Marla Bendini (b. 1986, Singapore) is a BFA Interactive Media graduate of School of Art, Design & Media (ADM), Nanyang Technological University (2013), where she focused on interactive video installations, film and performance. She started painting and making installations during her junior college education (2004).
Marla Bendini is also a cross-disciplinary artist and trans woman working in painting, text, sound and performance to articulate the infinitely faceted transgender experience on her own terms. Her current painting practice uses the female gaze through a combination of writing, drawing, painting, collage, and printmaking to create layered 'documentations' of a unique woman's experience.
The artist has exhibited and performed several shows including Arcus Pride Art 2022, Clifford Chance Pride Art Show 2021, Salon des Influencers at Alliance Française de Singapour 2021, Supermarket 2012, Stockholm Independent Art Fair, sponsored by Riksutställningar, a Swedish Exhibition Agency. She has also presented her 8th solo exhibition in September 2021, in a duo show with British artist Victoria Cantons at Cuturi Gallery. To date, Marla Bendini has performed and exhibited in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Macau, Sweden, Spain and the United States of America.
Summer Group Show 2024
Group Exhibition17 Aug - 7 Sep 2024SingaporeRead moreART SG 2024
Aisha Rosli, Casey Tan, Faris Heizer, Israfil Ridhwan, Khairulddin Wahab, Marla Bendini, Shen Jiaqi and Vanessa Liem19 - 21 Jan 2024Art Fairs, SingaporeRead moreSummer Group Show 2023
Group Exhibition15 Jul - 27 Aug 2023SingaporeRead moreFrom These Ruins, We Rise and Fall
Marla Bendini12 - 27 Nov 2022SingaporeRead moreLittle Red Dot - London Edition
Group Exhibition26 Oct - 6 Nov 2022LondonRead moreLittle Red Dot - Singapore Edition
Group Exhibition20 Aug - 4 Sep 2022SingaporeRead moreThe Melting Pot
Group Exhibition27 Nov - 19 Dec 2021SingaporeRead moreYou Can Tell Me
Marla Bendini & Victoria Cantons18 Sep - 10 Oct 2021SingaporeRead moreTranscendental
Group Exhibition10 - 25 Apr 2021SingaporeRead moreFairy Conclave
Marla Bendini20 Mar - 4 Apr 2021SingaporeRead moreBack Room
Marla Bendini12 Dec 2020 - 3 Jan 2021SingaporeCuturi Gallery is proud to present Back Room , a solo exhibition by Marla Bendini (b.1986) . For the Singaporean artist’s first solo show at the Cuturi Gallery, Back Room...Read moreNew Beginnings
Group Exhibition17 Oct - 5 Nov 2020SingaporeCuturi Gallery is delighted to present its first group exhibition in its brand-new home at 61 Aliwal Street. The new gallery is nestled in a conservation shophouse of 400 sqm,...Read more
- The Waning, Waxing Birth of Fullness, 2022
- What Is Painting but the Act of Embracing by Means of Art the Surface of the Pool (No.1), 2022
- Darkest Before Dawn, 2022
- Lilith / She Is Every Day and Night, 2022
- Newspaper Stand at People's Park Complex, 2024
- Sunset at Sri Krishnan Temple, 2024
- Wet Weather Plans at Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple, 2024
- You Should Wish to Have a Hundred Thousand Sets of Moth-wings, so You Could Burn Them Away, One Set a Night, 2023
- Venus (And Some of Them Think That We Are the Most Gorgeous, Special Things on Earth), 2022
- Goddess Amplified, 2021
- Pillowtalk / It Is Safe To Look Within, 2021
- Stealth / Where Do Wounded Soldiers Go?, 2021
- Where Do Prayers Go? / This Is Not The End, 2021
- The Eyes Are The Nipples Of The Face, 2021
- Transactional Patterns, 2021
- A happy ending cannot come in the middle of a story, 2020
- It Smells Like Rain, 2020
- Smiley Face, 2020
- Telepsychic Operation, 2020
- Tiger Lily, 2020
- When a Gun Cocks, 2020
Singapore Writers Festival: Poets take on calligraphy, letterpress, translation
Shawn Hoo, The Straits Times, November 20, 2023The best contemporary art galleries and spaces in Singapore
