BIO
Ryan Lim Zi Yi (b. 1996, Singapore) explores the quiet rhythms of the unspectacular through his installations of images, sculpture, and text. His practice draws from moments and encounters—what lingers in the background of public and private spaces. Working with ordinary materials and subtle gestures, he reconfigures these traces into narratives and forms that feel both familiar and distant, revealing the unnoticed as tender, uncertain, and worth remembering.
His works have been exhibited internationally, including at Carp Gallery (Taiwan), Plague Space (Russia), and LivingRoom (Netherlands); and in Singapore with Temporary Unit, I_S_L_A_N_D_S, Comma Space, Objectifs, DECK and Starch.
His recent curatorial projects include Robin (2022-2023), a series of exhibitions presented in camping tents pitched in various locations across Singapore.
Ryan Lim Zi Yi (b. 1996, Singapore) explores the quiet rhythms of the unspectacular through his installations of images, sculpture, and text. His practice draws from moments and encounters—what lingers in the background of public and private spaces. Working with ordinary materials and subtle gestures, he reconfigures these traces into narratives and forms that feel both familiar and distant, revealing the unnoticed as tender, uncertain, and worth remembering.
His works have been exhibited internationally, including at Carp Gallery (Taiwan), Plague Space (Russia), and LivingRoom (Netherlands); and in Singapore with Temporary Unit, I_S_L_A_N_D_S, Comma Space, Objectifs, DECK and Starch.
His recent curatorial projects include Robin (2022-2023), a series of exhibitions presented in camping tents pitched in various locations across Singapore.
CV
EDUCATION
2017 - 2021
Bachelors in Fine Arts, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, Netherlands
SOLO/DUO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Reliefs, solo exhibition, Temporary Unit, Singapore
We will never have earthquakes, solo exhibition, Carp Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
2023
Tremors, solo exhibition, I_S_L_A_N_D_S, Singapore
2020
Look what the wind just blew in, duo exhibition with Bas de Weerd, LivingRoom, Rotterdam, Netherlands
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
One Two Many: 5(,)yrs, Comma Space, Singapore (Upcoming)
Lucky Cats, I_S_L_A_N_D_S, Singapore
Some Exercises in Futility, Collector’s Index, Singapore
2023
The last offsite show on earth, Plague Space, Krasnodar, Russia
Matters at the Yard, Parklane Shopping Mall Carpark, Singapore
Artist Bookworks #4, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2022
Sugar pills for a bitter world, Objectifs, Singapore
Moulding, grazing, tampering, shifting, Starch, Singapore
Undescribed #07, DECK, Singapore
Workshopables, Supernormal, Singapore
dblspce 1.0, dblspce, Singapore
2021
The Tiny Art Gallery The Second Edition, The Tiny Art Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands
Works for a space in transition, Hgtomi Rosa, The Hague, Netherlands
Artist as Collector, Gillman Barracks, Singapore
2020
A Finger In Every Pie, Jupiterkade 2, Binckhorstlaan 151 & Susan Bites, The Hague, Netherlands
Some World Futures, Nest, The Hague, Netherlands
Exhibition Research Lab: As Real As You Want, Research Catalogue, Online Showcase
Dunes, Dharma Initiatives, The Hague, Netherlands
Other Ways of Watching Together, MAMA, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Burning Ixxues with Zine Coop, BOOKED: Hong Kong Art Book Fair, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong
2019
Things Will Change, TENT, Rotterdam, Netherlands
As We Know It, Vondelbunker, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Bonuskaart?, Trixie, The Hague, Netherlands
2018
Tomorrow Will Be Yours, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, Netherlands
Me, Myself and I, TENT, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Potluck, 130 Lorong J Telok Kurau, Singapore
