Minstrel Kuik (b. 1976, Malaysia) left her hometown Pantai Remis at 18 years old. After earning a Bachelor of Fine Art degree in Taiwan, she obtained her master’s degree in photography in Arles, France. Kuik works across a range of mediums, including photography, drawing, poetry, textile, mixed-media assemblage and installation, with a focus on women’s writing (Écriture féminine).

Joey Leung (b.1999) is an artist working across painting, sculpture, and installation. Design sensibilities subtly inform her approach to surface and spatial relationships. Her practice explores transient details across both built and natural environments, revealing and responding to these brief experiences in search of spaces where simplicity and stillness can quietly emerge.

Suliswanto Urubingwaru (b. 2000) was born in Kediri, East Java, Indonesia. He is an active artist, researcher, and writer. He is also the co-founder of Titik Kumpul Forum, an art collective in Yogyakarta. In his work, Urubingwaru often intersects visual and literature as a modus operandi of narratology. He uses fiction and interpretation to explore themes related to history, myth, and identity through multiple mediums. These mediums consist of drawing, painting, installation, and public interaction art.

Lucas Tan Yu Yang (b. 2000) is a painter whose creative endeavours span figurative works and evocative visual storytelling. His oeuvre, deeply influenced by his relationships with muses, explores themes of yearning, desire, and the delicate nature of romance.

Liew Kwai Fei (b. 1979, Kuantan, Pahang) is recognised today as among the most exciting new generation of contemporary painters in Malaysia. Spanning over a decade, his practice explores the hybridity of the painting medium and its capacity to communicate ideas spanning class, race, and language to the humbling experience of the unspeakable when we encounter art.

Oscar Xyh (b. 1999, Singapore) is a Singapore based artist known for his abstract Chinese ink paintings. Xyh’s relationship with Chinese ink painting is sudden and unexpected. He initially undertook the NAFA Diploma with the intention of exploring Western painting. However, after being introduced to Chinese ink, he found his attraction towards the medium’s complexity.

Lyle Buencamino (b. 1978, Philippines) is a painter from Metro Manila, Philippines. He is a graduate of the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts. His works usually involve using readily available images from the internet and printed media to explore notions of originality and authorship. He ties together seemingly unrelated images to re-contextualise them into different thematic narratives.

Gerald Tay (b. 1992, Singapore) art practice comprises primarily of drawing and painting. He uses figurative subject matter as a point of departure to explore the motif of the mask and the act of being masked.