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Alfi Jumaldi (b. 1972)

Alfi Jumaldi was born 1972 in Lintau, West Sumatra, Indonesia. After studying at the Indonesian Institute of Arts in Yogyakarta in 1999, he co-founded and became a member of Jendela Art Group, a prominent contemporary artist collective. Most of the members were experiencing the early phase of their careers, creating work which surprised art audiences in Indonesia as the subject matter were far removed from socio-political themes and realistic painting. Instead, the Jendala Art Group showed inclination for extreme naïvism in the form of meaningless ‘doodles’ or formalism – that was also extreme – by drawing exclusively on minimal visual elements of line, color and texture. In 2010, he co-founded the Artists Collective, Office: For Contemporary Art International in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He lives and works in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Alfi Jumaldi was nominated for the 10th Indonesian Art Awards (2003, Finalist) and the 5th Indonesian Art Awards, The Best Painting Awards, Indonesian Insitute of Art (ISI), Yogyakarta, Indonesia (1998, Finalist). He currently lives and works in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Education

  • 1999 | Graduated from FSR Institut Seni Indonesia Yogyakarta, Indonesia
  • 1993 | Graduated from SMSR Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • 2016 | Jumaldi Alfi, Sanata Dharma University Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
  • 2014 | Melting Memories: Rereading Landscape – Mooi Indies, ARNDT, Singapore
  • 2011 | Melting Memories, STPI Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore
  • 2011 | Nightswimmer, Metis Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 2010 | Life/ Art # 101: Never Ending Lesson, Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
  • 2006 | Mediation, Recent Works by Alfi, iPreciation, Singapore

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2014 | Mooi Indie – Beautiful Indies Indonesian Art Now, Group Exhibition at Gordon & Susan Samstag Museum of Art Adelaide, Australia
  • 2013 | The Window of Jendela, OHD Museum, Magelang, Indonesia
  • 2012 | Legacy, A Trace of Civilization, Esa Sampoerna Art Museum, Surabaya, Indonesia
  • 2011 | Bayang, The National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • 2009 | Jendela-A Play of the Ordinary, NUS Museum, Singapore
  • 2008 | Manifesto, The National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • 2007 | COMMON GROUNDS, The National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • 2005 | Indonesian Contemporary Art, iPreciation, Singapore

Awards

  • 2003 | Finalist of Indonesian Art Award X
  • 1998 | The Best Painting Work, FSR ISI Yogyakarta
  • 1998 | Finalist of Indonesian Art Award V

For full list of exhibitions and awards, please contact the gallery at enquiry@ipreciation.com

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Tse Yim On 謝炎安 (b. 1974)

Born in 1974, Hong Kong, Tse Yim On 謝炎安 grew up in the Generation X era and was heavily influenced by the rise of titillating, pseudo-violent cartoons, especially the heavily caricatured style of Japanese anime. His art is satirical and wildly fantastic, using a highly coloured lens filled with cartoon visuals and pop culture aesthetics.

What is most notable is Tse’s striking insight overlaid by a keen and witty sense of humour, almost parallel to Warhol’s Pop Art. Unlike other conceptual or popular culture artists, his artistic techniques remain assured and meticulously detailed. However, Tse’s real strength lies in his undeniable relevance even in today’s fast-changing world and his individualistic contributions to the face of contemporary culture. His paintings are vibrant and command attention. Once drawn to his paintings, it is hard not to be complicit in deciphering the messages behind his works, bringing into hearts and minds of its viewers its captivating elements.

Tse Yim On acquired his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Fine Arts from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In 1998, he was awarded the “Hong Kong Urban Council Fine art Award”. He has participated extensively in various art exhibitions, especially those staged to illustrate existing social issues. Tse has been an advisor to the Hong Kong Arts Development Council since 2002. His work has been increasingly sought after and collected by the Hong Kong Museum of Art and private collectors.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • 2018 | Wonderful World of Color by Tse Yim On, Gallery by the Harbour, Harbour City, Hong Kong
  • 2013 | Flaneur, iPreciation, Singapore
  • 2012 | Mongkok Library, iPreciation, Hong Kong
  • 2010 | Great Righteousness Resolving Confusion, iPreciation Hong Kong
  • 2003 | I have a Beautiful World Because I Love You, Para/site, Hong Kong
  • 1998 | Perusing Culture, Para/site, Hong Kong

