School of Creative
Industries
Koh Zong Qi
Zong Qi’s artistic journey began in movement and clay work, and has since expanded to other forms of art-making.
She has experience working in the aged care sector and volunteering in palliative care. Zong Qi’s love for creating, coupled with a desire to continue serving purposefully, led her to pursue an MA in Art Therapy at LASALLE College of the Arts.
During her time in the programme, Zong Qi had the privilege of working with individuals at various points of their life journeys—from adolescents living with complex trauma to older adults at end-of-life. She takes on a relational approach in her encounters with her clients, which have allowed for a deep appreciation of art therapy’s ability in enabling both self-discovery as well as human-to-human connection.
Zong Qi hopes to continue cultivating empathy and humility in her practice, and to empower individuals to tell their stories through art.
Work
Mapping De-composites
Handmade paper, leaves, cat fur, threads
165 x 60 cm
(2025)
At the core of Mapping De-composites lies a curiosity of identity, connection and being. It reflects upon the artist’s encounters with various individuals within her placement settings, only to find that the unanswered questions of 'who am I and what do I exist for?' remain humanly universal.
In facing these questions of existence posed by others, the artist chose to pull apart and map her own. Spaces holding childhood memories were revisited. Leaves shed in these places found their way back to be tended to, through a drawn-out process of decomposition and preservation. Written recollections were torn apart and given new life, allowing space for memories to be reframed and held.
The individual sheets were then stitched together into a composite whole, while loose unknotted threads suggest continuation and unanswered questions. Perhaps the idea of being is best understood as an unending process of becoming.
