My work investigates how Southeast Asian identity, cultural heritage, and Singapore’s dense urban environment shape our experiences of space, memory, and autonomy. Through both painting and sculpture, I explore the ongoing tension between constraint and adaptation, examining how political structures, social expectations, and environmental forces influence the physical and psychological landscapes we inhabit. 

Drawing from my own lived experiences, I reflect on how built environments not only dictate our movement and interactions but also encode deeper systems of power, surveillance, and control. The architecture and urban planning of Singapore, with their layers of history and rapid modernization, often produces a sense of displacement and longing due to its scarcity of space. My work seeks to capture this ambivalence, highlighting how individuals and communities navigate, resist, or adapt to these forces. By foregrounding the interplay between personal memory and collective history, I hope to open up new ways of reflecting on the post-modern desire to manufacture comfort and foster some kind of individuality and freedom while resonating with the quiet anxieties of our time. Yet, within this tension, I also reach for something tender: a longing for connection and belonging.

Koh completed her BFA in Painting at The Rhode Island School of Design in 2025 and has shown in New York, Milan, Brussels and Singapore.