Artists in Voice of Art 1

ARTISTS IN VOICE OF ART - I

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Abu Jalal Sarimon
I belong to Singapore 3rd generation artist and known as the Social Commentary artist. I am the Founder of Freedom & Love International Art Group, Founding Members of TUJU Art Group, Executive Member of Singapore Modern Art Society, Head of Imago Mundi Singapore and Senior Member of Singapore Malay Artists of Various Resources (APAD). I create each artwork as an avenue to share and challenge the viewer’s natural and ideological perceptions of this fast shaping world. Driven by my sharp observation and conceptual visual expression, my aesthetic ideas are transformed into visuals with a fundamental concern towards common folks, global issue, humanities and environment. I love travelling, sketching, reading and writing hence those good habits influence most of my work. I have travelled and exhibited (since 1992) in many parts of the world, namely; Singapore, China, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Dubai, Iran, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Macau, Netherlands, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Australia, Turkey, Italy and Tunisia.

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Alan Tan Keng Hee
Alan Tan graduated from Singapore Polytechnic with a Diploma in Architecture Technologies and obtained his Business and Management BSc (Hons) degree from the University of Bradford, UK.
He was an urban greenery specialist and a part-time tutor at the National University of Singapore before leaving the corporate world to pursue his dream as an artist.
Alan is a self-taught artist and a member of the International Art and Culture (Singapore) Federation. He utilizes the ‘acrylic pour’ painting techniques to create modern abstract artworks which incorporates lots of movements and flow dynamics.

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Alfonso Paronda Jr
Alfonso finished his degree of B.S. Architecture in Mapua Institute of Technology, Manila Philippines and now currently residing in Singapore. “As an artist, I always seek an inspiration from the things around me and what I wish to show when I paint is the way I see things with my eyes and in my heart.” He won the overall 2nd prize of international design competition of 2022 Rebuilding Community Center in Siargao Philippines. He has shown his artworks and participated in international exhibition including Italy, France, Kosovo, Moscow Russia, Hongkong, Vietnam, South Korea, Japan and Philippines. He is also a member of the Singapore Watercolor Society, IWS Singapore, Philippine Guild of Watercolorists and Urban Sketchers Singapore.

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Alicia Tan
Known for her forte in watercolour paintings, Alicia is an experienced Singaporean artist who possesses a diverse skill set in this industry. She holds multiple awards, including the Legion Paper Merchandise Award for 3rd Annual Women in Watercolour International Juried Competition 2022, Excellent Award for the International Masters of Watercolour Alliance (IMWA) 2022, UK SAA Artists of the Year 2021 and First prize for Fremantle 2020 Plein Air competition. Currently a full-time art educator, she intends to share her knowledge with those keen on such artworks. Her artworks mainly comprise of watercolours to produce pieces that pique her interest – prominent landmarks or even objects that catches her eyes.

A Member of Singapore Watercolour Society since 2018, Alicia is currently serving as Treasurer (2021 to present). She is also part of SWS Jury of Judges (2021 to present).

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Arick Lee
The artist is mostly self-taught and has recently won Silver place in the 40th UOB Painting of the Year competition 2021, Emerging Artist Category. He does mostly paintings and dabbles in a variety of genre including still life, abstract, architecture and so on. He hopes to further into new dimensions by using different ideas in his art pieces, in his creative process of art making.

The artist has chosen to use one of the art pieces from the ArtScience Museum series to participate in the VOICE OF ART Exhibition. It is a series about the Art Science Museum, Singapore.

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Art R'eev
A self-taught artist, Art R’eev transforms “Trash Into Treasure” in his mixed media works. He finds creative ways to reuse materials and conserve resources to address issues of environmental change, and the concepts of up-cycling and recycling are central to his practice. What may have been regarded as ‘ugly’ is now turned into the beautiful in Art R’eev’s colourful and energetic abstract works.

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Cheong Sooi Peng
Sooi Peng is a retired Architect. She started in Chinese painting under the tutelage of Mr Wu Molin, and then learned watercolour from Mr Loy Chye Chuan. She also benefited from the guidance of Mr Peh Eng Seng and Mr Chew Piak San. She also attends workshops by various foreign artists in order to learn different techniques and sharpen her skills.

Sooi Peng became a member of the Singapore Watercolour Society in 2011.
Her paintings have been exhibited at the Singapore Watercolour Society Annual Exhibitions. She was invited to exhibit her paintings at the ‘Scenes of Singapore’ Exhibition in Hanoi and ‘50 Cultural Landscapes of Singapore’ by Zaobao to commemorate SG50 in 2015. Her painting ‘Sea Transporting Land Transport’ has been collected by the Maritime Port Authority of Singapore.

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Christina Yew
As a self-taught artist, without the privilege of a taught environment, my learning path has always been that of experimentation – in techniques, in medium, in forms and most of all, the artistic conception of ideas.

My preoccupation:
With a keen mind to question and to explore, profound issues excite me. They present a challenging narrative so ready for me to decipher; and ultimately to my pleasure – to form my own point of view, a re-interpretation, a re-presentation. Such is the excitement of a creative process!
More often, my works are reflective of universal issues like human existence, human experience, and the idea of reality, to name a few. In addition, nature has been my constant context that facilitates my expression.

My practice:
While I had used ink predominantly for its vibrancy, I do not adhere to just one medium. I am equally eager to engage in acrylic, and in forms – three dimensional and installations.
Painting as a leisure, I am fortunate to have a free mind to paint without constraints.

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Chua Keng Hee
Chua Keng Hee was born in Singapore in 1964. He graduated from the National University of Singapore (School of Architecture) i n 1991. He is a Registered Architect and a member of Singapore Watercolour Society.

He paints in watercolour and oil and has solid skill in sketching. He pursues to express the transparent nature of watercolour in his watercolour paintings. Through years of artistic practice, he has developed his own style that is elegant and rigorous. In most of his paintings, he depicted ancient buildings with greenery in an impressionistic way.

He held his solo-exhibition “Paintings of Ancient Chinese Architecture” in 2005. He has participated in most of the annual art exhibitions organized by Singapore Watercolour Society since 2007. His artworks had been published in the Chinese magazine” 古建园林技术 ”.

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Darren Lim
Darren Lim is an artist and an engineer. He started learning art since 10 years old and was enrolled into the Art Elective Programme in Victoria School where he built his foundation for drawing and painting. He was also received tutelage from local watercolourists like Ong Kim Seng and Marvin Chew, although Darren’s style is distinctively his own. Darren is inspired by the beauty he sees during his travel across Asia and believes that watercolour and ink are the best medium to capture Asia's unique character.

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Donald Tan
Donald joined the Singapore Watercolour Society (SWS) in 2012 and served in several key appointments including the Secretary General and the Vice President. He assisted in organising the Annual Exhibitions, National Junior “On the spot” Watercolour Competitions and Coordinated many overseas exhibitions and painting trips for the Society.
He is currently the President of Singapore Watercolor Society and Life members of the Singapore Art Society and The Society of Chinese Artists.
Besides watercolour, Donald also enjoys Chinese Calligraphy & Chinese Ink and Pastel paintings.
He has participated and exhibited his works locally and overseas.

