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Hamidi Hadi has built a reputation for abstract art that it's unusual to find him doing figures, what more one who dominates the composition with such messianic zeal. Going by the title, the personage is a hero although there are scant clues as to what is it he, or is it a she or someone androgynous, is so mythicized about. As myths go, the figure is in some exalted position with either a halo or a hat on his head. So sit back, and say a prayer of thanks, or hope. Hamidi Hadi obtained his Masters in Art & Design Network (Painting) at the University of Wolverhampton, UK, in 2002, after a BFA at the Universiti ITM (2000). He has won several awards including the Malaysia-level Philip Morris Asean Art Award (2000) and the Consolation Prize in Bank Negara's Kijang Award (2004). He has taken part in Art Stage Jakarta (2016), Art Expo Malaysia (2015, 2016); Kembara Jiwa: The Travelling Soul, Galeri Chandan Kuala Lumpur, Bandung, Jogjakarta), Art Exchanges with Poland (2006) and Japan (2005). Wei-Ling Gallery, then known as Townhouse, gave him his first solo called Indelible Markings in 2005 and hosted his next five, the last being Dari Langit Dan Bumi in 2016. His work, Bloated, fetched a premium of HK$60,000 at Sotheby's HK in April 2017. He is lecturing in Fine Arts at UiTM, Perak, Malaysia.