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About Bloody Times

Cheryl Yip, Duae Auræ, Hannah Dale, Nurul Atiqah Zaidi, Jomel

Group Exhibition

17 - 27 Apr 2025, 11am - 7pm

About Bloody Times is an exploration of the physical, emotional, and social aspect of womanhood, expressed through the bold practices of five young female local artists. This exhibition delves into deeply personal and collective experiences tied to the bloodshed and blood shed of women. It examines themes such as menstruation, pain tolerance, endometriosis, and the ongoing cycles of inherited trauma and societal expectations passed from mother to daughter.

These topics, long veiled in silence and often stigmatised, are reframed here as essential realities that demand visibility and dismantling of taboos. Through engagement with the artists' embodied practices, the exhibition challenges the persistent silence, neglect, and misunderstanding surrounding women's bodies, as well as their lived experiences within broader cultural and artistic discourse.

In addition to these intimate explorations, About Bloody Times also addresses the shedding of blood as it relates to violence inflicted on women, rooted in objectification, sexual entitlement, and the desire to control - manifested in domestic abuse, and sexual assault. The exhibition highlights bloodshed as a symbol of trauma and resilience, while critiquing the systemic victim-blaming that follows these acts of exploitation and violence. It exposes the pervasive realities of gender-based violence and the archaic stereotypes that continue to shape women's lives.

By presenting the female body as a site of power, pain, and resilience, these artists challenge long-standing preconceptions, tropes, and expectations imposed upon women. Their works span a field of expressions, from the introspective and contemplative to the bold and confrontational, capturing the multiplicity and complexity of female identity. Each piece serves as a vessel for personal stories of struggle and endurance, while forging a collective sense of sisterhood and solidarity.

At its core, About Bloody Times reimagines blood - not as a mark of shame, weakness or suffering, but instead - as an emblem of continuity and strength. This exhibition underscores the transformative role of artistic expression in confronting silences, healing wounds, and fostering empowering through visibility. By creating a space for dialogue and understanding, About Bloody Time calls for progress, encouraging both reflection and collective action in the face of entrenched gender-based inequities and harm.

About the Artist(s)

Cheryl Louise Yip is a visual artist who holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography and Digital Imaging, with a minor in Art History, from the School of Art, Design and Media (NTU). Using photography and moving images, her work explores fundamental human experiences such as grief, memory, rituals, and consciousness. Informed by personal experiences while confronting universal truths, her works attempt to visualise the non-material using a conceptual approach. By merging modern ideas and imagery with historic or manipulated traditional processes, she addresses themes of time, memory, and space. Drawing emphasis on the photographic object, process and encounter, she explores the boundaries of a primitive, yet futuristic vision of places and people.

DuæAuræ is an artistic duo who both graduated from NTU's School of Art, Design and Media. Their practice transcends conventional boundaries, alternating between painting, photography, sculpture, and installation to challenge perception and provoke dialogue. Their name, meaning “Two Breezes” in Latin, reflects the duality at the heart of their work—two voices converging into one, creating art that is both intimate and expansive, ethereal yet deeply grounded in materiality. Duæ Auræ’s creations are often tactile, immersive, and unapologetically visceral. They dismantle societal constructs through a multidisciplinary approach, turning the familiar into the unfamiliar, the overlooked into the undeniable. Recurring themes in their practice include emotional state, memory, gender politics, and the tension between visibility and erasure. By integrating raw materials with conceptual rigor, they challenge cultural taboos, bringing into focus what is often dismissed or sanitised. They usually love exhibiting in unconventional spaces that invite unexpected encounters with their art. Duæ Auræ’s practice is not about representation—it is about revelation. Through their collaborations, they seek to dismantle shame, unearth hidden narratives, and create spaces where the body in all its forms and cycles, but also emotions and experiences can exist freely and unapologetically.


Nurul Atiqah Zaidi is a interdisciplinary artist and advocate for feminine representation with a Diploma in Art Teaching from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) where she has attained the Dean's List twice. Her artistic practice focuses on themes of gender advocacy, the reclaiming of the female body, and the deconstruction of societal ideals through a feminist lens. Passionate about emancipation and reclaiming one’s agency, Atiqah views art as a bridge to connect and empower communities. Most passionate about material-manipulation, performance art, and lens-based mediums, Atiqah's works explore the deconstruction of normatives through a feminist lens. Her aim is not only to reclaim the over-sexualised female body through the feminine gaze, but to spark conversations that challenge the status quo, subverting deeply entrenched archetypes. Drawing inspiration from diverse feminist ideologies namely arts, fashion, film, and culture—Atiqah strives to create works that resonate deeply with other women. Her current practice revolves around the Malay-Javanese female body, in hopes of navigating and unpacking nuanced experiences and intersectionality of women in her community. Atiqah's ultimate goal is to offer meaningful, thought-provoking works unto the discourse on identity and cultural politics, using her art as a vehicle for advocacy and resistance- paving the way for a more inclusive representation of womanhood.

Hannah Dale is an artist who graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), where she earned a place on the Dean’s List twice. Specializing in 3D sculpture, her practice draws from over five years of experience in pottery studios, exploring textures and eclectic forms. Hannah’s work centers on identity, childhood, and the psychological impact of one’s formative years, reflecting a deep curiosity about human existence, particularly the complexities of free will and coming of age. Her Eurasian heritage, blending Eastern and Western cultures, fuels her exploration of belonging and identity, shaping her artistic inquiry into how these themes inform personal and collective experiences. Through her sculptural practice—incorporating pottery, drawing, and yarn sculpture—Hannah unravels the unspoken, offering spaces for reflection and healing. By examining the emotional and psychological nuances of formative years, her work bridges personal narratives with universal questions of existence.

Jomel is a multidisciplinary artist and designer based in the Netherlands. She is currently studying at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie’s DesignLAB Department in Amsterdam. Her practice spans installation, sculpture, photography, writing, and drawing, with a focus on exploring people’s responses to violence, particularly sexual and gender-based violence. Jomel examines themes of victimhood, sovereignty, and inversion, using an aesthetic language inspired by cultural phenomena on the internet such as memes. Her works often draw from religious or philosophical quotes, which she develops into visually layered “remixes” that blend fiction and non-fiction, past, present, and future. Through this method, she challenges harmful values embedded in visual tropes about women, prompting audiences to reconsider their relevance in contemporary society.

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