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This is Tun Dr. Mahathir’s most significant pose to date. His right hand is touching his cheeks while his head tilted to the right side gives a warm impression. The same pose appeared on the cover of his memoir, A Doctor In The House. Tun Dr. Mahathir was Malaysia’s longest serving Prime Minister, from 1981 to 2003, and he was the world’s oldest Prime Minister when he assumed office as the 7th Prime Minister on May 10, 2018. Having obtained a Diploma in Graphic Design from Kuala Lumpur College of Art in 1993, Stephen Menon started his career as a fine artist combining portraiture and spiritualism in a search for meaning. Stephen creates self-portraits that are personal depictions of the state of his inner self. Stephen has taken part in numerous group exhibitions including the Open Show at Galeri Shah Alam (2006 and 2007), Malaysian Art Award in Penang (2007), Beautiful People at Core Design Gallery (2010), Asean Art Show in Tokyo, Japan (2010), Winds Of Desire at Annexe Gallery (2010) as well as Absolut 18@8 at Wei-Ling Gallery (2010). He won the 2006 Major Award from the Galeri Shah Alam Open Show and was a finalist in the Young Contemporary Art Award held by National Art Gallery Malaysia in 2006 and 2007.