland, jointly organised by Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers, at Galeri Prima, Kuala Lumpur.