Ong Hwee Yen
Artist Statement
"Painting is my second wanderlust... breaking me free to realms where my footsteps dare not thread."
Yen paints landscapes, scenes, inspired by travels, dreams, in an impressionist style, characterized by strong colours and organic forms, with leanings towards surrealist expressionism and recently, abstractism. As a child, she harboured thoughts of being an artist but given the prevailing typical Singaporean parent sentiment at the time, she went the conventional route and maintained her penchant for creativity, from music composition to travel photography and writing and eventually back to the active exploration of art in 2005. Her favourite artists are Cezanne, Edvard Munch, Van Gogh, Chagall and Kandisky, and their post-impressionist modernist influences come through in her artwork.
Largely self-taught, Yen gained much from attending art workshops and interaction with experienced art practioners, from studying art history and the journey of masters, learning from their works and techniques. Increasingly, it is everyday life that is the teacher - places, people, things that move her into translating those feelings on canvas.
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Exhibitions
- 2019: "ENSEMBLE: coming out into Abstraction" group exhibition - The Arts House
- 2018: "DREAMembrance" art exhibition - That Spare Room
- 2017: "Artscape" 1st ed - SOTA Gallery
- 2016: "Sudah Makan? (Have you eaten?)" group exhibition - Fullerton Hotel
- 2016: "Art Apart Fair" 7th ed - Parkroyal Hotel
- 2015: "Mosaic" group exhibition - Volvo Art Loft
- 2014: "Exchange" group exhibition - MyArtSpace
- 2012: "Bridging Cultures" opening exhibition - Rosella Gallery
- 2012: "Spain Camino Series" solo exhibition - Bilbao Restaurant
- 2010: "Colours with Passion" group exhibition - Tembusu Art Gallery
- 2010: "Breakthrough" group exhibition - Fill Your Walls Gallery
- 2009: "Alfreso Art Fair" - Clifford Square
- 2009: "6 PerspectEVEs" group exhibition - The Art Loft @ Volvo
Publication
- 2011: "International Contemporary Artists Vol III" - I.C.A. Publishing
Education
- 2018: Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Certificate in Western Abstract Painting)
.jpg "Untitled 4 (Magic Forest)_2015:: Acrylic on canvas, 76×76cm")
.jpg "Untitled 1 (Girl & Dog)_2015:: Acrylic on canvas, 76×76cm")
_2022_Oil on Canvas_36x25cm.jpg "Shophouse 8, The 8 Shophouses-ocho(252):: Oil on canvas, 36×25cm")
_2018_Oil on Canvas_76x60cm__SGD1080.jpg "The Lost Station (Tanjong Pagar railway stn):: Oil on canvas, 76×60cm")
.jpg "The Lost Station (tanjong pagar railway)_2018:: Oil on canvas, 76×60cm")
.jpg "Journey To Town (geylang serai)_2018:: Oil on canvas, 76×102cm")
.jpg "Homesick II (New York)_2016:: Acrylic on canvas, 76×76cm")
.jpg "Homesick I (London)_2016:: Acrylic on canvas, 76×76cm")
Exhibitions and Events
UPCOMING: Affordable Art Fair Singapore — 2024 SFA will feature local artists at AAF Singapore 2024.
Affordable Art Fair Singapore — 2023 SFA featured local artists at AAF Singapore 2023.
Affordable Art Fair Melbourne — 2023 SFA featured local artists at AAF Melbourne 2023.
Affordable Art Fair Singapore — 2022 SFA featured six local artists at AAF Singapore 2022.
Art Exhibition and Sale @Studio Fine Art Gallery — 10 to 12 June, 2022
Artists
Contact/Enquire
Sangeeta Charan,
email: studiofineart14@gmail.com
Studio: 47, Jalan Pemimpin, #06-03,Halcyon 2, Singapore 577200
