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Dhan Illiani Yusof
ยฉ
Artis Visual & Kontemporari
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Renewal
Kelahiran semula dalam kehancuran
Keadaan permikiran, api menandakan kekuatan yang merosakkan namun menyucikan (ritual menukar cengkerang dan penyucian diri)
Poesy (2025)
Fabric Installation
โ
Conceptual Photography Printed on
Voile, Cotton, Chiffon Fabric,
Light Beaded Embellishment
Text Embroidery
What are your intentions with me?
Bersiram
Part of (Per)empuan (2019) series
for my Arus Binti exhibit in Indonesia
Fabric Installation - Conceptual Photography
lightly embellished & glitter on canvas fabric
1.1m x 0.9m
Exhibited at Gudskul, Jakarta & Kersan Art Foundation Jogja, Indonesia
girls wearing Batik Lepas, and indulging in self care - bathing or beauty rituals of the past and present.
Part of (Per)empuan (2019) series
for my Arus Binti exhibit in Indonesia
Fabric Installation - Conceptual Photography
lightly embellished & glitter on canvas fabric
1.1m x 0.9m
Exhibited at Gudskul, Jakarta & Kersan Art Foundation Jogja, Indonesia
girls wearing Batik Lepas, and indulging in self care - bathing or beauty rituals of the past and present.
A memory like clothing with textures
1. Went back to my hometown Penang as a family unit after more than a decade to touch base with late momโs side for raya, brought up remnants of the past, and what it means for the very young me at the time, and with recollection what it presents to be now
2. In my collection of textiles, some vintage, some kamdar + sisโs personal creation at Armenian street against the decadent Baba- Nyonya tiles
3. Cult with friends for a final discussion on Poesy before it heads of to its new home, a museum by Dr Tan of Urmu in Port Dickson
4. Me as a worm for a reading roomโs workshop at tintabudi on exploring sound
5. Kelingkan embroidering, feeling at home and thinking about Kak Nikโs perserverance and attentiveness in the craft
6. My very handsome Pakistani - Pashtun Babaji ( Tok / Grandfather )
7. Apom hunting in Penang, followed by antique works in leroyโs family shop
8. Reading Roger Scrutonโs views and ideas on โBeautyโ while being reminded of how Im most at home with the trees and the wind behind my back that I grew up with in Bagan Lalang Beach
1. Went back to my hometown Penang as a family unit after more than a decade to touch base with late momโs side for raya, brought up remnants of the past, and what it means for the very young me at the time, and with recollection what it presents to be now
2. In my collection of textiles, some vintage, some kamdar + sisโs personal creation at Armenian street against the decadent Baba- Nyonya tiles
3. Cult with friends for a final discussion on Poesy before it heads of to its new home, a museum by Dr Tan of Urmu in Port Dickson
4. Me as a worm for a reading roomโs workshop at tintabudi on exploring sound
5. Kelingkan embroidering, feeling at home and thinking about Kak Nikโs perserverance and attentiveness in the craft
6. My very handsome Pakistani - Pashtun Babaji ( Tok / Grandfather )
7. Apom hunting in Penang, followed by antique works in leroyโs family shop
8. Reading Roger Scrutonโs views and ideas on โBeautyโ while being reminded of how Im most at home with the trees and the wind behind my back that I grew up with in Bagan Lalang Beach
A harvest of rambutans,
rage is a hairy itchy thing
seru - seru kerangga.
(Call forth the weaver ants)
From (Per) empuan series (2019)
Canvas fabric & aluminium foil, fabric installation
Exhibited at @gudskul in 2019 Jakarta & @kersanartfoundation Jogjakarta
Photo courtesy of @carloskhu ๐ค๐๐ป
rage is a hairy itchy thing
seru - seru kerangga.
