COLLABORATOR GROUP 1: MIGRANT WRITERS OF SINGAPORE
Migrant Writers of Singapore is a bonding of Migrants who are literature enthusiast. It offers a platform to all Migrant artists. It helps develop and enhance their talents through different activities provided because Migrant Writers of Singapore believes that every human are gifted and that gift must be shared and celebrated. Serving migrants with integrity and kindness is our core values.
Migrant Writers of Singapore is a bonding of Migrants who are literature enthusiast. It offers a platform to all Migrant artists. It helps develop and enhance their talents through different activities provided because Migrant Writers of Singapore believes that every human are gifted and that gift must be shared and celebrated. Serving migrants with integrity and kindness is our core values.
Masum Hasan
Masum Hasan hails from Dhaka, Bangladesh. He has been working for a flooring company here in Singapore since 2018. In addition, he is currently pursuing a Higher Electrical Engineering course from Newton International College (Singapore) . He likes and respects everyone's ideals as well as his own. He is connected with various media platforms encouraging volunteerism in migrants community too. He lives by this mantra, " When I wake up every morning I have no promise of anything new. Because I believe that I have to fulfil my own dreams."
Haidee Roiles
Haidee Roiles is from the province of Cebu, in the Philippines. She came to Singapore 4 years back and works as a foreign domestic worker. Her passion and love for literary arts started as an innate desire in her formative years and continued until her college days, paused at momentarily during her teenhood at a turning point of her life. That passion was reborn again during the pandemic time when everyone was locked at home. It serves as her motivation, encouragement and timely escape within her solitude and missing the comforts of home. She is one of the contributors of the anthology book titled "Call and Response 2". She is also a member of the Migrant Writers of Singapore, alongside being a team leader of a non-profit organization called Uplifters-that helps educate fellow domestic workers about Personal Growth and Money Management.
Danushka Jayakodi
Danushka Jayakodi is actively involved with AIDHA. She has participated in classes in finance administration, business studies and leadership training while working in Singapore. She is also involved in many events participation and organized events while in Sri Lanka as well as volunteering in charitable works here in Singapore. While in Sri Lanka, she took a course in Women's Clothing and livelihood projects as well. And with her acquired knowledge she currently teaches her friends in Singapore how to sew, alter and tailor clothes.
Sari Wijayanti
Sari Wijayanti is from Indonesia and has been working in Singapore for 3 years . She is a hard working person ,and is very determined to be successful . She likes to surround herself with positive vibes and for her , everyday life is a learning journey . She loves to write poems and has recently joined Migrant Writers of Singapore . She believes that "by doing good to other people , the good things will eventually comes back to you". She aspires to be a role model and to be strong for her kids and in order to reach her goals. Despite being a single mum, her low tides in life are her biggest lessons and becomes motivations to stand stronger day by day.
Ellen Lavilla
Elllen Lavilla is from the Philippines and works as a domestic worker in Singapore. She writes poetry and simple short stories on her free time, a hobby she picked up since secondary school. She is a member of Migrant Writers of Singapore and a contributing poet of an ebook Translating Migration: Multilingual Poems of Movement. Ellen is also a contributing writer of Call and Response 2, A Singapore Migrant Anthology. When not writing she is most likely be found wandering through nature photographing weeds and insects in the park. Her interest is macro photography. Ellen considers her family to be most important to her. She is a strong person and believes in equality as much as is possible.
Yulia Endang
Yulia Endang is from Ciamis, West Java-Indonesia and has been working in Singapore for 15 years. In addition to writing, she enjoys photography where her works are posted on her social media platforms. Yulia was awarded second place in Singapore’s 2019 Migrant Worker Poetry Competition. As an introvert, writing has given her another open door to communicate and express her feeling, opinions and responses to life.
Pranay Roy
Pranay Roy arrived in Singapore 6 years ago. He is currently working in tech sector. He is always curious about people and places and is passionately inspired by experiences:art, music, cuisine, nature, reading and writing and everything else beyond obvious.
COLLABORATOR GROUP 2: NANYANG ACADEMY OF FINE ART STUDENTS
NAFA students from the diploma Fine Art cohort
NAFA students from the diploma Fine Art cohort
Mayang (b.2001) is a Singapore-born artist and is currently pursuing a Diploma in Fine Art at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. She is a printmaker, designer and photographer. Navigating as a Malay Muslim woman through this 21st century, where information & misinformation are easily accessible, while figuring out her place here in this world.
Verent was born in Jambi, Indonesia, in 2002. Recently, she has completed first year in diploma in fine art at NAFA as her first time receiving formal art education. Verent has big interest talking about basic human problem through her vibrant color and visual interesting artworks. By means of reflection of her research and universal knowledge through Buddhism learning, she also inspired from her experiences in taking apart in art competitions in her hometown back then that required dynamic colors and discipline of drawing.
Riddhi Vaidya is a 2D major at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. With six years of experience in art making, she specializes in oil painting while exploring installation art, 3D practices and photography. As an aspiring artist and writer, she is inclined towards pursuing socially engaged art and text-based work that incorporates her poetry. Her work focuses on making connections between her viewers, through the creation of metaphors and symbolism, and providing a space where people can find something to relate to.
d'Almeida Ruth Isabelle is a Fine Art student at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. Primarily working with 2D mediums such as ink and paint, she dabbles into themes pertaining to the self and human nature. She has achieved awards such as N.E.mation!11 Top 40 and NHB Live Client Collaboration Top 10. She was a student representative at Mediacorp’s New Years Eve Countdown 2020 and completed her internship as a gallery assistant at Gillman Barracks
Charlene Ramos (b. 2001) is a Filipino-American multi-disciplinary artist based in Singapore. Her multimedia works often convey a flair for the postmodern and deconstruction. Formally trained in traditional painting, Ramos shares her passion by teaching kids technical skills at local art institutions and doing commission-based work and has collaborated with local online presences such as AndiesFit and sleepy.littlemermaid.
In 2021, Ramos’ work was showcased in a group exhibition A City of Kamu: Archiving Imaginations, Imagining archives. In that same year, she was also commissioned to paint a freehand mural for Go Bananas Arts and Craft Studio.
Thomas Pang, currently residing in Singapore. Frequently diving into topics with a lack of emotion. In search of bringing a critical, rational and analytical mindset to the topic he engaged with. He integrates the topics in a range of 2D and 4D art works. Choosing the work based on what has been inferred to best translate the topic from his mind.
Vicentillo Alice is currently a student of Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts majoring in 2D Painting in Singapore. She merges the traditional 2D Painting with 3D Sculpting into her works. Alice has experiences in displaying her works in different exhibitions in Cebu, Philippines. She’s also familiar in digital drawing and applied this skill in collaborating with two food industries, CookieFix and SushiBakeSG, during 2020 pandemic lockdown. Now, she continues to explore and expand her lore for art into becoming a well-known young artist.