Writer Mary Ann Lin pens an insightful piece on Melissa Tan’s new painting show. A highly sensitive and thoughtful piece for anyone new (or familiar) to Tan’s artistic trajectory who likes to understand more about the connections between her iconic metal series and new paintings.

The exhibition title Telluria is derived from the Latinate root tellur (meaning “of or relating to the earth”) coupled with a lyrical and mythic suffix (-uria). The name recalls that of the “lost continent” of Lemuria, a land-shelf theorized to have once connected Madagascar and India, which later took on a mythology of its own as the birthplace of humanity and the cradle of a spiritual civilization.

Haridas Contemporary congratulates Jeremy Sharma on a successful 3-month AIR at the Nieuw en Meer guest studio, culminating in a presentation of works produced during the period. Situated within the beautiful surroundings of the Oeverlanden, Amsterdam, the guest studio offers the ideal environment for artists in terms of personal reflection and concentration, as well as […]

Writer Euginia Tan speaks with Andrada and Susiarjo on their creation process and the significance of their respective shows on their practices. In this conversation, we learn how their resulting works are borne from experiences of grief and hope, amidst breaths and borders.

Titled after a video-essay by artist Korakrit Arunanondchai – one of the most adroit chroniclers of our zeitgeist – this exhibition explores the contemporary condition through the eyes of a younger generation of artists. Their searching works convey a sense of vague disquiet, distractedness, fleeting intimacies and estrangement: fragments of an age and hyper-digitalised consciousness […]

Melissa Tan unveils Paving Paradise, a monumental installation, at the Singapore Pavilion at Expo 2025, Osaka, in collaboration with Ron Tu (Auxilio Studio). Running from 13 Apr to 13 Oct 2025, Paving Paradise situates itself within Chapter 2 of the Singapore pavilion interior experience, alongside the engaging artworks of Ashley Yeo, Zul Mahmod and acclaimed animation filmmakers, […]

Haridas Contemporary is excited to announce our representation of emerging Singapore-based Filipino artist John Marie Andrada (b. 2001, Philippines).  Andrada is a multidisciplinary artist whose work spans painting, installation, sculpture, photography and video. Growing up and taking root in a once foreign country, she moves between mediums and draws from personal recounts to reflect on […]

Works by Jeremy Sharma in The Other Lives on Painting @ ADM Gallery Catch ‘The Other Lives of Painting’ curated by Michelle Ho On View Now @ ADM GALLERY till 21 March 2025 Featuring paintings by Jeremy Sharma And other works by Sookoon Ang, Kiat, Nicholas Ong & Joanne Pang A continuation of ADM Gallery’s […]

Melissa Tan Achieves Artist Record High at Art SG 2025   Straits Times reports sale of Melissa Tan’s monumental triptych The Fates: Klotho, Lachesis & Atropos (2024) to regional private museum for an artist record high.   Read Full Article here: https://www.straitstimes.com/life/arts/record-breaking-prices-for-spore-women-artists-at-tremendous-art-sg-and-sothebys-sales 

Art Writer, Clare Elson interviews Jeremy Sharma in an insightful piece that delves into his latest exhibition, Cipher, and reflects on the evolving role of art in a digitally interconnected world.   Access Clare Elson’s full interview via the link: https://snapsartandartists.substack.com/p/exploring-modernity-an-interview?triedRedirect=true

Art & Market Editor, Ian Tee (@ianteestudio), reviews Melissa Tan’s current body of work in her latest exhibition at Haridas Contemporary. An insightful piece for anyone who is interested in understanding more about the formal qualities in the works. The piece serves as an excellent complement to independent curator, Tan Siuli’s (@the.itinerant.curator) essay in the […]

Cipher presents a series of works created during the pandemic, when Sharma spent most of his time at home, looking at images of the world outside through his computer screen. The artist collected images from the news and various media sources, and layered and collaged them using Freehand software, where he processed the raw images by […]

A sharp and concise piece for anyone who is looking to catch up with Sharma’s artistic trajectory. Access the full article via the link: https://artandmarket.net/dialogues/2024/7/15/midpoint-jeremy-sharma

Congratulations to Melissa Tan on unveiling her new public artwork, The Darkness which Reveals at the new Siglap MRT station, as part of the Land Transport Authority (LTA) Art in Transit programme. Also, congratulations to the other artists involved in the project including Bani Haykal (Tanjong Rhu Station), Sit Weng San & Tania De Rozario (Katong Park […]

We are delighted to share a discerning review of Jeremy Sharma’s recent solo exhibition in Artforum’s May 2024 Issue, Vol. 62, No.9. The exhibition ran from 13 Jan – 9 Feb 2024. Review excerpt, “Even where the content of their imagery engages with history or politics, the paintings as an ensemble eschew taking any definite […]

Haridas Contemporary is delighted to announce representation of dynamic Singaporean painter, Esmond Loh (b. 1995). Loh works primarily in painting. His current body of work explores the theatrical. Taking inspiration from his memory and imagination, he creates dramatic and ambiguous scenes that combine both abstract and figurative elements. He graduated in 2019, with a Bachelor […]

Haridas Contemporary is delighted to announce representation of notable Singaporean artist, Jeremy Sharma (b. 1977). Sharma works with painting, writing and moving images. He teaches at LASALLE College of the Arts and runs bulanjung, an experimental curatorial platform.  Since returning to painting towards the end of the Covid pandemic after more than ten years of […]

Congratulations to Melissa Tan on receiving the 2023 Young Artist Award (YAA). She was presented the award by Minister of Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong at a ceremony held at the Istana on Dec 5. Established in 1992, the Young Artist Award is Singapore’s highest award for young arts practitioners, aged 35 and below, […]