Faris Nakamura (b.1988, Singapore) graduated with Bachelor in Fine Arts (First Class Honours) from LASALLE College of the Arts in partnership with Goldsmiths, College of London in 2014.
Through sculptures, installations and site-specific works, Faris investigates the way people navigate and orientate themselves as they encounter space. He desires to understand the attachment and detachments people have towards spaces, how these relationships develop, and their impact.
Faris was most recently announced as the winner of the IMPART Awards, Visual Artist Category, 2020. He was awarded the Young Talent Programme Winners’ Solo, 2017/2018, the Grand Winner at the Shitsurai International Art Competition, Kobe Biennale, 2015 and was the Winston Oh Travel Award recipient, 2013.
Faris has exhibited both locally and internationally. He has showcased at venues such as Gillman Barracks (Singapore), The Substation (Singapore), ION Art (Singapore), Scotts Square (Singapore), Georgetown Festival (Penang, Malaysia), FASS Art Gallery (Turkey), Kobe Biennale (Japan), and Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi, (Venice).It is also notable that Faris is a flautist and has performed at venues such as the Esplanade Concert Hall and the Victoria Concert Hall (Singapore).


Forlorn Atmosphere Of A Place, Bustling And Thriving
Faris Nakamura
2020
Matt enamel on treated wood and acrylic
120 x 100 x 17 cm

This Awkward Space Isn't That Awkward After All
Faris Nakamura
2020
Matt enamel on treated wood and acrylic
85 x 105 x 17 cm

Reminisce
Faris Nakamura
2019
Enamel on treated wood, metal pieces and acrylic plastic
50 x 80 x 12 cm

In A Place Of The Impalpable
Faris Nakamura
2019
Enamel on treated wood, metal pieces and acrylic plastic
90 x 130 x 18 cm

Desolate
Faris Nakamura
2019
Enamel on treated wood, metal pieces and acrylic plastic
60 x 50 x 10 cm

Amid The Silence, Unquietly We Frolic
Faris Nakamura
2019
Enamel on treated wood, metal pieces and acrylic plastic
90 x 130 x 18 cm

The Dark Spaces In Between
Faris Nakamura
2019
Enamel on treated wood
70 x 70 x 12 cm

The Place In Which Everything Exists
Faris Nakamura
2019
Enamel on treated wood, metal pieces and acrylic plastic
90 x 130 x 18 cm

The White Spaces In Between
Faris Nakamura
2019
Enamel on treated wood
70 x 70 x 12 cm

If We Sit Here and Look Up, I Wonder What Will We See?
Faris Nakamura
2019
Matt enamel coated mild steel
90 x 52 x 42 cm

If We Stand Here and Look Down, I Wonder What Will We See?
Faris Nakamura
2019
Matt enamel coated mild steel
90 x 52 x 42 cm
In Our Own Frame: 10th Year Anniversary
3 - 19 December 2020
Richard Koh Fine Art,
Blk 47 Malan Road,
#01-26 Gillman Barracks,
Singapore 109444
Tuesday - Saturday, 11am - 7pm
Closed on Sundays, Mondays & Public Holidays
Emerging: Collecting Singapore Contemporary – Selections from the DUO Collection
11 January - 1 March 2020
The Private Museum
51 Waterloo St
#02-06
Singapore 187969
Mon - Fri, 10am - 7pm
Sat & Sun, 11am - 5pm
Closed on Public Holidays
Faris Nakamura – Nothing To Hide: Private Collection of Contemporary Southeast Asian Art
11 - 19 January 2020
Oxley Bizhub
67 Ubi Road 1, #06-04
Singapore 408730
11, 12, 18 & 19 January 2020
12 - 5 pm
Faris Nakamura – Remember This Place, For We Will Be Back Here Again Someday
4 - 19 October 2019
Richard Koh Fine Art,
Blk 47 Malan Road,
#01-26 Gillman Barracks,
Singapore 109444
Tue - Sat, 11am - 7pm
Faris Nakamura – The Camouflaged Man: Invisibility & Mimicry
24 - 27 January 2019
Richard Koh Fine Art
Booth B01
S.E.A. Focus
BLK 9, Lock Road,
Gillman Barracks,
Singapore 108937