Exhibition 60/60: SG in Focus

I am delighted that my artwork Tapestry of Discarded Things will be part of the group exhibition 60/60 SG in Focus. Many thanks to the jury of INSTINC Gallery! The exhibition will open on November 7, 2025, and will be accompanied by a catalogue.

About my Artwork:

In autumn, children in Germany traditionally collect fallen leaves and press them in books. These leaves come from the high-gloss commercial area of Orchard and from daily routes or short trips. These seemingly useless plant remnants form a non-monetisable counterpoint to the ever-present world of consumption — traces of which the artist also documents through receipts from her purchases.

By stitching dried and painted leaves onto saved receipts, the wall piece combines the fragile materiality of plant matter with chemically processed thermal paper — a medium now almost devoid of organic content. It tells stories of everyday life in Singapore: the seemingly immaterial flow of currency, an endless self-definition through shopping, and the heritage of Singaporean biodiversity mirrored in trees such as the Rain Tree and the Indian Almond. Do the leaves serve as pavement, or as a reminder of the entanglement between every purchase and the natural world? The work opens a space for critical reflection on the interweaving of nature, consumption, urban life in Singapore, and our notions of value.