Kelly Jin Mei (b. 1991, Singapore), also known as Kelly Limerick, is a visual artist working primarily in crochet and knit, both of which she picked up in 1997. After attaining her diploma in Apparel Design in 2011, she began her artistic practice in 2015 while living in Tokyo (Japan). From 2020, her focus shifted to her studio practice where she explores themes of identity, ownership and duality, often employing destruction as a secondary technique in three ways— disintegration, transformation and revocation.
Today, her work ranges from soft sculptures and textile hangings to multi-media installations. She has been active internationally with residencies such as La Wayaka Current (Desert), exhibited at the #4 Objet Textile Biennale in France, and been commissioned by brands like Bloomberg and GUCCI, for which she created their first in-store artwall display in South Asia Pacific. She has appeared in campaigns promoting Singaporean art, been profiled by media such as Harper’s Bazaar (SG) and listed in Prestige (SG)’s 40 under 40. Jin Mei’s art is featured in the Singaporean public primary school curriculum, and she has been invited to speak about her art both locally and abroad.
2025
We Begin with Everything
ara Contemporary, Jakarta (ID)
Anekanta & Ekanta
Art Outreach, ArtSG (SG)
Sensible Objects
Appetite (SG)
2024
#4 Objet Textile Biennale
La Manufacture, Roubaix (FR)
無駄 (In Vain)
Solo Exhibition
Kotomath Hyogomachi, Takamatsu (JP)
2022
Unbecoming
Solo Exhibition
Cuturi Gallery (SG)
1000 Vases (Milan Design Week)
Superstudio Più, Milan (IT)
2021
Of Limits
Stamford Arts Centre (SG)
The Waste Refinery
National Design Centre (SG)
2020
Home Kitsch Home
Solo Presentation for Singapore Art Week
Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay (SG)
2025
Art Outreach Summit, Singapore
2024
Metropolitan Fukujyusou, Kyoto (JP)
Art Ripple Taitung, Taitung (TW)
Supported by the Taitung County Government
LOHJINAWI, Yogyakarta (ID)
Supported by The Institutum
2023
La Wayaka Current (Desert), Atacama Desert (CL)
Supported by National Arts Council Singapore (Capability Development Grant)
2019
META AIR Programme, META APAC HQ (SG)
2025
Hammer’s Hollow, Resorts World Sentosa
Singapore Oceanarium (SG)
2023
100, LOUIS XIII
Diary, Bloomberg Singapore
Curated by National Gallery Singapore
Bloomberg Singapore office (SG)
2021
GUCCI Art Wall, GUCCI
Gucci Flagship Store, Marina Bay Sands (SG)
Vessels, Art Outreach Singapore
Art Encounters
Millenia Walk (SG)
2020
The Electric Conversion, Mini Cooper (SG) x Kinetic
Shadow of a Single Smokestack, Ltd Edt x NIKE (SG)
CHAMBER, Wisma Atria (SG)
2019
Purl, Disney
The Fourth Puff, Cartoon Network Asia
2018
MO_STER MA_DALA, New Balance (SG)
Miaja Gallery (SG)
Fort of Leaves, OH! Open House
Bras Basah Complex (SG)
Portal of Patterns, Light to Night Festival
Asian Civilisations Museum (SG)
2017
Unlikely Dwellers of the Urban, National Heritage Board
Indian Heritage Centre, Malay Heritage Centre, Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall (SG)
2023
Forever in Fashion— The Art of Craft (AUDI X Harper’s Bazaar Singapore), ArtScience Museum (SG)
2022
SOAD Lecture Series, NAFA School of Art & Design (SG)
Regaining a Sense of Purpose with Slow Art (TEDx CMU), Carnegie Mellon University, PA, USA (Virtual)
Craft in Conversation (with Adeline Kueh), Cuturi Gallery (SG)
2020
LaSalle BA Fine Arts Artist Talks, LaSalle College of the Arts (SG)
2019
Artist Journey (The FUSSY Projects No.3), National Design Centre (SG)
Tan, S. (2025). Sensible Objects.
Franzao, R. (2024). Threads of Tomorrow (Museu Têxtil), 90-91.
Lim, M. (2022). Unbecoming.
2025
STAR Singapore Artist Series, Video
Ministry of Education Singapore
2024
在当代语境下编织故事
Zaobao (SG)
2023
The Arts Can Inspire Your Everyday, OOH Campaign
National Arts Council Singapore
In a grand artistic experiment, LOUIS XIII Cognac and Kelly Limerick capture the essence of time
VOGUE Singapore
2022
Crochet Artist Kelly Limerick‘s Solo Exhibition “Unbecoming” Provides A Thought-provoking Look At Value
PinPrestige Singapore
Kelly Limerick’s Unbecoming at Cuturi Gallery
Plural Art Mag
2021
Heart to Art
Harper’s Bazaar Singapore
Freestyle!
Textiel Plus (Netherlands)
How This Singapore Artist Completed a Stunning 5 Metre-Long Artwork By Hand for Gucci
Tatler Asia
Why Gucci’s crochet art wall by Kelly Limerick deserves a closer look
Lifestyleasia
Artist Kelly Limerick on her work for Gucci’s first in-store display in South East Asia
L’Officiel Singapore
Art.See.Asia - Singapore: How do artists work with different identities?
Deutsche Welle (Germany)
2020
Discover SG Brands Made With Passion
Singapore Brand Office
2019
On Phases of Exploration, Growing With Her Works and The Slow Art of Crochet
Object Lessons Space
2018
Local Giants
Augustman Singapore
A Different Beat
Harper’s Bazaar Singapore
The Vanguards: 40 under 40
Prestige Singapore
Crochet Now (UK)
2017
Of a Different Yarn (Unusual Suspects)
Channel Newsasia Singapore
The Originals: Forging New Paths
Singapore Brand Office
2022
The Banquet: Producer, Writer
Exhibition at HEARTH by Art Outreach (SG)
2019
Setouchi Koebi Network (NPO): Staff
Organization, production, translation for Setouchi Art Triennale 2019 (JP)
School of Common Understanding: Co-Founder
Skill-sharing creative collective, focusing on cross-disciplinary practice