b. Singapore, 1991
Lives and works in Los Angeles
Education
2015
Master of Contemporary Art, Victorian College of the Arts
2013
Bachelor of Fine Arts, RMIT University
Solo Exhibitions
2023
The Australian Embassy, Washington DC
The National 4, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2022
New Positions 55th Art Cologne, Neon Parc, Germany
Prop Shop, Neon Parc
2021
Birdbrush and Other Essentials, Heide MOMA
Please Do Not Eat the Sculptures, Missing Persons
2020
Covergirl Adhesives, COMA
2019
An Obstacle in Every Direction, Singapore Biennale, Singapore
Group Exhibitions
2023
Art Basel, parrasch heijnen, Miami Beach
Keith Sonnier: Live in Your Head, parrasch heijnen, Los Angeles
So Red it Looks Black, COMA
Frozen Blood, Neon Parc
Sydney Contemporary, Neon Parc
Fantastic Forms, Bundanon Art Museum
Melbourne Now, National Gallery of Victoria
2022
No False Idols, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art
Tapestry, Canberra Art Biennial
A thousand different angles, McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery
Be my once in a lifetime, Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery
Melbourne Art Fair, Neon Parc
2021
SIMMER, Murray Art Museum Albury
Ramsay Art Prize, Art Gallery of South Australia
Connect: Part Two, Footscray Community Arts Centre
Connecting the World through Sculpture, MUMA, Monash University Museum of Art
Parade for the Moon, RISING Festival, Melbourne
Emerging Topographies, Yavuz Gallery
2020
Salient Features, Changwon Sculpture Biennale, South Korea
Churchie Emerging Art Prize, Institute of Modern Art
Snow Globe, LON Gallery
1991, Neon Parc
2019
Love Cushions, with Nick Modrzewski, Firstdraft
Peace Altitude, The Commercial
Those Monuments Don’t Know Us, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
2018
In a World of Wounds, Artbank
2017
From the ocean to the silver city, Australia High Commission, Singapore
Mark all as read, Blindside
2016
The World Precedes The Eye, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore
The Hunch, Incinerator Gallery
Bibliography
Amelia Winata ‘Prop Shop’ The Saturday Paper, July 2022.
Amelia Winata ‘A thousand different angles’ Catalogue Essay, February 2022.
Sophia Cai ‘Past Your Limit’ Art Collector Melbourne Art Fair 2022 Special Edition, February 2022.
Matt Marasco ‘Birdbrush and Other Essentials’ MeMO, November 2021.
Julia Powles ‘Mess and Stuff: The Abundant Generosity of Nabilah Nordin’ Birdbrush and Other Essentials Heide Catalogue Essay, July 2021.
Anna Dunnill ‘Studio: Nabilah Nordin’ Art Guide, September 2021.
Mariam Arcilla ‘50 Things Collectors Should Know Issue (Cool Hunter Predictions)’ Art Collector, Jan-March 2021 Issue.
Max Crosbie-Jones ‘Flawed but Intermittently Captivating: The Sixth Singapore Biennale’ Frieze, 2019.
Isobel Parker Philip ‘Critic’s Choice’ Art Collector, Oct-Dec 2019 Issue.
Tessa Laird, 'Heavy Petting at the Cat Cafe”, Catalogue essay for Love Cushions, 2019.
Haryani Ismail 'Pengukir arca 'balik kampung' demi warnai rumah kedai Emerald Hill' Berita Harian, 2018.
Brigid Hansen 'MARK ALL AS READ' Art & Australia, 2017.
Rathsaran Sireekan 'The world precedes the eye' Art Asia Pacific, 2016.
Grants and Awards
2023
National Stage, Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups, Australia Council for the Arts
2022
At the Precipice, Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups, Australia Council for the Arts
Creative Projects Fund, Creative Victoria
Wollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Special Commendation Award, Wollahra Gallery, Sydney
2021
Ramsay Art Prize Finalist, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
2020
Sustaining Creative Workers Funding Program, Creative Victoria
Quick Response Arts Grant, City of Melbourne
The Churchie Emerging Art Prize, Special Commendation Award, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
2015
National Gallery of Victoria Women’s Association Award, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Teaching
2022/2023
Sessional Lecturer, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Monash University, Melbourne
Sessional Lecturer, School of Art, RMIT University, Melbourne