Conversation with the Artist - Suriani Suratman

Suriani Suratman talks about her art, her connected interests in material culture, agitating change for the roles and positions of women, and the influence of her mother, teacher & community mover Saerah Taris. She is joined by Dr Azhar Ibrahim & co-curator Seah Tzi-Yan.

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Suriani Suratman ‘Pusat: Conversations with my mama Saerah’ Sat 2 to Mon 11 July 2022 The Arts House, Gallery 2

Suriani Suratman

Dr. Suriani Suratman, a social anthropologist, is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Malay Studies, National University of Singapore. She started pottery classes in 2001 at the Centre for the Arts, National University of Singapore under the tutorship of Master Potter Iskandar Jalil. She continued to study with Iskandar at his studio in Jalan Senyum from 2003 and at Jalan Bahar Clay Studios from 2005. She currently practises at Jalan Bahar Clay Studios where she also teaches ceramics.

Dr Azhar Ibrahim

Dr Azhar Ibrahim is a Senior Lecturer in Malay-Indonesian literature and ideologies of development at the Department of Malay Studies, National University of Singapore. His research interests include sociology of literature, social theology, Islamic thought, critical literacy, and Malay-Indonesian intellectual development. Amongst his published works are: Emancipated Education (2020), Historical Imagination and Cultural Responses to Colonialism and Nationalism: A Critical Malay(sian) Perspective (2017), Contemporary Islamic Discourse in the Malay-Indonesia World (2014) and Narrating Presence: Awakening from Cultural Amnesia (2014).