Asmara Perdana depicts a couple nestled within a verdant forest landscape, surrounded by green foliage. As one of the artist’s rare etching works, it explores the enduring theme of human relationships, capturing love as a timeless emotion. Through delicate tonal gradations of aquatint, the artist conveys the notion of love within the natural world, portraying a connection undisturbed by the distractions of a technology driven modern society. Samsudin Wahab achieved double success in 2009 when he won the Malaysian Emerging Artist Award and was chosen resident-artist at Rimbun Dahan. He was chosen as resident-artist at HOM in April-June 2008. He was supported by Khazanah Nasional in his India residency in 2010. In 2013, he won the Juror’s Award in the Young Contemporary Artists competition. He won 2nd Prize in Goethe Institut’s Salon Meets Art in 2007, and a Consolation Prize in the Tanjong Heritage competition in 2005. He received his BFA, Majoring in Printmaking at the Mara Institute of Technology in 2005-2007, and a Diploma at its Seri Iskandar campus in 2002-2005. He co-founded the printmaking collective, Cetak Kolektif, and was a member of Sebiji Padi Studio and SO Sound, under which he did several art performances. Samsudin won the Bakat Muda Sezaman competition held by National Art Gallery Malaysia in 2019. His solo exhibition Rindu Bayangan, was held at Rissim Contemporary Gallery, KL, Malaysia in 2020.