Artist Ezzam Rahman Born 1981; Singapore Works Singapore
Artist Biography
______Year Education
2017 MA (Fine Art), Goldsmiths, University of London – LASALLE College of the Arts
2010 BA (Fine Art), University of Huddersfield, Painting and Drawing, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (2nd Upper Honors)
2003 Diploma in Fine Arts (Sculpture), LASALLE – SIA College of the Arts (Distinction)
______Year Selected Exhibitions
2020 In its Place, FOST Gallery, Singapore
SAMMMM, Singapore Art Museum Mini Mobile Museum, Woodlands, Jurong and Tampines Regional Libraries, Singapore
Singapore Utopia, Chan + Hori Contemporary, Singapore
Field Trip Project Asia, Myanmar 2019, The Japan Foundation, Yangon, Myanmar
The Movement, PAssionArts, Aljunied.Arts, Bedok Reservoir Park, Singapore
Wu Wei Performance Series 3, 42 Cambridge Road, Singapore
200 Sculpture Society Singapore Annual Show 2019, Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple Gallery, Singapore
Asia Live! Singapore #4 Singapur Focus, Galeria Labirynt, Lublin, Poland
Asia Live! #4 Singapur Focus, Galeria BWA, Zielona Góra, Poland
34th Contemporary Art Days, Asia Live! #4, Galeria Arsenal, Białystok, Poland
Field Trip Project Asia, Thailand 2019, Bangkok Art & Cultural Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
DE:Fault | One Night Only of Happenings and Performances, Instinc Art Space Soho, Singapore
OH! Open House Passport, Jalan Buloh Perindu, Singapore
Portraiture, Mairangi Arts Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
2018 Present-Day / Advent Calendar Charity Sale, Chan + Hori Contemporary, Singapore
The Artists Village presents Portraiture, Rebel Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand
I.D. (The Body’s Still Warm), 42 Cambridge Road, Singapore
not the norm: on conjugal blisses and misses, Block O, Goodman Arts Centre, Singapore
HOMAR Fotos und Videos Third Homar Festival, BLK Gallery 149, Bremerhaven, Germany
The Artists Village presents Portraiture, Banksy Gallery, MOX, Katong Point, Singapore
______* Solo exhibition
FOST Private Limited /Gallery 1 Lock Road /Education #01-02, Gillman Barracks /Advisory Singapore 108932 Telephone 65 6694 3080 E-mail [email protected] Website www.fostgallery.com
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______Year Selected Exhibitions (cont’d)
Art Science Late, Expression Gallery, ArtScience Museum, Singapore
Pameran Poskad 2018, ION Art Gallery, Singapore
The Third Print: Homo Archivist; The Artist’s Intervention, Dohing Art, Seoul, South Korea
Alma Matter, Chan + Hori Contemporary, Singapore
POTLUCK – A Conversation About Intimacy, Banksy Gallery, MOX, Katong Point, Singapore
Still Life with The Artist Village, The Ngee Ann Kongsi Galleries 1 & 2, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore
NAC VIP Media and Engagement Event, Ping Pong 129 Gintoneria, Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Light Art Performance, Photo Exhibition, Baker University Center, Ohio University, USA
Light Art Performance, Photo & Video Art Exhibition, ADAB Literary and Educational Center, Khorramabad, Lorestan, Iran
Tian Tian Xiang Shang Cross-Cultural Exhibition, Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre, Singapore
The Undiscovered Country with Wei-Ling Gallery, Art Stage Singapore, Singapore
2017 META-GRAPHY, MEME Space, Taipei, Taiwan
Third Homa’r International Festival: Performance Art in Nature, ARTA Contemporary Art Institute, Khorramabad, Lorestan, Iran
Kuala Lumpur Biennale 2017: Field Trip Project Asia, National Visual Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
META-GRAPHT, Deck, Singapore
Singapore: Inside Out Sydney, Kensington Street / Chippendale, Sydney, Australia
Tian Tian Xiang Shang Cross-Cultural Creative Collaboration Programme & Exhibition, Deck, Raffles City Exhibition Hall, Singapore
Maybe: MA Fine Arts, Graduation Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, Singapore
Light Art Performance 4th Edition, ARTA Contemporary Art Institute, Khorramabad, Lorestan, Iran
Field Trip Project Asia, Hong Kong 2017, Yau Ma Tei Exhibition Hall, Oil Street, Hong Kong
Materialised Condition, Pearl Lam Galleries, Dempsey Hill, Singapore
OH! Open House Holland Village 2017, Holland Avenue, Singapore
Field Trip Project Asia, Indonesia 2017, Aceh Tsunami Museum, Bandar Aceh, Indonesia
2016 Neon Nooks: Neon Lights Festival 2016, Fort Canning Park, Singapore
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3/7
______Year Selected Exhibitions (cont’d)
MA in Fine Arts, Work-In-Progress: Freshly Squeezed, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, Singapore
Asia Kula Kula-ring, Asia Culture Center Network Platform, Gwangju, South Korea
