User:Rafiqsalleh

Born in 1975 in Singapore, RafiQ Salleh is an alchemist at heart artist, painter, and designer. Growing up in a working small northern Singapore neighborhood, he developed a keen eye for devising creative solutions at a surprising young age.

The youngest of six brothers, his creative and competitive qualities turned heads. In the First grade, at Marsiling Primary School, he distinguished himself amongst faculty by providing supporting illustrations in each of his written reports. Interest in an art contest in the Second grade took him to Singapore's Zoological Gardens Art Competition, where he won second place for the best drawing of the Spider Monkeys. Collectively, these early artistic adventures inspired him to view art as a vehicle for self-expression and financial independence – inspiration that ultimately served him well.

As a career for some people and a passion for other, for RafiQ, art is part and parcel of his life. From his earliest years he has followed his own path and striven against all odds to transform his wide talents into art that makes a deeply personal statement. His talents and concepts of art have been honed over the years and never forced into the container of a particular school or style. A melding of East and the West, the ancient and the modern, his work bears the stamp of his individual history and vision.