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ABOUT
Farizwan Fajari, professionally known as Speak Cryptic, is an artist, musician and educator currently working and living in Singapore. Inspired by the visual language prevalent within various alternative subcultures such as punk and skateboarding, his works primarily deals with issues pertaining to the human condition. Utilising personal iconographies and a cast of characters that he has developed since 2005, he applies them to various narratives inspired by his observations on current affairs and his immediate environment. Exhibitions include the Kuala Lumpur Biennale (2017), Koganecho Art Bazaar (Yokohama, Japan, 2018), Secret Archipelago (Paris, France, 2015), the Singapore Art Biennale (2013) and Future Proof (Singapore, 2012). As a musician, he has performed, composed and recorded with several independent musical acts in Singapore, such as the Sugarflies, Dyfectra, Fishtank, Marchtwelve, Concave Scream and I Am David Sparkle. More recently, he has been active in creating musical and soundscape compositions, releasing them under the moniker Primary Motif, as an aural accompaniment to his visual works. He currently teaches at the School of the Arts, Singapore as part of their Visual Arts Faculty. "Endless manifestations of the self are a feature of Speak Cryptic’s work - identity rippling forth through texts and phrases extracted from punk lyrics, intricate patterns and figures. His drawings, paintings and installations stem from inquiries into ancestral migration, ethnic dislocation, gentrification and alternative subcultures." - Deborah Lim, Curator. *The moniker "Speak Cryptic" came from a public art campaign of the same name that started in 2005, exploring issues pertaining to self-censorship and the relationship with the public space. |
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Speak Cryptic / Farizwan Fajari
b, 1980 [email protected] www.speakcryptic.com Education 2007 BAFA (Painting), LASALLE College of the Arts Solo Exhibitions 2025 GHOSTNOTES, Art Outreach, Singapore 2021 The Weight of Water, Bulles En Tête, Paris, France 2019 Open My Heart, Ease My Task, Loosen The Knot On My Tongue, Chan + Hori Contemporary, Singapore 2017 Knives In The Water, Chan + Hori Contemporary, Singapore 2015 Sorry, Not Sorry, Officina Delle Zattere, Venice, Italy 2007 Unscene, Straits Records, Singapore Group Exhibitions / Special Projects 2023 FLIPSIDE, Aliwal Urban Art Festival, Aliwal Art Centre, Singapore / Art Porters, Singapore 2023 Urban Screens, Singapore Art Week, Fortune Centre, Singapore 2022 An Ocean Without The Anchor, Singapore Night Festival, Singapore 2022 The Same Side Of The Moon Always Faces Earth, Singapore Art Week, Singapore 2021 BEHOME (with ADDADDADD), Children’s Biennale, National Gallery, Singapore 2020 Akai Nu Agata, Pin-Up Gallery, Okinawa, Japan 2020 Where The Sidewalk Ends, Chan + Hori Contemporary, Singapore 2020 Somewhere Out There, Lite-On 2020, Downtown East, Singapore 2020 Streets Of Hope, Singapore 2019 Sing Along If You Know The Words, The Substation, Singapore 2019 In All Directions, Esplanade, Singapore 2019 Crossing Shores, Singapore Bicentennial Public Art Commission, Singapore 2019 Light To Night Festival, National Gallery, Singapore 2019 In The Clouds, Artwalk Little India, as part of Singapore Art Week, Singapore 2018 Koganecho Art Bazaar, Yokohama, Japan 2018 Atypical, Flacon, Moscow, Russia 2018 Art From The Streets, ArtScience Museum, Singapore 2018 Anatomy Of A Heartbreak (with Kaizen MD and APE Studio), ArtScience Museum, Singapore 2017 1st Kuala Lumpur Biennale, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2017 80by80, Jendela