(Call forth the weaver ants)
From (Per) empuan series (2019)
Canvas fabric & aluminium foil, fabric installation
Exhibited at @gudskul in 2019 Jakarta & @kersanartfoundation Jogjakarta
Photo courtesy of @carloskhu ๐ค๐๐ป
Went to a Silver Smithing workshop with my sister, by the talented @leroyluar when we were back in our hometown. We both through the years had worn some of his beautiful pieces,
it was an in depth experience learning the processes involved โ from the sawing, filling, burnishing - polishing, firing, doming, soildering, stippling, boiling ettccccc
my piece (me being creatively ambitious) was very stubborn in the making, it didnโt want to conform ๐๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธleroy said at times even with the right metrics and methods, the pieces would have their own air and semangat, imbued by the makers. It makes one think about the finesse in exercising brute strength โ while negotiating a sense gentleness too with the pieces to mold accordingly, so the end piece is attentively halus.
a treat to have made custom made pendants while in my hometown in Penang. If youโre ever in town, drop by Chulia where his studio is located within his family run antique shop and give the workshop a try.
it was an in depth experience learning the processes involved โ from the sawing, filling, burnishing - polishing, firing, doming, soildering, stippling, boiling ettccccc
my piece (me being creatively ambitious) was very stubborn in the making, it didnโt want to conform ๐๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธleroy said at times even with the right metrics and methods, the pieces would have their own air and semangat, imbued by the makers. It makes one think about the finesse in exercising brute strength โ while negotiating a sense gentleness too with the pieces to mold accordingly, so the end piece is attentively halus.
a treat to have made custom made pendants while in my hometown in Penang. If youโre ever in town, drop by Chulia where his studio is located within his family run antique shop and give the workshop a try.
Conceptual Photography - Fabric Print and Color Test from 2019
Baju Opah, Batik
Baju Opah, Batik
Selamat Hari Raya ๐ Eid Mubarak
๐ all sorts of things, all sorts of saints, all sorts all sorts,
of ways growing.
1. Eye-ing books at Kinokuniya, especially Poor Artists by @thewhitepube
2. @john.ang.771 Gracing us with his extensive knowledge on textiles, โ on kebaya, batik motifs and social occurences during the time period that seeped into becoming popular culture/motives
3. A chat with Artist Niranjan who came back from Canada with his lovely wife Jane for a sharing session at ilhamgallery
4. @anissa_raz Reminding us the badest of us are the ones who wake up for sahur
5. Meniscus tear girl ๐คญ couldnโt tell my doctor it was from walking โ not an injury I got from ice hockey
6. Global Girls Game 2025 = Free hockey game = Unknowingly playing with a meniscus tear (Gotta do it for the girls)
7. Birthday hangout became a book club hangout @tahalong @freezforshort @serimizani
of ways growing.
1. Eye-ing books at Kinokuniya, especially Poor Artists by @thewhitepube
2. @john.ang.771 Gracing us with his extensive knowledge on textiles, โ on kebaya, batik motifs and social occurences during the time period that seeped into becoming popular culture/motives
3. A chat with Artist Niranjan who came back from Canada with his lovely wife Jane for a sharing session at ilhamgallery
4. @anissa_raz Reminding us the badest of us are the ones who wake up for sahur
5. Meniscus tear girl ๐คญ couldnโt tell my doctor it was from walking โ not an injury I got from ice hockey
6. Global Girls Game 2025 = Free hockey game = Unknowingly playing with a meniscus tear (Gotta do it for the girls)
7. Birthday hangout became a book club hangout @tahalong @freezforshort @serimizani
World Poetry Day 2025
Excerpt from my piece - Arus binti (2019)
visual poetry - short film
Excerpt from my piece - Arus binti (2019)
visual poetry - short film
Niyat Berat (Weighted Intentions) 2024
10 ft x 16 ft Installation,
Acrylic on Concrete Tiles
10 ft x 16 ft Installation,
Acrylic on Concrete Tiles
Poesy (2025)
Conceptual Photography printed on Chiffon, Voile, Cotton Fabric, Light beaded embellishments , Text Embroidery
200 x 105cm
โPoesyโ, a reversal in cloth styling and the many layers of a womanโs prayer dress. The piece plays with the meaning and materiality in fabric and act of wearing. The four fabric layersโ likened to pages of a bookโ each carry a different fragment of the same image, revealing and concealing in harmony, presenting a balance between concealment and exposure, performing the nature of ambiguity in poetry. The gentle shifts in fabric and form explore the intimacy and fluidity of devotion.
