Harimau Malaya is a prominent icon in Malaysian society. This strong, fearless and fierce animal (considered an endangered species as the numbers are decreasing each year) inhabits the southern and central parts of the Malay Peninsula. The face of a Japanese warlord is placed on the right, inextricably linked to the ferocity, brutality, enormities of war crime committed. Zulkifli works often speak about socio-political issues happening at that time. Zulkifli Yusoff showed at the 1997 Venice Biennale's Modernities And Memories: Recent Works From The Islamic World and the 2019 edition. He won the Grand Minister's Prize in the Salon Malaysia III in 1992, and the Major Award in the Young Contemporary Artists in 1988 and 1989 (jointly). He was accorded the National Academic Award (Visual Art) in 2007. He was selected for the Asia Pacific Triennial in Brisbane, Australia, in 1993, and the Singapore Biennale in 2013. Trained at the Mara Institute of Technology, Zulkifli graduated with a Masters at the Manchester Polytechnic in 1991.