Born : 1950, Johor
Yusof Ghani, Originally a graphic artist in Malaysia between 1969 and 1979, Yusof Ghani’s transition to fine arts started when he received a scholarship from the government of Malaysia to study graphic arts at George Mason University, Virginia, in 1979. It was there that he met Walter Kravitz, a professor in painting, who introduced him to fine arts. He soon became interested in the works of the American Abstract Expressionist painters such as Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning . Series of collection by Yusof Ghani, Tari (Dance), Topeng (Mask), Wayang (Theater), Hijau (Green), Segerak (A Movement), Biring (Fighting Cockerals), Wajah (Faces), and Ombak (Waves) , & Taman ( Garden ).
