The sculptures of Abdul Multhalib Musa are informed by natural surroundings and the built environment. His works seek to highlight the interlinked relationship between art and architecture. Influenced from nature, fluid organic forms are constructed into three dimensional structures. Focusing on the continuous flow of graceful movements, lyrical swirling shapes are intersected at the axis, enriched with warm hues.
Abdul Multhalib Musa graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture (Hons) from Mara University of Technology, Shah Alam, Selangor. His sculptures have earned him several awards, residencies and commissions, notable among them the Rimbun Dahan Residency in 2001 and the Australian High Commission Residency in 2004. In 2002, Multhalib won the Award of Excellence at the 6th Oita Asian Sculpture Open Competition in Japan, the Juror's Choice Award at the National Art Gallery Malaysia in 2002 before going on to be selected for the Ordos 11th Asia Arts Festival, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China, as well as the Urumqi International Urban Sculpture Symposium in Xinjiang, China in 2009. Multhalib won a competition to design a major outdoor sculpture for the 2008 Beijing Olympics in China.