Image courtesy of Participate in Design (2025)
Muhammad Izdi (b. 1986, Singapore) is an artist and educator whose interdisciplinary practice spans illustration, installation, sculpture, and animation. Trained in graphic design at Singapore Polytechnic, he began his career at the Singapore Art Museum, where he served as Senior Designer from 2010 to 2013, leading visual communications across branding, exhibitions, and institutional campaigns.
In 2014, Izdi shifted his focus toward a full-time art practice. His works have since been commissioned for publications and presented internationally, including Open Sea at the Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon (2015), as well as Atypical Singapore (2018–2020), a travelling exhibition in collaboration with the Singapore Tourism Board and Chan + Hori Contemporary.
Rooted in Southeast Asian mythology, Izdi’s current Master’s research explores eschatology, memory, and the emergence of the digital avatar as a speculative extension of the self. His work considers how identity, grief, and belief systems are reconfigured through technology, proposing the digital as a site where the spiritual and the virtual converge.