Fyerool Darma (b. 1987) continues to live and work in Singapore. He draws on an extensive visual vocabulary from popular culture, archival material, literary references, the Internet and the artist’s lived experiences. Engaging actively with object and material experimentations, Fyerool often incorporates elements of photography, sculpture and digital media in his installations.
Recent solo presentations include L4ND$C4P€$ 4R3 L4NDF33LZ & 4N ♥C34N FVLL ♥F D4+4 WASTESS$ZZ, at the inaugural Seoul-Frieze presented by Yeo Workshop (2022) and the long-term research project After Ballads, NUS Museum, Singapore (2017-18). Selected group presentations include Living Pictures: Photography in Southeast Asia, National Gallery Singapore (2022-23); Afro-Southeast Asia Project, Vargas Museum, Philippines (2022); Nanyang Technological University – Art, Design and Media Gallery, Singapore (2021) and ASEAN Culture House, Busan, Republic of Korea. He was Artist-in-Residence (1 October 2019 – 28 April 2020) at NTU - Centre of Contemporary Art Singapore where he presented (Vivarium (wiifl∞w w/ l4if but t4k£ ø forms, ♥) at the Centre’s Vitrine.