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IRIS PHAM

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BARRY YEOW

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Kek Hoon Pin
Born in Penang in 1975, Kek Hoon Pin (Hoon) has worked in the field of Advertising as a creative for over 20 years in Singapore. From 2019 onwards, he started to pick up his paintbrush again and worked mainly in watercolour and graphite on urban sketches.

He lives with a strong learning desire and artistic emotions. He finds the richness of the palate expresses his personal feelings perfectly. He often experiments with new mediums and applies rich colours and lively brushstrokes, to create unique paintings that reveal his strong sense of composition and feelings for life, and to bring life to art.

Over the years, he has participated in various local & international art group exhibitions or competitions (physical & online) in places like Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, France, Russia-Moscow, etc.

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Kevin Tan
Born in Singapore in 1963. He studied Graphic Design in Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. He worked in the advertising industry as an illustrator and art director for thirty years.
His experience in the commercial industry allowed him to work on projects across media and to push the boundaries of creativity while balancing marketability.
Kevin is a life member of The Society of Chinese Artists and also a life member of The Singapore Art Society.

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Melissa Teo
Melissa Teo has had two solo shows and a several shows from 2016 to 2021 at the Utterly Art Gallery who currently represents her. Her most recent show was held at the Pan Pacific Hotel Singapore with her artist father, Pateo from August to November 2022. Her works have been showcased at the Affordable Art Fair Singapore, Tatinis Art Show, the Global Art Fair, the Bank Art Fair and the Art Apart Fair with Utterly Art and Trigger Hearth gallery. She partcipates regularly in various group exhibitions with NAFA Alumni and the Singapore Art Society. Currently, her works revolve around the historical local architecture and endangered animals of the Asian regions. She paints mainly with acrylic on canvas although she does mixed media and digital art. Her distinctive style is expressive and bold, exhibiting heavy use of line work, vibrant colours and textures.

Melissa also freelances as an illustrator and graphic designer. To date, she has illustrated 7 children's books, book
covers and articles for various magazines. She has even copublished three children's books.

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Mohamad Quthubdean bin Mohamad Farooq
Mohamad Quthubdean was born in 1984 in Singapore. He taught himself to paint realism in 2020, at the age of 36. His first painting won award in UOB Painting of the Year 2021, Singapore. He used to sketch a lot when he was young. His art journey stopped at the age of 15 because of higher education, career and family commitment. During COVID lockdown, his wife and daughter reignited his passion for art by completing 40 paintings. Mr. Quthub could not resist but to research on oil painting as he always had an interest for this medium. In 2020, he completed his first oil painting in few days and submitted it to UOB Painting of the Year 2021, Singapore, and won an award. Now Mr. Quthub is painting full-time and coaching students as well. He pursues excellence in his work and his paintings are inspired by the Qur'an.

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Niall McWilliam
Originally from Scotland, Niall McWilliam is now based in Singapore where he has been working as a full-time artist. He moved to Singapore in 2016. He paints contemporary themes which enable the spectator to draw upon a variety of experiences. He aims to conjure moods which his audience can share and enjoy. Niall has developed his painting techniques allowing a layering of materials which are built up creating a visual depth to his work. Currently he is combining oil painting, acrylic, collage and mixed media within his paintings. His themes revolve around narratives which have been created through extensive research on street scenes and a selection of Singapore environments.

Since moving to Singapore, Niall has embraced the country with its rich diverse culture. He has been stimulated by the vivid colors, the incredible mix of architecture and the daily lives of the people within Singapore. All the elements he has recorded reflect a slice of life within the environment he has chosen to record. Each painting evokes a mood and a moment in time which he hopes the spectator can recognize and enjoy.
”My initial recordings for my projects are mostly achieved through the camera and sketching. I am very keen to use all my own material and findings to build a narrative within each painting. The street scenes in Singapore can be so diverse and I try to depict the unique style of each area through pictures, collage, mixed media and oil paints. Recently I have been recording botanical subjects where I have been inspired by nature and the variety of color and tones that the flora has to offer".

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Nur Iman
Nur Iman (b. 1990), also known for his alias, “Stranger” has been part of the Singapore graffiti scene dated back since 2005. In the same year, he won his first graffiti competition and got his first commission mural job the following year. He was offered similar opportunities ever since. In 2009, he enrolled in Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts where he studied fine arts, majored in Western Painting for 3 years. Graduated in 2012, Nur Iman has been involved with several group art exhibitions. In 2019, he tested his curatorial and art management proficiency, when he represented 11 artists in the Tatinis art fair under his own art gallery, The Common Space.

Aside from his art-making practices, Nur Iman extends his creative passion through teaching. From adult art classes, college art electives, secondary and primary school art workshops, to most recently, preschool art excursions. Iman has conducted various art classes for all.

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Oh Swee Ai (Tracy)
Singapore Artist, Tracy Oh Swee Ai is a painter, whose works are predominantly oil painting and watercolor. Art has always been her channel of expression. She approaches art since she was a child and it is a never-ending journey for her. She is a hobby artist for years under the guidance of great teachers, and had completed learning Western art at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA). Swee Ai is the Treasurer of Women Artists Association (Singapore) and life member of The Society of Chinese Artists, Singapore Art Society, Club NAFA and Penang Art Society. The complexity of her work reflects both realistic and abstract renditions in oil. Through her gestural brush strokes, she created a harmonious unity using vibrant and rich colours. Swee Ai held her first solo art exhibition “Serenity & Splendour” at Singapore Gallery 1819 during Dec 2021. She has been invited to exhibit at various international shows and her works have won several art awards in her artistic career, which included 23rd International Competition Special Award 2022 (South Korea), 22nd International Competition Special Award 2021 (South Korea), The Best 2021 Modern and Contemporary Artists (Italy), 21st International Competition Winning Prize 2020 (South Korea), International Frida Kahlo Award 2020 (Italy), Palm Art Recognition Prize 2019 (Germany), Giotto International Prize 2019 (Portugal), and Top 20 Artists Award 2017 (Singapore). With numerous exhibitions over the years, her artworks can be found in the collections of organizations, museums and private individuals.

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Pateo
The day the nation stood still. It was the era of doom and gloom in the year 1942 when the 2nd world war broke up; the year I was born. In the vicinity of the farmland of Yio Chu Kang where I was raised. The atrocity of the war brought adversity and poverty to the nation. Therefore, the progress of infrastructure was on slow pace and transportation was on a standstill because there were not many vehicles on the road. For one indication would tell the night-soil bucket system lasted for more than a decade. As years passed it was time that I received my primary education at the punggol district which was four kilometres from home.

Despite of the arduous and cumbersome journey to school, it turned up into opportunities to capture picturesque scenes along the ways. The rustic landscapes emitted vibrant hues that became useful images for my paintings.

My passion in arts remained strong. I made profound progress among other curriculums taught in class. At seventeen I enrolled in fine art tutorial with Nanyang Academy of Fine Art in 1959 under the coaching of Mdm. Geogett Chen but sadly to say that I have not completed the course due to finical circumstances. Somehow before long I was fortunate to get employment in an advertising agency. Initially I started off as an apprentice; through the years I achieved with numerous promotions. Finally at age 65 I fell back to my career in visual art. When I discovered my resourceful talents all the latent memories in my mind would be retrieved on paintings, leaving a legacy of aesthetic events that our young generation might not have known off.