Selected Group Exhibitions 

  • 2019 | Together We March Forward: New Asia 70th Anniversary Art Exhibition, Hart Hall, H Queen’s, Hong Kong
  • 2019 | Under the Bridge Art Project: Once Upon a Lychee, Mei Foo Bus Terminus, Hong Kong
  • 2018 | Art New York 2018, Pier 94, New York, USA
  • 2017 | Evolving Images: Modern Hong Kong Printmaking, 17, Sun Museum, Hong Kong SAR, China
  • 2016 | From Longing to Belonging, CMC Gallery, Hong Kong SAR, China
  • 2016 | Portable Art Week 2016, iPreciation, Singapore
  • 2015 | Art Paris, Grand Palais, Avenue Winston Churchill, Paris
  • 2014 | From Longing to Belonging, Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Poland
  • 2012 | Painting On and On, Southsite, Hong Kong
  • 2012 | Four Symbols – Eight Faces, iPreciation, Hong Kong
  • 2011 | Octopus – Nine Contemporary Artists from Hong Kong, Hanina Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • 2010 | You are Here, I am Not, Osage Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
  • 2009 | Blindness & Insight, The Rotunda Exchange Square, Hong Kong
  • 2008 | CHiE!, Osage Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
  • 2005 | Excursion to the readings, Para/site, Hong Kong

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TYO-0013_2010-03, 2010, 91.3x91.3cm, acrylic on canvas

 

Milenko Prvacki 米連柯 · 帕瓦奇 (b. 1951)

Born in 1951 in the former Yugoslavia, Milenko graduated with a Master’s degree in Fine Arts (Painting) from the Institutul de Arte Plastice “Nicolae Grigorescu”. From 1994, Milenko was the Dean at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Singapore’s LASALLE College of the Arts. He currently holds the post of Senior Fellow at the institution. He also founded Tropical Lab, an intensive and highly engaging art camp for graduate students from various art colleges and institutions worldwide.

Milenko has exhibited extensively in Europe since 1971 and in Asia since 1993. He has been invited to hold solo exhibitions within Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Sydney and Jakarta and most notably the Biennale of Sydney in 2006.

Apart from his numerous artistic ventures, Milenko contributed largely to art education through the participation in symposiums and art workshops worldwide. In addition, he acted as visiting professor at Musashino Art University in Tokyo, Japan and Sabanci University in Istanbul, Turkey.

Milenko was awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government in 2011, and Singapore’s Cultural Medallion for Visual Arts in 2012 by the National Arts Council for his contributions in enriching Singapore’s visual art scene. He also received, in early 2012, the Silver Medallion for Knights in the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Embassy. In 2020 Milenko received 22nd Sava Šumanović Fine Art Award, Serbian national art award for Visual Arts.

His work is in various private and public collections, such as the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia; Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Serbia; Singapore Art Museum, National Gallery Singapore and Museum of Contemporary Drawing, Nurnberg, Germany, among others.

He became a Singapore citizen in 2002.

Milenko’s paintings are informed by his personal experiences, and nonetheless engage with issues pertinent in society; in doing so, his works convey a distinct visual language. His paintings further question the representative nature of painting by examining the relationship between abstraction and figuration. The figurative elements employed in his paintings are, at the same time, amorphous and highly ambiguous, thereby defying identification and categorization. In recent years between 2009 and 2012, Milenko’s work has developed a new phase with dialogue between abstractions. The artist offers options to both viewing and reading his work through the use of titles; such titles often are written into a work on canvas, more so than simply suggesting a subject, they offer critical cognition on the images formation process, setting a direction that suggests his artwork needs to be viewed as a site for close examination.

Education

1975 | Master of Fine Arts (Painting), Institute of Fine Arts, Bucharest, Romania

Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • 2019 | Abstraction for Beginners, HAOS Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
  • 2015 | Milenko Prvacki: E La Nave Va (and the ship sails on), iPreciation, Singapore
  • 2014 | Johor Strait, Bergamont Station Art Centre, Santa Monica, California, USA
  • 2012 | Milenko Prvacki: A Survey 1979 – 2012 (curated by Charles Merewether), Institute of Contemporary Art, Singapore
  • 2012 | Remembrance of Things Past, iPreciation, Hong Kong
  • 2007 | Recollection, Taksu Gallery, Singapore
  • 2006 | Construction Site, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia

Selected Duo Exhibitions

Selected Group Exhibitions 

  • 2019 | iPreciation 20th Anniversary: Reverie Collection – 25 Years of Art Collecting Journey, iPreciation Gallery, Singapore
  • 2019 | iPreciation at Taipei Dangdai 2019, Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Taipei, Taiwan
  • 2019 | Touch Giving Art, The Arts House, Singapore
  • 2019 | Sava Stepanov Collection, Gallery Matica Srpska, Novi Sad, Serbia
  • 2019 | Children’s Biennale 2019, Ngee Ann Kongsi Concourse Gallery, Singapore
  • 2019 | Hyper-realism and Postmodernism, Contemporary Art Gallery, Zrenjanin, Serbia
  • 2018 | VIII Tashkent International Biennale of Contemporary Art
  • 2018 | Departure 3, iPreciation Gallery, Singapore
  • 2018 | Art New York, Pier 94, Art Miami, USA
  • 2018 | Hangzhou Gallery, China / EC Gallery, Singapore
  • 2015 | The Cultural Medallion and Visual Arts 1979 – 2015, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore
  • 2014 | Market Forces, Erasure: From Conceptualism to Abstraction, Osage Gallery and City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • 2014 | Departure, iPreciation Gallery, Singapore
  • 2014 | Do you believe in Angels? MO_Space, Manila Philippines and Singapore
  • 2013 | Island Vernacular, Peninsula Arts with Plymouth University, UK
  • 2013 | The Realm in the Mirror, the Vision out of Image (curated by Feng Boyi), Suzhou Jinji Lake Art Museum, China
  • 2013 | Postmodernism in Vojvodina (1976 – 1990), Museum of Contemporary Art Volvodina, Novi Sad and Gallery Kulturni Center, Belgrade, Servia
  • 2013 | Cascadence – SG Redux, iPreciation Gallery, Singapore
  • 2012 | Panorama – Recent Art from Contemporary Asia, Singapore Art Museum

