SPEAK CRYPTIC
  • ABOUT
  • PAINTINGS
    • interior (2023)
    • Selected Paintings
  • DRAWINGS
    • Recent drawings (2023)
    • SELECTED DRAWINGS
    • State/s
  • EXHIBITIONS
    • OPEN MY HEART, EASE MY TASK, LOOSEN THE KNOT ON MY TONGUE
    • FLYING SUPERMARKET
    • KNIVES IN THE WATER
    • SORRY, NOT SORRY
    • AGIT
  • INSTALLATIONS
    • AN OCEAN WITHOUT THE ANCHOR
    • THE SAME SIDE OF THE MOON ALWAYS FACES EARTH
    • IN ALL DIRECTIONS
    • CROSSING SHORES
    • KAMAR KAMILLION
    • FENOMENA
    • SLOW AND STEADY
  • MURALS
    • SING ALONG IF YOU KNOW THE WORDS
    • A STATE OF DECLINE
    • IN THE CLOUDS
    • MINOR CITIES
    • PRESENT CONDITION
    • KA-KHÉ
  • PERFORMANCES
    • ANATOMY OF A HEARTBREAK
    • THE TRIBE
  • SOUNDS
    • PRIMARY MOTIF
  • STORE
    • NFTs
      • KNOWNORIGIN
      • FOUNDATION
      • OPENSEA
      • OBJKT
    • CASTING CALL ZINE (Free Download))
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  • CONTACT
  • LINKS
  • BLOG
  • ABOUT
  • PAINTINGS
    • interior (2023)
    • Selected Paintings
  • DRAWINGS
    • Recent drawings (2023)
    • SELECTED DRAWINGS
    • State/s
  • EXHIBITIONS
    • OPEN MY HEART, EASE MY TASK, LOOSEN THE KNOT ON MY TONGUE
    • FLYING SUPERMARKET
    • KNIVES IN THE WATER
    • SORRY, NOT SORRY
    • AGIT
  • INSTALLATIONS
    • AN OCEAN WITHOUT THE ANCHOR
    • THE SAME SIDE OF THE MOON ALWAYS FACES EARTH
    • IN ALL DIRECTIONS
    • CROSSING SHORES
    • KAMAR KAMILLION
    • FENOMENA
    • SLOW AND STEADY
  • MURALS
    • SING ALONG IF YOU KNOW THE WORDS
    • A STATE OF DECLINE
    • IN THE CLOUDS
    • MINOR CITIES
    • PRESENT CONDITION
    • KA-KHÉ
  • PERFORMANCES
    • ANATOMY OF A HEARTBREAK
    • THE TRIBE
  • SOUNDS
    • PRIMARY MOTIF
  • STORE
    • NFTs
      • KNOWNORIGIN
      • FOUNDATION
      • OPENSEA
      • OBJKT
    • CASTING CALL ZINE (Free Download))
    • BACKGROUNDS (Free Download)
  • CONTACT
  • LINKS
  • BLOG
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About the Artist

​Farizwan Fajari, professionally known as *Speak Cryptic, is an artist currently working and living in Singapore.

Inspired by the visual language prevalent within the cultures of comics and underground music, his works primarily deals with the issues pertaining to the human condition. Utilising personal iconographies and a cast of characters that he has developed over the years, he applies them to various narratives inspired by his observations on current affairs and his immediate environment. 

"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.

Exhibitions include the Singapore Biennale (2013), the Kuala Lumpur Biennale (2017), Koganecho Art Bazaar (Yokohama, Japan, 2018), Secret Archipelago (Paris, France, 2015) and Future Proof (Singapore, 2012). 

*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.

Speak Cryptic / Farizwan Fajari
b, 1980
mail@speakcryptic.com
www.speakcryptic.com

​Education

2007 BAFA (Painting), LASALLE College of the Arts

Solo Exhibitions
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 Unseen, Straits Records, Singapore

Group Exhibitions / Special Projects
2023 FLIPSIDE, Aliwal Urban Art Festival, Aliwal Art Centre, Singapore
2023 Urban Screens, Singapore Art Week, Fortune Centre, Singapore
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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
-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, Australia

2018 Koganecho Art Bazaar, Yokohama, Japan

2015 Cite Internationale De Paris, Paris, France

2013 Agit, Busan, South Korea
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  • ABOUT
  • PAINTINGS
    • interior (2023)
    • Selected Paintings
  • DRAWINGS
    • Recent drawings (2023)
    • SELECTED DRAWINGS
    • State/s
  • EXHIBITIONS
    • OPEN MY HEART, EASE MY TASK, LOOSEN THE KNOT ON MY TONGUE
    • FLYING SUPERMARKET
    • KNIVES IN THE WATER
    • SORRY, NOT SORRY
    • AGIT
  • INSTALLATIONS
    • AN OCEAN WITHOUT THE ANCHOR
    • THE SAME SIDE OF THE MOON ALWAYS FACES EARTH
    • IN ALL DIRECTIONS
    • CROSSING SHORES
    • KAMAR KAMILLION
    • FENOMENA
    • SLOW AND STEADY
  • MURALS
    • SING ALONG IF YOU KNOW THE WORDS
    • A STATE OF DECLINE
    • IN THE CLOUDS
    • MINOR CITIES
    • PRESENT CONDITION
    • KA-KHÉ
  • PERFORMANCES
    • ANATOMY OF A HEARTBREAK
    • THE TRIBE
  • SOUNDS
    • PRIMARY MOTIF
  • STORE
    • NFTs
      • KNOWNORIGIN
      • FOUNDATION
      • OPENSEA
      • OBJKT
    • CASTING CALL ZINE (Free Download))
    • BACKGROUNDS (Free Download)
  • CONTACT
  • LINKS
  • BLOG