Arash Jabbar (b. 2001, Johor Bahru, Malaysia), also known as Yash, is a visual artist based in Shah Alam. Working primarily with water-based colour pencil, Arash creates atmospheric drawings that reflect on suburban life in Malaysia—its architecture, objects, and overlooked rituals. He graduated with a degree in Painting from UiTM Shah Alam, and first emerged as a distinctive voice during his formative years at UiTM Seri Iskandar, Perak.
Rooted in observation, Arash draws from scenes and memories of his hometown in Johor and its surrounding areas. His compositions often depict fragments of everyday life—plastic chairs under harsh sun, roadside stalls, tiled floors, fading signage—filtered through a softened, suggestive lens. Rather than aiming for documentary realism, his work embraces distortion and blur, invoking how memories degrade over time.
Visually restrained and emotionally resonant, his drawings evoke a sense of distance, as if glimpsed through the haze of recollection. Details dissolve, contours slip, and familiar scenes take on a dreamlike stillness. Through this language, Arash captures the quiet poetics of contemporary Malaysian life—its shifts, absences, and the emotional weight of what remains. He currently lives and works in Shah Alam, Selangor.