2017
Save_As EXPO #02: Fertilizing Impotent Gardens, Stichting DCR, The Hague, Netherlands
2015
Print Lab 2015: An Art & Design Book Exhibition, Grey Projects, Singapore
RESIDENCIES
2021
dblspce, 02 - 29 November, Singapore
CONTRIBUTIONS & INITIATIVES
2023
Process: Roving Ideas, initiated by Goh Chun Aik and Hong Shu-Ying, Online Showcase, Singapore
2022
Workshopables, initiated by Michael Lee and Ong Kian Peng, Singapore
2021
Robin, initiated with Lai Yu Tong and Kwok Jia Yang, Singapore
Murmurs, artist in residency open studio, dblspce, Singapore
Collective Contemplation, initiated by Ying Liu, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Works for a space in transition, in collaboration with Daniele Formica, The Hague, Netherlands
2019
The Future Body, in collaboration with Nest and Fit For Free, The Hague, Netherlands
EDUCATION
2017 - 2021
Bachelors in Fine Arts, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, Netherlands
SOLO/DUO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Reliefs, solo exhibition, Temporary Unit, Singapore
We will never have earthquakes, solo exhibition, Carp Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
2023
Tremors, solo exhibition, I_S_L_A_N_D_S, Singapore
2020
Look what the wind just blew in, duo exhibition with Bas de Weerd, LivingRoom, Rotterdam, Netherlands
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
One Two Many: 5(,)yrs, Comma Space, Singapore (Upcoming)
Lucky Cats, I_S_L_A_N_D_S, Singapore
Some Exercises in Futility, Collector’s Index, Singapore
2023
The last offsite show on earth, Plague Space, Krasnodar, Russia
Matters at the Yard, Parklane Shopping Mall Carpark, Singapore
Artist Bookworks #4, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2022
Sugar pills for a bitter world, Objectifs, Singapore
Moulding, grazing, tampering, shifting, Starch, Singapore
Undescribed #07, DECK, Singapore
Workshopables, Supernormal, Singapore
dblspce 1.0, dblspce, Singapore
2021
The Tiny Art Gallery The Second Edition, The Tiny Art Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands
Works for a space in transition, Hgtomi Rosa, The Hague, Netherlands
Artist as Collector, Gillman Barracks, Singapore
2020
A Finger In Every Pie, Jupiterkade 2, Binckhorstlaan 151 & Susan Bites, The Hague, Netherlands
Some World Futures, Nest, The Hague, Netherlands
Exhibition Research Lab: As Real As You Want, Research Catalogue, Online Showcase
Dunes, Dharma Initiatives, The Hague, Netherlands
Other Ways of Watching Together, MAMA, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Burning Ixxues with Zine Coop, BOOKED: Hong Kong Art Book Fair, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong
2019
Things Will Change, TENT, Rotterdam, Netherlands
As We Know It, Vondelbunker, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Bonuskaart?, Trixie, The Hague, Netherlands
2018
Tomorrow Will Be Yours, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, Netherlands
Me, Myself and I, TENT, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Potluck, 130 Lorong J Telok Kurau, Singapore
2017
Save_As EXPO #02: Fertilizing Impotent Gardens, Stichting DCR, The Hague, Netherlands
2015
Print Lab 2015: An Art & Design Book Exhibition, Grey Projects, Singapore
RESIDENCIES
2021
dblspce, 02 - 29 November, Singapore
CONTRIBUTIONS & INITIATIVES
2023
Process: Roving Ideas, initiated by Goh Chun Aik and Hong Shu-Ying, Online Showcase, Singapore
2022
Workshopables, initiated by Michael Lee and Ong Kian Peng, Singapore
2021
Robin, initiated with Lai Yu Tong and Kwok Jia Yang, Singapore
Murmurs, artist in residency open studio, dblspce, Singapore
Collective Contemplation, initiated by Ying Liu, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Works for a space in transition, in collaboration with Daniele Formica, The Hague, Netherlands
2019
The Future Body, in collaboration with Nest and Fit For Free, The Hague, Netherlands