Juliana Yasin
Juliana Yasin | |
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Juliana in 2009 | |
| Born | 1970 |
| Died | 27 August 2014 (aged 44) |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Education | Certificate of Foundation (LASALLE College of the Arts, 1990); Diploma in Fine Art (TAFE Claremont Art School, 1994); BFA (Curtin University of Technology, 1996) |
| Known for | Installation art, performance art, video art, painting |
| Movement | Contemporary art |
Juliana Yasin (1970 – 27 August 2014) was a Singaporean contemporary artist and curator whose practice spanned painting, installation, video, and performance art. Her works examined notions of identity, subjectivity, and community practices. Pedagogy and research further complemented her artistic practice, with Juliana having taught fine art at Kolej Bandar Utama in Kuala Lumpur and worked as a Singapore-based researcher for the Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong.
Juliana is notable as "one of the early voices of Malay women contemporary artists", exploring the position of Muslim women in Singaporean society through her practice since the 1990s. She was an active member of significant contemporary art groups in Singapore such as The Artists Village (TAV) and Plastique Kinetic Worms (PKW). Juliana also co-curated the first iteration of the community-based Jatiwangi Art Festival in 2006, later taking Jatiwangi in West Java, Indonesia as her "second home".
On 27 August 2014, following a long battle with cervical cancer, Juliana died aged 44.