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Bio
Kenenza Michiko (b. 2001, Jakarta, Indonesia) is a BA (Hons) Fine Art, first-class honors graduate from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore – University of the Arts London programme. Her artworks explore the intersections of counter-mapping, cartographic practices, landscape, and socio-political themes of Southeast Asia particularly in the Chinese-Indonesian community.
Kenenza has exhibited in group shows at The Ngee Ann Kongsi Gallery, The Lim Hak Tai Gallery, Selegie Arts Center, and venues such Gillman Barracks in Singapore and The Morgue in London. She was also selected as a quarter-finalist for the Student World Impact Film Festival 2023 in the USA. She completed a curatorial and research internship with the National Gallery Singapore and has curated several exhibitions such as LASKAR Pelangi 2020, BORDERLESS with the Norwegian Cultural Center, and Terra Incognita: The Alt Show 2022 at Artspace @ Helutrans. Kenenza has received several arts scholarships and awards, including The Ngee Ann Kongsi Gold Medal 2022, the Lim Ai Fang ArtPrize 2022, and the Woon Tai Jee Art Prize 2024 by the Woon Brothers Foundation.
Selected Group Exhibitions & Collaborations
2024
Immersio - New Media Art Exhibition
GMBB, Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
November - December 2024
Beras Basah - Wet Rice
September - October 2024
Lim Hak Tai Gallery, Singapore
the wounded land rumbles the same ballad
July 2024
ArtOutreach, Gillman Barracks, Singapore
Blooming Bubbles
March 2024
Bencoolen Glass Showcase, Singapore
downsizing: the universe on a string
February 2024
Lim Hak Tai Gallery, Singapore
SINGAPORE ART WEEK 2024: Collective Activations Waterloo Street
January 2024
NAFA Campus 2, Singapore
2023
WALK, STRIKE, ACTION! Post-UAL Exhibition 2023
5 August - 13 August 2023
Selegie Arts Center, Singapore
BigTiny at Lazarus Island
Mural Collaboration Project for BIGTINY
Lazarus Island, Singapore
FOAD Co:LAB 2023
7 July - 16 July 2023
The Ngee Ann Kongsi Gallery, Singapore
HOUSEWARMING! Vol. 1
19 April 2023
in a private residence in Singapore
2022
Stories of Care II
The Care Archive
as The Archivers Collective
December 2022 - January 2023
Assisi Hospice, Singapore
Women Hold Up Half The Sky
Part of An Allegory of Fourths
as Crabs in Clams Collective
November 2022
Singapore Council of Women's Organisations, Singapore
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Tower Block Level 9, Singapore
TERRA INCOGNITA: THE ALT SHOW 2022
18 - 29 June 2022
Artspace @ Helutrans, Singapore
CATALYSIS, Process Accelerated
February 2022 – March 2022
The Ngee Ann Kongsi Gallery, Singapore
Flagship Genius featuring Ayutthaya III Exhibition
January 2022 – February 2022
The Ngee Ann Kongsi Gallery, Singapore
2021
NAFA x WHITE JACKET PROJECT
November 2021
In collaboration with White Jacket Singapore
ONE4 | SOAD Staff Show 2021, in collaboration with Noor Iskandar
A New Sacred Project, www.anewsacredproject.com
16 September – 31 October 2021
The Ngee Ann Kongsi Gallery, Singapore
CATALYST: Fostering Intersection of Disciplines
August 2021
The Ngee Ann Kongsi Gallery, Singapore
Imagining New Futures
14- 23 May 2021
Gillman Barracks, Singapore
A City Of Kamu: Archiving Imaginations, Imagining Archives
8 - 16 April 2021
Fine Art Showcase, NAFA Campus 1, Wing B, Level 4
Flagship Genius featuring Ayutthaya II Exhibition
January 2021 – February 2021
The Ngee Ann Kongsi Gallery, Singapore
2020
Share The Moments Marina Bay Sands Countdown 2021
December 2020
Animated Light Projection at The Fullerton Hotel, Singapore