Awards

  • 2012 | Cultural Medallion Award, Singapore
  • 2011 | Chevalier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France
  • 1986 | Special Jury Award, Academie Internationale De Lutece, France
  • 1986 | Ex Tempore Art Symposium Award, Piran, Slovenia
  • 1985 | Special Jury Award, 17th International Painting / Exhibition, Cagnes sur Mer, France
  • 1982 | 2nd  International Drawing Triennial, Museum of Contemporary Drawing Award and Faber Castel Award Nurnberg, Germany
  • 1982 | Ex Tempore Art Symposium Award, Piran, Slovenia
  • 1981 | MP Award, 1st Watercolour Biennale, Karlovac, Croatia
  • 1980 | Annual Art Society Award, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
  • 1980 | IM Award for Drawing, International Portrait, Drawing Exhibition, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • 1980 | Award for Best Annual Solo Exhibition, Kolarceva Zaduzbina, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
  • 1974 | Pesak Summer Painting Symposium Award, Pancevo, Yugoslavia

Selected Permanent Collections

  • National Museum, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
  • Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
  • National Gallery, Singapore
  • Gallery of New South Wells, Sydney, Australia
  • NUS Museum, National University of Singapore, Singapore

And many other private and public collections throughout Southeast Asia and Europe. For full list of exhibitions and collections, please contact the gallery at enquiry@ipreciation.com

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Ye Jian Qing 葉劍青 (b. 1972)

Ye Jian Qing 葉劍青 is an example of an artist who has redefined what it means to make contemporary art; retaining the aesthetic and philosophical heritage of Chinese cultural influences while displaying an individualistic creative identity. Born in Zhejiang Province, China, Ye is a well established artist, having won acclaim from critics and collectors alike. After getting his Master’s Degree and PhD from the Beijing Central Academy of Art (CAFA), he now teaches at the Fresco Department in CAFA.

In a bold and valuable return to subtle yet intellectually stimulating works, Ye draws on the refined approach of traditional Chinese painting and fuses it with modern sensibilities. His oil on canvas depictions of land and cityscapes are unique in both concept and perspective, expressed in an almost dream-like manner to trigger emotional and philosophical responses amongst his viewers. Ye’s work is fluid and moving; relying on dusky hues and diaphanous textures to evoke a sense of deep poeticism and yearning for a past which is rapidly fading. The emotive quality of his work turns the muted canvas into a metaphor for cultural and artistic reflection.

A recognizable theme of Ye’s works is the image of Hutongs, the traditional winding alleyways of China which connect the courtyards of ancient houses. Hutongs are deeply ingrained into the psyche of city inhabitants, being the backdrop of daily life, historical and social change. However they are gradually being eroded by encroaching urbanization and Ye’s softly blurred images are permeated by a sense of pursuing vanishing moments.
Ye’s paintings capture present-day China in a way which is rarely seen, as a product of its rich cultural and historical past ceding to a bustling metropolis, an anomaly which will soon vanish and leave its traces only on the canvas of progressive visionaries like himself.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • Rain Rhythms, New Works by Ye Jianqing, 2012, iPreciation, Singapore
  • Ye Jianqing – Reflections of the Mind, 2010, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
  • Hutong Memory: A Solo Exhibition, 2009, iPreciation, Hong Kong
  • Ye Jianqing, 2007, The Rotunda, Exchange Square Central, Hong Kong
  • Scenic Poetry, 2004, iPreciation, Singapore

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Szeto Lap 司徒立 (b. 1949)

Born in Guangzhou, China in 1949, Szeto Lap took up residence in Hong Kong at the age of 23, a prelude to a move to France three years later in 1975. A young, budding Chinese artist in Europe, Szeto won recognition by staging his first solo exhibition at the Galerie l’Oeil Sévigné in Paris. He has since embarked on various educational projects, acting as Guest Professor to renowned art institutions in China, and was also Lecturer of the PhD programme at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou in 2001.

Szeto Lap is an artist who revels in simplicity, providing a sense of calm and introspection through his oil paintings, conferring sensibility to a society that is warped by a multitude of complexities. Never ceasing in his pursuit and perusal of beauty, he charts details meticulously. The objects in his paintings espouse a mysterious quality and are thought-provoking owing to the premeditated play of shadows. Szeto’s philosophical approach to life attests to the quietude and composure in his paintings, advocating the precepts of truth and knowledge, with elements metamorphosed as filters of light in his creations.

