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The division between Man and Nature will only get more acute with globalization and more advanced technology. Man, as the super species in the hierarchy of life, the Ubermensch as it were, holds the key towards keeping the fragile ecological balance, where all the stakeholders are interdependent on one another. Division between man and nature, big or small, shown here by the symbolic printed images of strong men and horses, How things would play out is not an equation of ‘1+1=2’ but a play of variables. There is also the pertinent question of letting Nature take its course, or human intervention apparently to forestall natural calamities. Still, Man has much to do by curbing the excesses of deforestation, development encroachment, pollution, waste disposal including nuclear.Shukri graduated from the Mara Institute of Technology in 1991. He first tasted success when he won the 1st Prize in the one-off Malaysian Art Open at Galeri Petronas in 1994, with his work of chloroformed butterflies. In 1997, he won the Major Award in the Young Contemporary Artists (Bakat Muda Sezaman) competition and the Juror’s Choice Award in the Philip Morris Asean Art Awards finals in the Philippines. He was also in the top 5 Malaysian-level winners in the 1999 Asean Art Awards. He was chosen for the Asean Art Show at the Fukuoka Art Museum in 1994. Shukri took part in the Sharjah Biennale (2003), residencies like Rimbun Dahan (2003), the Echt in Amsterdam, the Netherland (2013), and workshops in Bangladesh and Denmark (2002). His solos include 92939495969798 and Ahmad Shukri (Art Salon, KL, 1998 and 2001), Boy and Girl (Taksu, KL, 2002), Virus (Art Seasons Singapore, 2003), Fitting Room (XOAS, KL, 2005), Golden Gate (Pace Gallery, 2012), Kaki Jual (Nadine Fine Art, 2016), and Made In Malaysia (The EDGE Galerie, Sept 27 to Oct 13, 2017). The exhibition, Warning: Tapir Crossing, marked the opening of the Patisatu gallery and studio in 2009.