Over 600 original student works in contemporary arts, design and performance to be unveiled at The LASALLE Show Exhibition 2026
Over 600 works by final year students from the Diploma, BA (Hons) and MA programmes at LASALLE College of the Arts, University of the Arts Singapore will be unveiled at The LASALLE Show Exhibition 2026.
Marking the culmination of LASALLE’s annual graduation showcase, the exhibition will open in galleries throughout LASALLE’s McNally Campus from 21 May to 3 June 2026. A digital showcase will also be available on tls.lasalle.edu.sg.
The exhibition will showcase original student works spanning design, fine arts, film, animation, arts management, art therapy, music therapy and creative writing. Visitors can look forward to discovering thought-provoking and inspiring artwork, innovative projects that offer perspective on a myriad of social and cultural themes, imaginative design interventions with real-world impact, and insights from rigorous practice-led research.
This year’s exhibition will also feature works by the first graduating cohort of LASALLE’s pioneering BA (Hons) Design for Social Futures and MA Music Therapy programmes, both introduced in 2024.
Dr Venka Purushothaman, President of LASALLE, said “The LASALLE Show Exhibition is a celebration of our students’ courageous imagination and artistic rigour. It is the launchpad from which this new generation of artists, designers and performers spring forth, ready to make an impact in an increasingly complex world. As educators, it has been our great privilege to steward not only their artistic but also their personal transformations as thoughtful and engaged members of society. I am very proud of all of them, and I look forward to another successful LASALLE Show Exhibition.”
Highlights from The LASALLE Show Exhibition 2026 include:
Society and community
- For her project Can You Smell It Too?, BA (Hons) Design for Social Futures student Nur Aliyah Binte Mohammad Noor Azman adopted an oral history and ethnographic approach to explore everyday smells within rental public housing in Singapore. Through this project, smell becomes a medium to explore how people coexist in shared spaces.
- MA Music Therapy student Bakti Khair undertook a descriptive study to explore how older adults from the Malay community perceive music and how these perspectives may inform music therapy practice in Singapore.
AI, technology and the self
- In Emotions Made Visible, BA (Hons) Design Communication student Mohamed Syafiq Bin Mohamed Shukor investigates how generative visuals can translate emotional cues into dynamic behaviours of colour, form and motion. It imagines a near-future where emotional data is collected at scale and made easily accessible to others.
- BA (Hons) Design Communication student Ethel Lim Pei Ying’s project [A-I]: Algorithmic Identities explores how digital systems turn people into data, constructing versions of us that exist within these systems, where identities are not just represented but actively shaped and controlled.
Culture and heritage
- BA (Hons) Fashion Media and Industries student Piyaa Jayesh Kumar has developed Hyphen, a curated e-commerce marketplace that aims to make Indian craft relevant to a young generation, fostering connection and pride by blending contemporary design, diaspora identity and immersive retail experiences.
Identity and relationships
- In the right eyes, you will be art by Diploma in Fine Arts student Dessa Nur Binte Khair is an installation that places the body at the centre of its own unravelling, enabling the artist to reclaim hurtful words and labels.
- The Walk Home, a short film produced by Diploma in Broadcast Media student Chen Xingzhen, explores themes of memory, family and the passage of time. The film follows a young woman whose everyday journey home leads her to reflect on her childhood and her relationship with her grandfather.
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