LIM JIA QI
林
加
淇
Grounded in the cultural landscape of Singapore, Lim Jia Qi’s practice reflects on how urban design, nature, and lived experience shape the collective identity of the city. Her works trace the quiet tension between the natural and the man-made, revealing how carefully curated greenery, domestic interiors, and public housing spaces become sites of memory, aspiration, and belonging.
Trained as a printmaker, Lim approaches her practice as both an artist and observer of Singapore’s ongoing transformation. By merging printmaking and painting on carved wood panels, she reimagines traditional techniques through a contemporary Singaporean lens. Her process mirrors the city’s own balance between preservation and progress, where heritage and innovation intersect, and where nature, though carefully cultivated, becomes inseparable from urban life. Through these layered surfaces, Lim captures how human presence and planned order coexist, revealing the subtle poetry of Singapore’s constructed landscapes.
Her recent solo exhibition, The Space Between (iPRECIATION, 2025), marks an evolution in her practice from depicting physical structures to capturing their emotional and cultural resonance. Through soft hues, layered surfaces, and shadow-like forms, Lim transforms familiar cityscapes into contemplative spaces that invite viewers to reflect on how Singapore’s identity is continuously shaped through its negotiation between growth, control, and care.
Lim Jia Qi Jacey (b. 1997, Singapore) graduated with a Degree in Fine Arts from LASALLE College of the Arts in 2019. The same year, she was awarded the Young Talent Programme Solo Exhibition Prize and presented her first solo exhibition Concrete Encounters at ION Art Gallery. In 2022, she held her second solo exhibition Urban: Backyard 《都市：後院》 at iPreciation Gallery, followed by her latest solo exhibition The Space Between (2025) at iPreciation.
Lim has also participated in numerous group exhibitions and art fairs, including Spatial Narratives, a duo show with Zhang Fuming at Art Porters Gallery (2023), NEW/NOW at ART SG (2022), paper: a December selection at AC43 Gallery (2021), and Living in Still at iPreciation Gallery (2020). Her works have been collected by government agencies as well as local and overseas collectors. In addition to her art practice, Lim is an arts educator.
CV
Lim Jia Qi (Jacey)
Lim lives and work in Singapore (b. 1997)
JaceyJQ@gmail.com
Education
2019 BA (Hons) in Fine Arts, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
2017 Diploma in Fine Arts, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
Solo Exhibitions
2025 The Space Between -Solo Exhibition by Lim Jia Qi, iPreication Gallery
2022 Urban: Backyard 《都市：後院》 – Recent Works of Lim Jia Qi, iPreciation Gallery
2019 Concrete Encounters, Young Talent Programme Winners’ Solo, Ion Art Gallery, Singapore
Group Exhibitions
2023 Spatial Narratives, Art Porters Gallery, Singapore
2023 NEW/NOW, ART SG 2023, Singapore
2022 The Celebration of Striving Creativity in Singapore, iPreciation Gallery, Singapore
2021 paper: a December selection, AC43 Gallery, Singapore
2020 Living in Still, iPreciation Gallery, Singapore
2019 Asymptote, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore
2019 Jen- Why Art, Hotel Jen Manila, Philippines
2018 Young Talent Programme, Affordable Art Fair, Singapore
2018 You Don’t Need 100 Editions, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore
2018 LOADING.. PLEASE WAIT, Alliance Française, Singapore
2017 THE LASALLE SHOW 2017, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore
2017 Buku Mini 2, Ace House Collective, Jogjakarta, Indonesia
2017 In Hindsight, Brother Joseph McNally Gallery, Singapore
2017 In Search of Ground: A Retrospective of the Local, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
2016 Conversation between the echoes, Brother Joseph McNally Gallery, Singapore
Awards & Grants
2019 Presentation & Participation Grant, National Arts Council, 2019
2018 Young Talent Programme 18/19 Solo Exhibition prize
2017 Ngee Ann Kongsi Scholarship, BA (Hons) in Fine Arts AY2017/2018
2017 LASALLE Award for Academic Excellence 2017
2016 LASALLE Scholarship, Diploma in Fine Arts AY 2016/2017
2015 30 Art Friends II Scholarship, Diploma in Fine Arts AY 2015/2016
Press & Publication
2025 MUSE Magazine 60 for 60 List, Edition 47, Singapore
2025 "林加淇个展 捕捉建筑与自然共生的诗意" Lian He Zao Bao, Singapore
2023 Craving Blocks: Printmakers and Their Stories, Sandu Publishing, China
2023 MUSE Magazine 6th Anniversary Issue, Edition 037, Singapore
2023 Arts Picks: Experiments with wood, The Straits Times, Singapore
2023 张富铭、林加淇版画联展 各自刻画“空间叙事” Lian He Zao Bao, Singapore
2023 “狮城有约 | 新视角 新发现：都市繁华和自然之美” MediaCorp Channel 8, Singapore
2023 "林加淇木刻画 三兔喜乐呈祥” Lian He Zao Bao, Singapore
2022 Fresh Eyes. Creatives who turn everyday experiences into art, L'Officiel Magazine, Singapore
2022 “林加淇近作展“都市：后院” 自然与都市空间交织” Lian He Zao Bao, Singapore
2021 "Art.See.Asia" The Moving Visuals Co., Singapore & Deutsche Welle (DW), Germany
2021 "【新画彩】第四集 张富铭与林加淇：刻刀下的偶然" Lian He Zao Bao, Singapore
2020 "四年轻画家群展 捕捉被忽略景象" Lian He Zao Bao, Singapore
2020 "画游新加坡” Lian He Zao Bao, Singapore
2019 “新生代版画： 误打误撞摸索出兴趣”Lian He Zao Bao, Singapore
2019 “Art Picks: Young Talent Programme 2018/19 Winners’ Solo Exhibitions” The Straits Times, Singapore
2019 Young talents emerge in ‘Affordable Art Fair’, Manila Times, Philippines
2017 Spotted! Lim Jia Qi Jacey, Culturepush, Singapore
2017 Diploma Showcase: Conversation between the echoes, Praxis Press, Singapore
2017 Diploma in Fine Arts Level 3 Showcase: In Hindsight, Praxis Press, Singapore
Art Related Projects
2025 National Health Group Woodcut Mural Project at Serangoon Polyclinic, Singapore
2022 Whiskey Label for INTERCO-MLE, Singapore
2019 Drawing workshop for Young Talent Programme Winners’ Solo, Ion Art Gallery, Singapore
2019 Relief printmaking workshop for Telok Ayer Arts Club, Singapore
2019 Relief printmaking workshop for Jen- Why Art, Hotel Jen Manila, Philippines
2016 Internship at Singapore Tyler Print Institute STPI, Singapore