Zoya Chaudhary (b 1982) is an artist born in India and a resident of Singapore since 2011.
Zoya Chaudhary’s art practice is largely focused on the non-narrative exploration of perception, subjectivity, and memory—particularly how subjective filters of perception are shaped by cultural, physical, and temporal vantage points, and influenced by notions of erasure. She works across various mediums including installation, cut-out collage, drawing, and painting.
Her work explores themes such as the fragility of perception in this media informed world, the shifting nature of memory, and a meditative awareness that challenges conditioned ways of seeing. She often plays with—and breaks—familiar forms and established pattern systems, ruptures archival material, questioning their solidity and, by extension, the stability of meaning and the intimacy of knowing that they represent.
After completing her Applied Arts in Mumbai in 2005, Zoya worked as a visual artist, designer, and illustrator for creative and media agencies. She also designed sets and performed in several theatre productions in India. Since relocating to Singapore in 2011, she has exhibited her art in local and international exhibitions and art fairs. In 2021, Zoya earned an MA in Fine Arts from LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore (affiliated with Goldsmiths, University of London), where she received the Dr. Winston Oh Travelogue award. Since then, her practice has shifted from narrative-based painting towards abstraction and material exploration. Her works are part of several private collections worldwide. Most recently, she was amoungst 15 finalists for The Arts Family TAF Award 2024, which recognizes outstanding South Asian artists.
Education
2020-2021:
Master of Arts Fine Arts
LASALLE College of the Arts Singapore / Goldsmiths University of London
2000-2005:
Diploma in Applied Arts
Sophia Shree Basant Kumar Somani Memorial Poltechnic (SOPHIA’S), Mumbai, India
Exhibitions
2024: Solo exhibition: ‘Remains of the Day...’, Blueprint.12 gallery, New Delhi, India, 13th Sept -19th October
2024: Delhi Contemporary Art Week, Bikaner House, Blueprint.12 gallery, New Delhi, India, 13th Sept
2024: Tapestry of Time, MAG Contemporary Gallery, New Delhi, India, 4th July- 3rd August 2024
2023: Passage in Time, 2023, Installation, a Special Project for Affordable Art Fair, Singapore 10th- 12th November
2023: Solo Exhibition Presenting Pastness, 15 – 23 April 2023, Art Outreach, Singapore
2021: Strangers on an Island, Winston Oh Travelogue Award Online Exhibition
2021: Beautiful, Nice and Interesting, Lasalle MAFA final showcase, Project Space gallery, ICA, Singapore, November
2021: Polychromatic Dreamscapes, group show,The Visual Art Centre, Singapore,15 March -5 May
2020: TILT group show, Praxis gallery, ICA, Singapore, November
2019: Art Gemini Prize Finalist’s Exhibition 2019, Gallery NaWei, The Fullerton Hotel, Singapore, 9 -15 November
2019: Intersections group show at The Visual Art Centre, Singapore 8-9 March
2019: Utterly Women group show at Utterly Art Gallery, Singapore 1-17thMarch
2018: Solo Exhibition Lost And Found – Singapore, Utterly Art Gallery, Singapore, August
2014: The Substation Gallery, Singapore, MimArt 5.0, January
2013: The Culture Square Gallery, Singapore, September
2013: The Substation Gallery, Singapore, MimArt 4.0, March
2012: The Substation Gallery, Singapore, MimArt 3.0, September
Selected Art Fairs
2025: India Art Fair, New Delhi, 6th-9th February
2024: Art Mumbai, Mumbai, 14-17th November
2022: The Art of India, 2022, show by Times of India, 8th- 15th April, Gandhinagar, India
2018: Affordable Art Fair, Singapore, November
2017: Affordable Art Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands, November
2017: Affordable Art Fair, Singapore, April
Awards + Achievements
2024: Shortlisted for The Arts Family, London (TAF) Emerging Artist Award- South Asia 2024
2021: Winston Oh Travelogue Award, Singapore,
2019: Art Gemini Prize
2004: IBDA’A International Student Awards, held by the International Advertising
Association (UAE Chapter), Finalist in the Print Advertising category
Press & Publiction
2024: Delhi Contemporary Art Week: A trance-fixing assemblage of South Asian artworks Pulse of the Present. https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2024/Sep/06/pulse-of-the-present
2021: Essay Shaping Perception: Negotiating media as material, the fragility of time and fleeting emotions. Currents Journal, Archipelagic Encounters (2021), Centre of Visual Art (CoVA) at the University of Melbourne and the School of Design, University of Western Australia https://currentsjournal.net/Shaping-Perception
2019: Interview & feature in the online Homegrown magazine, India A Colourful Illustration Series Capturing The Vibrant Essence Of Indian Streets magazine Sep 16th
2014: Profiled amoungst 90 artists from around the globe in publication Artists To Look Out For, 2014 by Starry Night Programs, USA