Curriculum Vitae
Education
2020 (ongoing)
Master of Fine Arts (Visual Arts), Mason Gross School of Fine Arts, Rutgers University, New Jersey, United States of America
2013
Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts, with first class honours), LASALLE College of the Arts in partnership with Goldsmiths, University of London
Solo Presentations
2020
Gathering of Flocks, Yavuz Gallery, Singapore
2018
The Incredible Frolic, Yavuz Gallery, Singapore
tender musk, Jalan Besar Salon, Singapore
2016
next Sunday, SHOPHOUSE 5, Chan Hampe Galleries, Singapore
2015
If You Think I Winked, I Did., FOST Gallery, Singapore
Selected Projects
2022
Myth Makers, Tai Kwan, Hong Kong
Saigon Experimental IV, Ho Chi Minh City
SEA Shorts Film Festival, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia
@DISTURBANCE, Ugly Duck, London
Looking Back at You, Queer City Cinema, Regina Public Library Film Theatre, Regina, Canada
BABFilmfest, Matchstick Piehouse, London
Destination: Other World, Queer East Film Festival Artists’ Moving Image Programme, Barbican Centre, London
SURVEILLANCE SOCIETY, Millepiani, Rome
S.E.A. FOCUS Official Fringe Programme: CONSTELLATIONS, Projector X, Singapore
Bad Imitation, Singapore Art Week, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore
2021
Ride Your Pony no.4, Abingdon Studios, United Kingdom
活體洞, Virtue Village, Hong Kong
The Queer and Now (virtual), Queer Spectra Arts Festival, Salt Lake City, Utah
I MISS YOU TERRIBLY WHEN YOU’RE AWAY (virtual), Mason Gross Galleries, New Jersey
Be/Longings (virtual), Southeast Asian Queer Cultural Festival 2021
2020
THE FOOT BENEATH THE FLOWER, ADM Gallery, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Time Passes, National Gallery Singapore, Singapore
2019
Singapore Biennale 2019: Every Step In The Right Direction, Gillman Barracks, Singapore
Spectrosynthesis II Exposure of Tolerance: LGBTQ in Southeast Asia, BACC, Bangkok, Thailand
at second sight, Coda Culture, Singapore
One for the Birds, 1961, Singapore
Object of Desire, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, New York, USA
2018
not the norm: on conjugal blisses and misses., Goodman Arts Centre, Singapore
certain place(s), vague shade, Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, Hubei, China
2017
GOOD OH’ HOLLAND VILLAGE, OH! OPEN HOUSE 2017, Singapore
Residency Artists Exhibition, Taipei Artist Village, Taiwan
2016
ARTSTAGE 2016, Marina Bay Sands, Chan Hampe Galleries, Singapore
ARTSTAGE 2016, Marina Bay Sands, FOST Gallery, Singapore
2015
CRUISE, SHOPHOUSE 5, Chan Hampe Galleries, Singapore
Common Ground, Chan Hampe Galleries, Singapore
2014
Echoes of Anticipation, FOST Gallery, Singapore
sMall iDeas, FASS Gallery, Sabanci University, Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey
Project 6581, Japan Creative Centre, Embassy of Japan, Singapore
2013
Islands, Pocket Projects, INSTINC Gallery, Singapore
Found, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Singapore
City Dwellers: Urbanites of Tokyo, Youkobo Artspace, Tokyo, Japan
No Approval, Grey Projects, Singapore
Cross Encounters: A Collaboration of Artists from Japan and Singapore, Japan Creative Centre, Embassy of Japan, Singapore
Have You Eaten? , Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore
2011
The 50x50 Painting Show 2011: Squares Invasion, INSTINC Gallery, Singapore
Now You See It, Now You Don't, Volvo Art Loft, Singapore
Cliftons Art Prize Exhibition, CLIFTONS, Singapore
Notes in Idolatry, Chan Hampe Tanjong Pagar Galleries, Singapore
2010
Seeing Is Believing, Asian Civilizations Museum, Singapore
Obscure Desire, SUNJIN Galleries, Singapore
2009
France + Singapore New Generation Artists, SG Private Banking Gallery, Alliance Francaise de Singapour, Singapore
Red Light, Post Museum, Singapore
Awards, Achievements & Residencies
2018
Artist in Residence, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria
Artist in Residence, Facebook, Singapore
Artist in Residence, Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, China
2017
Winner (Visual Artist), IMPART Awards, Singapore
Artist in Residence, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan
2013
Artist in Residence, YOUKOBO Art Residency Programme, Tokyo, Japan
2011
Future Leader Scholarship, Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore
People’s Choice Award and Finalist, CLIFTONS Art Prize, Singapore
2009
Finalist, France + Singapore New Generation Artist, Alliance Francaise de Singapour
Selected Publications/Press
2020
A Singaporean Artist Reimagines Daily Objects as Treasures of Art, by Lynette Kee, The New York Times Style Magazine: Singapore, August 2020
Still in Flight: Khairullah Rahim, by Gillian Daniel, Art & Market, July 2020
2019
Khairullah Rahim on Being Open, Observing One’s Surroundings and The Visual Language of Objects, by Joella Q. Kiu, Objects Lessons Space, March 2019
2018
“The Incredible Frolic”: Singaporean Khairullah Rahim – artist profile, by Junni Chen, Art Radar Journal, June 2018
Selected Presentations/Lectures
2021
Conversation with Queer Visual Artists and Curators, moderated by Ng Yi Sheng, Southeast Asia Queer Cultural Festival, March 2021
2020
Right Here, Right Now: Constellating Worlds in the Contemporary, moderated by Goh Sze Ying, Singapore Biennale 2019 Online Symposium, March 2020
2019
Singapore Biennale Artist Talk: Khairullah Rahim, Yale-NUS College, October 2019
Collections
Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
SUNPRIDE Foundation, Hong Kong