Dhan Illiani Yusof

Women by Women: The Shortlist | Vogue Niyat (Intentions) Dhan Illiani Yusof MALAYSIA This photograph is part of the series ‘Niyat (Intentions)’. Kurungpillar explores faith, textile, and the lived realities of Muslim women in Malaysia, using cultural and religious dress as a language of both visibility and concealment.  Through baju kurung silhouettes and telekung-like forms, the work reveals the multiplicity of identities that exist beneath public narratives of modesty, femi

Iman Alternative  (2025) A mythic theatre of modern Malay femininity, absurd, exhausted, holy, and defiant. It challenges how faith,...

In this work, the artist distills the act of visibility and erasure into a stark, minimal frame: only the eyes emerge from a field of white, marked by calligraphic strokes that recall both script and wound. The work embodies a paradox: it invites reading while withholding clarity. This refrain echoes through the piece, suggesting that the act of looking at a Muslim woman is always shaped by projection, misreading, or incompleteness. Both revelation and apostrophe - hyper-read

Headed by Dhan Illiani in collaboration with her friends, Sharina Shahrin and Amani Azlin. Reconstructed Magazine Vol 2, published in...

Full Video On : N̶o̶t̶ Good Enough NOT GOOD ENOUGH In collaboration with Fugeelah, a collection designed after the topic of imposter...

Art Directed, Music Video Bomba for Malaysian Rapper SonaOne. Produced by @denhouseco Directed @adrianatunku Producer @razlanshahco Art...

2019 Experimental Art Film The second installment the short film series , Arus Binti Exhibited at Gudskul, Jakarta & Kersan Foundation Art, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. "Arus Binti - Documents The experience and observation in the growth of the female energy, diving into the fluidity of identity and touching subtly on the becoming of a woman in her country’s (Malaysia's) cultural and social aspects. " ‘Kobis Merah’ is a short visual poetry film that presents relatable scenes and s

A project that dives into various facets of identity through conceptual works of photography, digital collage and embroidery. Gadis...

Arus Binti is an ode to women who are resilient to what life throws at them. They are the softness that doesn't break. Part of an on-going series of short experimental video and visual works. The first installment is a form of visual - poetry , About a girl finding faith in herself and her voice through life's trials and tribulations as she floats upstream on a prayer mat, she chants the poetry verses repeatedly much like a 'zikir' in order to keep afloat ––mirroring the cons