Forsaking the common desire to climb the social ladder, the artist, relishing this nonconformist adoption, has gained rare insights to the callous materialistic attributes plaguing city life, deviating entirely from such heady, disillusioned affairs, thus achieving artistic enlightenment through his paintings with a psychological eminence that induces admiration.

Selected Exhibitions

  • 1979 – 2003, Exhibitions at Galerie l’Oeil Sévigné (Paris, France), Galeria Claude Bernard (Paris, France), Galerie Jacques Elbaz (Paris, France), Barentin Museum (Taipei, Taiwan), Galerie Elegance (Taipei, Taiwan), 亚洲艺术中心 (Taipei, Taiwan), Marlborough Fine Art Gallery (London, UK), Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery (Hong Kong, China), Galerie Sepia (Paris, France), etc.
  • 1980, Grand Palais Water Color Exhibition (Paris, France)
  • 1981, Lubiam Prize (Lubiam, Italy)
  • 1982, “IN SITU” exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Georges Pompidou Centre (Paris, France)
  • 1983, “Drawings of Figurative Expressionists” Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art, Georges Pompidou Centre (Paris, France)
  • 1986, Individual Exhibition at the Hong Kong Institute of Promotion of Chinese Culture (Hong Kong)
  • 1987, Group Exhibition, Cultural Centre, Boulogne (France)
  • 1988, Individual Exhibition, Barentin Museum (Barentin, France)
  • 1989, “Sur le Vif” group exhibition, Beaucaire Museum (Beaucaire, France)
  • 1992, Seminar of “Drawings of Figurative Expressionists” at China Academy of Art (Hangzhou, China)
  • 1993, First Proposal on the Basic Theory of the “Drawings of Figurative Expressionists” in China
  • Participate at the amendment of the course of study on the Faculty of Oil Paintings of China Academy of Art (Hangzhou, China)
  • 1996, Editorial Executive Member of the “Twenty-First Century” Bimonthly Magazine of the Institute of Chinese Studies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
  • 2000, Workshop on the “Research of Szeto Lap’s Oil Paintings” at Xian Academy of Fine Arts (Xian, China)
  • “Breeze of Stillness” for the “Le French May”, joint co-organized with the Consulate General of French, was held in the University Museum and Art Gallery, Hong Kong University (Hong Kong, China)
  • 2003 – 2004 , Touring Exhibitions were held in 5 National Museums in China, including the National Art Museum of China, Shanghai Art Museum, the China Academy of Art Museum, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangdong, and the University Museum and Art Gallery, the University of Hong Kong.
  • 2012, Expressionist Paintings, Shanghai Art Museum, China

Awards

  • 1981, Prix Lubiam, Italy
  • 1982, Feneon Prize, Paris Academy, France
  • 2000, Grand Prize on Painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Institute of France, France
  • 2002, Cooperate with Xu Jing & other professors on the “Method of Teaching on the Basic of Drawings of Figurative Expressionists”
  • Educational Achievement Prize, China Academy of Art (Hangzhou, China)
  • Educational Achievement Prize, Hangzhou, China
  • 2004, Awarded the Chevalier de L’Ordres des Art et Lettres

Tang Da Wu 唐大霧 (b. 1943)

Tang Da Wu 唐大霧 was born in 1943 in Singapore, the eldest of four sons in the family. He received a BA in sculpture from the School of Fine Art, Birmingham Polytechnic (now Birmingham Institute of Art and Design) in 1974 and pursued advanced studies in sculpture at Saint Martins School of Art (now Central Saint Martins) from 1974–75. In 1985, he received an MFA from Goldsmith’s College, University of London. After returning to Singapore in 1979, Tang began to work in performance art, and in 1988, cofounded the Artists Village, a collective committed to promoting experimental art through the provision of studio and exhibition space. Working through a de facto ban on performance that began in 1994 as a response to artist Josef Ng trimming his pubic hair at a public festival, the organization supports community interaction through social relevance and the hosting of public site-specific interventions. Through performance, installation, painting, and drawing, Tang explores social and environmental themes including deforestation, animal endangerment, and urban transformation.

Tang was the founder of Singapore’s seminal The Artists Village and is a prominent Southeast Asian performance artist; he is amongst the most distinguished figures of contemporary art in Singapore. Contemplating his own identity as a Chinese Singaporean, Tang uses a broad array of media with local references and iconography to engage in his performance art. Tang’s works have been performed and shown in countries such as England, Japan, Germany, Australia, Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia, making him acknowledged as the most representative contemporary artist in Southeast Asia today.

Tang is recognised for his works in sculpture, installation and performance art, his paintings narrate countenances with a spatial sense of ambiguity; demonstrating that Chinese ink painting is more than an archaic medium confined to still-life and landscape. Present in Tang’s ink paintings is a persistent exploration of motion and energy, poignantly and dynamically achieved through transcendence with the mediums of ink, water and paper. The ink in his works bleeds into one another, their varying hues forming intense monochromatic silhouettes that depict a partial and allusive picture of a feeling that the viewer is invited to respond with.

