niceaunties

“I use AI to build the Auntieverse, a surreal world where the women who raised me finally get to live freely, loudly, and on their own terms.”

  1. niceaunties is a Singapore based artist, designer and public speaker whose practice centres on reimagining the cultural figure of the “auntie.” Through speculative storytelling, she places ageing women at the centre of everyday life, exploring themes of food, beauty, care, and environmental awareness.

  2. In many Asian societies, the term “auntie” is both a familial title and a social label, carrying assumptions about age, personality, and societal roles. Auntieverse reclaims this term, transforming aunties into protagonists, figures of humour, resilience, and self-expression. 

  3. From its inception, Auntieverse has evolved thematically and formally, expanding from explorations of social and community life to address environmental themes, consumerism, and mass production. 

  4. Before transitioning to AI art, the artist worked in architecture, a field rooted in spatial storytelling and problem-solving. This background informs the world-building in niceaunties, where aunties inhabit meticulously crafted environments, factories, spas, jelly malls, and speculative cities. 

  5. Among her other influences are surrealism, fantasy, and kawaii culture.






Ezequiel Pini (Six N. Five) & Load Gallery

Selected Exhibitions 

Digital Subculture: Narrative & Story in the Digital Era, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, South Korea, 2026
Coming of Age, Wellcome Collection, London, UK, 2026
Seeing Salt with Aunties, The Gallery of Seeing Salt, Singapore, 2026
JellyCity, DIG Shibuya (Shibuya Crossing), Tokyo, Japan, 2026
Mirror Into Auntieverse, Artverse Gallery, Paris Photo (Grand Palais), Paris, France, 2025
Auntieverse, W1 Curates, London, UK, 2025
Auntlantis, Deep Blue Exhibition, Les Franciscaines, Deauville, France, 2025
The Beauty of Longevity, L’Oréal Group Private Event, L’Oréal Headquarters, Paris, France, 2025
Niceaunties, Saint-Étienne International Design Biennial, Saint-Étienne, France, 2025
Niceaunties, MG Art Space (798), Beijing, China, 2025
ASM Interlude, ArtScience Museum, Singapore, 2025
5 mins to Opening, Christie’s Augmented Intelligence Exhibition, Rockefeller Center, New York, USA, 2025
Auntlantis Videos, NEO612 (Musée des Arts et Métiers / Hôtel de la Bûcherie), Paris, France, 2025
Auntieverse, AI Action Summit, Paris, France, 2025
Aunties In Dis Place, Campo Art Festival, Pueblo Garzón, Uruguay, 2024
Snowman, Reimagine Tomorrow 1954–2024 (AI Biennale), Essen, Germany, 2024
Auntlantis, OCEAN Exhibition, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark, 2024
Auntlantis, Digital Art Weekend (Lumen Prize Screening), V&A Museum, London, UK, 2024
Aioli Times, In the Ether, ArtScience Museum, Singapore, 2024
Going Home, IMAGINE TODAY, MUD Gallery, Shanghai, China, 2024
Along the River in Auntieverse, Christie’s Art+Tech Summit, New York, USA, 2024
Dessert Desert, The Code, KANVAS, Dubai, UAE, 2024
Collaborations with the Artificial Self, Space25 (curated by Fellowship), Art Basel, Switzerland, 2024
4 Films, Korean Film Festival Canada (KFFC), Dazibao Gallery, Montreal, Canada, 2024
Auntlantis: Sweeping the Floor, Artificial Dreams, Grand Palais Immersif, Paris, France, 2024
Pioneers of AI Art, HOFA Gallery, London, UK, 2024
AUNTIEDOTE, Expanded Gallery, Berlin, Germany, 2024
ZONA MACO Group Show, Patricia Conde Galería, Zona MACO, Mexico City, Mexico, 2024
Leg Day, UNTITLED, Untitled Gallery, Berlin, Germany, 2023
Middelburg Winterstad, Christmas Advent Calendar, Middelburg, Netherlands, 2023
Art in the Square: Niceaunties, Sala Equis, Madrid, Spain, 2023
Daily.xyz, POCO Pop & Contemporary Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia, 2023
What Dreams May Come, Uncommon Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, 2023
In Between Spaces, LUME (Tribeca), New York, USA, 2023
Eternal Loops, PhotoVogue Festival (BASE), Milan, Italy, 2023


Selected Awards

Goddess, Lumen Prize Moving Image Finalist, 2025
Aunties In Dis Place, Lumen Prize Culture Finalist, 2025
Auntlantis, Lumen Prize Impact Finalist, 2024
Auntlantis, ReplyAI Film Festival Finalist,
We Are Good, AI Film Festival Budapest Winner
Social - Weird, Social - Best Use of Mixed Art Webby Awards Finalists, 2024
Runwayml Gen 48 First Edition Finalist