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Phyllis Chong
Phyllis is interested in art since young. She participated in children’s art competitions and would make cards for her classmates for Christmas and their birthdays. Phyllis rekindled her childhood passion when she met a group of like-minded artists in year 2011. Since then, she has been painting actively at various locations in Singapore and overseas. She also paints still life and portraits of live models.

Phyllis was admitted into the Singapore Watercolour Society in 2017 and is currently the Secretary-General of the society’s committee. She exhibits her works every year with the society and several art societies and has sold her works in these exhibitions. Phyllis was also privileged to give a talk with Urban Sketchers Singapore at the National Museum of Singapore to share her enthusiasm in travel sketching. She also auctioned her paintings at charity events to raise funds for needy students.

Phyllis's works were published in the Our Neighbourhood Series by Epigram Books and the Urban Sketchers Singapore Volume 2 book and the "Let's Draw Singapore" book created to commemorate 50 years of nation building for Singapore. Her works were also selected for feature on the cover page of the Contact South East community magazine and on postcards distributed as memorabilia for community events.

Phyllis now teaches watercolour painting for beginners. She hopes to inspire and help more people enjoy painting by sharing her knowledge and experience and by tapping into her teaching experience as a former teacher.

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Qinjiming
Qin jiming is a watercolor artist and holds Bachelor degree of fine arts and a Master degree of arts ( City University of Hongkong) .
He is a Committee member (research officer) of the Singapore watercolor society.
He currently teaches media and fine art courses in Ngee Ann polytechnic, School of Infocomm technology

Art exhibition experience:
The 12 th, Incheon world art exhibition 2021 (South Korea , Incheon )
2nd International watercolor exhibition Fremantle 2022 ( Australia , Fremantle )
Impression Singapore 2022, Federation of Art societies Singapore
Colourful Splashes 2. Singapore Watercolour Society 53rd Annual Exhibition 2022 (Virtual/Physical)
Colourful Splashes 2. 52nd Singapore Watercolour Society Annual Exhibition 2021. Digital Showcase.

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Rollen Santoso
Rollen Santoso was born in Indonesia in 1970. He has been residing in Singapore for the last 20 years as an Interior designer. Started painting since childhood in oil painting under tutelage of Mr. Bani Amora in Banyuwangi - Indonesia in the early 80’s. After long hiatus from painting in adulthood, eventually he started painting again in watercolor during the pandemic in 2020. Most of the current works are plein-air of Singapore's heritage / conserved buildings and scenery.

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Sourav S Bhowmick
Sourav is a professor in computer science at NTU, Singapore. He doesn’t see any difference between a scientist making a discovery and an artist making a painting. So when he is not tinkering with data, he tinkers with paints and charcoal. His artistic interest lies in blending realism and expressionism styles of painting related to contemporary global and local issues such as refugee crisis, climate change, human behavior, etc. Sourav strongly believes that "art doesn't change the world but it may change the way we see the world." Fundamental to all major problems in this planet (from climate change to refugee crisis), he believes that we first need to change the way we see the world before we can address any problem. Sourav hopes that his paintings will impact positively the way people view various challenges related to our planet, and take concrete steps to alleviate them. To this end, he has given public exhibitions of his paintings in Singapore for various causes such as refugee crisis. Some of his paintings have been sold for social causes such as contributions to elderly care and children suffering from rare diseases.

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Tze Chau Wong
For the past decade I have experimented with expressionistic, surrealistic, pop, conceptual and abstract styles as well as performance art, but my theme remains the same: Oneness. It is about finding the harmony between different forms and beings regardless of culture, race, language and religion.
I studied architecture and philosophy when I was younger and started painting in 2010 at the age of 32. Since 2011 I have participated in some group shows in Singapore, Thailand and India. There was a breakthrough in 2018 as I had my first solo show at a commercial gallery in Singapore.
After two attempts I was overjoyed to win the UOB Painting of the Year (established category) in 2019 with my dot painting 'War and Peace' in which I wrote the words 'war' and 'peace' in both Arabic and Hebrew with dots.
I strongly believe in the transformative power of arts. I always strive to create artworks that are both visually appealing and thought provoking.
My ultimate goal is to create a bridge between different realms. The world is increasingly divided but I believe that there is harmony if we see beyond differences.
The ancient concept of Oneness has always been fascinating to me. I believe that all beings are connected through interdependence. If we look deeply, stripping away all the masks and outer forms, we would find the same core hidden within every being.
Yin and Yang evolve from Oneness and eventually return to the origin.

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William Goh

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Wong Yau
I am an amateur watercolourist who started painting actively since 2018. The subjects of my interest are mainly old local buildings and scene. I hope that through my paintings, I can provide another mode of preserving images of a piece of our local history. In 2018, I decided to pick up my brushes again in pursue of my passion for art which I have put on hold for forty over years. As a teen, I had art lessons under the tutelage of my late art teacher, an influential pioneering Singapore first-generation artist. Since 2018, I have been scrutinizing works of various watercolourists online to understand the subtlety of watercolour painting. In doing so, I have learnt the use of the light and shadow technique to create contrast and the use of bright colours to inject vibrancy to my paintings. I am currently a member of the Singapore Watercolour Society, Singapore Teachers’ Art Society, and the Singapore Art Society. To date, I have participated in several exhibitions, both physical and online, organised by them.

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Wong Yee Heng
My name is Wong Yee Heng was born in 1973 Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Currently base in Singapore.
I started to paint from young age primary school. With well words & encouragement from teachers and classmates, it deeper my painting interest and become part of my living hobby. During secondary school, I happened participated & won difference art competitions' award in local schools, Art Society & National Day’s Painting Events.

I am a interior designer cum freelance artist. I graduated with Diploma in Interior Design at LimKokWing
Institute Of Creative Technology College in Malaysia 1997. Creativity and arts have always played a
significant role & influence into my paintings’ identity. In early 2010s, I began active in Chinese ink paintings. my artworks inspiration come from my childhood’s authenticity of small city background and my experience in creativity interior design industry, different culture, society lifestyle and also the nature surrounding us.

Generally, I always reinterpret the act of ink painting with striking and depth results. I like different experiment with fusion of traditional skill/strokes mix with contemporary forms & abstract expression of my works. Especially the black & white (Solidity & emptiness) monochrome tone giving me a lot of freedom and imagination without restriction of form & diversify of every single element I painted.

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Yap Wen Shan
As an artist, I work on my own ideas and thoughts before I starts to create a painting. I love developing paintings that speak to me about the beauty that exists in places. I have been experimenting with different styles for many years and is proficient in realistic and expressive painting and I always try to integrate different styles into my paintings. With my recent work, I want to breathe life of innovations
and ideas on my canvas.

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Aditi Dharmadhikari
As a mandala artist, Aditi is dedicated to bringing the ancient art form of mandalas into modern homes as a source of peace and tranquillity.

The word "Mandala" means "Circle" in Sanskrit, and mandala art typically consists of intricate geometric patterns arranged within a circular framework. Mandalas are believed to have a powerful, calming effect on the mind, and creating or viewing mandalas is often seen as a form of meditation and mindfulness practice.