Sofiana Ramli, Cam Khalid, Dewi Nurjuwita & Mingli Seet, Timeout Singapore, October 27, 2023Growing global demand for Singaporean artists' works, but more needs to be done to draw youngsters into sector
Cherie Lok & Fabian Koh, Channel News Asia, July 26, 202314 July 2023 — Cuturi Gallery to open its Summer Group Show
Stephanie Yeap, Plural Art Mag, July 14, 2023Things To Do In Singapore: A Group Show For Emerging Artists, The Return Of Enclave Bar & More
Keng Yang Shuen & Nicholas See, Female Singapore, July 13, 2023Trans artists gain recognition in museums, galleries
Helmi Yusof, The Business Times, June 9, 2023Arts Picks: Sacred music, Ghatam performance and charity art exhibition
Clement Yong, The Straits Times, April 27, 2023Free charity art exhibition to feature 35 artworks by local artists from Apr 28 to 30
Chloe Tham, Youthopia, April 27, 2023Walk Walk Don't Run: An antidote to art fairs
Helmi Yusof, The Business Times, March 10, 20235 Exhibitions to See in Singapore During ART SG
Reena Devi, ART news, January 10, 2023Things To Do In Singapore: An Artisanal Clay Market & More
Keng Yang Shuen, Female Singapore, November 11, 2022Arts picks: Exhibitions by three women artists spotlight the environment, the female gaze and mental health
The Straits Times, November 10, 2022Arts Picks: 29 Singapore artists in 3 group exhibitions show new work
Arthur SIm, The Straits Times, August 19, 20226 cool things to do in Singapore this February if you love art, jewellery and anime
Pameyla Cambe, Lifestyle Asia, February 18, 2022Alternative Exhibition Space I_S_L_A_N_D_S Featuring Marla Bendini’s Work
Jolene Teo, Alien Space Crab, February 8, 2022Past. Future. Present. Auction Benefiting National Gallery Singapore
Phillips, January 11, 2022Things To Do In Singapore: Singapore International Film Festival 2021 Kicks Off & More
Keng Yang Shuen, Female Singapore, November 26, 2021New from Emerging Artists
Artsy, November 20, 2021Women Artists to Watch
Artsy, November 20, 2021Behind the art: Transgender artist Marla Bendini on her journey to finding her true self
Venkat Gunasellan, Honeycombers, October 28, 2021Powerful And Critical Relook At Femininity and The Female Gaze at Cuturi Gallery
Jolene Teo, Alien Space Crab, October 4, 2021You Can Tell Me
Dewi Nurjuwita, Timeout Singapore, September 24, 2021VISIT AN EXHIBITION EXPOUNDING ON THE FEMININE GAZE
Keng Yang Shuen, Female Singapore, September 19, 2021Clifford Chance Virtual Pride Art Gallery 2021 – Singapore
Clifford Chance, June 16, 2021INFLUENCERS: In Conversation with Artist Marla Bendini
Joseph Low, Luxuo, June 1, 2021At Cuturi Gallery, Singapore’s emerging artists share the spotlight
Pameyla Cambe, Lifestyle Asia, March 25, 202121 local trailblazing women and the inspiring stories they’ve shared with us
Time Out Singapore Editors, Time Out Singapore, March 8, 2021Artist Marla Bendini: On Being Gentle To Oneself And Navigating Personal Growth
Keng Yang Shuen, FEMALE SINGAPORE, February 3, 2021The best free things to do in Singapore
Cam Khalid, Delfina Utomo and Nicole-Marie Ng , Timeout Singapore, December 20, 2020Things to do on a rainy day in Singapore: Your last-minute guide to indoor fun
Jolene Hee, City Nomads, December 18, 2020Raw conversations with Marla Bendini, a transgender artist in Singapore
Dewi Nurjuwita, Timeout Singapore, December 9, 2020Inaugural Singapore Gallery Weekend
Ho See Wah , Art and Market, November 18, 2020ART EXHIBITIONS, TOURS AND MORE AT THE INAUGURAL SINGAPORE GALLERY WEEKEND FROM NOV 20 TO 22
Toh Wen Li, The Straits Time, November 18, 2020Arts Picks: Venice Biennale exhibition comes home, SAtheCollective's web performance series, and more
Toh Wen Li, The Straits Time, October 22, 2020Cuturi Gallery Moves Into a Restored Shophouse in Kampong Gelam
Dewi Nurjuwita, TimeOut, October 20, 2020
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