Who is the Director?
Khairullah Rahim is a Singapore-based artist working across mixed-media installation, object-making, painting, photography and moving image. His explorations delve into complex strategies of resourcefulness for everyday survival in environments under constant surveillance. Through various means of collaboration and critical thinking, his practice considers mindful ways of shedding light onto the veiled narratives of his community while emphasising the often-neglected need for opacity. Materially, he continues to experiment extensively with the sheen, reflection and refraction of synthetic polymers; most evidently through rhinestones. Recurring points of departure in his work premise around themes of desire, shame, resistance, aspiration, labour and ethics of disclosure.
Khairullah’s works have been showcased in solo and group presentations at venues including the Barbican Centre (London), Centre for Contemporary Arts (Glasgow), Tiger Strikes Asteroid (New York), Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (Bangkok) and National Gallery Singapore amongst others. He has participated in artist residency programs, namely with Salzburger Kunstverein (Austria), Facebook (Singapore), Hubei Institute of Fine Arts (China), Taipei Artist Village (Taiwan) and YOUKOBO Art Residency Programme (Japan). In 2019, his work was included in the 6th edition of Singapore Biennale led by Patrick Flores. Khairullah was the winner of the 2017 IMPART Awards for Visual Artist category. His works are in the collection of Singapore Art Museum and SUNPRIDE Foundation. Currently, he is an adjunct lecturer at his alma mater, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore and an MFA Visual Arts candidate at Rutgers University, New Jersey.
  • Director (6 Credits)
    Clear and Vivid2024
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
    Guardian of the Stone Jungle2024
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
    Dreaming in Broad Daylight2022
    Experimental, Short, Student
    Fantastic Fruits2022
    Experimental
    little birds2022
    Experimental, Short, Student
    Shapeshifter(s)2021
    Experimental, Short, Student
  • Writer (1 Credit)
    Fantastic Fruits2022
    Experimental
College
Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University
MFA in Visual Arts
2020Present
Birth Date
December 14, 1987
Birth City
Singapore
Current City
New Jersey
Hometown
Singapore
Height
183cm
Gender
Male
Ethnicity
Malay
Eye Color
Brown
Zodiac Sign
Sagittarius
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