ABOUT

Rifqi AMirul ROsli (B. 1994)

Rifqi Amirul Rosli is an artist in Singapore whose works often deals with the in-between of things: states of suspension, transition, liminality. He probes into the construction of personal boundaries and speculative states that defines one’s purpose and sentimentality towards a place. He describes the personal connection one has to a physical, or an imagined place, which may not necessarily be a typical home, but could relate to a sense of familiarity, a tradition or a regular activity that becomes a part of one’s identity.

Rifqi Amirul has also taken part in exhibitions such as an edifice w/o (Objectifs, 2020), The Fabric of Sympathy (ICAS, 2020) Nyanyi Sunyi (Gillman Barracks, 2018), 4D: Not Another Dimension (ISLANDS Peninsula, 2019).

Rifqi is also the Co-founder of the collective Pure Ever, an alliance of people whose goal is an aspiration to find commonality and collective foresight through nuanced and intense forms of art making; one that hopefully occupies a more generous spirit of collaboration, creativity, networking, and solidarity-making.

Education

2017—2019
Bachelor of Fine Arts, First Class Honours, Goldsmiths University of London, LASALLE

2012—2014
Diploma in Fine Arts, LASALLE, Singapore

Solo/Duo Exhibitions
2021
No Man's Land, SPRMRKT, Singapore

2020
an edifice w/o, Objectifs, Singapore

Group Exhibitions

2021
State of Motion 2021: [Alternate/Opt] Realities, Marina One, Singapore
2021 UNTAPPED Alumni Exhibition, 51 Waterloo St, Singapore

2020
The Fabric of Sympathy, Earl Lu Gallery, LASALLE, Singapore
PrayPal, I_S_L_A_N_D_S, Singapore

2019
VADA Untapped, Affordable Art Fair, Singapore
Pure Ever, Y2 Arts, Singapore
Exit, Pursued by a Bear - BA (Hons) Fine Arts Showcase, LASALLE, Singapore
Opening 2020: The Substation, Tun Tan Cheng Lok Centre, Malacca, Malaysia
Opening 2020: The Substation, The Substation, Singapore

2018
FANTASY ISLANDS, Islands Peninsula X Knuckles & Notch, Singapore
LILIPUT, 233 Joo Chiat Rd, Singapore
4D: NOT ANOTHER DIMENSION, Islands Peninsula, Singapore
RCGNIZE Hotel G Takeover Round 2: Colour Pop, Hotel G, Singapore
Locals Only! , TAKSU Galleries, Singapore
Nyanyi Sunyi (Songs of Solitude), 42 Malan Rd, Gillman Barracks, Singapore
Meshminds 1.0 Art X Techforgood, Art Science Museum, Singapore
Loading..Please Wait, Alliance Francaise, Singapore
Waning Waxing, Ion Art Gallery, Singapore

2017
ASYAAF Art Fair, Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Seoul, South Korea
Overcoming, Overlooking, Liang Court, Singapore
Proposals For Waterloo, NOISE Art Mentorship, Waterloo Centre, Singapore

2016
Wonderground , Art Trove Gallery, Singapore

2015
A Golden Hill - NOISE Singapore pop-up Exhibition, Westgate, Singapore

2014
Art of Giving, Scotts Square, Wheelock Place, Singapore
The Grass is Greener on the Other Side,LASALLE, Singapore
To See The World in a Grain of Self, NAC Silver Arts Project, Singapore
Keluar Baris, Diploma in Fine Arts Graduation Show, LASALLE, Singapore

Collaborations
2021
Sunset X - This is not Sci-Fi, This is Heart Break, Pure Ever, State of Motion 2021, Marina One, Singapore
Endless Return - Becoming, Endless Return, Singapore

2020
PrayPal, Pure Ever, I_S_L_A_N_D_S, SIngapore
NUNUNU Party, Pure Ever, Gillman Barracks Singapore
Production Crew, Live Creatives Show by Zhiyi Cao and Chong Li, Singapore

2019
Grounds We Share by Michael Lee, Singapore
URE EVER, Y2 Arts, Singapore
HOW TO MOVE THE HOUSE at the Causeway by Hyemin Soh
ARTBOX Singapore: EDEN, Singapore Turf Club, Singapore

Online Artwork Presentations

2021
Falling into its Thingness initiated by Aki Hassan and Rifqi Amirul Rosl

2020
Singapore Memories by BBC Story Works
Good Morny Purever!, Monzoom Zchool by Soft Wall Studs

Talks/Presentations

2019
Imagining, Imaging Space, LASALLE, Singapore

2018
Singapore Art: Now, OMNI Space, Bandung, Indonesia

Residencies

2017
FREE SPACE Residency, Goodman Arts Centre, Singapore

Press / Online

2021   In Between Spaces with Rifqi Amirul Rosli by Michelle Lim, Plural Art Magazine

2020   Pure Ever Navigates Alternative Realities in our Digital World by Racy Lim, Sand Magazine

2019 Find the Gap: borders, escape, and the JB-SG Causeway in the works of Rifqi Amirul by Sharmini Aphrodite

2019 Rifqi Amirul on Movement, Authoritative Architecture and the Existential Nature of Transitional Spaces by Claire Wu, Objects Lesson Space

2018 Now in the Future with Rifqi Amirul by Laurie Maravilla, RCGNTN