Aditi founded her company, ‘Mandala For Home Pte. Ltd.’, with the intention of spreading the calming effects of mandalas to as many people as possible. Aditi is inspired by the therapeutic and meditative qualities of mandala art, which she uses as a form of self-expression and creativity. Through her work, Aditi hopes to encourage mindfulness and bring a sense of calm to homes in today's fast-paced world.

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Anit Kaur
Anit Kaur is a Singaporean Sikh artist. She grew up in different parts of Asia. She has done a Mentorship with American Artist Annamieka Davidson and classes at Lasalle.

She has exhibited her work in Singapore, UK, Madrid, Monaco, Dubai, and Milan. She also used to teach for 8 years in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore.

She creates her art with the intention to highlight that pain and hope often coexist. Her art is an expression of her belief that a higher power has bigger plans for all of us.

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Aparna Chakravarty
I am Aparna Chakravarty, and I am an artist based in Singapore. My formal education is in graphic design and illustration, and I have worked within the e-commerce, web design, usability, and digital art space across India and Singapore. I am passionate about creating, craft work, drawing and painting. The process of painting, especially, brings me immense joy and happiness and I want to share this with the rest of the world. Nature, colours, textures and juxtaposition of various colours, patterns and textures inspire me and these elements, despite focussing on varied themes, will reflect abundantly in my creations.
I like experimenting with various mediums and tools. Keeping the subject/theme central, I choose the medium that best suits the painting. Learning and experimenting is a constant with me and I keep expanding my boundaries as an artist through various courses (Western Abstract course from NAFA being the latest). Delving into abstract art has opened up another dimension of art exploration for me and I hope to share it with the rest of the world as I go along.

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Aprajita Chadha
I was born in Mumbai, India, and pursued art at an early age. I did an undergraduate degree in textile design, at Sophia Polytechnic Mumbai. Aer graduang, I worked as a patent designer at NRK export house in Mumbai. Thereafter, I set up my creative design practice specializing in traditional Indian block print techniques.In 1995 I moved to Tokyo, where I broadened my arsc knowledge and horizons. I spent 6 years studying the ancient Japanese art of ink painting Sumi-e, resulting in my first participation in a group exhibition. Moving to Singapore, I studied at the Lasalle College of the Arts to expand my skill in various art techniques. I further developed my abstract work using oil paints and subsequently started exploring mixed media and acrylics.

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Arathi Dharani
Arathi Dharani is a naturally talented, versatile and prolific self-taught artist, and has been practicing art for more than twenty years. She is a post graduate in Engineering and has worked for many years in Electronic companies in India. After moving to Indonesia she was inspired by it's art and culture environment and started practicing drawing and painting. Her artworks are inspired by Southeast Asian Art and culture, dance, music, nature, Japanese culture and Rabindranath Tagore's poems. She works in various mediums and styles, and creating drawings/paintings in black ink is her favorite. She believes that spontaneously created works gives her best results. Composition in a painting comes to her effortlessly as she observes and experiences different cultures. Her figurative paintings evoke different emotions, harmony&beauty and memories in viewers. She passionately creates something new everyday and keeps experimenting new styles in her artworks.
She is a resident of Singapore for many years and enjoys drawing/painting around National library and Japanese garden.

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Ashwini Prasad K
Ashwini is a contemporary impressionist artist based in Singapore. She paints spontaneously and intuitively creating an art form that is uniquely her own. Her paintings are characterised by the vividness and a personal vibrant color scheme, which distilled over the years, makes her art endearing. Her work is held in private collections in Singapore and around the world.

"Art empowers me to challenge my inhibitions, imagine possibilities and trust my own instincts and every painting to me is a journey of self-discovery. It's the happy accidents, the silent conversations and the pure joy of embarking on an unknown adventure that draws me back to the canvas. In my creative journey, the arrival home means very little; the journey means everything!"

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Ayda Alp
“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration” - Nikolai Tesla As an artist with a background in color therapy, chakra healing, and aura healing, I approach my work with the intention of promoting positive emotions and enhancing the energy of spaces. My pieces are a fusion of color, texture, and sacred geometry, inspired by the principles of Feng Shui and designed to evoke feelings of love, peace, harmony, compassion, and serenity. I carefully curate the materials I use, incorporating high vibrational elements such as crystals and essential oils, to enhance the healing power and beauty of my work.

Prior to starting my creative process, I engage in practices that promote a positive and centered state of mind, such as smudging and meditation. I work slowly and deliberately, allowing my connection with the paint and mediums to inform the texture and mood of my pieces. My work is elevated through the incorporation of sacred symbols and natural elements, which serve to further enhance its therapeutic qualities.

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Bhavana Kapur
Hi! I am Bhavana. Architect and an Interior Designer by profession, following my passion as an artist, enjoying with colours, canvases, papers which add to my creative life.
I paint subjects, those stir my senses, invite me to my canvas and let me dream about it. A subject that creates an excitement to paint and where i cannot wait to see how the canvas looks like when it is complete. Art for me is an expression of oneself, which tells a story, some being personal and some generic. I love to approach my work with an open mind, willingness to learn and a fresh perspective.

Constantly challenging myself , experimenting with different materials, exploring ways to paint and immersing oneself in this creative process and having fun are most important to me. I love working with oil paints and also work with watercolours and acrylics.

We live in a beautiful world, what can be better than capturing it on a canvas !!

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Catherine Tran
My name is Catherine Tran from HCMC - Vietnam. I had about 17 years of artist experience under my belt. In 2005 I started my own art gallery when I was 19 years old. 3 years later, I studied Interior design as second degree for 4 and a half years and I got the Bachelor of Arts in 2012.

In 2005 I found love in Japan clay art is my hobby and I’m specially in flowers . I created the 3D clay flowers art on oil painting for new feature in my long journey art life. All details flowers need good hand skills and passionate to complete one by one petals and leaves .Since 2018 until now I had started my own company name is Hannah Roselle based in HCMC - Vietnam. We do supplement high quality products as botanically flowers and leaves silicone veiners which was designed by our artist team. Specially the products not only use for food grade but also use for clay flowers art stunning life like flora in any edible or non-edible medium of your choice.

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Cristine Gonzales
Cristine Gonzales is a Mixed Media Artist, a Bachelor of Science major in Tourism graduate. She is from the Philippines and a Permanent Resident in Singapore for 15yrs. She loves art during her younger days but she only got the opportunity to explore her art talent in 2016. After she won as a first placer in one of the art competition here in Singapore she started to join group art exhibitions for more experience and exposure. Cristine develops her skills self taught while watching youtube and experimenting different art media/tools to produce an eye catching artworks. She can do acrylic painting, sketching, watercolor, clay arts, stained glass arts, dimentional weaving and other arts and crafts. Later on she decided to upgrade herself and enrolled to short courses like Oil painting and Chinese Ink painting. Her handpainted bags and paintings on canvases went internationally like USA, Australia, Spain, Ireland, France, Qatar, London, Netherlands, New Zealand, Canada, Malaysia and Philippines. She is now an Art Enrichment teacher, teaching for almost 5 years sharing her gained knowledge, creativity and very own experience to other children. For her, we can learn on our own talent, have our own unique style and it’s also good if we study arts in school so that we can learn more techniques from mentors and to get an art degree.

