ATHIRAH
KHAIRWAN
My art palette is mostly based on the intriguing fragments of surrealism and dark arts mostly because of the volatility it brings and also the hidden meanings that lie within them. It also has neither right nor wrong meaning to it, thus, giving my audiences the free will to interpret my artworks as one so choose and to the best of their ability. My art is mostly based out of my life experiences and issues relating to mostly family and women in general. The reason in doing so is because my art tends to be more genuine as it is what i experienced myself instead of creating art that i cannot possibly relate to. Speaking of women, i generally bring out important and controversial topics like femininity so that it raises awareness throughout the general public. In the process of creating such artworks, I am actually telling people about me as a person, but at the same time, telling others that there are those that hear and see them. Be it their pain, suffering, joy or way of life
A B O U T M E
Athirah Khairwan born in 1997, is a Singapore-based artist who is currently pursuing her Diploma in Nanyang Academy of Fine Art, Singapore, majoring in Painting. Her interest did not stop at only painting, she explores different range of art like Makeup and Film. She used to be an art instructor at Spurbox(2017-2018) and also an art teacher helper in NAFA(2018-present).
Athirah attended an Overseas Immersion Programme(OIP) in China and had exhibited her work in On-Air gallery, East meets West(2017), in NAFA. Her work ‘Celebration’ is chosen to be showcased in The Connoisseur Concerto(TCC), Savour the Arts II, Singapore too. Recently, she had participated in a group exhibition at ‘Work-In-Progress’ in NAFA(2018). Aside from painting, she is a professional face painter in Partymojo. She has collaborated with Herstory Singapore, taking on the role of a Makeup artist. She did not missed the opportunity to be on camera too, being the main actress for Hidden Agenda(2017), ITE CC Final Year Project and get featured in Muis Academy for SIRC event opening video(2018). She is looking forward for her upcoming exhibitions for Painting Smiles mural(2018) NAFA open house(2019).