Visual Arts Space, Singapore 2017 Artling Pop-Up 2017, Artspace@Helutrans, Singapore 2017 Cannot Be Bo(a)rdered, ESpace Commines, Paris, France 2017 Hemera’s Feast, Civic District Outdoor Festival, Singapore 2017 Move ____, As We Move (with Kaizen MD), Singapore 2016 All That Is Left Behind, Gillman Barracks, Singapore 2016 The Tribe, O.P.E.N Festival, Singapore 2015 Secret Archipelago, Palais De Tokyo, Paris, France 2015 These Sacred Things, Jendela Visual Arts Space, Singapore 2015 Singapore: Inside Out, 751 D.Park (Locomotive Square), Beijing, China 2015 Singapore: Inside Out, Brick Lane Yard, London, England 2015 Singapore: Inside Out, Madison Square Park, New York, USA 2015 Singapore: Inside Out, Tan Quee Lan, Singapore 2014 Budi Daya, Malay Heritage Centre, Singapore 2014 Modern Love, Institute of Contemporary Art, Singapore 2014 Public Order, Kingswell, Los Angeles, CA, USA 2014 Minor Cities, The Esplanade, Singapore 2013 If The World Changed, 4th Singapore Biennale, Singapore 2013 One’s Needs, Goodman Arts Centre, Singapore 2013 Read Carefully, Kult Gallery, Singapore 2013 Our Museum @ Taman Jurong, Singapore 2013 Mentor for the Apprenticeship Programme for NOISE (2013 - 2016), Singapore 2012 Future Proof, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore 2012 We Set The Pace, The Substation Gallery, Singapore 2012 Instinctively, The Pigeonhole, Singapore 2012 CON[TEXT], NUS Museum, Singapore 2011 Slow & Steady, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore 2011 The Resistance Movement, Taksu Gallery, Singapore 2011 Synesthesia, The Post Museum, Singapore 2011 Superheroes, D-Structure Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA 2011 This Is A Photo Opportunity, (in conjunction with Meeting at SEA), Singapore Art Museum 2010 REDRUM, The Gallery at Old School, Singapore 2009 Love Is A Dog From Hell, 15 Minutes, Singapore 2009 U-Turn For A Change, Yaddo Art Gallery, Singapore 2009 RE: PRESENT, Singapore Management University, Singapore 2008 Emerging Asia, Kepco Art Gallery, Seoul, South Korea 2008 Le Monde Est Nous 05, Night and Day Gallery, Singapore 2008 Singapore Contemporary Young Artists, Sculpture Square, Singapore 2006 Off The Wall, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore 2006 The Very Hairy Belly Jelly Show, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore 2005 VOICES, Ngee Ann Kongsi, Singapore |
Texts 2018 Art From The Streets, Exhibition Catalogue 2016 Singapore’s Visual Artists, Artist Directory, Published by the National Arts Council 2015 Secret Archipelago, Exhibition Catalogue 2013 The National Archives, Monograph, Published by Math Paper Press 2013 Visual Culture 02/Urban Peels, Published by the Singapore Art Museum 2013 If The World Changed, Singapore Biennale Exhibition Catalogue, Published by the Singapore Art Museum 2012 All Rights Reserved, Published by Society6 2012 Ceriph #5, Published by Kaleido Press 2012 Future Proof, Exhibition Catalogue, Published by the Singapore Art Museum 2011 Illogic Issue, Göoo Magazine 2011 Hey Magazine No 7 Collections Permanent Murals/Installations -Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart/nipaluna, Tasmania, Australia -The Esplanade, Singapore -The Projector, Singapore -Palais De Tokyo, Paris, France Private Collections -works held in private collections in Australia, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Singapore, France, Switzerland, United Kingdom and USA. Residencies 2020 Salamanca Arts Center, Hobart/nipaluna, Tasmania, Australia 2018 Koganecho Art Bazaar, Yokohama, Japan 2015 Cite Internationale De Paris, Paris, France 2013 Agit, Busan, South Korea 
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