Selected press

The world of Niceaunties now …and where it’s headed, SILK, 2026
Artist Niceaunties Uses AI-Crafted Surreal Worlds To Rebel Against Societal Norms Imposed On Women, Forbes, 2024
The artist using AI to put ‘Asian aunties’ in surreal situations – meet Singapore’s illusive Niceaunties, South China Morning Post, 2024
Auntieverse: niceaunties’ surreal fantasy of older women, The Guardian, 2024
‘I’ve received bomb threats’: S’pore AI artist behind works depicting aunties in bizarre settings, The Straits Times, 2024

Selected Exhibitions 

Digital Subculture: Narrative & Story in the Digital Era, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, South Korea, 2026
Coming of Age, Wellcome Collection, London, UK, 2026
Seeing Salt with Aunties, The Gallery of Seeing Salt, Singapore, 2026
JellyCity, DIG Shibuya (Shibuya Crossing), Tokyo, Japan, 2026
Mirror Into Auntieverse, Artverse Gallery, Paris Photo (Grand Palais), Paris, France, 2025
Auntieverse, W1 Curates, London, UK, 2025
Auntlantis, Deep Blue Exhibition, Les Franciscaines, Deauville, France, 2025
The Beauty of Longevity, L’Oréal Group Private Event, L’Oréal Headquarters, Paris, France, 2025
Niceaunties, Saint-Étienne International Design Biennial, Saint-Étienne, France, 2025
Niceaunties, MG Art Space (798), Beijing, China, 2025
ASM Interlude, ArtScience Museum, Singapore, 2025
5 mins to Opening, Christie’s Augmented Intelligence Exhibition, Rockefeller Center, New York, USA, 2025
Auntlantis Videos, NEO612 (Musée des Arts et Métiers / Hôtel de la Bûcherie), Paris, France, 2025
Auntieverse, AI Action Summit, Paris, France, 2025
Aunties In Dis Place, Campo Art Festival, Pueblo Garzón, Uruguay, 2024
Snowman, Reimagine Tomorrow 1954–2024 (AI Biennale), Essen, Germany, 2024
Auntlantis, OCEAN Exhibition, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark, 2024
Auntlantis, Digital Art Weekend (Lumen Prize Screening), V&A Museum, London, UK, 2024
Aioli Times, In the Ether, ArtScience Museum, Singapore, 2024
Going Home, IMAGINE TODAY, MUD Gallery, Shanghai, China, 2024
Along the River in Auntieverse, Christie’s Art+Tech Summit, New York, USA, 2024
Dessert Desert, The Code, KANVAS, Dubai, UAE, 2024
Collaborations with the Artificial Self, Space25 (curated by Fellowship), Art Basel, Switzerland, 2024
4 Films, Korean Film Festival Canada (KFFC), Dazibao Gallery, Montreal, Canada, 2024
Auntlantis: Sweeping the Floor, Artificial Dreams, Grand Palais Immersif, Paris, France, 2024
Pioneers of AI Art, HOFA Gallery, London, UK, 2024
AUNTIEDOTE, Expanded Gallery, Berlin, Germany, 2024
ZONA MACO Group Show, Patricia Conde Galería, Zona MACO, Mexico City, Mexico, 2024
Leg Day, UNTITLED, Untitled Gallery, Berlin, Germany, 2023
Middelburg Winterstad, Christmas Advent Calendar, Middelburg, Netherlands, 2023
Art in the Square: Niceaunties, Sala Equis, Madrid, Spain, 2023
Daily.xyz, POCO Pop & Contemporary Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia, 2023
What Dreams May Come, Uncommon Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, 2023
In Between Spaces, LUME (Tribeca), New York, USA, 2023
Eternal Loops, PhotoVogue Festival (BASE), Milan, Italy, 2023


Selected Awards

Goddess, Lumen Prize Moving Image Finalist, 2025
Aunties In Dis Place, Lumen Prize Culture Finalist, 2025
Auntlantis, Lumen Prize Impact Finalist, 2024
Auntlantis, ReplyAI Film Festival Finalist,
We Are Good, AI Film Festival Budapest Winner
Social - Weird, Social - Best Use of Mixed Art Webby Awards Finalists, 2024
Runwayml Gen 48 First Edition Finalist


Selected press

The world of Niceaunties now …and where it’s headed, SILK, 2026
Artist Niceaunties Uses AI-Crafted Surreal Worlds To Rebel Against Societal Norms Imposed On Women, Forbes, 2024
The artist using AI to put ‘Asian aunties’ in surreal situations – meet Singapore’s illusive Niceaunties, South China Morning Post, 2024
Auntieverse: niceaunties’ surreal fantasy of older women, The Guardian, 2024
‘I’ve received bomb threats’: S’pore AI artist behind works depicting aunties in bizarre settings, The Straits Times, 2024

