Shiela Samsuri is the best kind of over-thinker (she hopes). As a child, she harbored a curiosity towards stars twinkling high up above. While uncertain of the exact nature of astronomy, her yearning to understand the stars was hindered by the limited career prospect and her actual fear of heights.
Today, for most of the waking hours, her curiosities are directed in her role as an identity designer in a unit called R+. In her own time, she continues her inquiry in subjects of all sorts. Sometimes, this resulted in her making 4,474 colorful inedible pills, some days it is about capturing colors of mineral waters, and some nights it is about scouting nice tarmac in her neighborhood.
Recently she has been thinking whether mosquitoes actually derive pleasure from biting humans, or could they be secretly resistant to it? Perhaps it's her life’s mission to see that question through, as she draws quietly in her own studio (bedroom).
Today, for most of the waking hours, her curiosities are directed in her role as an identity designer in a unit called R+. In her own time, she continues her inquiry in subjects of all sorts. Sometimes, this resulted in her making 4,474 colorful inedible pills, some days it is about capturing colors of mineral waters, and some nights it is about scouting nice tarmac in her neighborhood.
Recently she has been thinking whether mosquitoes actually derive pleasure from biting humans, or could they be secretly resistant to it? Perhaps it's her life’s mission to see that question through, as she draws quietly in her own studio (bedroom).
2023
Leaving Traces (Hin Bus Depot / George Town Festival)
2023
Wanita Disebalik Budaya (DAG by Filamen)
2023
CLOUDS OVER THE POPPY GARDEN AS SHE RUNS ON GRASS (temuhouse)
2022
Klang River Festival : Flow by Filamen with Kongsi KL (Old Klang Road)
2021
PAUSE202X (Tun Perak Co-Op, KL)
2020
Rimbun Dahan Southeast Asian Arts Residencies (Rimbun Dahan)
ASM ArtScience™ Prize (Top 13) (Academy of Sciences Malaysia)
2019
What Are You Afraid Of? (The Back Room, KL)
SH/FT Contemporary Visual Art Exhibition (Publika)
(Re)thinking Editions (OUR Arts Project)
Malaysia Emerging Artists Awards (40 Finalists) (Publika)
RRRWARRR!!! 2.0 Maybank's Emerging Women Artist Show (Maybank)
2018
RRRWARRR!!! Maybank's Emerging Women Artist Show (Maybank)
2020:Futurists' Diaries (DiverseCity KL International Arts Festival)
2017
Collective Individuals (Urbanscapes)
Leaving Traces (Hin Bus Depot / George Town Festival)
2023
Wanita Disebalik Budaya (DAG by Filamen)
2023
CLOUDS OVER THE POPPY GARDEN AS SHE RUNS ON GRASS (temuhouse)
2022
Klang River Festival : Flow by Filamen with Kongsi KL (Old Klang Road)
2021
PAUSE202X (Tun Perak Co-Op, KL)
2020
Rimbun Dahan Southeast Asian Arts Residencies (Rimbun Dahan)
ASM ArtScience™ Prize (Top 13) (Academy of Sciences Malaysia)
2019
What Are You Afraid Of? (The Back Room, KL)
SH/FT Contemporary Visual Art Exhibition (Publika)
(Re)thinking Editions (OUR Arts Project)
Malaysia Emerging Artists Awards (40 Finalists) (Publika)
RRRWARRR!!! 2.0 Maybank's Emerging Women Artist Show (Maybank)
2018
RRRWARRR!!! Maybank's Emerging Women Artist Show (Maybank)
2020:Futurists' Diaries (DiverseCity KL International Arts Festival)
2017
Collective Individuals (Urbanscapes)
