Born in Singapore.
Nhawfal Juma'at makes conceptually driven artworks which is then translated into several necessary mediums. His works directly respond to the surrounding environment and uses everyday experiences (observing nature, the state of being, conversations, relationships between being qua space) from the artist as a starting point. Often these are framed instances that would go unnoticed in their original context.
With an attitude of a bricoler, Nhawfal acknowledges the potentiality of space qua object and expands it. The abstract visual language of his aesthetics uses shape, form, color and lines to create a composition that may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in this world.
This subtle minimalistic approach he creates, works in which a fascination with the clarity of content and an uncompromising attitude towards conceptual and minimal art can be found. The work is aloof and systematic and a cool and neutral imagery is created.
He also occasionally plays and writes for a local crust punk band.
https://blackterrorsg.bandcamp.com/album/born-again
Selected Exhibitions
2023
Sight Seeing Sculpture: The Sky, The Sea and The Land
Sculpture 2052, Singapore
2022
Singapore Nights Festival
Waterloo Centre, Singapore
The Story of Two Presses
AC43 Gallery, Singapore
Bridging Through the Age: An Intergenerational Collaborative Exhibition
Maya Gallery, Singapore
2021
Collaboration Now
Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, United States
2020
District 14: 7 KaliBah (in collaboration with P7:1SMA)
Joo Chiat Road, Singapore
Intersections
Jendela Visual Arts Space, Singapore
Pneuma: Of Spirituality in a Contemporary Age
Stamford Arts Centre, Singapore
2019
Seekor Singa, Seorang Putra dan Sebingkai Cermin: Reflecting
And Refracting Singapura
Malay Heritage Centre and Kallang Riverside Park, Singapore
An Intimacy that Allies with Us
203 Lavender Street, Singapore
2018
Placing Home: Woodlands
Woodlands Waterfront Park, Singapore
Interweave
89 Neil Road, Singapore
Happens When Nothing Happens
Jendela Visual Arts Space, Singapore
RAID
Tiong Bahru Air Raid Shelter, 78 Guan Chuan Street, Singapore
2017
Fiction of Precision
Millennia Walk, Singapore
RUANG
81 Joo Chiat Road, Singapore
10th Asian Students and Young Artists Arts Festival
Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Seoul, South Korea
A Surreal Vision
Millepiani, Rome, Italy
Undescribed #2
DECK, Singapore
Proposals for Waterloo
262 Waterloo Street, Singapore
Public Installations
Artwork Title: For This Is Where You Will Find Me
Raikan Cahaya Ramadan (Celebrating the Light of Ramadan)
Sultan Gate Park, Singapore 2023
Artwork Title: NOCTURNE: Conversations with Waterloo
Singapore Nights Festival
Waterloo Centre, Singapore 2022
Artwork Title: Kedatanganku Dari Laut Ke Tanahmu (My Arrival from
the Sea to your Land)
Seekor Singa, Seorang Putra dan Sebingkai Cermin: Reflecting 2019
And Refracting Singapura
Kallang Riverside Park, Singapore
Artwork Title: In This Space I Will Find You
Placing Home: Woodlands 2018
Woodlands Waterfront Park, Singapore
full CV is available upon request.