Selected Exhibitions 

Digital Subculture: Narrative & Story in the Digital Era, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, South Korea, 2026
Coming of Age, Wellcome Collection, London, UK, 2026
Seeing Salt with Aunties, The Gallery of Seeing Salt, Singapore, 2026
JellyCity, DIG Shibuya (Shibuya Crossing), Tokyo, Japan, 2026
Mirror Into Auntieverse, Artverse Gallery, Paris Photo (Grand Palais), Paris, France, 2025
Auntieverse, W1 Curates, London, UK, 2025
Auntlantis, Deep Blue Exhibition, Les Franciscaines, Deauville, France, 2025
The Beauty of Longevity, L’Oréal Group Private Event, L’Oréal Headquarters, Paris, France, 2025
Niceaunties, Saint-Étienne International Design Biennial, Saint-Étienne, France, 2025
Niceaunties, MG Art Space (798), Beijing, China, 2025
ASM Interlude, ArtScience Museum, Singapore, 2025
5 mins to Opening, Christie’s Augmented Intelligence Exhibition, Rockefeller Center, New York, USA, 2025
Auntlantis Videos, NEO612 (Musée des Arts et Métiers / Hôtel de la Bûcherie), Paris, France, 2025
Auntieverse, AI Action Summit, Paris, France, 2025
Aunties In Dis Place, Campo Art Festival, Pueblo Garzón, Uruguay, 2024
Snowman, Reimagine Tomorrow 1954–2024 (AI Biennale), Essen, Germany, 2024
Auntlantis, OCEAN Exhibition, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark, 2024
Auntlantis, Digital Art Weekend (Lumen Prize Screening), V&A Museum, London, UK, 2024
Aioli Times, In the Ether, ArtScience Museum, Singapore, 2024
Going Home, IMAGINE TODAY, MUD Gallery, Shanghai, China, 2024
Along the River in Auntieverse, Christie’s Art+Tech Summit, New York, USA, 2024
Dessert Desert, The Code, KANVAS, Dubai, UAE, 2024
Collaborations with the Artificial Self, Space25 (curated by Fellowship), Art Basel, Switzerland, 2024
4 Films, Korean Film Festival Canada (KFFC), Dazibao Gallery, Montreal, Canada, 2024
Auntlantis: Sweeping the Floor, Artificial Dreams, Grand Palais Immersif, Paris, France, 2024
Pioneers of AI Art, HOFA Gallery, London, UK, 2024
AUNTIEDOTE, Expanded Gallery, Berlin, Germany, 2024
ZONA MACO Group Show, Patricia Conde Galería, Zona MACO, Mexico City, Mexico, 2024
Leg Day, UNTITLED, Untitled Gallery, Berlin, Germany, 2023
Middelburg Winterstad, Christmas Advent Calendar, Middelburg, Netherlands, 2023
Art in the Square: Niceaunties, Sala Equis, Madrid, Spain, 2023
Daily.xyz, POCO Pop & Contemporary Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia, 2023
What Dreams May Come, Uncommon Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, 2023
In Between Spaces, LUME (Tribeca), New York, USA, 2023
Eternal Loops, PhotoVogue Festival (BASE), Milan, Italy, 2023


Selected Awards

Goddess, Lumen Prize Moving Image Finalist, 2025
Aunties In Dis Place, Lumen Prize Culture Finalist, 2025
Auntlantis, Lumen Prize Impact Finalist, 2024
Auntlantis, ReplyAI Film Festival Finalist,
We Are Good, AI Film Festival Budapest Winner
Social - Weird, Social - Best Use of Mixed Art Webby Awards Finalists, 2024
Runwayml Gen 48 First Edition Finalist


Selected press

The world of Niceaunties now …and where it’s headed, SILK, 2026
Artist Niceaunties Uses AI-Crafted Surreal Worlds To Rebel Against Societal Norms Imposed On Women, Forbes, 2024
The artist using AI to put ‘Asian aunties’ in surreal situations – meet Singapore’s illusive Niceaunties, South China Morning Post, 2024
Auntieverse: niceaunties’ surreal fantasy of older women, The Guardian, 2024
‘I’ve received bomb threats’: S’pore AI artist behind works depicting aunties in bizarre settings, The Straits Times, 2024

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y posibles colaboradores, podéis pedir cita previa - envíanos un correo para concertar una visita privada.

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DIRECCIÓN

Carrer Llull 134, 08005, Barcelona, España

CONTACTO

visit@load-gallery.com

INSCRÍBETE PARA RECIBIR LAS NOVEDADES
HORAS DE APERTURA

Jueves - Sábado, de 16:00 - 20:00 H
La entrada a la galería es gratuita

Para visitas de coleccionistas, artistas
y posibles colaboradores, podéis pedir cita previa - envíanos un correo para concertar una visita privada.

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