Suriani Suratman started pottery classes in 2001 at the Centre for the Arts, National University of Singapore under the tutorship of Master Potter Iskandar Jalil. She continued to study with Iskandar at his studio in Jalan Senyum from 2003 and at Jalan Bahar Clay Studios from 2005. She currently practises at Jalan Bahar Clay Studios where she also teaches ceramics.
Suriani exhibited with Ahmad Abu Bakar at Tanah Air - Homeland (2016) at The Private Museum. Her two solos were Cita Seni: Receptacle of Feeling/Filling (2017), The Arts House and Alam – A Pottery Exhibition by Suriani Suratman (2013), ART2 Gallery, Singapore.
Dr Suriani, a social anthropologist, is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Malay Studies, National University of Singapore. Her work in ceramics draws her personal expression to her keen interest in how people are shaped by cultural practice and values passed down.
Zarina Muhammad is an artist, educator and researcher whose practice is deeply entwined with a critical re-examination of oral histories, ethnographic literature and other historiographic accounts about Southeast Asia. Working at the intersections of installation, moving image, sound, photography, text and performance, Zarina’s practice has been interested in the broader contexts of ecocultural identities and interactions, indigenous ontologies and the cultural translations within myth-making to seek out a more-than-human multidimensional understanding of our place in the world.
Fajrina Razak is a visual artist, cultural worker, curator and educator.
As a visual artist, her work takes on an analysis-approach practice, using traditional materials and contemporary mediums as conduits for the archival of knowledge and by extension, forming inquiries on historical references related to Nusantara and Southeast Asia. These are entwined with an ongoing interest in issues centred around the dichotomies of ‘secularity and spirituality’ and ‘individuality and collectivity’. Working primarily with batik, her works are also translated across mediums such as image-making, installation and text-based art.
Amirah Haziqah is a Singaporean artist who graduated from LASALLE College of the Arts with a BA (Hons) in Fine Arts. Her works explore the themes of grief, trauma and healing. Most of her works derive from her own lived experiences. She aspires to shed light on the complexity and multi-faceted nature of painful moments or memories and to bring forth a means of healing through her works. The mediums of her fortes are performance art, pencil and marker illustrations, and painting. Amirah is also currently diving into different fields of expression, such as acting and singing.
Hanis Moksan is a printmaker bound in her pursuit of material experimentation. Armed with a background in interior design and fine arts, she strives to embody her works through materiality and space. Touching on topics of human values while questioning connections between souls, she aims to create tangible pieces within our confined reality that encourages reflection of oneself. Hanis graduated from LASALLE College the Arts with a Bachelors in Fine Arts and is currently pursuing floristry as part of her continuous exploration of art.
Muhammad Mustaghfir is an art practitioner whose work encompasses drawing, (soft) sculpture and performance. In his current practice, he is exploring the body in relation to clothing and its performativity in an attempt to understand intimacy. His exploration of identity and gendered expectations is confronted through his interventions with domestic and everyday objects. Through this, he draws meaning from the simplicity of his everyday encounters, surfacing the intersections of bodily duties and bodily desires.
Sarah Noorhimli has built a body of work that attests to the temporality of the human body in an environment of rapid urbanisation. She sifts through her personal image archives and appropriates cultural references to conceive a hybrid form of speculative nostalgia—a sentimental dreamscape that emanates feelings of familiarity and discomfort. Recently, Sarah has shifted her focus to the materiality of the body in its form and existence. She interrogates the manifestation of an artwork through her bodily presence, prioritising human connection over physical production.
Zheng Jialei is an art practitioner investigating the concerns of the Chinese diaspora and the fragmentation of her cultural identity. Born to immigrant parents, her sense of displacement nudges her to look into loss and trauma, and with that comes reconciliation. Zheng works mainly with performance, text, and objects.