Field Trip Project Asia, Indonesia 2016, Gudang Sarinah Ekosistern, Jakarta, Indonesia
Two-Way Mirror, Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film, Singapore
In Silence, Pearl Lam Galleries, Singapore
The Peony and The Raven, Geylang 24A, Singapore
SHAM, LUDO Gallery, Singapore
Mosaic 1, 2, 3, Art Apart Fair, Park Royal Hotel, Singapore
Second Nature II, OMSQ, Fort Canning Park, Singapore
Art Stage Singapore 2016, The Ultimate After pARTy, CHIJMES, Singapore
PPC: A Public Living Room, LePark People’s Park Complex, Singapore
2015 Multiples, The Art Space, Suntec North Wing, Singapore
MAP, Melaka Art and Performance Festival 2015, St. Paul’s Hill, Melaka, Malaysia
Something Human, Couldn't Care Less: Cross-Cultural Live Art Project 2015, Deptford Lounge, London, UK
Field Trip Project Asia, Philippines 2015, University of Philippines Baguio, Vargas Museum, Manila, Philippines
President’s Young Talents 2015, SAM at 8Q, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Take Me Places, Project Dreamcatchers 2015: An Art Exhibition, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
VERNACULA_, The Ngee Ann Kongsi Galleries 1 & 2, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore
(CON)TEMPORARY OSMOSIS – Audio Visual Media Festival 2015, tamtamART, Taipei, Taiwan
SingaPlural – Celebrating Design 2015, 99 Beach Road, Singapore
/*semble*/, Former KTM Tanjong Pagar Railway Station, Singapore
Heaven and Hell on Earth / La Divina Commedia, Latent Spaces, Haw Par Villa, Singapore
2014 On The Character and The Media – Bandung International Digital Arts Festival 2014, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung, Indonesia
Torino Performance Art (Video Section), Atelier Giorgi via Belfiore, Torino, Italy
Art Now Live Tour – International Performance Art Tour from Beijing to Anyang, Linzhou Cultural Center, Anyang, Henan Province, China
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4/7
______Year Selected Exhibitions (cont’d)
15th Open International Performance Art Festival, Tree Gallery 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China
Field Trip Project: Shinjuku Creators Festa 2014, Shinjuku Sumitomo Building, Shinjuku, Japan
Unearthed, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
2013 Some Nights Need an Introduction – chapter 3: bed time stories, ViaVia Gallery, Jogjakarta, Indonesia
Against Lethe, Margaris Foundation Gallery, Amfilochia, Greece
Against Lethe, Les Yper Yper Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
5th ICTVC, Central Office of Newspaper “Politics”, Nicosia, Cyprus
OPEN: Open Air Instant Exhibition, T-hornstull, Stockholm, Sweden
Coming back to the Underwater Kingdom – Stockholm Independent Art Fair, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
2012 blurred, Bophana Center, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Pulau: Stockholm Pride, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Human Frames, Happiness and Anger, Cineteca, Madrid, Spain
Human Frames Festival: A series of ten touring film program, Werkstatt der Kulturen, Berlin, Germany
Sintok 2012: Singapore Film Festival Tokyo, Cinemart-roppongi, Tokyo, Japan
Queer Creatures – Stockholm Independent Art Fair, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
2011 2011 Village Video Festival [VVF], The 3rd International Video Residency Festival, Jatiwangi, Indonesia
Video in Progress 4: Feelings of Distress, Pain Photon Gallery & Vigalica Gallery, Kinodvor, Slovenia
4th Pan Asia; Performance Art Network Asia, Seoul Art Space_Mullae Seoul, Gwangju Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
The 15th Thai Short Film and Video Festival, Bangkok Arts and Cultural Centre, Thailand
Human Frames Exhibition, Kunst Im Tunnel, Germany
Body Metaphors, Ox Warehouse, Macau
Macau International Performance Art Festival (MIPAF), Ox Warehouse, Macau
2010 Monochrome – on documentation, Jendela Gallery Esplanade, Singapore
Quite, The Annexe Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Sama-Sama Guest House Mini Arts Festival, Sama-Sama Guest House, Malaysia
Single Channel Screening, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
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______Year Selected Exhibitions (cont’d)
The B.E.A.U.T.Y Show, Astronomical Frontiers, Copenhagen, Denmark
2009 Reversible Destiny, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK
The Air Conditioned Recession: A Singapore Survey, Valentine Willie Fine Art Gallery, Singapore
Short Circuit London, Moving Picture Company, London, UK
Két Nôi: Vietnam – Singapore Performance Dialogue Exhibition, Singapore Arts Museum, Singapore
2008 Exist in 08, Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, Brisbane, Australia
