instrel Kuik is a Chinese-Malaysian artist who works across a range of mediums, including photography, drawing,, a couple of months ago, the series ponders on the process of art-making itself. Exploring the potency of images to forge connections between the eye, the hand, and the soul of the artist, Kuik circles in on the idea of picture-making as a cognitive exercise. She approaches it as a deeply interior process requiring self-reflexivity, feeling, and heightened modes of attention, with the ability to synthesise previous experiences and memories. For Kuik, these discrete practices of perception and habits of mind build towards a robust and true artistic imagination.
