Nice Aunties 'Jelli Shop 11' Print Available

Artist: Nice Aunties
Title: Jelly Shop 11
Medium: Giclee Print
Size: 40 x 40 cm
Edition: 222
Price: €238

Jelly Shop 11 is set in Jelly City, a surreal district within the Auntieverse, a parallel reality where aunties take centre stage as the protagonists of their own worlds. The shop is an enigmatic grocery filled with jellies of every imaginable shape and size, reflecting the curiosity that runs through the Auntieverse. Created by niceaunties to celebrate ageing women and explore themes of identity, self expression, and personal freedom, the Auntieverse is an ever expanding narrative world that mirrors and reimagines our own.

Wenhui Lim, widely recognized by the pseudonym Nice Aunties, is a visionary creator hailing from Singapore who has revolutionized the digital art landscape through her intricate exploration of the Auntieverse. This singular force in the art world draws deep inspiration from her upbringing in a bustling matriarchal household surrounded by eleven aunties, her mother, and her late grandmother. While she operates as an individual artist, her work is a collective homage to the complex relationships and cultural nuances of Southeast Asian women. Lim, who was born in 1981, is a highly educated professional with over twenty years of experience as an architectural designer, holding a background in architecture that informs the meticulous spatial storytelling and speculative cities found within her vibrant compositions. She first began focusing on this specific artistic project in early 2023 after encountering the transformative potential of artificial intelligence tools like Midjourney and Runway during her architectural practice.

The thematic core of Nice Aunties centers on reclaiming the often derogatory label of the auntie and transforming it into a symbol of freedom, joy, and surrealist power. For collectors in the limited edition art and gig poster communities, her work offers a unique blend of nostalgia and futuristic digital surrealism.

Significant accomplishments have quickly propelled her into the international spotlight, including a prestigious TED talk in Vancouver in 2024 and being named a finalist for the Lumen Prize in both 2024 and 2025. Her work has been showcased at some of the most respected venues globally, such as the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the AI Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris. Additionally, she has participated in major art shows including the Christie's Art and Tech Conference in New York and the Digital Art Mile during Art Basel 2024. As a truly contemporary artist, she successfully bridges the gap between commercial collaboration and speculative fine art through partnerships with brands like Swatch and L’Oréal.

Collectors of her limited prints often seek out her most famous pieces, such as the evocative series Auntlantis, which portrays auntie mermaids cleaning plastic filled oceans, and the whimsical Goddess, a video piece exploring the fading of divine identity through domestic labor. Other notable works include the playful Ballet Body, the surreal Aioli Times, and the innovative Tofu Engineered Sushi Luxury Auto, which uses puns and wordplay to subvert luxury car culture. Her first physical solo exhibition, Auntiedote, held at the Expanded Art gallery in Berlin, further cemented her status as a primary figure for those looking to invest in art that captures the human condition through a technological lens.