Neo Intuitions, Slight Repartee – Performativity 2, 24Hrs Art Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Arts, Darwin, Australia
Jatiwangi Arts Festival 2008, Jatiwangi Art Factory, Jatiwangi, Indonesia
______Year Residencies
2019 Artist-in-Residence, L’Observatoire, The Blue House, Singapore
2011 Artist-in-Residence, 3rd International Video Residency Festival, Jatiwangi, Indonesia
2008 Artist-in-Residence, Jatiwangi Art Factory, Jatiwangi, Indonesia
______Year Conferences/Talks
2019 “A Date with SAM: Ezzam Rahman”, Artist Talk, Woodlands Regional Library, Singapore
“Introduction to Performance Art Masterclass”, Temasek Junior College, Singapore
“A Brief History on Singapore Performance Art Lecture”, Asia Live! #4 Singapur Focus, Białystok (Galeria Arsenal), Zielona Góra (Galeria BWA), Galeria Labirynt (Wydzial Artstyczny UMCS University), Lublin, Poland
“Om Nom Nom!”, IP1 Visual Arts Showcase 2019, Temasek Junior College, Singapore
“Artlogues @ SAM / Sole Matters”, Arts Management Collective, SAM at 8Q, Singapore
2018 29th Singapore Film Festival (Classics, Sepet), Singapore International Film Festival, National Museum of Singapore, Singapore
29th SGIFF Film Navigation Programme, Singapore International Film Festival, Library@Esplanade, Singapore
“you and me, we and us (On Making Connections and Building Trust Through Performance Art)”, Arts Education Conference 2018, Arts for the Future: Intersections and Transformation by Singapore Teachers’ Academy for the Arts, Ministry of Education, Singapore
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______Year Conferences/Talks (cont’d)
“A Brief History of Performance in Southeast Asia”, Frieze Art Fair 2018, Browns Hotel, London
“Artist Conversation: Why Go To Art School?”, Chan + Hori Contemporary, Singapore
2017 Foreign Artist – Talking and Sharing Session, ARTA Contemporary Art Institute, Khorramabad, Lorestan, Iran
“Transposition: From House, Home to Homeland”, Singapore: Inside Out Sydney, The Old Clare Hotel, Australia
EAP Artist Talks Programme, Naval Base Secondary School, Singapore
“Ministry of Education’s (MOE) Community of Pathfinders in Action (COMPACT) for the Arts”, Riverside Secondary School, Singapore
Artist Talk, Young Printmakers League, TypesettingSG, Singapore
2016 “Two-Way Mirror Artist Talk”, Objectifs Centre of Photography and Film, Singapore
“Introduction to Performance Art Practice”, School of the Arts (SOTA), Singapore
Presidents’ Young Talents (PYT) School Workshop: “Would You Like To Discover Yourself”, Singapore Art Museum, SAM at 8Q, Singapore
“Fine Balance: Giving and Receiving”, Ministry of Education (MOE) Singapore Teachers’ Academy for the Arts (STAR) Museum Education Symposium, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
2015 Panel Discussion on “Body, Care and the Performative: Something Human, Couldn’t Care Less: Cross Cultural Live Art Project”, Deptford Lounge, London, UK
Singapore Artists’ Talk, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
“[Read! Fest 2015]”, ExLibris Singapore, Singapore National Library, Singapore
“Crit Grp”, Critic Group Session, National Library, Orchard, Singapore
2014 “Between the Ordinary and the Extraordinary: Abject Bodies and Spectacles Unearthed: Conversations”, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
“Introduction to Performance Art”, Anglo Chinese Junior College, Singapore
“[GM] Grey Matters, of Principles and Matters”, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
2013 “Pedagogies and Practices in Arts Education towards issues of Diversity and Inclusion”, CAREForum Series, UNESCO Center for Research in Arts Education, National Institute of Education, NIE Guest Speaker, Yavuz Fine Art Gallery, Singapore
Climate Change Workshop – National University of Singapore Asia Research Institute + Tembusu College Science and Technology Studies (STS), Tembusu College, Singapore
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______Collections Singapore Art Museum Community Mediation Unit, Ministry of Law, Singapore Lim Hak Tai Gallery, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore Private collections in Australia, India, Macau, Malaysia and Singapore
______Year Selected Bibliography
2015 “Mengembara bersama seni serata dunia…”, Berita Harian [Singapore], 23 July
2013 Ismail, Haryani. “Karya seni kulit, kuku bawa kejayaan”, Berita Harian [Singapore], 23 October
Martin, Mayo. “Joint winners for the PYT 2015”, TODAY [Singapore], 22 October
Shetty, Deepika. “Two artists tie for President’s award”, The Straits Times [Singapore], 22 October
Ismail, Haryani. “’Kulit kaki dan jari’ sajian aneh Ezzam”, Berita Harian [Singapore], 08 September
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