CV





Ethnically Chinese, born in Singapore to a father with a camera and a music collection and a mother who is a logistician, and with a younger sibling, I spent my childhood preferring my own space. 

In my early school days, I was enchanted by my school's backyard garden. I spent a lot of time during recess enjoying the shade of the tree and reading the plant labels, learning the names of ferns and shrubbery. I was also in the science and environmental clubs; we talked about composting, growing insects in terrariums, and keeping fish in tanks.

Growing up in a city, specifically branded as a 'garden city', I was fascinated by the continuous growing and building of gardens, charmed by the view of a tree by my apartment window. 

Alongside taking shade under the tree, I prefer reading, now even more so in philosophical ideas, contemplative time, informing the reading of the spaces around me. All the ways I grew up have given me ideas about compartmentalisation and the dualities of living, much like my parents’ work. 

I study photography, paintings, and ceramics, all of which inform how image-objects speak to me and their interiorities are revealed in built landscapes rooted in nature. 



Natasha Lim Si Hui 林思慧
mesdove.laleilstudio.com
narallaxx@gmail.com

Singapore, b.2002

Lives and works in Singapore




Bachelor of Fine Arts,
Specialisation in Photography, 
Minor in Art History

Nanyang Technological University 
2025
2025 - 2026



2021 - 2025


2020 - 2021

2014 - 2020
 artist, bookkeeper, producer, photoclub organiser, ceramic student;

photography student, social media intern, arts workshop facilitator;

ceramics student, florist;

secondary-high school arts student
My studio forms the basis of autonomous work in which I aim to make my photographic practice public. It is where I make Room for research and technical experimentation, supported by producership activities. Alongside my applied work of facilitating photographic workshops, I convene official programmes via Boon Lay Photo Club and Laleil Studio. Each serves to connect people and me socially. 





Producership

Cut, Ground; Ang Song Nian
Singapore Art Week 2026
Art Outreach, Gillman Barracks

Shorelines; Ang Song Nian
National Gallery Singapore
Various Locations (travelling) 

Blade Shrapnels; Ang Song Nian
Light to Night 2025
National Gallery Singapore
Exhibitions

This Place of Ours
Graduation Showcase,
New Bahru,
Singapore
2025


Pingyao Photo Festival,
Pingyao,
China
2025

Singapore Youth
Photographer Showcase,
DECK,
Singapore
2025


Here*
NTU ADM Gallery,
Singapore
2025

Urban Pulse
ISA Gallery,
Jakarta World Trade Centre,
Orasis Art Space Surabaya
2024

common daisies
Hearth,
ArtOutreach,
Singapore
2024



Organisations

Boon Lay Photo Club
Artist Run Photographic Initiative, from 2023
blpc.cargo.site


Laleil Studio
Personal Studio Sometimes Public, from 2021
laleilstudio.com



Bibliography:


1. Exhibition documentation, ISA Art Gallery, Urban Pulse
2. Artist Interview, Common Dasies, Art Outreach