Faris Nakamura
Education:
2011 - 2014
Goldsmiths, University of London by LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
Bachelor of Fine Arts (First Class Honours)
Awards:
2023
Finalist - Sovereign Asian Art Prize
2020
IMPART Awards Winner, Visual Artist Category
2017/2018
Young Talent Programme Winner's Solo
2015
Grand Winner - Kobe Biennale, Shitsurai Art International Competition
2014
First Class Honours - Bachelor of Fine Arts
2013
Winston Oh Travel Award
Others:
2005
Gold with Honours - Flautist: Orchid Park Wind Orchestra, Singapore Youth Festival 2005
Gold with Distinction - Flautist: Orchid Park Wind Orchestra, 21st Century International Band Competition
Solo Exhibitions:
2023
XOXO Skeleton - Richard Koh Fine Art, Gillman Barracks, Singapore
2021
The Periphery of the Other - Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Facebook Open Arts: It Was Here Where We First Kissed - Meta APAC HQ, Marina One, Singapore
2019
Remember This Place, For We Will Be Back Here Again Someday - Richard Koh Fine Art, Gillman Barracks, Singapore
The Camouflaged Man: Invisibility & Mimicry, S.E.A Focus - Richard Koh Fine Art, Gillman Barracks, Singapore
2018
The Light Between Walls, Young Talent Programme Winners’ Solo - ION Art Gallery, Singapore
2015
Between Places, NMH x Flanuer 5.0 - New Majestic Hotel, Singapore
Group Exhibitions:
2025
Towards Happiness, Prosperity & Progress: Reflections on the Singapore Spirit - The Private Museum, Singapore
National Gallery Singapore Gala 2025: A Decade of Imagination - National Gallery Singapore, Singapore
The Place Where Nothing Happens - Con-Temporary Art, London, United Kingdom
The Other Singaporeans: Stories of Home and Identity - JW Projects, Singapore
ART SG 2025 - Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore
2024
Many Worlds at A Glance, Many Worlds All at Once - Gallery 1, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
2023
Sovereign Asian Art Prize Finalists Exhibition - 80 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong
Diverse Visions - Richard Koh Fine Art, Gillman Barracks, Singapore
ART SG 2023 - Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore
2022
State of Play - Richard Koh Fine Art, Gillman Barracks, Singapore
Gestures of Landscape - Richard Koh Fine Art, Gillman Barracks, Singapore
Workshopables: The Exhibition - Supernormal Gallery, Singapore
WWF - Singapore's AR-mazing Tiger Trail - Raffles Hotel, Singapore
2020
In Our Own Frame - Richard Koh Fine Art, Gillman Barracks, Singapore
Finding the Art in our Heartlands: Important Local Services - Plural Art Mag online, Singapore
Streets of Hope: An Initiative by National Arts Council - Civic District, Singapore
Nothing To Hide: Private Collection of Contemporary Southeast Asia Art - Oxley Bizhub, Singapore
Emerging: Collecting Singapore Contemporary - The Private Museum, Singapore
2019
Guessing Game - Ku Bar, Bangkok, Thailand
2018
The Concerned Citizens Showcase - The Substation, Singapore
Departure 3 - Ipreciation, Singapore
2017
AAF: Young Talent Programme - F1 pit Building, Singapore
VADA: Untapped Emerging - Shophouse 5, Singapore
2016
EPHEMERA - The Substation, Singapore
Contemporary Venice: Architectures of Identities - Palazzo Ca' Zanardi, Venice
2015
Shitsurai Art International Exhibition, Kobe Biennale 2015 - Meriken Park Kobe, Japan
Art Bounties - Central Public Library, Singapore
Art of Our City: Young Singaporean Artist - The Art Space@Suntec, Singapore
Affordable Art Fair - F1 Pit Building, Singapore
Art Discovered Edition 1 - The Art Fellas Gallery, Singapore
2014
“sMall iDeas” - FASS Gallery, Sabanci University, Tuzla - Istanbul, Turkey
LASALLE Show 2014 - ICA Gallery, Singapore
Dibs Collaboration - Dibs Restaurant, Marine Terrace Blk 55, Singapore
Open field: Offbeat@Winstedt - Winstedt Road No. 9, Singapore
2013
Art of Giving Exhibition - Scotts Square, Singapore
George Town Festival - Penang, Malaysia
Winston Oh Travel Award 2013 - Praxis Space Gallery, Singapore
LASALLE Show 2013 - ICA Gallery, Singapore
2012
And the Story Goes - Brother Joseph McNally Gallery, Singapore
Raw & Craft - Ngee Ann Kong Si Library, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
2011
Exhibition With Heri Dono - Critique Room, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
Beyond Limits - Praxis Space Gallery, Singapore
Artist Talks / Open Studios:
2023
ART SG 2023 Open Studio at Faris’s Studio - Goodman Arts Centre, Singapore
2021
The Morning Show with Denise x Faris Nakamura Zoom Artist Talk - Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore
S.E.A Focus Conversation Space: Studio Faris Nakamura - Goodman Arts Center, Singapore
2020
Safe Spaces: Artist Talk with Faris Nakamura - BlueJeans Online, Meta, Singapore
2018
In the Works - Artists on Process - ION Art Gallery, Singapore
2015
loveLASALLE Open Night: Surviving the Brave New (Art) World (Artist Talk) - Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore
Workshop:
2018
Making Imagined Spaces - ION Art Gallery, Singapore
Residency:
2020 - 2021
Facebook Open Arts
Press & Publications:
2025
Sotheby’s (Aug) - National Gallery Singapore Gala 2025: A Decade of Imagination
Lianhe Zaobao Newspaper (Aug) - Eight artists join to explore the home and identity
Seedlings V (Jul) Queer as Nature, London Magazine
Composure (Jan) - Art Unveiled: Richard Koh Fine Art Illuminates Singapore Art Week 2025
Prestige (Jan) - 5 galleries to watch at Art SG happening 17 to 19 January 2025
Vogue Thailand (Jan) - ART SG, Singapore and Southeast Asia's leading international art fair, is set to return for its third edition in January 2025, showcasing 106 leading galleries from 30 countries around the world.
