Susan is a Singaporean painter born in Indonesia whose travel-based work blends observation and abstraction, experimenting with language to explore belonging and perspective, informed by her earlier career in fashion design.

CURRICULUM VITAE

Born: 1974, Malang, Indonesia
Lives & Works: Singapore

Education

LaSalle College of Fine Art/Open University, Singapore – M.A. Fine Arts
Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA – Fashion Design & Merchandising

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025
Gallery Voxx | Affordable Art Fair Singapore, 13-16 November
Art In the Open, Green Acres Gallery, Wexford, Ireland, 25-27 August
City Roots, Drawing ETC Gallery, 22-27 April
Drawn to Life, Selegie Art Centre, 28 February - 2 March

2024
Lost & Found, Selegie Art Centre, 22-24 November

2023
Memories@58, USK Singapore x URA, 12 August - 14 October

2022
A Garden of Heritage: Landscapes and Landmarks of the Singapore Botanic Gardens

2011
Brainwaves, Robots, and The Flying Bicycle, Instinc Art Space, Singapore

2010
3331 Presents Tokyo, Command N Regional Code Asia Project 3331 Art Chiyoda, Single Channel Screening, Tokyo
Seven Day Weekend, L'Ecole de Beaux Art, Paris, France

2009
Constellations Video Art Project, In Between Spaces Art Collective, Brisbane, Australia
Jia, Post-Museum, Singapore
MEME - Masters of Art Fine Arts Exhibition 2009, ICA Galleries, LaSalle, Singapore
Images of Indonesia, Indonesian Heritage Society, Jakarta, Indonesia

2007
1x1x1 - FOST Annual Exhibition, Fost Gallery, Singapore
Emerging Talent: Four for the Future, Sunjin Galleries, Singapore

2005
Me, Block43 Studio Gallery, Singapore

Solo Exhibitions

2014 Priceless, Artistry, Singapore
2011 Never Odd or Even, Puri Art Gallery, Jakarta
2007 Zerolinguistic - A Solo Exhibition of Concrete Art, Instinc Studio Gallery, Singapore
2006 Undeclared Existence, Pitch Black Gallery, Singapore

Awards & Scholarships

2025 Shortlisted UOB Painting of the year

Longlist Jackson’s Art Prize 2025

2009 Third Prize and Merit Award, Art and Photography Exhibition, Indonesian Heritage Society, Jakarta
2008 LaSalle Scholarship by Merit for MA Fine Art Degree

International Residencies and Workshops

2025 Art in the Open, Plein Air Festival, Wexford, Ireland, 18-25 July
2023 Espacio Lavadero, Granada, Spain
2019 Campos De Gutierrez, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
2014 Centre de Recerca I Creatio Casamarles, Catalonia, Spain
2010 A Window Until the Rains Come, ALBB Saigon Open Studio Program, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2008 Taipei Drift, International Art Workshop for Art Academia, Taipei, Taiwan
2008 Canserrat International Art Residency, El Bruc, Spain

Professional Experience

2019 - Present
University of the Arts | LaSalle College of the Arts, Short Courses

2006 - Present
Olij Studio – Founder & Educator, Singapore

2010 - 2019
LaSalle College of the Arts, Singapore
Part-Time Lecturer – Fashion Design
Professional Development Lecturer – Fine Art, Drawing & Illustration

1997 - 2006
Halmode Apparel Inc, Head Designer – New York, USA & Singapore


susanolij@gmail.com