Artist Biography
Lim Soo Min (b. 1996, Singapore) is a multidisciplinary artist working across visual art, installation, and performance. Her practice explores the intersection of movement, materiality, and spatial experience, often drawing from her background in freestyle dance and digital media.
She holds a Diploma in Visual Effects and Motion Graphics from Singapore Polytechnic and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Fine Art at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. In addition to her artistic practice, Lim has three years of experience teaching children's art and remains an active performer within Singapore’s dance community.
Her work has been exhibited at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Open House 2025 and Flagship Genius Featuring Văn Miếu – Quốc Tử Giám II. She was awarded Gold at the Crowbar Awards 2018 in the Film & Photography: Animation category, and was also nominated for Best Art Direction at the National Youth Film Awards in the same year.
Lim’s multidisciplinary approach reflects a deep interest in bodily presence, emotional states, and feminist narratives, often realized through immersive media and collaborative structures.
Artist Statement
I am a Visual and Performance Artist investigating the intersection of spirituality, mental health, and feminist identity. My practice centers the body—particularly through freestyle dance—as a site of expression, resistance, and transformation. As a woman living with schizophrenia, I use performance to navigate and articulate the nuanced realities of mental health, reclaiming the narrative through embodied presence.
Working across performance, video, installation, and textile-based weaving, I create immersive experiences that reveal the layered emotional landscapes shaped by gender and psychological struggle. My work seeks to disrupt stigma while honoring vulnerability, using tactile and time-based mediums to convey what is often unspeakable.
Rooted in personal experience, my art becomes both a mode of survival and a form of feminist inquiry. It invites viewers to witness, reflect, and engage with the complexities of identity, healing, and the shared human experience.