The show runs from 8 March onwards.
#BerseriKandi #CULTGallery #WomenInArt #InternationalWomensDay2025 #IWD2025CULT
Berseri Kandi @cult_gallery
Conceptual Photography printed on Chiffon, Voile, Cotton Fabric, Light beaded embellishments , Text Embroidery
200 x 105cm
โPoesyโ, a reversal in cloth styling and the many layers of a womanโs prayer dress. The piece plays with the meaning and materiality in fabric and act of wearing. The four fabric layersโ likened to pages of a bookโ each carry a different fragment of the same image, revealing and concealing in harmony, presenting a balance between concealment and exposure, performing the nature of ambiguity in poetry. The gentle shifts in fabric and form explore the intimacy and fluidity of devotion.
The show runs from 8 March onwards.
#BerseriKandi #CULTGallery #WomenInArt #InternationalWomensDay2025 #IWD2025CULT
Berseri Kandi @cult_gallery
for the love of the sport ๐ and its challenges in Malaysia @womensicehockeymy @tv3_nona
Part 2
Part 2
Always eager to push my love of ice hockey ๐ the @womensicehockeymy to see the limelight of day
on National Tv
@tv3_nona thank you for the feature!
Part 1
on National Tv
@tv3_nona thank you for the feature!
Part 1
๐ mari mari on the 8th to @cult_gallery
๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐พ ๐๐ถ๐๐น๐พ, an all-women group exhibition who is unapologetic, bold, and brilliant. Inspired by the wordplay of โ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ชโ and โ๐ด๐ณ๐ช๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ชโ, the show celebrates resilience and defiance in all its formsโone that radiates and nurtures its surroundings.
In a world that continues to confine women to specific roles, this exhibition is about women existing authentically.
โจ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐โจ reflects on identity, autonomy, and the evolving perceptions of womanhood in a rapidly changing world.
โAs the legendary warrior pulls on the strings of her bow, the tensions between progress and lingering inequalities sharpen her aim.โ
Join us for Opening Night for a special gathering and ๐๐ง๐ต๐ข๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ข, prepared specially by Dukun Kebun. We will also have a dedicated room for ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ต, so you can comfortably observe your prayers.
Letโs come together to celebrate the brilliance, strength, and artistry of womanhood.
๐ช Opening Night: Saturday March 8, 7pm onwards
๐ Exhibition Duration: March 8โ23, 2025
๐ CULT Gallery
๐ RSVP via link in bio
Photo credit, artwork by:
ยฉDhan Illiani Yusof, Poesy
Conceptual Photography printed on chiffon, voile, cotton fabric, light beaded embellishments, text embroidery
200 x 105cm
#BerseriKandiCULT #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2025 #CULTGallery #womeninart
๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐พ ๐๐ถ๐๐น๐พ, an all-women group exhibition who is unapologetic, bold, and brilliant. Inspired by the wordplay of โ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ชโ and โ๐ด๐ณ๐ช๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ชโ, the show celebrates resilience and defiance in all its formsโone that radiates and nurtures its surroundings.
In a world that continues to confine women to specific roles, this exhibition is about women existing authentically.
โจ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐โจ reflects on identity, autonomy, and the evolving perceptions of womanhood in a rapidly changing world.
โAs the legendary warrior pulls on the strings of her bow, the tensions between progress and lingering inequalities sharpen her aim.โ
Join us for Opening Night for a special gathering and ๐๐ง๐ต๐ข๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ข, prepared specially by Dukun Kebun. We will also have a dedicated room for ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ต, so you can comfortably observe your prayers.
Letโs come together to celebrate the brilliance, strength, and artistry of womanhood.
