SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
BUTSU-BUTSU KOKAN, Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art, learning gallery exhibition activation with the Thingstigate research team, curated by Naoko Sumi, Maya Sasano and Mayuko Kawakami, 21 September - 4 November 2024.
TESTING TESTING TESTING, group show with individual presentation, Kulturhuset Bergsjön, Bergsjön, Sweden, organised by HDK Valand, 11 May - 26 May 2024.
TA BLADET FRÅN MUNNEN, group show with individual presentation, Blå Stället Konsthall, Angered, Sweden, 4 May - 2 June 2024.
TEXTIVAL LITTERATURFESTIVAL, invited group showing with collective, Qalam. Digital and audio installation, 12 June 2022.
THE INFINITY WALK, group presentation as part of artist residency. Organised by Kultur i Väst, Region Halland, and Kulturrådet. Satellite programme of Urban Garden Day at Kungsbacka, June 2021.
GIBCA EXTENDED, I Want to Believe, participating artist, group show, Gothenburg, 2017.
SUPERNATURAL, group show, curated by Michelle Lim, Gajah Gallery, Yogjakarta, Indonesia, 2017.
ARTE LAGUNA Art Prize, finalist, group show, Arsenale, Venice, Italy, 2015.
CLANDESTINO FESTIVAL, group show, curated by Edda Manga, Smedjan, Gothenburg, 2015.
MÅNADENS KONSTNÄR, solo exhibition, Skövde Konstmuseum, 2013.
GOETHE INSTITUT, Mapping Invisible Cities, curated by Peter Bialobrzeski, travelogue show, Germany, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines, 2008.
VIDEOLOGY, group show, The Substation, curated by Urich Lau, Singapore, 2008.
PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
“Den tjugofemte timmen, or, the 25th hour: A Proposal,” essay in conjunction with group exhibition at Kulturhuset Bergsjön, Testing testing testing, published by HDK-Valand 2024.
“K som i katt,” short story commission by Gothenburg Konsthall in conjunction with Nina Bondeson’s exhibition, “Kom in sa hon – mitt rum är en storms öga”, curator Stina Edblom, published 2022.
“Diptych,” short story commission by Region Halland/Art Inside Out, AIO Journal Nr. 11-12, online magazine, published 2021.
“Dong Bong Gong,” short story commission by Borås Art Biennale, curated by Ulrika Flink, Borås, published 2021. Click here to listen.
“Thick Therapy,” short story commission by Ord&Bild magazine, (in partnership with Qalam), editors-in-chief Ann Ighe and Jonatan Habib Engqvist, foreword by Johannes Anyuru, issue nr. 1: Allt vi gör med språket, published 2021. Click here for review by Eurozine.
READINGS AND OTHER PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
MODERATOR, public talk with Kerstin Bergendal and Marit Kapla, “Deep Listening”, City Library Stadsbiblioteket, Gothenburg, 27 Feb 2025.
PODCAST SPEAKER, “Spaces of Resistance,” podcast discussion with guest speaker, Olga Sasunkevich, Associate Professor in Gender Studies at the University of Gothenburg, 15 December 2024. Click here to listen on Spotify, and here to listen on Apple Podcasts.
GUEST AUTHOR, literary reading at Textival x Malmötxt literary festival, “Fauna”, Tomelilla Kulturhus, Skåne, 15 Apr 2023.
GUEST AUTHOR, literary reading at the opening ceremony of Meira Ahmemulic’s exhibition, “Utsträckt tunga”, Blå Stället, Angered, 17 Sept 2022.
CONFERENCE PANELIST at the conference for Network for Nordic Culture Journals: “Case studies / Best practises: Three Nordic journals which are working within the field of representation and diversity will present their work”, Bergen, Norway, 25 May 2022.
COMMISSIONED AUTHOR, literary texts for ARtCITY, an Augmented Reality art project produced by Curious Brown, in collaboration with Gothenburg Film Studios and Rapid Images, 2022.
GUEST AUTHOR, literary reading at the opening ceremony of Nina Bondeson’s retrospective, “Utsträckt tunga”, curated by Stina Edblom, Göteborgs Konsthall, Gothenburg, 20 May 2022.
GUEST AUTHOR, literary reading, PUB Poesi Nio, curated by Sami Aidi, Gothenburg, 29 Oct 2021.
PARTICIPATING ARTIST & CO-ORGANISER, panel discussion ”Stories that cannot be told but need to be told”, Gothenburg Biennial for Contemporary Art (GIBCA) in partnership with Qalam, Västsverige mot rasism and Stadsbiblioteket Gothenburg, Gothenburg, 9 Oct 2021.
CLANDESTINO FESTIVAL, literary reading, invited writer, curated by Mara Lee, Bottna, 2015.
GUEST PANELIST, panel discussion, GIBCA, invited by Loulou Cherinet as part of her process-based work ”House of Words”, curator Elvira Dyangani Ose, Röda Sten, Gothenburg, 2015.
GUEST LECTURER, Singapore Young Artists Public Lecture, Singapore Polytechnic, 2010.
GUEST SPEAKER & PARTICIPATING ARTIST, Farm Public Presentation, curated by Willie Koh, National Museum of Singapore, 2010.
EDUCATION & SCHOLARSHIPS
Arnulfska Travel Scholarship, HDK-Valand, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, awarded October 2024.
Erasmus exchange, Blended Intensive Programme, University of Gothenburg, Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow Doctoral School, Spring 2024.
Master of Fine Arts, University of Gothenburg HDK-Valand, Autumn 2023 – planned study break Spring 2025.
BA Hons (First Class) in Fine Art, University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom, 2009.
National University of Singapore, English Language and Literature major, Singapore, 2002 – 2004.
University Scholar’s Programme, Singapore, awarded 2002.
Ministry of Education Scholarship, Singapore, awarded 2002.
EMPLOYMENT, RESIDENCIES & INTERNSHIPS
ARTISTIC RESEARCH INTERNSHIP, Centre on Global Migration and Thingstigate, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, Summer 2024-Spring 2025.
RESEARCH INTERNSHIP, Mångkulturellt Centrum, Botkyrka, Sweden, Spring 2024-Fall 2024.
WORKSHOP LEADER, Kulturkatalogen Väst, organised by Förvaltningen för Kulturutveckling, Västra Götaland Region, Film och Scenkonst. In collaboration with filmmaker, Vangelis Kollias. A workshop designed for schools in the Gothenburg region entitled "Migration, Memory and Language", an exploration of these themes through the practice of creative writing and filmmaking, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2023-2024.
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Mixed Minds online artist residency during the covid pandemic, organised by Art Inside Out, Region Halland, and Kultur i Väst, Sweden, 2020-2021.
CONCERT PRODUCER, Göteborgs Alternativa Orkester, Stora Teatern, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2016.
FESTIVAL PRODUCER, Clandestino Institut, Gothenburg and Bottna, Sweden, 2015.