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Meet Kenzooi

The Master Behind KAI Image Academy

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Kenzooi – Award-Winning Makeup Artist & Professional Makeup Trainer in Malaysia

Kenzooi is an award-winning makeup artist, professional makeup educator, and National Certified Trainer (JPK) with more than 25 years of experience in the beauty and makeup industry. As the founder and lead trainer of Kai Image Academy, he is dedicated to helping aspiring makeup artists develop professional skills, creativity, confidence, and real-world experience.

Passionate minds behind your success

For 30 years, Kenzooi has shaped faces, careers, and the standard of makeup artistry in Malaysia. As the founder and lead instructor of KAI Image Academy, Kenzooi built one of the country’s most respected makeup schools on a simple belief: technical mastery and real industry experience cannot be faked — they must be taught, brush in hand, by someone who has done the work. Every professional makeup artist course at KAI Image carries that DNA.

Three Decades Behind the Brush

Kenzooi’s career spans [bridal, editorial, TV/film, stage, theatre, airbrush, special effect and fashion runway] work across Malaysia and the region. That experience is not a line on a résumé; it is the curriculum. When you enrol in one of KAI Image’s makeup courses, you learn the exact techniques, product decisions, and on-set problem-solving that come only from 30 years on the job — not from a textbook.

Why Train Under Kenzooi

Anyone can hand you a brush. Kenzooi hands you a career. Every professional makeup artist course at KAI Image is taught with small-group attention, real-model practice, and direct feedback from the founder — not outsourced to junior staff.

  • Learn from Kenzooi and team. Kenzooi leads the core teaching personally.
  • Industry-ready, not theory-heavy. You build a working portfolio and business skills, not just knowledge.
  • Multicultural bridal depth. Korean, Indian, Chinese, and Malay bridal techniques taught to a professional standard.
  • A recognised certificate. You leave with a qualification the market respects.

The KAI Image Philosophy

Kenzooi founded KAI Image Academy in [2000] to close the gap between makeup enthusiasm and professional employability. The academy exists to turn passionate beginners into working, paid, confident artists. That mission runs through every makeup course on offer — from foundational artistry to the full Master Class.

Real-World Experience and Industry Learning

Kenzooi believes that practical experience is an important part of becoming a confident professional makeup artist. Where opportunities are available, Kai Image Academy students may have the chance to gain additional exposure through shows, events, productions, and other real-world makeup experiences.

These opportunities allow students to observe professional workflows, practise their skills, work with different people, and understand what it takes to perform in real industry environments.

Study With Kenzooi

Ready to learn from three decades of mastery? Explore the full range of programmes at Malaysia’s leading makeup school.