๐ช Opening Night: Saturday March 8, 7pm onwards
๐ Exhibition Duration: March 8โ23, 2025
๐ CULT Gallery
๐ RSVP via link in bio
Photo credit, artwork by:
ยฉDhan Illiani Yusof, Poesy
Conceptual Photography printed on chiffon, voile, cotton fabric, light beaded embellishments, text embroidery
200 x 105cm
#BerseriKandiCULT #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2025 #CULTGallery #womeninart
If youโve known me since my days of blogging when I was 15, youโd know I always have been one that conventions would fail to grasp and in interviews or articles โ- theyโre extracted and written as excitingly so. Of open vulnerabilities and defiance packaged in one.
from my habit of journaling, I wrote a piece lightly stitching together various parts of how art, fashion and trauma converge to seep synonymously into the fabric of my life after seeing a clinician to check whether I was considered autistic following the advise of people I cared for,
but found something entirely different that unravelled an entireโs practice, so for my birthday I made it into art ๐๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ค
Link is on my bio - website.
Hereโs to the strangeness of turning 28 :)
artwork piece - Niyat, machine stitched cow leather tattooed with a heart motif on the left sleeve, detachable metal chains (skipping rope)
studio shooting assist @highkeyflair
from my habit of journaling, I wrote a piece lightly stitching together various parts of how art, fashion and trauma converge to seep synonymously into the fabric of my life after seeing a clinician to check whether I was considered autistic following the advise of people I cared for,
but found something entirely different that unravelled an entireโs practice, so for my birthday I made it into art ๐๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ค
Link is on my bio - website.
Hereโs to the strangeness of turning 28 :)
artwork piece - Niyat, machine stitched cow leather tattooed with a heart motif on the left sleeve, detachable metal chains (skipping rope)
studio shooting assist @highkeyflair
moyang teratai - tersadai
a blurry footage I shot back in 2018
a blurry footage I shot back in 2018
That time I accidentally berdakwah in an art show
- a school of ikan bawal (pom pom fish)
Documenta 2022, Germany
- a school of ikan bawal (pom pom fish)
Documenta 2022, Germany
hearing damage
ecology perempuan
ecology
of a woman
the damn age
ecology perempuan
ecology
of a woman
the damn age
understanding my centre of gravity,
more importantly โ where it pulls
more importantly โ where it pulls
โโญ๏ธโโญ๏ธ #
Conceptual piece from years back
Conceptual piece from years back
Nosferatu for the start of another nosey - unhinged year,
couldnโt be bothered to post on my feed lately, have been humbled by the art both the contemporary and historical in the city of Milan and Florence and all in good company, left me staring at my ceiling in bed after marveling the floors and ceilings - very much alive, breathing and dressed in painted centuries
opened a flood gate of ideas im tenacious to test out once im back ๐๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ
couldnโt be bothered to post on my feed lately, have been humbled by the art both the contemporary and historical in the city of Milan and Florence and all in good company, left me staring at my ceiling in bed after marveling the floors and ceilings - very much alive, breathing and dressed in painted centuries
opened a flood gate of ideas im tenacious to test out once im back ๐๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ
๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ
Closed the year with a performance art piece in collaboration with @spacegambusexperiment at Port Ipoh, Perak
lead by kamalsabran feat @ahmadtaqiudin92 asyikeenb @asyrafbakri @fantafaaa @naziminnazeri @ruohruohruoh @inderanetra @mightbehobie
curated by @mohd.jayzuan
@nationalartgallerymy
PORT @portipoh
special thanks to my team @labekiss @karlrafiq
lead by kamalsabran feat @ahmadtaqiudin92 asyikeenb @asyrafbakri @fantafaaa @naziminnazeri @ruohruohruoh @inderanetra @mightbehobie
curated by @mohd.jayzuan
@nationalartgallerymy
PORT @portipoh
special thanks to my team @labekiss @karlrafiq
Last November, Enda, a good friend of mine who is an art researcher - curator - artist himself was in town, hosted him around during his short visit to talk about pending projects amongst other things, mapping art as an ecosystem.
Enda is part of the collective, Ruang Rupa and runs a separate art collective at Pontianak, his hometown.
Through the years we often work and bounce off ideas ever since my short residency period at Gudskul Jakarta in 2019 in which we got acquainted and from work have caught on meeting during joint art escapades in several countries, Germany - Indonesia - Malaysia
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Enda is part of the collective, Ruang Rupa and runs a separate art collective at Pontianak, his hometown.
