Kide Baharudin celebrates a decade of painting Malaysian life, quirks and all


  • Culture
  • Thursday, 09 Oct 2025

Kide Baharudin's 'Mato-Mata' is filled with nostalgia – both for Malaysia's old towns and for the past 10 years of his career. — Photos: KAMARUL ARIFFIN/The Star

When he’s in search of a little creative spark, artist Kide Baharudin often hits the road with his wife Ika Sharom, using quiet trunk roads that meander through the long-forgotten landscapes of small towns and villages across the country.

It’s these scenes from their spontaneous road trips that inspired many of the pieces in Kide’s third solo exhibition, Mato-Mata, now showing at Galeri Puteh until Oct 23. It is also a show that marks his 10th year in the art scene, starting out as a print artist/illustrator before turning to works on canvas.

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