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Wang Xi Jie (b. 2001, Malaysia) is a Singapore-based artist whose practice explores the multiplicities of place, its agents, and the contextual residues it carries. Working across sculptural objects, video, and print, he uses conversations as a method to bridge embodied experiences, bodily labours, and the aesthetics of empathy.
His current research interests engage with the notion of ‘tropical estrangement’, unfolding through the vocabularies of fruits, heat, and decay. This has taken the form of anthological narratives, exploring vernacularized agri-cultures embedded within small folk-towns across Southeast Asia. Tropical fruits in particular, are often used as vessels for stories, serving as entry points to places such as plantations, where the rhythms of growth and labor are inextricably bound to the land, yet often rendered invisible by globalized extractive systems.
His works have been exhibited locally and internationally, including CLab (Taipei) and Hotel Tiger (Zurich), Hin Bus Depot (Penang), including contributions to the 12th Seoul Mediacity Biennale and MOMENTUM 12. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore and is a recipient of the Winston Oh Travelogue Award (2025).