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Danielle Siauw
Danielle is a self-taught artist who specialises in acrylic painting. She grows up in a very artistic family who is constantly involved in drawing, painting, crafting and music. She has been drawing/painting and playing the piano since 6 years old. She started painting professionally in 2006. Her vibrant paintings often depict bright colours and textured surfaces using a combination of acrylic paints and mix media as seen in her gallery. She does not want to bucket herself in one style of painting. For her, it is about experimentation through the inspiration from daily life.

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Dipti Bhatt
A Malaysian artist who believes in simplicity and is fond of creating abstract and semi abstract works. Her work is inspired by her life experiences, emotions and nature. She prefers acrylic medium and enjoys creating textured pieces. As a spontaneous painter, she follows her intuition rather than prior conceptualisation. Her art tends to be expressive, experimental and explorative in nature. By dabbling in different techniques and styles, she constantly challenges the limits of her work. Through this, her pieces are often reflections of her inner feelings and yet open to the viewer’s interpretation. This passion has seeped into her own art enrichment centre where she walks the path of creativity with kids and adults alike.

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Dr. Chan Yat Chun
I was born an old soul. Thereafter I continue to stay old till this very day. I am not sure when my interest in arts started. Perhaps from drawing classes I received in primary school. I remember distinctively that my teacher loved my drawings, and so did my father. Every piece was pinned to the wall for exhibition. My teacher taught me drawings, sketching and colouring with graphite and colour pencils. That was such a long time ago, I believe this has nurtured and inspired me to be an artist. When it was time to go to university, I asked my father if I could study the fine arts. Then he said you had to die first before you could become famous. Since there was apparently so much hardship and death involved, I decided to choose an easier career path, becoming a doctor.
Years went by and I had yet to fulfil my ambition of becoming an artist. As such, I cannot say for sure my life was well spent. At my age, I was too old and uncomfortable to be a student. So, starting around 7 to 10 years ago, I did make some desperate attempts to draw, sketch and paint in my spare time. I tried to learn from art books, and YouTube. I have amassed a sizable collection of art books but didn’t have much time to read them.
What I put on the paper or canvas is a bizarre combination of styles, lines and strokes learnt from various artists. My media are colour pencils, graphite, charcoal, oil and water colours. My subject matters are flowers, animals and sceneries. Thus far, I managed to sell 3 pieces of watercolours for charity. I gave most of my paintings away to anyone who showed appreciation.

If you look at my paintings closely, you’ll see a lot of imperfections. I ask you not to look too analytically, too critically. With forgiving eyes, you’ll find love, serenity and perhaps poetry in my paintings. And if then you find the urge to go out to enjoy the beauty of the chaotic world we live in, I think I have achieved my aim as an artist.
Now in the twilight of my years, by my father’s definition, my fame as an artist is just round the corner.

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Elif Katranci
Art is a silent poetry. I paint for therapeutic reasons. It has always been a hobby on the side of my other activities. I live in Singapore for the last 10 years, after having spent 14 years in New York City. I have been painting quite regularly over the last 3 years. I love painting trees, flowers, landscape and abstract in acrylic, oil and spray mediums. I have quite a big passion for the trees as there is not enough messages out there to save them. It is time for me to share my work to a wider audience.
My painting skills are gained over time by practicing. I must have painted more than 100 paintings in the last 3 years, but mostly by visiting museums through the 4 countries I lived in (Paris, New York, Singapore and Turkey). Let us not forget all those tutorials available from different masters on the net. Thank you for your support.

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Erni Gunawan
Born in Bandung, Indonesia, I am a mother of two with an irrevocable love for art and nature. Apart from painting, I also love flower arrangement, pottery, dancing and cooking. Through my lifelong passion in art, I seek to capture nature’s beauty in various forms. I do so by experimenting with different mediums such as acrylic, sand and gel, in addition to impasto techniques that create textures which heighten the visual impact of my work. Most of my paintings encompass a range of vibrant colours so that those who view them can vicariously feel the excitement and peace which nature brings to me.
My genre of art is a mix of post impressionism and contemporary using impasto technique. I hope that my art can give people a sense of hope and evoke feelings of love and joy within them.
With paintings displayed across several countries and an increasing number of commission requests, I am very fortunate that my creations are garnering greater exposure and interest. Painting has most certainly grown from a hobby into a profession.

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Evangeline Ang
Evangeline Ang, Singaporean, Born 1963
“Art calms the mind & soothes the soul. “

Art has always been something close to my heart, something I enjoyed ever since my days in school. After having spent 2 decades doing my part in a family business coupled with building my own career, I found the calling to embark on my art journey unleashing my desire to translate my fascination for nature, light, colours
and textures to creations on canvas. I have always felt that behind every obvious there are always the inconspicuous. Small details and the big picture go hand in hand. This holds true in life and is captured in my work as I explore different mediums to create layers and textures frolicking in a sea of colours. My artworks when viewed from afar, capture the viewer's interest as my subjects are usually bold and vibrant and some are done with an optical illusion. When one looks up close and observes, a different experience emerges as the multitude of different colours hidden amongst the layers of textures bring on a different interest. I have exhibited locally and was awarded as finalist at the Angelico Art Award 2022 with my submission successfully bidded at the event's online auction. In 2022, I also exhibited at Art Expo New York, Art Sante Fe, Art Expo Dallas and Red Dot Miami and in Hong Kong and Turkiey. 2023 kicked off with my work being selected
to be exhibited at Art Wynwood presented by Art Miami. Collectors that acquired my pieces found my work intriguing and my hope is for viewers to enjoy my artworks as much as I enjoy creating them.

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Henna Malik
Henna is an artist from Delhi, India, now based out of Singapore.
Visiting exhibits has always been a part of growing up for her. She has held solo exhibitions in Delhi and has been a part of various painting and ceramic group exhibitions. An appreciator of design as a painter and a ceramic artist, to make her work visually appealing is most inspiring. Ideation for her comes from music and from Japanese art in both form and colour. It's the beauty of clarity in thought and complexity in strokes of the brush that a monochromatic palette creates. She continues her journey to understand and discover the visual life.

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Irina Forrester
Irina is a Russian-born British artist. She and her family has moved to Singapore from London just over five years ago. She has received a formal training at art school in Russia, but her young family and work commitments meant that she had a long break before picking up her brushes again.

Moving to Singapore allowed Irina free time to renew her interest in art and she has spent the last few years exploring various options to brush up on her skills and move forward. To blow away the initial cobwebs, she attended a series of short courses at LASALLE and NAFA and is now an active member of some of Singapore’s life figure/portrait drawing groups to keep her eyes sharp.
Irina has been actively showing her artwork at home in Singapore and abroad. Her recent exhibitions include:

ION Orchard (April/May 2022 with the Women Art Association, Singapore (WAA)), Orchard Library (May 2022) with MamaOnPalette social group, Cambodia (September 2022 with WAA), Selegie Arts Centre, Singapore (December 2022, an independent group show), the 47th Anniversary of NAFA Alumni Exhibition (December 2022), the 9th Edition of the ARTGemini Prize shortlist exhibition at Y2ARTS gallery (February 2023).