Tang was the recipient of the Visual Arts Award from the Arts Council of Great Britain in 1978, as well as the Artist Award from the Greater London Arts Council in 1983. In 1999, he was awarded the 10th Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize in Arts and Culture.

He has had solo exhibitions at ACME Gallery, London (1978), National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore (1980), Your Mother Gallery, Singapore (2005), Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur (2006), and Goodman Arts Centre, Singapore (2011). Important performances include Five Days at NAFA and Five Days in Museum, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and National Museum, Singapore (1982), They Poach the Rhino, Chop Off His Horn and Make This Drink, National Museum Art Gallery, National University of Singapore, and Singapore Zoo (1989), and Don’t Give Money to the Arts, Singapore Art exhibition and fair (1995). He was a leading organizer of and participant in the Artists Village’s Dancing by the Ponds and Sunrise at the Vegetable Farm, The Time Show—24 Hours Continuous Performance (1989–90). The group and its activities were celebrated in the retrospective The Artists Village: 20 Years On at the Singapore Art Museum (2008).

Tang has participated in group exhibitions including the Asian Art Show, Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan (1989), Art in Asia: Traditions/Tensions, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth (1998), Fukuoka Asian Art Triennial (1999), and Singapore Biennial (2006). He was featured in the Singapore Pavilion at the 52nd edition of the Venice Biennale in 2007. More recently in 2014, Tang’s sculpture was presented at the Guggenheim UBS Map Global Art Initiative, curated by Singaporean curator June Yap and exhibited at NTU Centre for Contemporary Arts in Gillman Barracks, Singapore. The work “Our Children, 2012” was acquired by the Guggenheim Museum, New York. Tang currently lives and works between Singapore and London.

Selected Exhibitions and Performances

  • 1970 : Drawings and Paintings, Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Singapore
  • 1972 : Touch Space, Midland Art 72, Dudley Museum, England
  • 1978 : Marks – Black Powder Falling Through Muslin, ACME Gallery, England
  • 1980 : Earthworks, National Museum Art Gallery and Sin Chew Jit Poh Exhibition Centre, Singapore
  • 1982 : Five Days at NAFA; Five Days in Museum, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and National Museum, Singapore
  • 1983 : Flying Marks, ALTERNATIVA III Festival of Performance, Portugal
  • 1983 : In Between; Change, 4th Performance Platform, England
  • 1984 : The 1984 Show, Brixton Art Gallery, England
  • 1984 : Every Other Move, Oporto, Portugal
  • 1985 : The Support, Woodland Gallery, England
  • 1985 : Steaming Laundry, Brixton Art Gallery, England
  • 1986 : No Fancy Brushes; New Life, Royal Festival Hall, England
  • 1986 : In The End, My Mother Decided to Eat Dogfood and Catfood, Orchard Road Weekend Art Fair, Singapore
  • 1987 : Four Days at the National Museum Art Gallery, National Museum, Singapore
  • 1988 : In Case of Howard Lui; Incident in a City, Singapore Festival of the Arts Fringe, Singapore
  • 1989 : The Artists Village Show Home Documentation, Art Base Gallery, Singapore
  • 1989 : Gooseman; Open the Gate; Dancing UV; Selling Handicaps; In the End, My Mother Decided to Eat Dogfood and Catfood, The Artists’ Village 2nd Open Studio Show, Singapore
  • 1989 : They Poach the Rhino, Chop Off His Horn and Make this Drink, National Museum Art Gallery, National University of Singapore, Singapore Zoo, Singapore
  • 1989 : The Third Asian Art Show, Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan
  • 1989 – 1990 : Dancing by the Ponds;  Sunrise at the Vegetable Farm; The Time Show – 24 Hours Continuous Performance Show, The Artists’ Village, Singapore
  • 1990 : The Death of the Philipino Maid, Stop That Tank One Year Anniversary of June 4th,  Noah’s Ark for Plants, Serious Conversations, Festival of the Arts Fringe, Singapore
  • 1990 : T or P? That is the Question, Empress Place Museum, Singapore
  • 1990 – 1999 : North-East Monsoon – A Water Game, Singapore and Others
  • 1991 : Tiger’s Whip, National Museum and Chinatown, Singapore; and Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan
  • 1991 : Four Persons in One Suit, in the Streets of Singapore, A Sculpture Seminar, National Museum, Singapore
  • 1991 : The Ark for Plants, The Substation, Singapore
  • 1991 : Chinese Restaurant II; World’s Number One Pet Shop; Just in Case, National Sculpture Exhibition, National Museum, Singapore
  • 1991 : Switch Off the Lights, Please, The Substation, Singapore
  • 1991 : They Poach the Rhino, Chop Off His Horn and Make This Drink; In the End, My Mother Decided to Eat Dogfood and Catfood; and Tigers Whip, Asian Artist Today – Fukuoka Annual V: Tang Da Wu Exhibition, Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan
  • 1992 : Under The Table All Going One Direction, New Art From Southeast Asia 1992, Tokyo Metropolitan Artspace / Fukuoka Art Museum/ Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art/ Kirin Plaza Osaka, Japan
  • 1993 : And He Returns Home When You Least Expected, 2nd ASEAN Workshop, Exhibition and Symposium on Aesthetics, Philippines
  • 1994 : Sorry Whale I Didn’t Know That You Were In My Camera, Creativity in Asian Art Now, Part 3 Asian Installation Work, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan
  • 1994 : Contemporary Shopping, Faret Tachikawa, Japan
  • 1994 – 1995 : Tapioca Friendship Project, Osaka International Peace Centre, Japan and Singapore
  • 1994 : Colours Don’t Help, Artists Against AIDS, Singapore
  • 1995 : Meeting with the Real Chiang Maian, 3rd Chiang Mai Social Installation, Thailand
  • 1995 : I was Born Japanese, Mokosongo, Indonesia
  • 1995 : Don’t Buy Present for Your Mother on Mother’s Day, The Substation, Singapore
  • 1995 : Don’t Give Money To The Arts, Asian International Art Exhibition, National Museum Art Gallery and Singapore Art ’95, Suntec City, Singapore
  • 1996 : One Hand Prayer Project, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan
  • 1996 : Life in a Tin; Rubber Road No U-Turn, Malaysia, Singapore and others
  • 1998 : Contemporary Art in Asia: Traditions/Tensions, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Australia
  • 1999 : Don’t Worry Ancestors, Singapore
  • 1999 : Life in a Tin, The First Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan
  • 2000 : Tapioca Friendship, Kwanju Biennale, Korea
  • 2004 : Satsuma Brilliance, Kirishima Open Air Museum, Japan
  • 2004 : Interakcje, Trybunalski, Poland
  • 2005 : Art Brickfest, Wheelock Place, Singapore
  • 2005 : Situation: Collaborations, collectives and artist networks from Sydney, Singapore and Berlin, Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney, New South Wales
  • 2006 : Tang Da Wu – Heroes, Islanders, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Singapore
  • 2006 : Indonesian International Performance Art Event, Galeri Nasional Indonesia, Jakarta
  • 2006 : Jantung Pisang – Heart of a Tree, Heart of a People, Jendela Visual Arts Space at The Esplanade, Singapore
  • 2007 : Untitled, Singapore Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition, Italy
  • 2010 : Singapore Survey 2010: Beyond LKY, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Singapore
  • 2012 : The Artists Congresses: A Congress, dOCUMENTA 13, Germany
  • 2012 : Intersecting Histories – Contemporary Turns in Southeast Asian Art, ADM Gallery, Singapore
  • 2012 : Detour – Visual Art Staff Show, NIE Art Gallery, Singapore
  • 2013 : Situationist Bon Gun,  The Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore (ICAS)

