Johann Fauzi (b.1962) is a Singapore-based artist who works across the mediums of painting, print, sculpture, and space-making. Trained in classical Western oil painting, he often incorporates these various formats into large-scale, immersive interior installations in the tradition of gesamtkunstwerk, aesthetically integrated environments. One of the primary pivots of his practice is the appropriation and transformation of various Western art historical idioms, inflecting their ideological and iconographic predispositions to reflect the lifeworld of Malay-speaking Southeast Asia.
Johann came to art later in life, having first built a corporate career. He is a graduate of the University of South Australia and the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore, and received his M.A. Fine Arts degree in 2019 from a joint program with LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore, and Goldsmiths, University of London.
He has participated in various group exhibitions, including “2219: Futures Imagined” (2019) at the ArtScience Museum, Singapore, and “The Foot Beneath the Flower: Camp. Kitsch. Art. Southeast Asia.” (2020) at the ADM Gallery, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has also staged several solo exhibitions; his most recent is “#09-1464” at Richard Koh Fine Art, Gillman Barracks, Singapore.


Lukisan Burung-burung Mati (Painting of Dead Birds)
Johann Fauzi
2020 - 2023
Oil on copper in gilded mahogany frame
146 x 124 cm

Cermin Belander (Dutch Mirror)
Johann Fauzi
2020
Gilded wood and glass mirror, work in collaboration with artisans of Kinatama
173 x 112 cm

Cermin a la Chippendale (Chippendale-style mirror)
Johann Fauzi
Early 2000
Gilded wood and plate glass, work in collaboration with artisans of Kinatama
140 x 80 cm

Timbunan Buah-Buahan Tempatan (Tropical Fruit Pyramid)
Johann Fauzi
2019
Cold-painted ceramic
Variable dimensions

Tembika Ming (Ming Kraakware plate with crest of arms, polychromatic)
Johann Fauzi
c. Wanli era. 1563 - 1621
Kraak porcelain
38 cm diameter

Tembika Ming (Ming Kraakware plate with crest of arms, blue and white)
Johann Fauzi
c. Wanli era. 1563 - 1620
Kraak porcelain
36 cm diameter

Still-life of Dead Game Birds including Green Woodpecker, Jay, Bluetit and Chaffinch
Johann Fauzi
c.17th Century
Oil on canvas by Adriaen de Gryeff
101.5 x 84 cm

Rumah Ku Dunia Ku (My Residence My World)
Johann Fauzi
2019 - 2023
Oil on linen in gilded mahogany frame
183 x 148 cm

Meja Dinding Puteri (Princess Console)
Johann Fauzi
2020 - 2022
Gilded wood and marble table-top, work in collaboration with artisans of Kinatama
85 x 70 x 32 cm

Perpustakaan dan Muzium Raffles (Raffles Library and Museum)
Johann Fauzi
2017 - 2023
Oil on linen in gilded wood frame
65 x 85 cm (framed)

Pasu Bunga Qianlong (Qianlong vase)
Johann Fauzi
c. 1700s
Ceramic
41 x 20.5 cm diameter

Dari Singapura ke Adelaide (From Singapore to Adelaide)
Johann Fauzi
2019 - 2023
Oil on linen in ebonized wood frame
143 x 177 cm

Guci Keramik (Ceramic Vase with female figures)
Johann Fauzi
Early 20th Century - 2023
Painted ceramic and stand
43 x 41 cm diameter (vase)
45 x 48 x 48 cm (stand)

Guci Keramik (Ceramic Vase with male figures)
Johann Fauzi
Early 20th Century - 2022
Painted ceramic and stand
43 x 41 cm diameter (vase)
45 x 48 x 48 cm (stand)

Kebebasan (The Emancipation)
Johann Fauzi
Early 20th Century - 2020
Oil on copper in gilded wooden frame
91 x 77 x 11 cm

Kebebasan Naomi (The Assumption of Naomi) & Antique canopy altarpiece
Johann Fauzi
2016 and late 18th to early 19th century
Terracotta and bronze
57 x 18 x 13 cm (sculpture)
96 x 41 x 31 cm (altarpiece)

Manggis, jambu ayer, jambu batu, bunga kenanga, cempaka, sundal malam, kemboja dan telang. Kupu-kupu bangsawan, tembikar Ming dan kaca bunga. (Mangosteen, water apple, guava, ylang ylang, magnolia, tuber rose and blue pea flower. Malay baron butterfly, Ming porcelain and crystal vase.)
Johann Fauzi
2021
Oil on canvas in antique wooden frame
100 x 108 cm

Meja Tulis (Writing Desk)
Johann Fauzi
Early 20th Century - 2022
Painted and japanned wood
102 x 70 x 40 cm

Menara Bunga Tulip (Tulipiere)
Johann Fauzi
c. late 20th century - 2022
Ceramic and oil paint
99 x 29 x 29 cm

Naomi Di-taman Syurga (Naomi in the Garden of Eden)
Johann Fauzi
2016
Ceramic
30 x 29 x 15 cm (sculpture)
8 x 20 x 44 cm (stand)

Pair of rabbits
Johann Fauzi
Unknown date
Ebony wood
22 x 10 x 13 cm each

Antique Dutch stool
Johann Fauzi
c. late 19th or early 20th century
Ebony wood
42 x 37 x 30 cm

Anjing Buang Sial (Guardian Dog Gets Rid of Bad Luck)
Johann Fauzi
2019 - 2022
Ceramic
29 x 23 x 11 cm each