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Suzlee Ibrahim has done several memorable series but his Sakura Series seems to capture the imagination most. It was done in his studio on his return from Japan, where he watched the Sakura Festival at Ueno Park in Tokyo where there are often more than 1,000 cherry trees. There were many people with great expectations, some even picnicking. It was a mesmerising spring, the sakura blooms, but Suzlee interprets it as a great beauty of Nature – a hanami (viewing and smelling flowers) ritual, and a sign of life and vivacity. And the impermanence, how everything will evanesce, until next spring. The cherry blossoms spectacle are different all over Japan – January in Okinawa and peaking in late March or April in Honshu. Suzlee Ibrahim graduated from the Mara Institute of Technology in 1987 but started lecturing in his alma-mater from 1993 to 2009 (part-time 1993-1996), after a stint in advertising. He is now lecturing at the National Academy of Arts, Culture and Heritage (Aswara). He has taken part in exhibitions in more than 20 countries including solos in Denmark (Remise Academy, Brande) and Macedonia (Kicevo art colony). In 2010, he took part in the Tunisia Art Festival Workshop in Monastir. He had a mini survey show called, Suzlee Ibrahim: 30 Years Journey, at The Art People Gallery in Klang, from July to September 2016. His awards include: Tokoh Seni Anugerah Citra Kencana UKM in 2011; the Japan-Malaysia Art Friendship Ambassador (2007) and the Emaar Art Symposium Outstanding Creative Excellence Award, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (2005). Sotheby's Hong Kong April 2018 auction sale saw his work sold for HKD 237,500.