Jay Lim林俊豪
Works
 ahquaSingaporean Love
The future looks back
in another world
Earlier works
Research & Curation
A Guide to Looking Inscrutably
Portait of (Us)ean
The Rhizome
Maybe Someday, One Day
(re)semblance

Commissions
About/ Contact

Quiet Press

 

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contact


jayyshoots1@gmail.com
Photo Credit: 2025 © Dan Higginson

about

 Jay Lim (b.2000) is a Singaporean visual artist working in photography, book arts, and installation. Situated at the intersection of photography and queer theory, his practice documents the lives of people who exist outside of societal norms through research-led and practice-based strategies.

Employing the concept of inscrutable looking, a way of looking at photographs to sense hidden and speculative narratives, Lim’s works position photography as a democratic mode of communication that extends beyond spoken language, inviting viewers to question their assumptions about marginalised communities and complicate the narratives imposed upon them. 

He also runs Quiet Press: a self-publishing platform dedicated to quiet photographic storytelling.

education

 BA (Hons) Photojournalism and Documentary Photography (First Class Honours). London College of Communication (LCC), University of the Arts (UAL), London, United Kingdom

Dipolma in Mass Communication 
(with a specialisation in Journalism and Publishing):
Ngee Ann Polytechnic, School of Film and Media Studies, Singapore.


























 

selected exhibitions


2026
 DECK: Shifting Images: Photography from Singapore, Singapore
Visual Arts International Festival (VAiF): Jury selection, Thessaloniki, Greece
World Through Minds: Radical Tenderness, Blank Canvas, Penang, Malaysia
Hyphenated: The Memory Block, The Treetop, SCAPE. Singapore
Undescribed#11: Guoco Midtown Public Art Wall, Singapore

2025Photomonth x Mile End: Longing, Mile End Arts Pavillion, London, UK
Proud Spaces: Rotational Installation, Singapore
Singapore Art Book Fair: Quiet Press, Whitestone Gallery, Singapore
Movements Towards the Self, Movements Towards History: Well Gallery, London, UK
UAL Singsoc: Portrait of Us(ean), The Photobook Cafe, London, UK

2024 The Rhizome: Artist-Curator, The Art House by Acrylicize, London, UK
Maybe Someday, One Day: Artist-Curator, Copeland Gallery, London, UK

2023(re)semblance: Artist-Curator, Copeland Gallery, London, UK

2019 LoosenArt: There is a Boundary that Shall Not Be Crossed: Mannequins and Puppets, Millepiani, Rome. In collaboration with Artist Benedict Yu
Senso Art Gallery Cafe: He Serves the Army Twice, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. 
In collaboration with Artist Benedict Yu for his solo show


features and shortlists

 2026 Photoworks SF Open Call: Rituals, USA
Aesthetica Art Prize 2026 Longlist, United Kingdom
Star Photobook Dummy Award Nomination, Spain
2025 Shutterhub Yearbook Awards Shortlist, United Kingdom
Tiga Mata Issue 4, Reframing Identity, Malaysia
The Guardian x Photomonth feature, United Kingdom
PhMuseum 2025 Photobook Award top 12%, Italy
Encontros da Imagem (EI) Photobook Award Shortlist, Portugal
Photo London x Hahnemüehle Student Award Nominee, United Kingdom
London College of Communication Student Feature, United Kingdom
2024
Encontros Da Imagem (EI) Photobook Award Official Selection, Portugal
2023International Photography Awards (IPA): Honourable Mention, Deeper Perspective Culture category, USA
International Photography Awards (IPA): Official Selection, Non-Professional People: Portrait category, USA
Port Magazine, Issue 32: Photography feature in Trouble Abroad article, UK


talks


2026
Artist Talk: Undescribed#11 Programme, Shop-House by DECK, Singapore
Artist Walkthrough: Undescribed#11 Programme, Guoco Midtown, Singapore
Artist Lecutre: School of Arts, Design, Media (ADM), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
2025 Symposium Organiser and Participant:
Learning the Shape of Feeling: On Inscrutability, Loss and Healing: in conversation with professor Tina M. Campt, LCC photography programme, UAL, London, UK.

2023 Artist Lecture: BA(Hons) Photojousnalism and Documentary Photography, 
London College of Communication (LCC), University of the Arts, London (UAL), UK


research and writing

2025

A Guide to Looking Inscrutably: Essay, thesis excerpt
Inscrutable Photographs: Queering Normalised Beliefs of Gay Experience, An Analysis of Sunil Gupta’s Exiles: Thesis, supervised by Dr. Jennifer Good

2019HYPE Magazine SG Issue 50 (final print issue): Contributing Writer
TheUrbanWire: Contributing Writer

residencies/mentorship
2026

DECK Undescribed#11: Mentorship

2025

Objectifs Singapore Young Photographer’s Mentorship Programme: Open Studio

 
commissions


2026 Photographer
for Double Take exhibition, with SUSS students and Project X

Artwork Commission
for RJ Paper MAPLE: Community initiative

Photobook Designer and Programming
for Beneath the Soft Blue Light by Jialin Yan (严佳林)


other work experiences

2026 Photographer Assistant
for Beyond Sin and Salvation by Mitchell Hoo, Singapore

Gallery Assistant and Artwork Photographer
for Kó Gallery (Lagos) at ART SG, Singapore

2025 Social Media Management for Conference and Exhibition, Lines of Engagement: How Technology, Ethics, and Trust Shape Photojournalism Today,  London, United Kingdom

Vice President 
for UAL Singapore Society (Singsoc), AY24/25, London, United Kingdom