• Khairullah Rahim, Bird Feeder, 2020, mixed media assemblage on wooden panel, panel size: 46 x 30.5 cm, including assemblage: 60 x 50 cm
  • Khairullah Rahim, Regular Intruder, 2020, Khairullah Rahim, Bird Feeder, 2020, mixed media assemblage on wooden panel, panel size: 46 x 30.5 cm, including assemblage: 104 x 49 cm
  • Khairullah Rahim, Secret Admirer, 2020, mixed media assemblage on wooden panel, panel size: 46 x 30.5 cm, including assemblage: 72 x 43 cm
  • Khairullah Rahim, Student Councillor, 2020, mixed media assemblage on wooden panel, panel size: 46 x 30.5 cm, including assemblage: 100 x 52 cm
  • Khairullah Rahim, Career Woman, 2020, mixed media assemblage on wooden panel, panel size: 46 x 30.5 cm, including assemblage: 77 x 57 cm
  • Khairullah Rahim, Silly Gatekeeper, 2020, mixed media assemblage on wooden panel, panel size: 46 x 30.5 cm, including assemblage: 85 x 61 cm
  • Khairullah Rahim, Intimate Apparitions, 2019, mixed media installation, dimensions variable. Singapore Biennale 2019 commission.
  • Khairullah Rahim, Best Supporting Actor, 2018, nylon tope, fabric dye, towel rack, stainless steel laundry and coat hook, bidet hose, epoxy putty and resin, drain hose, stainless steel chain, mop and broom head, detergent bottle, pvc drain cover, scrub, acrylic, screw, 115 x 65 cm
  • Khairullah Rahim, Still Here, Khairullah Rahim, 'Still Here,' 2018, Manila rope, nylon rope, stainless steel chain, paddle grip, cable tie, screw, gravel, driftwood, fishing lure, air brake coil fitting
  • Installation view of The Incredible Frolic
  • Installation view of The Incredible Frolic
  • Khairullah Rahim, Birds of a Feather Flock in Loops, 2018, manila rope, nylon rope, driftwood, urinal railing, stainless steel chain, concrete fragments, screw, 90 x 260 cm
  • The Still Praying Mantis, 2017, cotton rope, coat hook, masonry fragments, reflective road signs, stainless steel chain, pvc hose, cable tie, metal pipe, sauna towel, festive balls, 90 x 60 cm
  • Khairullah Rahim, The Poisonous Snake, 2017, cotton rope, festive ball, gravel, coat hook, pebbles, stainless steel loop, boat anchor hook, epoxy resin, dimensions variable
  • The Opportunist, 2017, manila rope, nylon rope, masonry fragments, screw, stainless steel chain, industrial tape, hose and nozzle, pool drain cover, cricket, ball, coat hook, cable tie, air brake coil fitting, 88 x 71 cm
  • Khairullah Rahim, Oh Boy, 2018, manila rope, nylon rope, stainless steel chain, screw, foam bobbers, fishing lure, coat hook, 57 x 48 cm
  • Khairullah Rahim, Goodnight, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 180 x 150 cm
  • Khairullah Rahim, This Pink, So Warm and Coy, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 27 x 41 cm
  • Khairullah Rahim, This Yellow, So Warm and Mellow, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 27 x 41 cm
  • Ghosts, 2017, towel and hook rack, dimensions variable
  • The Incredible Frolic (detail), 2018, found objects, mixed media dimensions variable, set of 8 sculptures
  • The Incredible Frolic (detail), 2018, found objects, mixed media dimensions variable, set of 8 sculptures
  • The Incredible Frolic (detail), 2018, found objects, mixed media dimensions variable, set of 8 sculptures
  • The Incredible Frolic (detail), 2018, found objects, mixed media dimensions variable, set of 8 sculptures
  • The Incredible Frolic (detail), 2018, found objects, mixed media dimensions variable, set of 8 sculptures
  • The Incredible Frolic (detail), 2018, found objects, mixed media dimensions variable, set of 8 sculptures
  • The Incredible Frolic (detail), 2018, found objects, mixed media dimensions variable, set of 8 sculptures
  • Khairullah Rahim, Sheepish Smile, 2017, manila rope, nylon rope, concrete fragments, screw, stainless steel chain, industrial tape, hose and nozzle, PVC pool drain cover, 66 x 68 cm
  • Khairullah Rahim, In Slow Motion, 2017, manila rope, hose and nozzle, concrete fragments, stainless steel chain, industrial tape, pull buoy, screws, 110 x 75 cm
  • Khairullah Rahim, Rosy Cheeks, 2017, manila rope, nylon rope, concrete fragments, cricket ball, screw, stainless steel chain, industrial tape, twine, 75 x 50 cm
  • Khairullah Rahim, Sincere Feelings III, 2016, PVC, cricket bat, cotton towel, assorted ropes, bead, screw, 80 x 45 cm
  • Khairullah Rahim, Smitten, 2016, Assorted ropes, towel, thread, cotton wool, cricket ball, approx. 60 x 30 x 8 cm
  • Khairullah Rahim, Wet Hearts, 2016, acrylic on canvas, fluorescent light, 170 x 180 cm
  • Khairullah Rahim, Doggy Paddle, 2015, acrylic on canvas, top: 127 x 300 cm, bottom: dimensions variable
  • Khairullah Rahim, Sunday, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 140 x 180 cm

Khairullah Rahim

Khairullah Rahim (b. 1987, Singapore) is a Singapore-based artist working across mixed-media installation, object-making, painting, photography and moving image. His explorations delve into complex strategies of resourcefulness for everyday survival in environments under constant surveillance. Through various means of collaboration and critical thinking, his practice considers mindful ways of shedding light onto the veiled narratives of his community while emphasizing the often-neglected need for opacity. Materially, he continues to experiment extensively with the sheen, reflection and refraction of synthetic polymers; most evidently through rhinestones. Recurring points of departure in his work premise around themes of desire, shame, resistance, aspiration, labour and ethics of disclosure.

Khairullah’s works have been showcased in solo and group presentations at venues including the Barbican Centre (London), Centre for Contemporary Arts (Glasgow), Tiger Strikes Asteroid (New York), Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (Bangkok) and National Gallery Singapore amongst others. He has participated in artist residency programs, namely with Salzburger Kunstverein (Austria), Facebook (Singapore), Hubei Institute of Fine Arts (China), Taipei Artist Village (Taiwan) and YOUKOBO Art Residency Programme (Japan). In 2019, his work was included in the 6th edition of Singapore Biennale led by Patrick Flores. Khairullah was the winner of the 2017 IMPART Awards for Visual Artist category. His works are in the collection of Singapore Art Museum and SUNPRIDE Foundation. Currently, he is an adjunct lecturer at his alma mater, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore and an MFA Visual Arts candidate at Rutgers University, New Jersey.

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