Jolly Koh captures the grandeur of the natural environment. Executed in rich colours, impressions of mountains surrounded by tranquil waters exude a poetic atmosphere. Artist-educator Jolly Koh is one of the finest colourists in Malaysian art. He was given his first solo exhibition at the British Council, Kuala Lumpur at the age of 17 in 1958. An eighth generation Peranakan Baba, Jolly Koh grew up in Malacca. He excelled in art studies obtaining his National Diploma in Design at the Hornsey College of Art, London (1959-1962) and the Art Teacher’s Certificate at the London University (1962–1963). He then obtained his MSc (Fulbright scholarship, 1970-1972) and Ed.D (1972-1975) at the Indiana University in the United States, while being a teaching associate there from 1973 to 1975. He also taught Art in Melbourne and Adelaide from 1976 to 1988. He was a senior lecturer at the MSC College (now SeGi) from 2000 until 2004. His solo show in 2013 entitled Towards The Nebula represents a darker phase in his palette. His solo Jolly Koh @ 76 (organised by Curate Henry Butcher) at White Box, Publika in 2017 was a great success.