Ang Li Ya

Humant Structure

Humant Structure explores the idea of control and acceptance towards our perfectionistic capitalist society. Seeing themselves as the ants on the wall, do viewers want to continue this routine, or do they want to reclaim control?

Humant Structure

Humant Cycle

Creating an alternative nightmarish world influenced by industrial factories and warehouses. Humant Cycle is a critique of consumerism in our capitalist society and how it's system has kept us in a repeated cycle of work, production and consumption.

Humant Cycle

Creating an alternative nightmarish world influenced by industrial factories and warehouses. Humant cycle is a critique of consumerism in our capitalist society and how it's system has kept us in a repeated cycle of work, production and consumption.

Today, Tomorrow and ...

Today, Tomorrow, and Always explores how the capitalist structure of work and production trapped humans in an endless cycle of no escape. Inspired by office cubicles, this immersive experience prompts audiences to reflect on their current position.

Office

Office is an exploration of how society is trapped within the capitalist cycle of work and repetition which causes us to be isolated from our surroundings and alienated from our own labor.

Hope Exchange

Hope Exchange aims to provide participants with a safe space to experience healing and comfort through words. Participants exchange envelopes of hope and encouragement with one another, creating a cycle of giving and receiving.

Ang Li Ya (b.2000) is a Singaporean artist currently pursuing her Bachelors of Arts (Honours) Fine Art at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts-University of the Arts London. She has exhibited internationally and locally in Flagship Genius Featuring Ayuttthaya IV in 2023, Open Print Exchange in Germany and Japan in 2022, Cook House Exhibition in the United Kingdom in 2022, Moving Plates Exhibition in 2019 and If the World Changed for the Singapore Biennale in 2014. Li Ya graduated with distinction in Diploma in Fine Art in 2021 from NAFA and is also a recipient of the Dean’s List Award for each academic year.

2021 Dean’s List Award AY2020 / 2021, NAFA, Singapore
2020, Dean’s List Award AY2019 / 2020, NAFA, Singapore
2019, Dean’s List Award AY2018 / 2019, NAFA, Singapore

"downsizing" Group Showcase by Year 3 NAFAxUAL Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Fine Art), dblspce, Singapore
Flagship Genius featuring Ayutthaya IV, The Kgee Ann Kongsi Galleries 1 & 2, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore
'SOAD Showcase', Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore
NAFA Open House: Fine Art Showcase (BAFA Open Studio) & Student Volunteer, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore
Open Print Exchange, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
Open Print Exchange, 5/R Hall&Gallery, Japan
Group Showcase by Year 2 NAFAxUAL Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Fine Art at Cookhouse, Chelsea College of Arts & Design, University of the Arts London, United Kingdom
Stories of Care (Group Showcase by Year 2 NAFAxUAL Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Fine Art), Assisi Hospice, Singapore
2021
Moving Plates, Mulan Gallery, Singapore
The Grad Expectations 2021, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore
Work in Progress Exhibition, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore
Crossing 3 cities Exhibition, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore
If the World Changed - Singapore Biennale, Peranakan Museum, Singapore
Participant of NAFA International Placement , Chelsea Collage Of Arts, UAL , United Kingdom
Participant of Mediacorp Lets Celebrate 2020
Participant of NAFA Overseas Immersion Programme, China Academy of Arts, China
Participant in Tang Da Wu Art Student’s Seminar, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore
Participant of Art Clinic IV, Tang Da Wu Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore

Ang Li Ya

School of Fine Art