about me
‘There is an auntie in all of us. I'm building the Auntieverse to understand what that means.’
niceaunties is the moniker of Wenhui Lim, 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 through digital art, mixed media, and technology. Her work draws on surrealism, fantasy, kawaii culture, and nineteen years of architectural training and practice.
niceaunties’ Auntieverse project was presented in a TED Talk in Vancouver in 2024, and has since been showcased globally, including exhibitions at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark, the V&A in London during the 2024 Digital Art Weekend, and the AI Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris in 2025. She has collaborated with international brands such as Swatch and L’Oréal, and was commissioned by the City of West Hollywood for the public artwork Aunties on Sunset, displayed on Sunset Boulevard. Her work has been featured in The Guardian, Forbes, and the Straits Times, and her collection Along the River in Auntieverse was presented at Christie's Art + Tech Conference in New York.
The Auntieverse is the subject of the peer-reviewed paper 'Visualising Ageing: AI Art's Role in Shaping Cultural Narratives' and the forthcoming documentary film ‘Time of the Nice Aunties’, directed by Hervé Martin-Delpierre.