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Malaysian artist, art critic and art historian (1939-2007)

Redza Piyadasa (1939 – May 7, 2007) was a Malaysian artist, art critic and art historian.

Biography

Piyadasa was born in 1939 in Kuantan, the capital of Pahang, in a family of Sinhalese origin. Initially he followed a study at the Malaysia Teacher's College in Brinsford Lodge to become a teacher.

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Afterwards, he followed an art study at the Hornsey College of Art in Crouch End, London, on the basis of a scholarship of the Malaysian government. Here he obtained his degree in 1967. Consequently, he returned to Malaysia, where he started to work as a teacher at the School for Art and Design, which shortly before was founded as a part of the Universiti Teknologi MARA.^[1]

Piyadasa dedicated his life to art, in the sense of focusing on art theory, as well as performing himself.

As an artist he produced visual artwork, like paintings, installations and collages. By means of his publications in Ma