WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU - Dr Michelle Lim

What Doesn’t Kill You is an exhibition of recent artworks by Singapore-based artists

Hélène Le Chatelier and Sunaina Bhalla. The exhibition celebrates the strength and

resilience of women artists who have navigated a fine balance between their personal

and professional challenges. Sunaina’s practice is a bold and playful experimentation

in materials and textures, drawing in part from the challenges she has overcome as a

breast cancer survivor. Hélène’s works hint at the tensions of trauma in unspoken

encounters through complex layers of text, image and sound. The female body –

simultaneously fragile and indestructible, beautiful in its natural imperfections and

the delicate tracing of scars from healed ruptures – is a central motif.

Curated by Dr Michelle Lim in conjunction with International Women’s Day 2025,

What Doesn’t Kill You includes embroidered drawings, photo-based works, sound and

site-specific installations. Together in conversation for the first time, Hélène and

Sunaina’s works show how what doesn’t kill you will not only make you stronger, it can

be a rich resource and generous inspiration for creating beauty in art.

Recent Works by Hélène Le Chatelier and Sunaina Bhalla

WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU

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What Doesn’t Kill You is the inaugural project produced by Art Linguistics as part of their Faceted Women in the Arts initiative.

The initiative opens up spaces of expression for women in the arts to lead in vital conversations about the issues that concern us.