Education
2001 Pass with Distinction in Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) / LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore.
2000 Diploma in Fine Art (Painting), LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore.
1993 Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy) Degree, Faculty of Science (Pharmacy), National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore.
Selected Exhibitions / Activities
Honorable Mentions, The Philip Morris Group of Companies Singapore Art Awards, 1999.
Juror’s Choice, The Philip Morris Group of Companies Singapore Art Awards, 1998.
Collection: RMIT Human Resource Management Group, Australia.
Collection: Philip Morris Group of Companies, Singapore.
Private Collections of work in United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Singapore and Malaysia.
Permanent Collection: WOMEN Beyond Borders, California non-profit corporation, USA.
Awards
First Steps ~ Images of ASEAN, Singapore Art Awards 2001/2002, Philip Morris Group of Companies, Paragon Gallery, Tanjong Pagar Community Club, Bukit Batok East Community Club, Changi Simei Community Club, Ulu Pandan Community Club, Bishan Community Club, Singapore, 2002.
The 4th Teochew People Art Exhibition, Annual Art Exhibition for Singapore Teochew artists, Teochew Building, Ngee Ann Cultural Centre, Singapore, 2001.
The 20th UOB Painting of the Year Exhibition, The 20th UOB Painting of the Year Competition, United Overseas Bank Plaza 1, Singapore, 2001.
Infinity, 8th Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) Exhibition, Earl Lu Gallery, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore, 2001.
Practice, Work-in-Progress Exhibition, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art), LASALLE-SIA Gallery, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore, 2000.
Contemporary Art Exhibition, Marine Parade Community Library, Singapore, 2000.
No Dead Space / No Wasted Motion, 24th Diploma in Fine Art Exhibition, LASALLE-SIA Gallery, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore, 2000.
History of Art Exhibition, Lasalle Gallery, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore, 1998.
Coordinator, Affiliated project of the Nokia Singapore Art 2001 jointly organised by National Arts Council (NAC), Singapore Art Museum (SAM) and Nokia, Deriving Spaces, Plastique Kinetic Worms (PKW) Gallery, Singapore, 2001.
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About the artist / Artist's Statement
I am concerned with the Singapore urban environment, particularly, its dominating architecture, and its effects of melancholy and violation of the figure. My works, done in charcoal and pastels on paper, are about our existence in urban space. They may suggest the crowded loneliness of urban life and the complex relationships between environment and people. Viewers should therefore question about ‘presence’ & ‘absence’; ‘the overt and the hidden’; what is ‘before’ and ‘after’; ‘there and not there’. Is there a fear of living in urban space and is it about escaping from something.