For the full list of exhibitions, please get in touch with the gallery at enquiry@ipreciation.com

Awards

  • 1994 : Singapore International Foundation Art Grant
  • 1995 : Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation Prize
  • 1999 : Arts and Culture Prize, 10th Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes

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Jin Jie 金捷 (b. 1965)

Jin Jie 金捷 was born in 1965 in Jiangsu province, China, he graduated from Oil painting studies in Nanjing University of Arts in 1991, and went on to achieve an M.A. in Western Arts and Lecture in 1997. In 2008, he obtained a Ph.D in Fine Art from his alma mater Nanjing University of Arts in Jiangsu province.

The lyrical nature of Jin Jie’s semi-abstract works is a testament of his mastery of western traditional of oil painting techniques. With over two decades of exploration and development within one of the most competitive art institutions in China, Jin Jie employs inviting colours, notably various shades of grey, black and white, with occasional strokes of colours, to portray the rural landscape of his beloved homeland.

Jin Jie feels a strong affinity to his homeland, a personal and familiar place deeply rooted where his spirit lifts when he encounters her beautiful landscape and scenery. This is evident in his work where we observe generous layers of oil streaked across the canvas, in quick and vigorous strokes, capturing not the minute details but the essence of the place, of the atmospheric qualities of the Jiangsu landscape and also the essence of the artist’s state of mind and his response to the place.

As such, Jin Jie instinctively captures the spirit of Jiangnan style – where the works are poetic rather than political in today’s contemporary art scene. Despite the weighty societal changes occurring in China, the artist has allowed viewers to adopt a unique perspective of his hometown, casting aside the stuffy, industrialized atmosphere that precedes economic development, and drawing attention to the presence of a poetic, tireless cultural code that binds a country with its people.

Jin Jie has exhibited extensively within Jiangsu province and is a member of the prestigious China Artists Association amongst many other notable appointments in China. He continues to live and work in Nanjing.

