Born in 1933 in Malaysia, Azzudin Shahabudin studied Architecture and Painting in Malaysia and London where he lived and worked as an artist. He has exhibited in London and Oxford, and later regularly in Hamburg, Paris, Luxembourg and Thailand. His paintings can be found in private collections in America, England, Germany, Norway, Thailand, Luxembourg and Austria. He is also a member of BKK and I.A.A, the International Association of Art.
 
Since 1984 he resides in Hamburg, Germany where he continues to develop his personal style. His paintings are inspired by works of Old Masters, like Titian, Velasquez, Cranach, Caravaggio, Hokusai and Utamaro.
 
His art seeks to familiarise oneself with foreign forms, and by reproducing Old Masters within his paintings – not only allows for a two part reading of  his works but also to solve the secrets of beauty of period paintings as well as suggesting a dialogue with present day concerns. “My paintings are about time and space. They follow the form of a ‘Bild im Bild’ . There is a copy of a painting of an Old Master in the background and the foreground is a modern figure that stands in contrast or in relation to the painting in the background. Much of my work revolves around aspects of love and the conflict between a man and a woman.”