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Jas Rehan
Jas Rehan, founder of A Poet’s Terroir is based in Singapore. She is a self-taught artist and a wine connoisseur. The canvas is her way of exploring and expressing her love for wine. Her art presents an intriguing expedition of all senses (sight, taste, smell, touch) and the emotions they invoke. According to Jas, Wine is an experience and art fulfils this immersive journey with expression. Each artwork presents a wine that she has tasted and visualised on canvas.

By way of her art, she wants to promote responsible drinking. In her words, “When you taste something with all your senses, when you immerse yourself in the journey of exploration and discovery, when you lose into your emotions and not the spirit(alcohol) itself, you become a true artist”.

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Jayalakshmi
Jayalakshmi is an artist (b.1999, Singapore), who graduated with a degree with honours in Fine Arts Practice at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. She is currently a teacher at Yio Chu Kang Secondary School. Other than her interest in teaching, Jayalakshmi also exhibited in a few exhibitions. In 2019, she collaborated with Singapore Tourism Board, ‘World’s 50 Best Restaurants’ held around ION Orchard and created a work called, ‘Onion Chefs’. Jayalakshmi completed her internship and was given the opportunity to work as an art instructor at Achievers Arts. She has also contributed to PAssionArts Community consecutively for two years now. Her recent work ‘Attachment’ was showcased in 2021 at Objectifs as part of her graduation show.

Jayalakshmi’s works explore different social issues that have been happening around the world. She has influences as diverse as Keith Haring, Jackson Pollock and MC Escher which differ from conveying political and societal themes, the satisfying play of colourful dripping paint and the use of repetition and geometric analysis. Ever since she was 14, she has been very fascinated by the diversity of social issues and has created works revolving around animal abuse, gender equality,and suicide. During her art explorations, Jayalakshmi’s work has evolved from oil paintings to photography. She values being
authentic and believes in social influence, and this has made her create works that are personal to her. In the future, she aspires to create more photography and personal works.

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JESSIE HAO
Jessie Hao Jingshuang is a multidisciplinary artist based in Singapore. Acrylic painting and 3D sculpting are Jessie’s primary practices. They are also used as dominant instruments for expanding into various formats such as abstract paintings, character design, hard surface modelling and video. Jessie’s works reflect her deep love of nature and investigate the relationship between environment, animals and human activities.

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Jonathan Avinash Victor
Jonathan Avinash Victor is a Singapore-based artist who works mainly with acrylic, ink and graphite. An art collector, he met veteran Malaysian artist Jeganathan Ramachandran in the early 2000s, who inspired him to paint. He apprenticed under Jega in 2019 before completing an advanced painting course at La Salle College of the Arts (Singapore). He won the Contemporary Art Category prize from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations in 2020. The year 2022 was the first time his works were exhibited in New York (Van Der Plas Gallery) , London (Boomer Gallery) and Singapore (Selegie Arts Centre). A principal theme in Jonathan’s work is the nature of the subconscious and the stories held within the mind. His works express a human’s search for meaning and beauty.

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JOYCE CHONG
Joyce is an emerging Singaporean Artist. Her love and passion is in Abstract Expressionism. Self-taught in abstract art, she is also under the tutelage of renowned local artist, Mei Ho. Drawing her inspirations from sentiments, experiences and her surroundings’ ‘state-of-mind’, Joyce desires her art to evoke strong emotions in her audiences. Highlighting on the interplays of happiness, despair and self-discovery; her abstractions are molded with a blend of freedom, emotive energy and gestural expressions.

In March 2022, Joyce was invited to be one of 4 artists to participate in ‘Home is where the Heart is”– an interdisciplinary arts event held at the National Gallery. This unique project sponsored by National Arts Council and organized by Voices of Singapore, showcased visual artworks by the artists.

She also held her first successful duo exhibition in September 2022, “From Here: Reimagining Expressions”. Curated by Sam Lay, the exhibition showcased Joyce’s arts inspired by her pandemic experiences.

Born and bred in Singapore, she currently manages her online art space - Minchah Arts, focusing on commissioned pieces.

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Kat Yew
Self-taught, with zero arts background, and no arts related training or tutelage, my painting journey to date is one of exploration, discovery, and experimentation. My body of works is primarily acrylic abstracts with a variety of themes ranging from nightscape, space art, seascape, whimsical abstracts, to industrial, geometric, and textured arts. When it comes to painting, I do not have a fixed style, I thrive on varieties, curiosities, and challenges. Every painting is a learning journey for me. I learn by trying, by experimenting. The more I paint, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I paint. I also learn by studying the works of other artists, paying attention to the different styles, mediums and techniques used.
My artistic inspiration comes mostly from my daily life, my surroundings, and the nature. The little things in our life that are often overlooked can sometimes be amazing sources of ideas. Sometimes I paint with a theme or a colour scheme in mind, sometimes I just let my feelings, my emotions take charge. I plan but I do not overly plan my work. I am very much an intuitive painter, occasionally breaking a few art rules here and there. But I do try to maintain some sort of balance and harmony in my paintings, creating abstract pieces that are pleasing to the eyes and at the same time have plenty of rooms for viewers’ imagination to run wild, allowing viewers to interpret the paintings as they wish. It can be what you want it to be. There is no right or wrong.
If an art piece is a reflection of the thoughts of an artist, then mine is definitely one of curiosity,
mystery and without a doubt the love for colours! And if you think you sense a rebellious streak in
some of my paintings, you are not wrong.

As the saying goes, “Art speaks where words are unable to explain.” So, come down to Voice of Art -
I Exhibition at ION Orchard this March 2023, and join me and other talented artists in our artistic
journeys. And do follow me on Instagram @kat_yew and saatchiart.com/katyew for more of my
creations.

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Kumiko Matsushima
Born in Tokyo. Graduated from Waseda University majoring in Economics. Worked for a record company, worked as a freelance journalist. Moved to California. Obtained MBA from Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. Product Manager at Cartier Japan. Worked as an interpreter/translator between Japanese and English including bilingual voice-over for CNN News etc. Moved to NYC in 1999. Being inspired by the city of Manhattan, she started painting one day. Being admitted by Pratt Institute in 2003 majoring in painting. In 2005, graduated with Highest Honour. Returned to Japan in the same year, held 2 one-man-shows in Tokyo. Moved to Hong Kong in 2009, she did painting and taking photographs, participating in group shows, and organizing charity art events as an art coordinator. Moved to Singapore in April, 2021. Several one-man and group shows in New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore. Won several awards on her painting and photographs.

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Lisa Larson Lee
I grew up on the Canadian prairies with the Rocky Mountains in view, near the rugged shores of Vancouver Island, and in lush and verdant Singapore, which I’ve called home for over 20 years. I’ve long been inspired by the natural world and, in particular, by aerial landscapes—pathways, rivers, and gorges; the meandering line where sea meets shore; man-made salt flats; backroads and farmed prairie stretching to the horizon. We’ve left scars on the land, scars that sometimes mirror our own. These elements find their way into my art.

Even in my more figurative work, you’ll find a rich history of layers, marks, and colours—a palimpsest: history overwritten without being forgotten—that lead viewers on their own personal journey.
I create intuitive, abstract art on canvas, paper, and panel. Working primarily in acrylics, I incorporate various texture mediums, found objects, collage, and metal leaf.