Through the years we often work and bounce off ideas ever since my short residency period at Gudskul Jakarta in 2019 in which we got acquainted and from work have caught on meeting during joint art escapades in several countries, Germany - Indonesia - Malaysia
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Remember remember the 5th..
or rather .. entire november,
1. Tagging at Bangsar alleys with @nawwarshukriahali @sultansliz @trinateoh
2. Hosting my good friend Enda an art researcher from indonesia around KL to help his research, visited the literary festival Kalam
3. Kacau @cultprint during their exhibition set up @sheenaliam @ernestzacharevic @nawwarshukriahali @haidayusof
4. Dancing and singing at Lorong Panggung with @cyril_kongo @sharifah_sakinah
5. Crashing at @leaismโs place to revel in creepy tunes
6. Taking up space outside of the cziplee gallery
7. more tagging after party after private exhibition launch @otobaizakaya @teebai
8. Setting up studio space for a shoot
9. Art direction work for a commissioned theatre piece
10. Setting up at event space
11. Running around in a strict dresscode in the strange habitat (state dewan - parliament Selangor) bumping into politicians I donโt like for Ngo work - campaign against domestic violence and abuse against women
12. Playing Pictionary with peeps I love @aliahusnaa @labekiss @karlrafiq
13. Rehearsal for D-day for a theatre commission
or rather .. entire november,
1. Tagging at Bangsar alleys with @nawwarshukriahali @sultansliz @trinateoh
2. Hosting my good friend Enda an art researcher from indonesia around KL to help his research, visited the literary festival Kalam
3. Kacau @cultprint during their exhibition set up @sheenaliam @ernestzacharevic @nawwarshukriahali @haidayusof
4. Dancing and singing at Lorong Panggung with @cyril_kongo @sharifah_sakinah
5. Crashing at @leaismโs place to revel in creepy tunes
6. Taking up space outside of the cziplee gallery
7. more tagging after party after private exhibition launch @otobaizakaya @teebai
8. Setting up studio space for a shoot
9. Art direction work for a commissioned theatre piece
10. Setting up at event space
11. Running around in a strict dresscode in the strange habitat (state dewan - parliament Selangor) bumping into politicians I donโt like for Ngo work - campaign against domestic violence and abuse against women
12. Playing Pictionary with peeps I love @aliahusnaa @labekiss @karlrafiq
13. Rehearsal for D-day for a theatre commission
โThe Influence of Arts & Crafts In Fashionโ Panel Discussion for the Indian Ocean Triennial Australia (IOTA) 2024
with three ladies I swoon over in blurring the boundaries of art - fashion - craft. ๐
hosted by @cult_gallery
with three ladies I swoon over in blurring the boundaries of art - fashion - craft. ๐
hosted by @cult_gallery
Shot a personal conceptual series
with @aidan.at assisting,
at his studio @highkeyflair
@cult_gallery Booth 21,
@cimbmalaysia Artober
MITEC KL 25th - 27th October 2024
with @aidan.at assisting,
at his studio @highkeyflair
@cult_gallery Booth 21,
@cimbmalaysia Artober
MITEC KL 25th - 27th October 2024
๐ฌ๏ธ๐ฌ๏ธ
current climate
claim I
current climate
claim I
Usually the sort of things we talk about, why we do what we do, beliefs, hopes and dreams, often mulling over where we stand in the media or publicโs perception of our work and art as a practice.
always there to be a supportive bug to @nawwarshukriahali when sheโs installing her artworks around the city, the latest currently are her installations at the River of Life KL.
Had @aidan.at assisting the shots!
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always there to be a supportive bug to @nawwarshukriahali when sheโs installing her artworks around the city, the latest currently are her installations at the River of Life KL.
Had @aidan.at assisting the shots!
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Still from Niyat,
Conceptual Video - Performance Art
Still from Niyat,
Conceptual Video - Performance Art
all things coconutty, the work is being in the chaotic middle of it all
@future_loundry @jeremyangusf_ @gungama_gama @thomaswhenning
like the ethos @projekrabak holds,
manusia dulu seni kemudian, (human first, art arrives later.)
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@future_loundry @jeremyangusf_ @gungama_gama @thomaswhenning
like the ethos @projekrabak holds,
manusia dulu seni kemudian, (human first, art arrives later.)
- Monthly Niyat
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