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Samuel Xun (b. 1994, Singapore) is a multidisciplinary visual artist based in Singapore. His practice centres around the exploration of alternative identity and personal histories through sculpture, context-based installation, and textile composition. His works propose the potential of physical materials as carriers of identity and culture, often merging them with symbols informed by film, philosophy, and lived experiences to encourage self-therapy and introspection.
Samuel's work harbours a nuanced approach to subject matter and is marked by a meticulous and deeply entrenched relationship with materials. His creative process is labour-intensive and also serves as a meditative exercise to reflect on realities from the past and present. His signature ornamentation of surfaces and use of vibrant palettes across his body of work also position the use of color, texture, and text as means to explore themes of visibility and address societal discourse. Often taking the form of intricate abstract visual systems, his works solicit introspection and contemplation, inviting us to re-evaluate the narratives we construct for ourselves and the impact they have on our social condition.
Ultimately, Samuel is interested in how materiality and art can provide catharsis, facilitate empathy and understanding, preserve culture, and foster better interaction within and across different groups of society. He is a graduate from LASALLE College of the Arts, holding a BA in Fashion Design & Textiles. He has exhibited in Singapore and internationally in cities like New York and Bangkok. His works are also part of the collections of three ASEAN institutions and, most recently, Christian Dior SE. His recent exhibitions include being part of the travelling ‘Lady Dior Art’ expositions, ‘Of placebos that sing sweet..’ at Richard Koh Fine Arts, Singapore, ‘Between The Lines’ at Appetite, Singapore, and ‘The Gift That Keeps on Giving’ at Sundry, Bangkok. Samuel and his work have also been extensively published and featured in publications such as Harper’s Bazaar Singapore, Thai Post, South China Morning Post, VOGUE Singapore, The Straits Times, ELLE Singapore, Female, L’OFFICIEL, Nüyou (女友), Grazia, and Mensfolio.
2023 Sundry Artist in Residence: The Gift That Keeps on Giving - Sundry, Bangkok
2022 I’m Exhausted, Where is He? - Art & Market, Art Agenda, Singapore
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Rebels, Rascals and Mavericks — Mandala Club, Singapore
2024 Lady Dior As Seen By — Lady Dior House, International (Travelling Exhibition)
2024 Of placebos that sing sweet in the mouth and ache in the soul — Richard Koh Fine Arts, Singapore
2024 Between The Lines — Appetite, Singapore
2023 ASEAN ON PAPER — ASEAN Culture House, Busan
2023 Tribeca Summer Show — Friedrichs Pontone, New York
2023 KONNECT ASEAN Chiang Mai Print Residency — Chiang Mai City Arts & Cultural Centre, Chiang Mai
2023 七彩世界 — Supper House, Singapore
2023 Serving Thots — UltraSuperNew Gallery, Singapore
2023 Diverse Visions — Richard Koh Fine Arts, Singapore
2023 Nature & Now: Asian Art in Focus — Friedrichs Pontone, New York
2023 ART SG 2023: NEW/NOW — with Richard Koh Fine Arts, Marina Bay Sands Expo, Singapore
2022 There Are Flowers in the Morning Mist — SAW23, Supper House, Singapore
2022 State of Play — Richard Koh Fine Arts, Singapore
2022 The World Is Flat After All — Supper House, Singapore
2022 Veneer & Visage — Supper House, Singapore
2022 It's my party and I'll cry if I want to, you would cry too if it happened to you — SAW22, The Projector, Singapore
2021 Queer Show 2021: Dress/Address — Grey Projects, Singapore
2021 only losers left alive (love songs for the end of the world) — Yeo Workshop, Singapore
2021 Creative Unions - SAW21, Funan, Singapore
2020 The Foot Beneath the Flower: Camp. Kitsch. Art. Southeast Asia. — NTU ADM Gallery, Singapore
2020 Flight of Fancy — Art Now, Singapore
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2023 Sundry Artist in Residence — Sundry, Bangkok
2023 KONNECT ASEAN Print Residency — ASEAN Foundation, Chiang Mai
PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Christian Dior SE, Paris, France
Sundry, Bangkok, Thailand
ASEAN Foundation, Jakarta, Indonesia
ASEAN Cultural Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
ASEAN Culture House, Busan, South Korea
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Singapore, Singapore
PRESS & INTERVIEWS
2024 Grazia Singapore — Lady Dior House: How Visual Artist and Ex-Costume Designer Samuel Xun Marries Art with Fashion
2024 The Straits Times — Lady Dior House comes to town: S’pore artists interpret iconic bag for immersive exhibition
2024 FEMALE Singapore — Three Singapore Artists Have Reinterpreted The Lady Dior Bag
2024 Tatler Asia — Dior brings its touring Lady Dior House exhibition to Singapore
2023 Harper’s Bazaar Singapore — (Digital Cover) Art & Soul Issue; Three Emerging Singaporean Artists On Making Work With Meaning & Intent
2023 Plural Art Mag — A little sparkle never hurt anyone: A Conversation with emerging artist Samuel Xun
2023 FEMALE Singapore — Exhibitions That Explore Queer Narratives & More
2023 South China Morning Post — How Singapore’s art scene is making a big comeback in 2023
2023 Plural Art Mag — Team Plural Art Mag Reflects on SAW23
2022 Art Basel — Six gallery exhibitions to see during Singapore Art Week
2022 The Straits Times — Arts Picks: 29 Singapore artists in 3 group exhibitions show new work
2022 The Straits Times — Singapore Art Week everywhere - in hawker centres and even in toilets
2021 VOGUE Singapore — From Rachael Cheong to Samuel Xun, this fashion and art exhibition is spotlighting the local creatives to know
2021 L’OFFICIEL Singapore — Art & Soul
2021 VOGUE Singapore — Drag queen Salome Blaque & designer Samuel Xun come together for a moment in local fashion
2020 ELLE Singapore — ELLE Perspectives: Between the Seams
2020 Female Singapore — Samuel Xun: A Fashion Designer Creating Magnificently Sculptural Showpieces
2020 NUYOU Singapore — Risk Takers
2020 Female Singapore — The Academy Awards