Pursuing graphic arts early on, it was my love of writing that eventually won out; I hold a BA in Communications. In 2015, after more than two decades in the corporate world, a dear friend inspired me to get back in touch with my art. I’m self taught primarily, though, while living in London during the worst of Covid (2019-21), I sought refuge in two intensive art programs: with US-based artist Nicholas Wilton, and with UK-based artist and author Louise Fletcher.

My work is in private collections in Canada, Finland, Japan, Singapore, Spain, the US, and the UK.

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Louisa Raj
Louisa Raj is a Singaporean realism painter based in Singapore. Her art journey started in 2020 at the beginning of COVID-19 lockdown and since then she has been handpicked to co-create NFT projects with brands like F45 and Telok Ayer Arts Club. Louisa's art is centred around women empowerment and appreciating beauty in iconic objects. She is known for her realism style and her pieces often explore the concept of beauty.
Louisa received her training at Laselle College of the Arts and The Lighthouse Atelier. She is dedicated to constantly learning and evolving as an artist and is excited to share her work with new audiences.

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Malini Nathan
Malini is an emerging artist based in Singapore. She specialises in contemporary art and custom artwork. Having a strong passion for arts, she expresses herself through various mediums including acrylics, oils, charcoal compositions and resin. She mainly employ bold colours using palette knife and have created her own style using that technique.

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Margarita Buttenmueller
"Margarita Buttenmueller is a Russian-born Singapore-based artist. She paints cityscapes, landscapes, and portraits in oil and acrylics. Margarita entered the world of art in 2012 by taking lessons just for fun in one of the art studios in Singapore. Later in 2014 she moved to London and attended a few different art schools including The Art Academy, Morley College, and Central Saint Martins. After spending 2 years in London, she gave up her full-time job in marketing and business development and followed her husband relocating to New York, where she became a full-time artist. She participated in several exhibitions in New York and Singapore and has been selling paintings to private collectors from all over the world.

Since 2018 Margarita is based in Singapore again. She keeps exploring different art styles and art mediums, which explains why all of her paintings are done in different styles - from fine art to abstract art."

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Megha Nema
I do semi abstract acrylic or mixed media paintings and love experimenting with colours, which I
consider as my biggest strength. I am born and raised in a small town in India, and have been lucky to be surrounded by variety of flowers and garden. I take inspiration from my fond childhood memories, my family, extensive travels and by the multitude of colours in nature.
As I evolve as an artist, I am focusing on shapes and movement to capture emotions and spirit. My
current series is ‘Sports’ which I consider as the best combination of both. I want people to be uplifted
by my art and have their own story to tell when they see it.

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Megha Singh
Art is an expression of our thoughts, emotions and desires, it's about sharing the way we personally experience the world, and for Megha it is an extension of her personality. Megha enjoys art because it generates a powerful messages or sentiments. Art is not only a passion for her, but also a talent that has moulded her aesthetic character. As a young girl, she doodled on every empty spot on whatever paper she could get her hands on- and that carefree doodling became her passion. Born in the city of art and culture Kolkata, India, she learnt painting since she was 7 years old. She graduated in Geography but it was a natural step to attain a Diploma in Fine Arts. Over the years, she experimented with oils, acrylic, ink, pen and water colors on canvas as well as paper. She is constantly interested in trying new things, she decided to investigate the realm of Zen Tangle painting. She is really good at it! She came to the realisation that it is a bottomless wellspring of inventiveness. Imagination, originality, and personality emerged with each new stroke and pattern that was applied. She has the impression that the mental pictures that are formed in black and white as one moves through life have a certain kind of awesomeness to them.

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Nidhi S Mathur
Originally from India, settled in Singapore for more than a decade now . Formally educated in Design, painting came naturally to me. Being married to a sailor, I travelled the world , imbibing a plethora of art influences, mainly folk art. The myths , legends and scriptures have always fascinated me and jostled me to contemplate on the deeper lessons to be learnt between the lines. Almost all native art has its roots in humanity’s attempt at understanding the mysticism of life and reflecting the ancient beliefs and values of its people. For me too my paintings originate from a certain introspective thought , a balance of life which is beyond the community and cultural diversity that subsequently unfolds with array of colours on different mediums.

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Nina Tan
"Nina’s watercolour paintings employs liberal amounts of pigment and water, exaggerating the naturalistic effects of watercolour. Using strong and minimalistic colour schemes, she boldly arranges her compositions in such a way so as to imbue her paintings with a sense of depth and dynamism, accentuated by loose and expressive brushstrokes. Nina believes that a painting should be impressionistic rather than mimetic. The senses should be teased and inspired naturally rather than become ensnared by details.

Her paintings usually depict ordinary landscapes transformed by dramatic lighting, prompting viewers to re-examine seemingly normal subjects in a different light."

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Paul Rocero
Paul Rocero is a Filipino-Singaporean artist and a former advertising art director. A graduate of Fine Arts in the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines in 1989. He came to Singapore in 1995 to further pursue his advertising career. In between crafting advertising works, he painted numerous pieces focusing on pop realism and abstract impressionism done in oil pastel, oil paint and acrylics. He managed to be a part of a group show at Chijmes back in 1998 and a few auction sales by Larasati Auctioneers in 2007. Fast forward to 2020, saw the end of his advertising career and he decided that starting fresh as a full-time artist was the only way to go forward. Wanting to reinvent himself he started abstract expressionism, learning from established artists in the field of abstraction, through social media. Working patiently one piece at a time, searching for his own style, Paul believes he has reached a new level in his artistry.

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Paulyn Lim-Woodburn
Paulyn Lim-Woodburn is currently based in Singapore. Her love for art started when she won a prize at the Shankar’s International Children’s Competition as a teenager. She continued her art journey, by painting with artists in Jakarta and Paris where she had lived for some years. She also enjoyed connecting with artists in Shanghai, Istanbul, Bangalore and Warsaw when she lived there. She loves nature, hence nature is often the subject of her art. She finds peace when she paints, and finds it hard to part with her paintings, but is most happy when her paintings find new loving homes.

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Petra Sander
Born in Germany, Petra Sander started taking art classes while living in the United Arab Emirates. Upon moving to Singapore, she trained and worked in Arts Management. Currently, Petra shares a studio space at Wessex with a group of international female artists who, as a collective, take part in the ArtWalks, and other regular open studio events. Petra’s style of work can be best described as abstract expressionism. This is reflected in her painting process; she begins with a color combination and no expectation of the outcome. Her approach is to find trust in the flow.

Petra’s favourite part of the process is mixing acrylic paint with mediums and fluids, moving them across the canvas to eventually let them settle and dry. Only afterwards, in subsequent sessions, will she reign in the color fields with lines and layers to shape organic forms.

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Phan Hien
Born in Hanoi in 1980, I, a Vietnamese Singaporean oil painting realist artist, had five years of fine-arts studies as one of my major subjects in Hanoi Architectural University. During my study, I commissioned multiple oil paintings, taking reference from Japanese wood block art. I also had fifteen years of professional career in architecture and construction development in Vietnam and Singapore after graduation.

