Faris Heizer Singaporean, b. 1998

Born in Singapore, Muhammad Faris Bin Heizer or Faris Heizer graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) with a Diploma in Fine Arts in 2018. His work has been featured in exhibitions at Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta (2019); Coda Culture, Singapore (2019); and Cuturi Gallery, Singapore (2020). Following his debut solo exhibition Shoe Shufflers at Coda Culture, Singapore (2020), Heizer took part in the group exhibition Body as a Dream at Art Agenda, Singapore (2021), and was included in the artist line-up as part of OH! Open House, Singapore (2021). Most recently, Heizer presented his solo exhibition, Another Round at Cuturi Gallery and International Art Fair, ArtMoments Jakarta Online.

Faris paints the metanarratives of the caricatured figures in the state of pain, despair, and hopelessness. These characters exist in an abject reality ruled by their own logics, appropriated from various fictional novels and cartoon shows.