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.
Oren, Buah Limau, Buah Pic, Buah Manggis, Permaidani Persia, Dulang Perak dan Balang Seramik (Orange, Lemon, Peach, Mangosteen, Persian Rug, Silver Tray and Ceramic Jar)
Johann Fauzi
2024
Oil on linen, and ebonized wood frame
73 x 62 cm (framed)
Burung Nuri, Buah Pic, Buah Ara, Buah Anggur dan Rama-Rama (Parrot, Peach, Fig, Grapes and Butterfly)
Johann Fauzi
2024
Oil on linen, and ebonized wood frame
73 x 62 cm (framed)
Buah Tembikai (Watermelon)
Johann Fauzi
2024
Oil on linen, and ebonized wood frame
62 x 73 cm (framed)
Buah Delima, Bunga Teluki dan Pinggan Seramik Ming (Pomegranate, Carnation and Ceramic Ming Plate)
Johann Fauzi
2024
Oil on linen, and ebonized wood frame
62 x 73 cm (framed)
Tembika Ming (Ming Kraakware plate with crest of arms, blue and white)
Johann Fauzi
c. Wanli era. 1563 - 1620
Kraak porcelain
36 cm diameter
Tembika Ming (Ming Kraakware plate with crest of arms, polychromatic)
Johann Fauzi
c. Wanli era. 1563 - 1621
Kraak porcelain
38 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
Timbunan Buah-Buahan Tempatan (Tropical Fruit Pyramid)
Johann Fauzi
2019
Cold-painted ceramic
Variable dimensions
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)
Of placebos that sing sweet in the mouth and ache in the soul (Curated by Louis Ho)
29 June - 20 July 2024
Richard Koh Fine Art,
Blk 47 Malan Road,
#01-26 Gillman Barracks,
Singapore 109444
Open on Tuesday - Saturday, 11 am - 7 pm
Closed on Sundays, Mondays, and Public Holidays
Johann Fauzi – #09-1464 (Curated by Louis Ho)
11 February - 4 March 2023
Richard Koh Fine Art,
Blk 47 Malan Road
#01-26 Gillman Barracks,
Singapore 109444
Tuesday - Saturday, 11 am - 7 pm
Closed on Sundays, Mondays & Public Holidays
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