Zaim Durulaman (1966) started to sketch comics for personal collection during his secondary school years. His passion for painting and becoming an illustrator had him enrolled at Institut Teknologi MARA (now UiTM) 1984-1988, majoring in Graphic Design. Upon graduation, he worked as a graphic designer for two years before becoming a full-time freelance illustrator.

It was not after 1996 that he began his illustrious career in fine arts, won several painting competitions. With four successful solo exhibitions, he also participated in group exhibitions locally and abroad, often invited to the symposium as a colony artist with a short residency in Macedonia, Tunisia, Bulgaria, Turkey and so on. In 2013, he went to pursue Master Degree in Fine Arts Technology at UiTM. Furthermore, fine arts students often use his works as reference. Currently he is a lecturer at Universiti Selangor (UNISEL).

After almost three decades of being as an artist, producing realistic and semi-realistic works, now Zaim is creating more impressive artworks which is an abstract expression. He is looking for self-satisfaction in the work of art that is going through his state of mind.