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) man Alternative (2025) of modern Malay femininity, absurd, exhausted, holy, and defiant. The surreal resilience that emerges when survival itself becomes performance. By collapsing the sacred with the industrial, symbols of modesty and devotion are entangled with tools of industry, intertwining faith and femininity as both burden and sustenance. The work reflects on how modern ideas of development and capital continue to extract from our identities a

God's I love you, but Conceptual Photography On Canvas, Embroidery on Net. 2ft x 3ft  Photography Shooting Assistant: Aidan at Highkey Flair Studio Exhibited and sold at Cult Gallery at CIMBArtober 2024 Description:  God's I Love You, but, is a conceptual photography piece paired with an embroidered poetry piece by the artist, signifying her relationship with the paradoxical nature existing within her experience as a Muslim woman navigating questions of faith, questioning t

2023 - 2024 Official Press Release Niyat features several works, mainly a leather heart tattooed wearable hijab installation piece, an...

Performed during the duration of the art show ' Seni Kenduri ' at The National Art Gallery The artist, performs as a living papan tanda...

Video By Process Magazine Handcrafted - dried durian skin as a shoe accessory. A fashion piece commissioned to go with the classic SK8...

Collaborating with VANSMY at their Flagship Store in Pavilion KL, the workshop titled Serving Fashion - Repurposing A Tudung Saji Into A...

The world’s largest global fashion activism movement debuts in Malaysia with a week of eye-opening events, from clothes swaps to T-shirt...

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