Education

  • 2008 | Ph.D in Fine Art, Nanjing University of the Arts, Jiangsu, China
  • 1997 | M.A. in Western Arts and Lecture, Nanjing University of the Arts, Jiangsu, China
  • 1991 | B.A. in Oil Painting, Nanjing University of the Arts, Jiangsu, China

Selected Solo Exhibitions 

Selected Group Exhibitions 

  • 2019 | iPreciation 20th Anniversary: Reverie Collection – 25 Years of Art Collecting Journey, iPreciation Gallery, Singapore
  • 2018 | Unbounded –  Nie Weigu Art Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
  • 2017 | iPreciation at Art New York 2017, New York, USA
  • 2016 | Nanyi Art Exhibition, Chong Chuan Art Museum, Nantong China
  • 2015 | Mind & Schema Painting Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
  • 2015 | Picturesque Jiangnan, Suzhou Municipal Center of Public Culture, Jiangsu, China
  • 2014 | Mind & Schema Painting Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
  • 2014 | Integration – Academic and Contemporary Art Research and Exhibition, Suzhou Municipal Center of Public Culture, Jiangsu, China
  • 2014 | Integration – Academic and Contemporary Art Research and Exhibition, Fangshan Art Camp, Nanjing, China
  • 2014 | Memory of South China – The 3rd Selected Oil Painting Masters Exhibition, Jiangsu Art Museum, Jiangsu, China
  • 2013 | Should live without it – Jiangsu Contemporary Art Research Exhibition
  • 2012 | Thousand Mile Live Drawing Journey Art Exhibition
  • 2012 | The 8th Jiangsu Province Oil Painting Exhibition
  • 2011 | Zhuzi Gallery Prominent Artist Oil Painting Exhibition
  • 2011 | Jiangnan Culture Native Country Oil Painting Exhibition
  • 2011 | Noumenon Discussion Jiangsu Artist Oil Painting Exhibition
  • 2010 | Jiangsu Province Research and Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings
  • 2010 | “Reality and Exceed” Jinling Oil Painting Exhibition of One Hundred Artists
  • 2008 | Jiangnan Culture Yangtze River Delta Oil Painting Exhibition, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
  • 2007 | Jiangsu Province Oil Painting Exhibition, Jiangsu, China
  • 2005 | Jiangsu Province Oil Painting Exhibition, Jiangsu, China
  • 2004 | Jiangsu Province Oil Painting Exhibition, Jiangsu, China
  • 2003 | Winter Solstice, iPreciation Gallery, Singapore

For full list of exhibitions, please contact the gallery at enquiry@ipreciation.com

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Irene Chou 周綠雲 (b. 1924 – d. 2011)

Irene Chou 周綠雲 (1924–2011) was a pioneering Hong Kong ink painter and a key figure in the development of the Hong Kong New Ink movement. Through exhibitions and research, iPreciation has been actively presenting her work and contributing to the appreciation of her legacy in modern Chinese ink painting.

About Irene Chou

Irene Chou was a pioneering figure in the Hong Kong New Ink Painting movement, transforming traditional Chinese ink painting into a modern, expressive art form. Her bold brushwork and experimental techniques explored themes of the universe, spirituality, and human consciousness. As a result, her paintings convey powerful emotion and philosophical depth. Today, her works are recognized as foundational in contemporary ink art.

Early Life and Education

Born in Shanghai in 1924, Chou completed a modern education at St. John’s University, graduating in 1945. Soon after, she worked as a journalist before relocating to Hong Kong in 1949. During this period, she began studying under Lingnan School master Zhao Shao’ang, gaining a strong foundation in traditional ink painting techniques.

However, she quickly sought a more personal artistic voice. Influenced by her mentors but driven to innovate, Chou began exploring forms beyond conventional landscape and bird-and-flower subjects. Consequently, her work evolved into a unique, expressive style.

Development of Her Artistic Style

In the 1960s, Chou studied under the influential ink painter Lui Shou-Kwan. His approach to modernizing Chinese ink painting profoundly shaped her direction. As a result, she started experimenting with abstraction, exploring the expressive potential of ink, colour, and gesture.

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, she developed signature techniques, including splash ink, layered textures, and her renowned “one-stroke” method. These methods created dynamic compositions that combined traditional Chinese aesthetics with modern abstract expression. Moreover, Chou’s paintings often incorporated philosophical ideas from Zen Buddhism and Taoism, reflecting both spiritual and cosmic themes.

Additionally, her works became increasingly energetic and emotive, capturing movement, flow, and the invisible forces shaping life.

Artistic Themes and Philosophy

Chou frequently explored the relationship between the human mind and the universe. She often stated that “the universe is my mind; my mind is the universe.” Because of this philosophy, her paintings evoke cosmic imagery, swirling forms, and flowing brushstrokes. These elements symbolize the continuous flow of life and universal energy.

At the same time, her art reflected personal journeys of loss and transformation. Consequently, her works are both introspective and dynamic, inviting viewers to contemplate the nature of existence and consciousness. Her abstract compositions merge emotional intensity with intellectual inquiry, creating a profound visual experience.