“I curate the objects based on my emotional experience to recreate the mood in my paintings, allowing audiences to emotionally connect with it”.
My art approach focuses on the connection between the experimental sense of space observed from the actual context and my sensational emotion.
• A subtle background and soft lighting are introduced in majority of my artworks. The set-up environment and the objects’ expressions employed intend to convey emotional messages to audiences.
• The mood of the paintings often promotes positive, calm, and relaxing feelings.
My on-going studies aid in deepening the integration between my comprehension of the subject matters and personal feeling portrayed through the artworks.

Techniques
My works often have simplified compositions using limited palette of four colours to establish harmony between the tranquillity feeling of traditional Asian paintings and the details of contemporary realism.

Feeling
My artworks strive to evoke a peaceful and invigorating feeling in audiences. My latest art pieces display the stillness of objects and refine consensus of space which attract audiences’ attention from near and far.

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Prapti Dangwal
Prapti is a painter and mixed-media artist based in Singapore. She is moved by the natural world and likes to explore themes of human connection, emotion and associations in her work. Her process imbibes an intuitive, playful approach using colours, texture and flow. She works primarily with acrylic paints, pastels and collages. Through her artworks, she encourages you not to take the world too seriously and to let your imagination take over every now and then.

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Shabri Maheshwari
Shabri is a Singapore based artist who derives her inspiration from nature and culture. She is passionate about Indian folk arts. As she hails from Madhya Pradesh (India) she particularly enjoys Gond Art which is a form of tribal painting from her region. Gond paintings use vibrant colors like orange, yellow, blue and red, and are created with articulately drawn lines and dots as the method to bring it to life. With the course of time, this art form has gradually shifted from the mud walls of the houses to canvas and papers. These paintings majorly feature nature as their main subject and its inter connection to life.

Although Shabri likes to experiment with different mediums, styles and techniques, her preferred mediums are watercolour and acrylic. Nature and culture sparks joy in her and she translates that joy in her simple and yet intricately detailed paintings.

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Smrita Swarup

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Sona Arora
I am Sona Arora , a Singaporean artist . I have my formal education in Chemistry. I used to teach science and Chemistry a decade ago but later in life , about 4 years ago I started pursuing learning art which was always a hobby for me.Now i am a free lance artist and art is a full time occupation. I am deeply interested in nature , art , mindfulness , meditation and art therapy . I do oil and acrylic painting and also I am a certified Zentangle teacher . These days I am enjoying painting nature . I work out of my own studio , and teach art as well. I have two grown up kids pursuing their careers and my husband is a senior finance and investment proffesional.

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Teena Raju
Teena originally from India, currently resides in Singapore. She divides her time between the corporate world & creating art.

With nature as her muse, she tries to depict its different forms using paint, paper & glass.

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Teresa Tan
Teresa Tan is an aspiring artist from Singapore who is passionate about different media such as textures art, pottery, baking & flower arrangement.

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Tran Dinh Bac

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Urmi Roy Magoon
Urmi always wanted to be an artist and earned a degree in fine art (BFA) from Delhi College of Art, New Delhi in 1996. Before starting her life as an artist in 2016 she worked in the booming IT industry as a Graphic Designer/UI UX expert working on several exciting projects at various companies.
Urmi’s process changes and adapts constantly as she avoids being predictable and repetitive. She loves to experiment and express in many mediums. Often “searching for the light” in her surroundings she seems to have found it in little bits in shiny, glistening gold or silver bits in her work which are either stuck on, painted, layered, splashed and/or stitched on harmoniously.

Urmi has exhibited internationally and continues to bring happiness to her audience and collectors.

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Vibrant Cuckoo
Led by positivity, guided by colour, I am a Singapore based mixed media artist exploring contemporary art materials to achieve striking colour combinations. Born in Moscow, Russia, I moved to Singapore 8 years ago. I predominantly work in figurative style using various media, such as watercolour, ink and acrylics.
Driven by desire to bring positivity and joy to the viewer, I intentionally introduce playful elements and use vibrant colours. A smile is the first and foremost reaction that I am seeking. We can’t change most of the things in the crazy world we live in, but we can provide light, turn negative into positive. “Colour is a power which directly influences the soul” Wassily Kandinsky

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Wendy Tsang
A passionate artist with a flair for powerful paint strokes, Wai Yee is a Hong Kong-born and Singapore based artist. In 1988, she pursued her Arts education in California and New York, graduating with a Bachelors in Fine Arts from Pratt Institute. Mastering different artistic techniques, her artworks span across genres of paintings, sculptures, photography, and installation arts. She currently resides in Singapore as a graphic designer and photographer.
In 2019, she decided to take up painting once again. She utilizes exotic, vibrant colours to capture the vibrancies of life. Wai Yee employs a contrast of free running strokes, applying many tones of colour through detailed, meticulous painting. Her subject matter exults the celebration of life and to spread positive influence to everyone around her. She is thus extremely particular on her choice of colour and style in capturing the most brilliant moments. Her technique expertly fuses Eastern and Western techniques, calling upon gongbi techniques and inspired by Van Goghian free strokes. She also applies the use of gold leaves to exude luxury and nobility.
For the past 4 years, she has been actively involved in various local and international art associations and exhibitions, producing bold, large-scale Chinese painting-inspired works such as “Mad Tree” (2022) and “Raging Tsunami” (2022) for the Melting Pot Art Association Documentary and Art Exhibition at The Education University in Hong Kong. Her smaller works such as “Dancing Lotus” (2022) have also been displayed in the Art in the City Exhibition at The Arts House at the Old Parliament, Singapore.
She is also an active contributor to publications within the Melting Pot Art Association, a collaborative collective of eclectic artists hailing from Hong Kong. As part of the Association, she produced, designed, and catalogued for the following journals: “Melting Pot Art Association Documentary and Art Exhibition” (2022), “Art of Melting Pot” (1988) and “Melting Pot Journal” (1987-1988).
Wearing her heart on her brush, she expresses her truest feelings through the canvas. To her, colours flow inside her body and strokes are an extension of her arms to reach the furthest dimension. Fundamentally, the process of making a painting is the deepest form of dialogue within herself.

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Wendy Wong
It is in the last decade that Wendy picked up her paint and brushes again. Through drawing, it helped her in better self expression and she also uses this media to run workshops to help others rediscover their passions in life. Wendy's works have been exhibited in various parts of the world. Formerly trained in graphic design, she paints intuitively and her works are mainly abstracts, using acrylic on canvas. She is also currently experimenting with digital art as she is running out of storage space to keep her canvases at home...

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Xenia Bapasola
Xenia Bapasola is an art educator and artist from Mumbai, India. Having moved to Singapore to pursue her BA in Fine Arts at Lasalle College of the Arts, she found her passion in teaching and connecting with others through art. Xenia employs art as a medium to unite individuals with their internal world, thus allowing them to better understand themselves and those around them. She believes that art should not be a privilege, but instead, should be an imperative as it is vital to both intra-personal and socio-cultural development. Xenia strives to further the accessibility of art for every child and adult.

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Jayasree Alamuru
I am an Engineer by education. Colors have always been part of my life. My art journey with creating rangoli designs in my early childhood. Over the years have branched into various mediums of Glass, Acrylic, Oil and Ceramic painting.

I love long walks in nature and take photos of bright and beautiful flora and scenery around me. They are my inspiration for my artwork. The artwork displayed is a painting of Hampstead Wetlands in Singapore.

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ARTISTS IN VOICE OF ART - I