ARTIST BIO
Nurul Atiqah Zaidi is a Singaporean interdisciplinary performance artist whose movement practice emerges from embodied research.
Atiqah has presented works, facilitated programmes, and performed across Singapore, Indonesia, and the United Kingdom, including at NUS Museum, Objectifs Centre for Photography & Film, Art Outreach Singapore, Studio Plesungan, P7:1SMA, Dance Nucleus, Singapore Art Book Fest at the Whitestone Gallery, Chelsea College of Arts in London, as well as designing costumes for the National Arts Council’s Our SG Arts Plan Launch (2023). In 2025, her work was also examined in a catalogue essay for the 'Post Script: Jemput…Tengok' programme published by NUS Museum.
Graduating with a BA (Hons) Fine Art from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (University of the Arts Singapore), Atiqah is part of the Talent Development Programme, a multiple Dean’s List recipient, and served as Lead Curator of her graduating cohort from 2025–2026. She also holds a Diploma in Art Teaching from the same institution.
Her work has been featured in Her World Singapore, including the print feature Life Imitates Art (October 2025) and the online article Turning Life into Art: How Nurul Atiqah Zaidi Uses Oil and Courage to Break Boundaries (January 2026).
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Performances
(2026) 'Nak Dara' — performance addressing Sunat Perempuan / Female Genital Cutting, presented with EndFGC Singapore, Dance Nucleus
(2025) 'Wanita: Mandi Minyak' — durational performance, Performative Practices Lab, Singapore Art Week
(2025) 'Wanita: Daging Haram, Mayat Mandi (Third Rendition)' — performance presentation, Chelsea College of Arts, London
(2025) 'Kulit: Siapa Bilang Gadis Melayu Tak Melawan?' — final performance presentation, Studio Plesungan Artist Residency, Indonesia
(2025) 'Wanita: Mandi Darah' — durational performance, 'About Bloody Times' Opening Night, Art Outreach
(2024) 'Wanita Ditata' — performance, PERMISI Protest Party 2, P7:1SMA
(2023) 'BASAH' — durational performance choreographed by Hasyimah Harith, MIMPI:THON, Kult Cafe
(2023) 'KIRIM' — performance choreographed by Ismail Jemaah, MIMPI:THON, Kult Cafe
(2023) 'Protest Party' performance, — PERMISI, P7:1SMA
(2023) 'Body, Vessel-Thing' performance, NAFA(S) Fine Art Event, Nanyang Academy of Fine Art
Exhibitions
(2026) DOWNSIZING: Interbeing , Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
(2026) NAFA Open House Showcase, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
(2025) 'About Bloody Times' — Off Limits Collective, (HEARTH) exhibition, Art Outreach Singapore
(2025) Young Photographers Mentorship Programme, Open Studio Showcase, Objectifs Centre for Photography & Film
(2025) Somewhere — Chelsea College of Arts, Triangle Space
(2025) From Nowhere — Chelsea College of Arts, Triangle Space
(2025) NAFA x UAL Exhibition — Cookhouse Gallery, Chelsea College of Arts
(2025) NAFA Open House Showcase, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
(2024) 19th Ngee Ann Photographic Exhibition by the Ngee Ann Cultural Centre, LASALLE College of the Arts
(2024) 'Stories of Care (Cycle #4): Everything in Between' Exhibition x ASSISI Hospice, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
(2024) 'Echoes Echoes Echoes' Exhibition, Women of: _____ Collective, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
(2024) Flagship Genius featuring Văn Miếu – Quốc Tá» Giám exhibition, The Ngee Ann Kongsi Galleries
(2024) '姓 / Woman-Life' Exhibition, Studio Theatre, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
(2024) In:Construction Art Show, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
(2024) Venture Boldly: The Grad Expectations 2024, Diploma Fine Art Show, Ngee Ann Kongsi Galleries
(2023) 'Garments for Protest' — Solo Exhibition, P7:1SMA
Residencies/Mentorship Programmes
(2025) Artist Residency, Studio Plesungan, Indonesia
(2025) Young Photographers Mentorship Programme, Objectifs Centre for Photography & Film
Talks, Panels & Public Programmes
(2026) Invited Panelist — ‘Dreaming Her: Exploring Womanhood in Creative Practice’, Post-show Dialogue, Weekend Culture, FilmHouse SG
(2026) Panelist — ‘Forms of Refusal: Art as Counterforce’, Downsizing
(2026) Panel Moderator — ‘Embodied Rights: Gesture, memory, Becoming’, Downsizing
(2025) Director & Facilitator — 'Wanita: Cuci Darah' Art Film, Film screening and Performance Lecture, 'Post Script: 'Jemput Tengok', NUS Museum
(2025) Facilitator — Annotating with Her: Grandmothers’ Stories Against Colonial Archives, Dance Nucleus, with Dr Nurul Huda Rashid
(2023) Leading Artist, Facilitator — Durational 10 Hour 'Sleeping Bodies Drawing' Activation, MIMPI:THON, Kult Cafe
Curatorial Work
(2026) Lead Curator — DOWNSIZING: Interbeing, NAFA Open House Showcase, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
(2025) Lead Curator — 'Stories of Care (Cycle #4): Everything in Between' Exhibition x ASSISI Hospice, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
(2025) Lead Curator — 'Echoes Echoes Echoes' Exhibition, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
(2024) Curatorial Team — In:Construction Art Show, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
(2024) Curatorial Team — Venture Boldly: The Grad Expectations 2024, Diploma Fine Art Show, Ngee Ann Kongsi Galleries
Press, Catalogue Essays & Media
(January 2026) Feature Article 'Turning Life into Art: How Nurul Atiqah Zaidi Uses Oil and Courage to Break Boundaries
(October 2025) Print Feature 'Life Imitates Art' Fearless Issue, Pg 112-113 (October 2025) — Her World Singapore
(October 2025) Institutional Essay Feature — 'Post Script: Jemput…Tengok', NUS Museum, accompanying programme reflecting on the feminine body and artistic gaze.
Academic & Institutional Roles
(2026) Student Representative, 'Speculative Movement: Imagining Singapore’s Future Through Dance, Design, and AI', NAFA X SUTD, Singapore University of Technology and Design
(2026) NAFA Open House — Student Ambassador
(2025) School of Fine Art Representative, NAFA x UAL CCW Student Social, Chelsea College of Arts, London
(2025) Cohort Representative — Ministerial Dialogue, Singapore Institute of Technology
(2024) Presenter, Arts Clinic XI 2024, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
(2024) Selected Emcee, NAFA Grad Expectations Fine Art Degree Show
Teaching & Education Engagement
(2024) Art Teaching Placement — Casuarina Primary School
(2023) Sexual Assault Responder & Booth Representative, Beyond Social Services x AWARE Singapore
(2021-2023) Student Assistantship Programme — NAFA Junior Art
(2021/2023) Invited Artist Sharing — CHIJ Katong Convent
Industry Experience
(2023) Artist Mentee to Hasyimah Harith and Norhaizad Adam, Industry-based Learning Programme, P7:1SMA
(2023) Our SG Arts Plan Launch: Costume Designer, Our SG Arts Plan Launch, National Arts Council
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