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Stephen Menon made a name for creating works of China’s communist revolutionary Chairman Mao. The artist has a passion of researching and drawing famous icons and their historical legacies. The idealism and zeal during Mao’s period were reflected in a new form of art named socialist realism, which aimed to communicate the party’s ideology to the masses. Stephen Menon is a painter and printmaker. He graduated with a Diploma in Graphic Design from Kuala Lumpur College of Art in 1993. He majored in printmaking and minored in painting and drawing. The culmination of Stephen’s artistic career began when he started to explore screen printings and improvised on techniques that pushed the boundaries of traditional printmaking. Working on a myriad of themes for his works from socio-political, satires and spirituality, Stephen’s works were very well received and had won innumerable accolades both locally and internationally. His thought provoking and avant-garde prints are most talked about amongst the art elites and the most sought after in the auctions. Stephen was a resident artist at a local prestigious university (University of Malaya) and he has exhibited in numerous international shows. Stephen has received many international art awards which includes the Excellent Award, Portrait Society of America, USA, 2016, Honorable Mention International Portrait Competition – Portrait Society of America, 2016 and 2017, Honorable Mention, International Printmaking and Paper Art Show 2018, Indonesia, Honorable Mention On Paper Contest Printmaking, Spain 2019, Honorable Mention, 20th International Print Biennial Varna, Bulgaria 2019, Honorable Mention, and 7th NBC Meshtech Tokyo International Screen Print Biennial. He also won the 2006 Major Award from the Galeri Shah Alam Open Show and was a finalist in the Young Contemporary Art Award held by National Art Gallery Malaysia in 2006 and 2007.