A collection of paintings by three young female abstract artists, Parallel Journeys opens on 1 March at Public Art Space, Level 2, Pan Pacific Singapore. The theme was selected because of the metaphorical journey that artists undergo in the process of creating art, self expression and exploration of the medium. The artists are inspired by painter and print-maker, Helen Frankenthalers quote Every canvas is a journey on its own which echoes individuals paths in life. The canvases used are of the same height with the intention to form a literal single continuous line throughout the exhibition space, an embodiment of the journeys represented by the exhibition. Available for purchase, the paintings will be on display until 30 June 2006.
Wyn-Lyn Tan
A graduate in Business Administration, Tan attended the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 2001 where she specialized in Western and Chinese Painting. She also obtained a Bachelor of Art from RMIT-Laselle SIA in 2003. A self-description of her style is a dynamic balance between suppression and expression... based on both spontaneity and reflection.
Tan has won the Painting of the Year competition (2003) and earned the Highly Commended Work award for Abstract Medium in United Overseas Banks Exhibition (2003). She has participated in over 20 exhibitions at venues including Chateau dArts, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore Repertory Theatre, Antrhopology, Art Seasons Gallery, Intrude Contemporary Art Gallery (Melbourne), MICA, Atelier J. Lacroix, NAFA Selegie Gallery and instinc.
Yeo Shih Yun
An admirer of the works of Jackson Pollock, Robert Motherwell and Franz Kline, Yeo graduated from Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts (Singapore) with a diploma in Communications Design and later attended one-year Post-Baccalaureate Program (Painting) at San Francisco Art Institute in 2001. Her works are characterized by high-energy spontaneity using Chinese ink and acrylic.
In 1999, one of Shih Yuns early experimental works received acclaim as a highly-commended entry for the UOB Painting of the Year competition. Shih Yun has exhibited in Singapore in solo and group exhibitions and her recent exhibitions include Exit at Intrude Gallery in Melbourne, log:one03 at Block43 Studio Gallery and NewFinds 2003 at MITA ARTrium and curated Gong Xi Fa Cai at instinc. Her professional experience includes working as an educator, freelance designer, curator and filmmaker. Besides her own art practice, Shih Yun has also collaborated with artists from US, Canada, UK and Singapore for the past five years.
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About the Artists
Valerie Ng
Ng took up painting in earnest in 2002 after attending the Alternative Foundation in Fine Art at The Slade Summer School, The Slade School of Fine Art, University College of London. Her medium is mostly oil or acrylic on canvas/paper expressed in an abstract expressionist style, inspired by shapes and patterns in the environment.
Her works have been exhibited at the United Overseas Bank (UOB) Painting of the Year 2004 Exhibition where she won the First Prize in the Abstract medium category, at Art Singapore, the Wetterling Teo Gallery and Jendela Gallery, The Summer Foundation Group Show at The Slade (London), Melbourne Fringe Festival (Australia) instinc, the National Libraries in Seng Kang and the Anthropology Gallery in Holland Village. Her works have been purchased by collectors in Asia, Australia, USA, UK, Germany and Mexico.
Wyn-Lyn Tan
A graduate in Business Administration, Tan attended the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 2001 where she specialized in Western and Chinese Painting. She also obtained a Bachelor of Art from RMIT-Laselle SIA in 2003. A self-description of her style is a dynamic balance between suppression and expression... based on both spontaneity and reflection.
Tan has won the Painting of the Year competition (2003) and earned the Highly Commended Work award for Abstract Medium in United Overseas Banks Exhibition (2003). She has participated in over 20 exhibitions at venues including Chateau dArts, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore Repertory Theatre, Antrhopology, Art Seasons Gallery, Intrude Contemporary Art Gallery (Melbourne), MICA, Atelier J. Lacroix, NAFA Selegie Gallery and instinc.
Yeo Shih Yun
An admirer of the works of Jackson Pollock, Robert Motherwell and Franz Kline, Yeo graduated from Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts (Singapore) with a diploma in Communications Design and later attended one-year Post-Baccalaureate Program (Painting) at San Francisco Art Institute in 2001. Her works are characterized by high-energy spontaneity using Chinese ink and acrylic.
In 1999, one of Shih Yuns early experimental works received acclaim as a highly-commended entry for the UOB Painting of the Year competition. Shih Yun has exhibited in Singapore in solo and group exhibitions and her recent exhibitions include Exit at Intrude Gallery in Melbourne, log:one03 at Block43 Studio Gallery and NewFinds 2003 at MITA ARTrium and curated Gong Xi Fa Cai at instinc. Her professional experience includes working as an educator, freelance designer, curator and filmmaker. Besides her own art practice, Shih Yun has also collaborated with artists from US, Canada, UK and Singapore for the past five years.
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