RA 14H39M37S DEC -60 50’ 2”
HUMANKIND BE VIGILANT; WE LOVED YOU.
© 2025, CHERYL CHARLI
Cheryl Charli is an artist and theatre practitioner based in Singapore whose work bridges movement, performance, and storytelling. Trained in both visual and performing arts, her work also spans film and visual arts, weaving together philosophy, worldbuilding, ludology, astrophysics, and the natural world. With a research-driven and experimental approach, she explores methodologies of art-making that foster collaborative worlding and worldbuilding through media art, film, sound, and narrative poetry. She also practices circus arts and acrobatics, which helps to further shape her understanding of movement, embodiment, and performance. Cheryl is particularly drawn to poetic, philosophical material, having developed original works that delve into themes of trauma, memory, mortality, and the supernatural. Her artistic practice is rooted in curiosity, conceptual inquiry, and a fascination with worldhood — between worlds, disciplines, and ways of being.
Cheryl holds a BA (Hons) in Fine Art from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and is currently a research assistant at Nanyang Technological University’s School of Art, Design, and Media, focusing on ecology and audiovisual experiential art. She also designs, writes, and runs games, and facilitates immersive storytelling experiences as part of her art practice. Her interdisciplinary grounding gives her a unique sensitivity to rhythm, tone, and the affective charge of performance. She is equally at home with Shakespeare, abstract physical scores, or contemporary devised work — and always hungry to explore new performative and visual forms.
Past works include several art films: The Leaves (2024), What Cannot Be Said Will Be Wept (2024), and In This Last Light (2024), a theatre production: ANAMNESIS (2021), directed by Isaiah Lee, for which she wrote, performed, and designed sound. She has also contributed to local arts initiatives, serving as the production manager for Affective Architecture (2025) at Singapore Art Week ‘25. Cheryl was a curator and manager for the Singapore Art Book Library (2022) and has exhibited at venues such as Gillman Barracks and Centre 42. Her past practice has examined themes of mortality, trauma, temporality, Southeast Asian folklore, and the supernatural, drawing from Japanese philosophies on impermanence and existence. As a writer, Cheryl has critically engaged with arts and culture through publications such as Arts Equator, Bandwagon Asia, Popspoken.sg, and Plural Art Mag.
In her free time, she’s skateboarding, reading yet another elusive philosophy text, going to the cinema, and playing video games.
©2025 CHERYL CHARLI