Later Years and Legacy

In 1991, Chou suffered a severe stroke, which temporarily halted her artistic practice. Nevertheless, she persevered through rehabilitation and eventually resumed painting. Later, she moved to Brisbane, Australia, where she continued to create works until her passing in 2011.

Despite these challenges, Chou remained committed to artistic exploration. Her later works often expressed themes of renewal, resilience, and spiritual reflection. Today, her paintings are held in major public and private collections worldwide. Institutions such as the British Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston include her works. Consequently, her influence continues to inspire contemporary ink artists and scholars studying modern Chinese ink painting.

Education

1945 | BA in Economics at St. John’s University, Shanghai

Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • 2021 | As Clouds – A Solo Exhibition by Irene Chou, iPreciation, Singapore
  • 2019–2020 | Irene Chou Rediscovered: Paintings from the M. K. Lau Collection, Duddell’s, Hong Kong
  • 2019 | A World Within – The Art and Inspiration of Irene Chou, 20th Century Chinese Female Artist Series, Asia Society Hong Kong Centre, Hong Kong / The Pulse of Ink, iPreciation, Singapore
  • 2013 | Hong Kong Masters, Rossi & Rossi Ltd, London
  • 2012 | A Tribute to Hong Kong Masters, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
  • 2010 | De la Chine, entre Tradition et Modernité, Galerie F. Hesler, Luxembourg
  • 2008 | Life is a Many Splendoured Thing, iPreciation, Singapore
  • 2007 | The Norman W. M. Ko Collection of Hong Kong Art, University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • 2007 | The New Face of Ink Painting: Modern Ink Painting Group Exhibition, Central Plaza, Hong Kong
  • 2007 | Life is a Many Splendoured Thing, The Rotunda, Exchange Square Central, by iPreciation, Hong Kong
  • 2006 | Creative Spirit: Hong Kong Visual Arts, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong
  • 2006 | Universe of the Mind: Retrospective, University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • 2003 | Irene Chou, My Universe, iPreciation Gallery, Singapore

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2021 | Art for Everyone at HKMoA, City-wide Art Campaign, Hong Kong
  • 2020 | UNSCHEDULED, Hong Kong Art Gallery Association, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong
  • 2019 | iPreciation 20th Anniversary: Reverie Collection – 25 Years of Art Collecting Journey, iPreciation Gallery, Singapore
  • 2019 | iPreciation at Taipei Dangdai 2019, Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Taipei, Taiwan
  • 2018 | iPreciation at Fine Art Asia 2018, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
  • 2018 | HOPE, a charity exhibition celebrating the works of outstanding contemporary Chinese women artists
  • 2015 | A Legacy of Ink: Lui Shou-kwan 40 Years On, Hong Kong Arts Centre / Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong
  • 2013 | Hong Kong Masters, Rossi & Rossi Ltd, London, United Kingdom
  • 2012 | A Tribute to Hong Kong Masters, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
  • 2010 | De la Chine, entre Tradition et Modernité, Galerie F. Hesler, Luxembourg
  • 2008 | Hong Kong Art: Open Dialogue Exhibition Series II – New Ink Art: Innovation and Beyond, curated by Alice King, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
  • 2007 | The Norman W. M. Ko Collection of Hong Kong Art, University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • 2007 | The New Face of Ink Painting: Modern Ink Painting Group Exhibition, Central Plaza, Hong Kong
  • 2006 | Contemporary Hong Kong Ink Painting Exhibition, Hong Kong Central Library, Hong Kong
  • 2004 | Reconciliation Art Works, Multicultural Community Centre, Brisbane, Australia
  • 2002 | Chinese Paintings from the Khoan and Michael Sullivan Collection, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
  • 2002 | Artists in the Neighbourhood Scheme II Launching Exhibition, Hong Kong Central Library, Hong Kong
  • 2002 | Hong Kong Cityscapes – Ink Painting in Transition, Hong Kong Festival, London, United Kingdom

Selected Public Collections

  • Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
  • British Museum, London, United Kingdom
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
  • Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
  • University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong (formerly known as Fung Ping Shan Museum), Hong Kong
  • Norman W. M. Ko Collection, Hong Kong
  • M. K. Lau Collection, Hong Kong
  • M+, Hong Kong
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
  • National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
  • National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
  • National Art Gallery, Manila, Philippines
  • City Gallery, Manila, Philippines
  • Raya Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
  • Hong Kong Land, Hong Kong

Awards

  • 1988 | Hong Kong Artists’ Guild Painter of the Year Award
  • 1983 | Urban Council Fine Arts Award for Painting (Chinese Media)
  • 1972 | Pacificulture Asia Museum Fine Art Award

Further Information

For further information on Irene Chou and her work, please refer to the following resources:

Institutional and Reference Resources

And many other private and public collections throughout Asia and internationally. For the full list of exhibitions and public collections, please contact the gallery at enquiry@ipreciation.com.

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