Laskar Pelangi Group Exhibition
February 2020
NAFA Tower Block Gallery, Singapore
Artist Residency
2023
Studio Plesungan
Artist in Residence
Solo, Indonesia
24 April - 15 May 2023
Collection
Woon Brothers Foundation (Singapore)
Assisi Hospice (Singapore)
Curatorial Projects
2024
Urban Pulse: Spectrum of Contemporary Art Singapore
In partnership with ISA Art and Design, Embassy of Singapore Jakarta, Singapore Tourism Board and Jakarta Land
Curator
Orasis Art Space, Surabaya
World Trade Centre 2, Jakarta
October 2024 - January 2025
Whispers of Sisyphus @ ArtJakarta 2024
Assistant Curator
October 2024
ISA Art Gallery Booth, JIEXPO, Kemayoran, Jakarta
Inventions of a Present @ ArtMoments 2024
Assistant Curator
August 2024
ISA Art Gallery Booth, Sheraton Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia
Arahmaiani Solo Retrospective Exhibition: The Wrath of Earth
Assistant Curator
August 2024
ISA Art Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Lost in Whimsy Wisdom: Interplay of Realities
Assistant Curator
July 2024
Omah Budoyo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
the wounded land rumbles the same ballad
Curator
July 2024
ArtOutreach, Gillman Barracks, Singapore
THEM
Assistant Curator
June 2024
ISA Art Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
downsizing: the universe on a string
Curatorial Lead
February 2024
Lim Hak Tai Gallery, Singapore
2023
WALK, STRIKE, ACTION! Post-UAL Exhibition 2023
Curatorial Lead
5 August - 13 August 2023
Selegie Arts Center, Singapore
HOUSEWARMING! Vol.1
Intimate Screening & Experimental Exhibition
Curatorial Lead
19 April 2023
in a private residence in Singapore
2022
TERRA INCOGNITA: THE ALT SHOW
Curatorial Lead
18 - 29 June 2022
Artspace@ Helutrans, Singapore
BORDERLESS
Curatorial & Multimedia Creative
6 - 9 August 2022
Verse Gallery, Oslo, Norway
Sine Pop! Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines
2021
LASKAR PELANGI: Senandika 2021 Online Exhibition
Student-lead Project by LASKAR NAFA, Indonesian Student Association
January 2021 - April 2021
Curatorial team lead
A City of Kamu: Archiving Imaginations, Imagining Archive
8 - 16 April 2021
Fine Art Showcase, NAFA Campus 1, Singapore
Curatorial / Production Lead, advised by Noor Iskandar
Achievements
Woon Tai Jee Art Prize 2024 (First Prize)
Woon Tai Jee Art Prize is an art prize given out by the Woon Brothers Foundation for the best NAFA Fine Art Undergraduate Final Year Project.
Quarter-Finalist for Bawang Merah & Bawang Merah
2023
Student World Impact Film Festival, USA
Nominee - Arts Future Asia, Hong Kong
2023
Shortlisted - Global Design Graduate Show in Collaboration with GUCCI
Arts Thread
Shortlisted for Global Design Graduate Show 2022 in Fine Art Category.
Best Graduate Award
June 2022
NAFA Fine Art Graduating Award
Best Studentship Prize
June 2022
NAFA Fine Art Graduating Award
Lim Ai Fang Art Prize 2022 (Second Prize)
Lim Ai Fang Art Prize is an art prize given out by the Woon Brothers Foundation for the best NAFA Fine Art Diploma Final Year Project.
The Ngee Ann Kongsi Gold Medal
June 2022
The Ngee Ann Kongsi Gold Medal is the most prestigious award given out to NAFA Diploma Graduates.
NAFA Talent Development Programme
Recipient of NAFA Talent Development Programme
batch 2020
Dean's List Awards
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
Year 1 Semester 2 (2020)
Year 2 Semester 1 (2020)
Year 2 Semester 2 (2021)
Year 3 Semester 1 (2021)
Year 3 Semester 2 (2022)
NAFA Scholarships Diploma Awards
Academic Year 2021/2022
Tan Ean Kiam Arts Scholarship (Diploma)
Academic Year 2020/2021
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