Vix Harris is an artist and textile designer from the UK who lives and works in Singapore. She grew up in Kenya and Malawi in Africa as a child and was always surrounded by African memorabilia at home, which has greatly influenced her art and charitable work. Vix has a degree in Textile Design from Winchester School of Art and took on several work placements, including a Crowson Fabrics Scholarship, before she became disillusioned with the art and textile industries and stopped producing art for ten years. During that time she worked and travelled extensively as an English language teacher. In 2014 Vix founded a not-for-profit called Project SEED Tanzania to encourage sustainable living for a small village community in Zegero, Tanzania, a country she has great affection for. Regaining her artistic inspiration, she set up Vix Harris Designs in 2015 and has collaborated with several artists and photographers from the UK and the US since 2016. Vix’s #50RebelWomen series received global attention and she sells her work in Europe, the US, Australia, Canada and the UK. She took the time to answer our artist interview questions.
How to Find the Magic in Secret Singapore
‘The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.’
Marcel Proust
Since 2012’s huge boost in arts funding, Singapore has redefined itself as an international arts hub. It now boasts a variety of creative experiences, thanks to its prolific production of local art by established, emerging and unknown artists. Yet, if you don’t know where to look it’s easy to believe the independent arts scene doesn’t exist beyond the mainstream. So how do we find Singapore’s secrets and discover its magic?
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