2024
Art & Market (Dec) - ART SG Returns for Third Edition
Lifestyle Asia (Nov) - The highly-anticipated ART SG returns in January 2025, promising a dynamic line-up of Singaporean, Southeast Asian, and international contemporary art.
ART SG (Oct) - ART SG returns for its third edition in Singapore
ICON Singapore (Oct) - Singaporean Artist Faris Nakamura documents architectural changes with his work
2023
Richard Koh Fine Art (Dec) - "XOXO Skeleton" by Faris Nakamura
ONE FM 91.3 (Radio/Podcast) Nights with Simon (Dec) - Visual Artist, Faris Nakamura Fourth Solo Exhibition: XOXO SKELETON
MutualArt (Dec) - Faris Nakamura : XOXO Skeleton
TQPR (Nov) - “XOXO Skeleton” by Faris Nakamura
ChillandFin (Nov) - “XOXO Skeleton” Exhibition by Artist Faris Nakamura
Art World Database (Nov) - Spotlight on Faris Nakamura: Sovereign Asian Art Prize Artist Highlights
S.E.A Focus (May) - Finalists for the 2023 Sovereign Asian Art Prize Announced
SAM x Shentonista (Jan) - What’s In A Name All-Encompassing
Art & Market (Jan) - ART SG 2023 Report: Is Singapore the next art world destination?
2022
Sotheby’s (May) - WWF Tiger Trail 2022 : Ghost Tiger
TQPR (May) - Gestures of Landscape
WWF Tiger Trail Auction Broucher (Apr)- Ghost Tiger by Faris Nakamura
WWF (Feb) - THE TIGERS ARE HERE: WWF-Singapore’s AR-mazing Tiger Trail is Unveiled
2021
Plural Art Mag (Nov) - M is for Minimalism
Men's Folio (Oct)
Richard Koh Fine Art (Sep) - "The Periphery Of The Other" by Faris Nakamura
TQPR Thailand (Sep)- A Solo by Faris Nakamura
S.E.A Focus 2021 (Feb) - Artist Studio Visits: Faris Nakamura & Melissa Tan
2020
Art & Market (Dec) - 10 Years On with Richard Koh Fine Art
Shentonista (Nov) - SAM x Shentonista: Novel Ways of Dressing - Open Mind
NuYou Singapore (Nov) - 15 Faces to Watch: Artist Faris Nakamura Wants To Change Your Perception Of Space Through His Sculptures
Our Heartlands (Aug) - From Now On You Will Not Be Alone, Faris Nakamura at Shaw Lodge Dormitary
Art Outreach Singapore (Aug) - Streets of Hope: A Conversation with Artist, Faris Nakamura
Plural Art Mag (Jul) - Finding the Art in our Heartlands: Important Local Services
Time Out Singapore (Apr) - Faris Nakamura aims to change the perception of contemporary art in Singapore
FEMALE Magazine Singapore (Jan) - Of Nooks And Crannies: Faris Nakamura’s Structures Play On His Fascination With Space
Richard Koh Fine Art (Jan) - Faris Nakamura – Nothing To Hide : Private Collection of Contemporary Southeast Asian Art
2019
Object Lessons Space (Dec) - Faris Nakamura on White Spaces, Documenting Architectural Changes and A Working Format for Awkward Negotiations
Richard Koh Fine Art (Oct) - Faris Nakamura – Remember This Place For We Will Be Back Here Again Someday
Cartellino (Oct) - Faris Nakamura On Spaces Of Once Comfort
Art & Market (Oct) - Faris Nakamura solo at Richard Koh Fine Art
Singapore Art & Gallery Guide (Oct)- Remember This Place, For We Will Be Back Here Again Someday
Berita Harian (Feb) - Kenangan zaman kanak-kanak jadi corak kerja seni tentang ruang (Childhood memories turned into artistic works about space)
Richard Koh Fine Art (Jan) - Faris Nakamura – The Camouflaged Man: Invisibility & Mimicry
Singapore Tatler (Jan) - 5 Artists to watch at Singapore Art Week 2019
The Straits Times (Jan) - Community spirit on show at Singapore Art Week: National Arts Council
2018
Lianhe Zaobao (Oct) - The Mysterious Art Of The Void
Berita Harian (Sep) - Malay Artist with Japanese blood Opens Up About Issues On Isolation
2017
CulturePulse (Jul) - Artist Highlight
2016
Invisible Photographer Asia (Nov) - EPHEMERA Highlight: What would have been - Reviving an
abondaned past
2015
Kobe Biennale 2015 Artworks Catalogue (ISBN978-4-568-50623-5, 2016)
Kobe Biennale 2015 - Shitsurai International Art Competition Kobe Biennale Grand Winner
The New Paper (Dec) - Metal of Honour: SG artist wins at Kobe Biennale 2015
Berita Harian (Dec) - Seniman arca bertaraf dunia (World Class Sculptor)
2014
Berita Harian (Apr) - Bebas bertukang, 'menanam' seni (Independant Artist's 'Planted' Art)
Others
12th International Conference WASBE (2005) - Flautist of Singapore Youth Wind Orchestra
Music Performances:
2005
12th International Conference WASBE: Singapore Youth Wind Orchestra - Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore
Associations:
2005 - 2006
Singapore Youth Wind Orchestra