Cynthia Delaney Suwito is a visual artist who explores the theme of everyday objects and experiences. Using them as both her theme and material, she uses observational humour to explore such daily phenomena as the omnipresence of instant noodles, the misfortunes of plastic bags, the misuse of clothes pegs, and the perpetual turning of toilet paper rolls. Her work gives spaces for everyday objects to challenge its own mundanity. Her work takes varied forms, many of which are site specific, interactive sculptures and installations.
Born in Indonesia and based in Singapore, Cynthia completed her Bachelor in Fine Arts, First Class Honours at LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore. Cynthia was featured on BBC Asia and Channel News Asia, and was in the 2017 FORBES 30 under 30 Asia in the Arts. She has exhibited at Bandung Contemporary Art Award Assemblage, 2019, in Indonesia, and at Superfluidity: The Parallel Universes Daily Mimicry, 2022, in Taipei. In Singapore, Cynthia exhibited at Hawker! Hawker! in 2021, Singapore International Photography Festival in 2022, and had a solo presentation while we wait in 2020.
SOLO EXHIBITION
2020
while we wait at The Substation, Singapore
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
The Collectible Experience at Art Outreach, Singapore
Press Play at The Plaza, National Library Board, Singapore
Keys Under the Sofa at Hock Siong & Co., Singapore
Eat Play Love at C1 Holland Park, Singapore
Crafty? by Critical Craft Collective at GR.ID, Singapore
2023
Process Roving Ideas as part of Singapore Art Week
Strange Tools at Punggol Regional Library, Singapore
Leave Nothing but Footprints at Starch, Singapore
Yogyakarta Komik Weeks 2023 at Sangkring Art Project, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2022
Hawker! Hawker! at Lau Pa Sat, Singapore
Reflection at Artotel, Jakarta, Indonesia
Workshopables at Supernormal, Singapore
Waiting for Your Text Back, at dblspce, Singapore
8th Singapore International Photography Festival 2022 at Peace Centre, Singapore
Superfluidity: The Parallel Universes Daily Mimicry at Frees Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
2021
Things/Stuff/Objects at Jalan Besar Salon, Singapore
Arts in Jetlag – Floating in Buffering at Stanford Art Centre, Singapore
Suksesi at ISA Art and Design, Jakarta, Indonesia
A Blip in Time at Jurong Regional Library, Singapore
The Hours After at Gillman Barracks, Singapore
Re-thinging Materiality -Contemporary Sculpture 2021 at Lim Hak Tai Gallery, Singapore
2020
Power Play 2020: Invisible Lines at The Arts House, Singapore
You May Enter at SOTA Gallery, Singapore
2019
Media Art Globale 2019 – Transhuman Code at Salihara Community, Jakarta, Indonesia
Bandung Contemporary Art Award Assemblage at Lawangwangi Creative Space, Bandung, Indonesia
The Only Paradise is Paradise Lost at Stamford Art Centre, Singapore
2018
Earth Hour 2018 at The Float at Marina Bay, World Wide Fund for Nature, Singapore
2017
Bandung Contemporary Art Award 5 as a top 3 award winner at Lawangwangi Creative Space, Bandung, Indonesia
Body - Out at Galeri Cipta III, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta, Indonesia
Undescribed #2 at DECK, Singapore
NOISE Art Mentorship Showcase: Proposals for Waterloo at Waterloo Centre, Singapore
2016
UNTAPPED Discovery 2016 at Shophouse 5, ChanHampe Gallery, Singapore
Affordable Art Fair 2016 Autumn edition at F1 pit building, Singapore
when meaning collapse at 9 Winstedt Road, Singapore
Harper’s Bazaar Art Prize 2015 as award finalist at The Robinsons at the Heeren, Singapore
What if we… at Praxis and Project Space, Institute of Contemporary Art Singapore
Born in Indonesia and based in Singapore, Cynthia completed her Bachelor in Fine Arts, First Class Honours at LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore. Cynthia was featured on BBC Asia and Channel News Asia, and was in the 2017 FORBES 30 under 30 Asia in the Arts. She has exhibited at Bandung Contemporary Art Award Assemblage, 2019, in Indonesia, and at Superfluidity: The Parallel Universes Daily Mimicry, 2022, in Taipei. In Singapore, Cynthia exhibited at Hawker! Hawker! in 2021, Singapore International Photography Festival in 2022, and had a solo presentation while we wait in 2020.
SOLO EXHIBITION
2020
while we wait at The Substation, Singapore
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
The Collectible Experience at Art Outreach, Singapore
Press Play at The Plaza, National Library Board, Singapore
Keys Under the Sofa at Hock Siong & Co., Singapore
Eat Play Love at C1 Holland Park, Singapore
Crafty? by Critical Craft Collective at GR.ID, Singapore
2023
Process Roving Ideas as part of Singapore Art Week
Strange Tools at Punggol Regional Library, Singapore
Leave Nothing but Footprints at Starch, Singapore
Yogyakarta Komik Weeks 2023 at Sangkring Art Project, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2022
Hawker! Hawker! at Lau Pa Sat, Singapore
Reflection at Artotel, Jakarta, Indonesia
Workshopables at Supernormal, Singapore
Waiting for Your Text Back, at dblspce, Singapore
8th Singapore International Photography Festival 2022 at Peace Centre, Singapore
Superfluidity: The Parallel Universes Daily Mimicry at Frees Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
2021
Things/Stuff/Objects at Jalan Besar Salon, Singapore
Arts in Jetlag – Floating in Buffering at Stanford Art Centre, Singapore
Suksesi at ISA Art and Design, Jakarta, Indonesia
A Blip in Time at Jurong Regional Library, Singapore
The Hours After at Gillman Barracks, Singapore
Re-thinging Materiality -Contemporary Sculpture 2021 at Lim Hak Tai Gallery, Singapore
2020
Power Play 2020: Invisible Lines at The Arts House, Singapore
You May Enter at SOTA Gallery, Singapore
2019
Media Art Globale 2019 – Transhuman Code at Salihara Community, Jakarta, Indonesia
Bandung Contemporary Art Award Assemblage at Lawangwangi Creative Space, Bandung, Indonesia
The Only Paradise is Paradise Lost at Stamford Art Centre, Singapore
2018
Earth Hour 2018 at The Float at Marina Bay, World Wide Fund for Nature, Singapore
2017
Bandung Contemporary Art Award 5 as a top 3 award winner at Lawangwangi Creative Space, Bandung, Indonesia
Body - Out at Galeri Cipta III, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta, Indonesia
Undescribed #2 at DECK, Singapore
NOISE Art Mentorship Showcase: Proposals for Waterloo at Waterloo Centre, Singapore
2016
UNTAPPED Discovery 2016 at Shophouse 5, ChanHampe Gallery, Singapore
Affordable Art Fair 2016 Autumn edition at F1 pit building, Singapore
when meaning collapse at 9 Winstedt Road, Singapore
Harper’s Bazaar Art Prize 2015 as award finalist at The Robinsons at the Heeren, Singapore
What if we… at Praxis and Project Space, Institute of Contemporary Art Singapore