Nawwar Shukriah Ali, better known as Bono Stellar, is an art director and designer-turn-multidisciplinary artist based in the city of Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia.The Kuala Terengganu - born artist makes art out of iridescent films and plexiglass but her true materials are light and space. In her body of work spanning drawings, installations, and photography, Bono merges references to art history, her experience, and personal reflections on her past, present and future.
Working primarily with iridescent films, mirrors and plexiglass,her goal is to create work which appeals to the imagination and the senses, abandoning fidelity to the visible world in favour of exploring abstractions in truth and transparencies.
Bono's multi-disciplinary Stellar Studio has worked with a wide range of clients including BMW and L'Officiel, Better Cities, Mini Cooper, Nelissa Hilman, Shiseido and Zalora.
Bono is the founder of Stellar Design and Stellar Studio. She also founded MAKE IT HAPPEN! two years ago, in hopes that it can be a platform to educate her fellow creatives, peers, and masses on the importance of the creative process, and making it happen. She holds a Degree in Architecture and Masters in Art and Design : Industrial Design, and has lectured at a local university on the subject of design and history of architecture.
Working primarily with iridescent films, mirrors and plexiglass,her goal is to create work which appeals to the imagination and the senses, abandoning fidelity to the visible world in favour of exploring abstractions in truth and transparencies.
Bono's multi-disciplinary Stellar Studio has worked with a wide range of clients including BMW and L'Officiel, Better Cities, Mini Cooper, Nelissa Hilman, Shiseido and Zalora.
Bono is the founder of Stellar Design and Stellar Studio. She also founded MAKE IT HAPPEN! two years ago, in hopes that it can be a platform to educate her fellow creatives, peers, and masses on the importance of the creative process, and making it happen. She holds a Degree in Architecture and Masters in Art and Design : Industrial Design, and has lectured at a local university on the subject of design and history of architecture.
Curriculum Vitae
Projects
- 2013 — E&PDE CONFERENCE, DUBLIN, IRELAND
- 2013 — MASTERS IN ART AND DESIGN: INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AT UITM, MALAYSIA
- 2015 — KERTAS GROUP SHOW AT TITIK MERAH GALLERY, ART ROW, PUBLIKA, KL
- 2015 — BLINK BLINK GROUP EXHIBITION, KITSCH AND ART GALLERY, ART ROW PUBLIKA, KL
- 2016 — RELATIONSHIFT GROUP EXHIBITION, HIN BUS DEPOT, PENANG
- 2016 — GROUP EXHIBITION, URBANSCAPES, 2 HANG KASTURI KL
- 2017 — MAKE IT HAPPEN EXHIBITION (CURATOR) UNDER COLLECTIVE INDIVIDUALS AT URBANSCAPES, KL
- 2017 — MAKE IT HAPPEN INSTALLATION (CURATOR) AT RIUH, APW, KL
- 2017 — MAKE IT HAPPEN EXHIBITION (CURATOR) AT IP KREATIF, MEDINI MALL, JOHOR
- 2017 — BEING HUMAN INSTALLATION AT IP KREATIF, MEDINI MALL, JOHOR
- 2017 — MAKE IT HAPPEN INSTALLATION AT IP KREATIF, MEDINI MALL, JOHOR
- 2017 — WHATEVER COMES GROUP EXHIBITION IN CAMBODIA
- 2017 — GROUP EXHIBITION AT PAM BUILDING, BANGSAR, KL
- 2018 — COOLER LUMPUR CONFERENCE (SPEAKER) AT WHITE BOX PUBLIKA, KL
- 2018 — MAKE IT HAPPEN MUSIC EDITION (CURATOR) AT CYBERJAYA MUSIC FESTIVAL, KL
- 2018 — MAKE IT HAPPEN CONFERENCE (CURATOR, SPEAKER) AT URBANSCAPES,KL
- 2018 - ART TECH : CREATIVE INDIVIDUALS (SPEAKER) , URBANSCAPES, KL
- 2018 — BUNNIES GROUP EXHIBITION AT AWEGALLERY, PJ
- 2019 - KONGSI KL : FEMALE ARTIST (SPEAKER), AP ART GALLERY, KL
- 2019 - EUDAIMONIA SOLO EXHIBITION, ZHAN GALLERY, JAYA ONE,PJ
- 2019 - SEE ME EXHIBITION, ONE WORLD TRADE CENTRE,NEW YORK.
- 2019 - ART DISCOURSE : CROSSING ARTISTIC BOUNDARIES (SPEAKER), GALERI PETRONAS, KL
- 2019 - HERALD GLOBAL MOST ADMIRED LEADER OF ASIA AWARD,KL
Projects
- 2010 — ARCHITECTURE LECTURER IN KL-BASED PRIVATE INSTITUTION
- 2010 — FOUNDED STELLAR STUDIO
- 2012 — ORGANISED STELLAR BAZAAR
- 2012 — GRAPHIC DESIGNER FOR CHATIME
- 2013 — RETAIL AND RESIDENTIAL DESIGN, KL
- 2014 — STELLAR NEON PLANTERS — PRODUCT DESIGN AT SNACKFOOD, BANGSAR, KL
- 2014 — RETAIL DESIGN AND VISUAL MERCHANDISING
- 2014 — ART DIRECTION FOR THE VENOPIAN SOLITUDE’S ‘TENANGKAN BONTOT ANDA'
- 2014 — THE LIVING CITY INSTALLATION, GEORGETOWN, PENANG
- 2015 — MINI COOPER WINDOW DISPLAY AT BANGSAR, KL
- 2015 — BAIK PUNYA CILOK SET DESIGN, ISTANA BUDAYA, KL
- 2015 — LAWAK KE DER SET DESIGN, ISTANA BUDAYA, KL
- 2016 — MARBLING WORKSHOP AT HIN BUS DEPOT,PENANG
- 2017 -- L’OFFICIEL ANNIVERSARY PARTY ARTWORK AT 2 HANG KASTURI, KL
- 2017 — BMW AND L’OFFICIEL ARTWORK, 2 HANG KASTURI, KL
- 2017 — VISUAL MERCHANDISING AT NELISSA HILMAN, BANGSAR, KL
- 2017 — SET DESIGN FOR SHISEIDO FIND YOUR LIGHT CAMPAIGN, KL
- 2017 — WARGANEGARAKU INSTALLATION AT KWAP, INTERMARK, KL
- 2017 — SET DESIGN AND ART DIRECTION FOR ANUGERAH JUARA LAGU, KL
- 2018 — SET DESIGN FOR SHISEIDO, MIDVALLEY MEGAMALL, KL
- 2018 — ART DIRECTION AND SET DESIGN FOR ZALORAYA CAMPAIGN
- 2018 — SET DESIGN FOR ZALORAYA FASHION SHOW
- 2018 - ARUS ART INSTALLATION , URBANSCAPES, KL
- 2019 - IQOS "COLOURS OF MALAYSIA" ART AND SCULPTURE, PUBLIKA, KL
- 2020 - ARTWORK FOR SMALL SHIFTING SPACE CAFE/BAR, KL
- 2020 - ARTWORK FOR VANS PAVILION, KL