Aisyah Hanisah
Fine Artist • 4D • Traditional
Artist Statement
Aisyah is an experimental multidisciplinary artist who seeks her audiences retrospection of interpersonal relationships using unconventional mediums - such as poetry and media stills - to express the power of words and imagery; in a metaphorical and symbolistic sense in her art. Most of her works are personal recounts of grief and identity, disguised in the figurative, dreaminess and subconscious, aiming to provide a juxtaposition between the provocative and discerning.
Selected Works
Other Experiences
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NAFA Student Council
Digital Communication
Video Modeling
Volunteering
Video and Visual Effects
Hangzhou Immersion Programme
Furniture Design
Interior Design
Painting Practices
Untitled
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 29.7 cm x 42.0 cm
Still Life Practice
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 29.7 cm x 42.0 cm
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Printmaking
Printmaking Practices, 2024
Medium: Elimination method and Linocut
Size: 29.7 cm x 42.0 cm each
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Pencil and Charcoal Drawing
Untitled, Final Assignment for Year 1.
Size: 29.7 x 42 centimeters
Medium: Pencil Drawing
Untitled, Portrait Work
Size: 29.7 x 42 centimeters
Medium: Pencil Drawing
Untitled, Still Life Drawing
Size: 59.4 x 84.1 centimeters
Medium: Pencil Drawing
Anatomy Work (Left to Right)
Size: 14.8 x 21.0 centimeters and 21 cm x 29.7 centimeters
Medium: Pencil Drawing
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Chinese Ink
Renewal, 2024
Medium: Chinese Ink on Rice Paper
Size: 34 cm x 68 cm
Untitled, Chinese Ink Practices
Medium: Chinese Ink on Rice Paper
Size: 21 cm x 29.7 cm
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Boss Baby
Final Work, 2024
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 29.7 cm x 42.0 cm
Statement:Boss Baby, made to represent the rapidly-growing economy. The baby represents the current group of working adults, made to financially support their family and themselves, despite their youth and inexperience.
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Silent Conversations
Side-by-side with the three-photograph project, Journeys.
Exhibited from September 2024.Also exhibited in the NAFA Open House 2025
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Folklores
The Immersive Art video infusing China and Singapore's historical culture, was made for and Exhibited in the China - Hangzhou Overseas Immersion Programme.Music was self - taught using Garageband.
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State Of Content
"State Of Content" is a satirical discussion and installation of Singapore's current media contents.
It also talks about the extremes of consumerism and political issues using eye-catching semiotics.
Made in January 2025.
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Changes
'Changes' was done as a Summative assessment work. Its requirement includes creating a work which incorporates the stories of other people, with a minimum of 7 images.I have fulfilled this criteria with the use of 7 people to occupy a single image.
Made in November 2024.
Snippets of "Changes" during NAFA Open House 2025. Includes one of the starring models!
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(Me)mories
Made for Year 2 Semester 2 Summative in accordance with the theme Re:Play, by HOKO Atelier, describing the contemplative processes of memories when growing up.
Made with Macrame String,Glass Jars, Wire Mesh, S-Hooks, Mattress, Bed, Blanket, White Cloth, LED fishtank lights, Paper and Tape
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Digital Visual Effects
Digital Visual Effects was an elective module I had taken in Year 2 Semester 1, teaching the fundamentals of video-making and editing on Adobe After effects. Audio creation for the Formative and Summative works are self taught.
Practical Video Submission, Formative Opening Title Sequence, Summative Movie Trailer
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Do I Go Back?
Done in November 2024, as a Model for a schoolmate's Graphic Communications assignment.
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NAFA Student Council
Pasar Malam Students Night
Was made as part of the original NAFA - Office of Student Care, Students NightThe event aims to promote cultural cohesion between different societies in Singapore.NAFA Student Council implemented a PASAR MALAM concept and performance into the original event itinerary!
Campus Superstar
NAFA Student Council was given the opportunity to create one event, to which we had chosen a Talent Show.The theme was High School Musical, and consisted of the community working with decorations, audio technicians, industry professionals as judges and our own personal schoolmates as emcees!
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Furniture Design
An elective module that was taken in year 1, consisting of furniture design, moodboards, exploration.
Seasonal Escapade, a nature-inspired hanging chair.Made for the first assessment of the elective module. Made using wires, paper and cloth.
Ripples, a flowy lounge couch for JetStar Airlines.Inspired by the values of the company and the creative design.
Made for summative assessment using clay, paper and cardboard.
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Experiences
Outdoor Sketching Activity with Printmaker Eng Joo Heng, March 2024
NAFA Orientation Programme 2024
NAFA Coastal Cleaning 2024
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Interior Design
An elective module that was taken in year 1, consisting of interior design, materials knowledge, and home decor.
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You
I wanted to portray the concepts of grief and loss in my work. Hence, I incorporated the theme of
transformation by literally transforming a specific, yet unidentified person into three different entities. I
am hugging this person-entity to symbolise the yearning and denial one has after a loss.
I chose to hug a tree to symbolise death and returning to earth. The bathroom photo is a means to
portray how memories of the lost person can overwhelm and haunt the mind of the subject all-round.
The last photo consists of a picture frame to represent the image of the person lost. Both the subject
and the person’s faces are then hidden.Made in Year 1, 2024
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Biography
Aisyah Hanisah (b. 2005) is a multidisciplinary artist, volunteer and teaching enthusiast in the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA). She pursued her passions and interests prior to NAFA through her first internship experience as an Art Trainer for EPIC Workshops, and Part Time as an Art Instructor for Artlette, then Art Teacher at Visual Arts Centre, sharing her love and knowledge of art through well-developed lessons for corporates, children and the elderly.She continues to share her love for interconnectedness through the arts and was a founding member of the renowned NAFA Student Council as its president and EXCO Logistics In-charge (2024/25), hosting and planning a variety of events – Grad Night, Campus Superstar Talent Show and Pasar Malam Students Night.In school, she was anointed into the NAFA Talent Development Programme, which offers exemplary students a mentorship programme and a myriad of industry exposure and career opportunities to impact the arts scene. With this, she is currently pursuing an artist-in-residence with Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.She has presented her works in the Hangzhou Overseas Immersion Programme exhibition in NAFA and presented her other works for NAFA's Open House 2025.
Statement
Aisyah is an experimental multidisciplinary artist who seeks her audiences retrospection of interpersonal relationships using unconventional mediums - such as poetry and media stills - to express the power of words and imagery; in a metaphorical and symbolistic sense in her art. Most of her works are personal recounts of grief and identity, disguised in the figurative, dreaminess and subconscious, aiming to provide a juxtaposition between the provocative and discerning.
Curriculum Vitae
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