Welcome to Utterly Art
Exhibition
Affordable Art Fair 2011
Exhibiting Artists: Boo Sze Yang, Oeur Sokuntevy, Chiew Sien Kuan, Chua Chon Hee, Hong Sek Chern, TR853-1 (TraseOne), Tan Ai Ngin, Yeo Siak Goon, Wong Shih Yaw, Fernando Escora, Max Balatbat, Michael Cacnio, Randy "Andoi" Solon, William Sim, Norman Dreo, Lu Yifei, Aznan Omar, Radzi Ismail, Duong Saree, Chath Piersath, Mao Soviet, Foo Kwee Horng, Oh Chai Hoo, Suos Sodavy
Venue: F1 Pit Building > venue details
Dates: 17 Nov 2011 - 20 Nov 2011
Turn your walls into a work of art and share the Affordable Art Fair love for all things Arty-licious. With over 70 international galleries from across the world including the USA, UK, Europe, Asia and the South Pacific, Utterly Art will be joining many other homegrown Singaporean galleries to produce an exciting mix of artwork to suit every taste. Whether you like traditional paintings, contemporary art, photography or 3D works, the Fair’s range of eclectic artwork also covers a range of budgets from SG$100 up to SG$10,000. With such outstanding art from International artists at affordable prices, there is no excuse not to brighten up your walls!
Look for us at Booth A1 to the right of the main entrance, just like last year! Limited free passes for two to the Private View and Arty-licious Party are available in our gallery on a first-come, first-served basis. These passes allow entry to all events on subsequent days. For directions, transport, ticket sales and more information, check out www.affordableartfair.sg .
Thursday 17th Nov Private View 6pm - 10pm
Friday 18th Nov Public Day 1 11am - 6pm
Arty-licious 6pm - 10pm
Saturday 19th Nov Public Day 2 11am - 8pm
Sunday 20th Nov Public Day 3 11am - 6pm
Exhibited Works
 Time & Space - Sweet Memory 12011 122cm x 122cm |  Time & Space - Sweet Memory 22011 122cm x 122cm |  The Floating House2010 118cm x 156cm |  Khmer Architect2010 117cm x 116cm |
 Train Station Hang Up2011 110cm x 70cm x 50cm |  Woman With A Stick2000 150cm x 70cm x 50cm |  Lover On Hold2000 100cm x 30cm x 20cm |  Bull Machine2000 100cm x 55cm x 50cm |
 The Two Warriors2000 150cm x 85cm x 50cm |  Water Lily2010 50cm x 50cm |  Kamplouk Flower2010 50cm x 50cm |  Snour Flower2010 50cm x 50cm |
 Trinity Church III, Boston, USA2011 61cm x 76cm |  Cathedral of St Michael and St Gudula, Brussels2011 76cm x 91.5cm |  Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York, USA2011 76cm x 91.5cm |  The Mall #152011 61cm x 92cm |
 The Mall #162011 88cm x 132cm |  The Mall #172011 130cm x 85cm |  The Mall #182011 92cm x 122cm |  The Mall #222011 92cm x 122cm |
 Bathing at the River2011 100cm x 100cm |  The Morning Bath2011 72cm x 90cm |  She in Sunshine2011 90cm x 72cm |  On the Red Shawl2011 72cm x 90cm |
 The Breezy Day2011 60cm x 66cm |  The Seashore2011 49cm x 120cm |  The Red Gate2011 100cm x 150cm |  Monologue2011 Dimensions variable |
 H_Type [backlane with Tampines flat]2011 90cm x 62cm |  H_Type [with spirals]2011 80cm x 60cm |  Spiral Stairs with Grilles2011 124cm x 24cm |  Spiral Staircase2011 120cm x 20cm |
 Walkway with Colourful Light2011 100cm x 70cm |  Morning in Geylang2011 80cm x 60cm |  Quiet Walkway2011 100cm x 70cm |  Untitled (makeup)2010 Mixed media, collage on wood |
 Untitled (politician)2011 38cm x 20cm |  Untitled (personage)2010 41cm x 22cm |  Untitled (accostment)2010 40cm x 20cm |  Untitled (minor)2010 33cm x 21cm |
 Human Flowers - Fruit (yellow)2010 95cm x 85cm |  Human Flowers - Young Leaves (pink)2010 65cm x 55cm |  Human Flowers - Fruit (pink)2010 65cm x 55cm |  Bird series I2010 Dimensions variable |
 Paint the Town Red2011 40in x 30in |  Ape Lagi? Kita Pecah Lah! (Just Break It!)2011 30in x 40in |  Bungkus (Wrap)2011 30in x 40in |  Tear Down2011 40in x 30in |
 Kita Bakor Je (Just Burn It)2011 15.75in x 15.75in |  Alpha Male2011 12in x 12in x 2pcs |  Happy Melon Ride2011 30cm x 40cm |  Lovely Tree of Happiness2011 40cm x 30cm |
Artists
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Aznan Omar
Malaysia
Aznan Omar (B.1973) was born in Alor Setar, Kedah. He gained his diploma and degree in Fine Art from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam in 1996 and 2000 respectively. Aznan went on to obtain his Masters degree in Art as Environment from Manchester Metropolitan University, UK in 2008. Aznan’s work was shown at the 14th Asian Art Biennale in Bangladesh and the his public sculpture One Drop (2000) emerged as the winning work in a public sculpture competition hosted by the National Art
Max Balatbat
Philippines
Maximino Balatbat II also known as Maxbal was born in 1978 in Caloocan City. In 2002, he completed his degree in Fine Arts with a major in Advertising at the University of the East Caloocan. Maxbal gave pride to the country in 2009 when he won the Il Lorenzo Magnifico Award - Silver Medal in the Florence Biennale in Italy. In 2010, his work was among the Jurors' Choice Award of Merit in Philip Morris Philippine Art Awards.
Boo Sze Yang
Singapore
Boo Sze Yang was Head of the Department of Fine Art at his alma mater, the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts before turning to practice art full-time in 2009. He received his Master in Arts Degree from Chelsea College of Art & Design, the University of the Arts London and his Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art from
University of Reading, UK. Boo has held seven solo exhibitions and represented Singapore in numerous group exhibitions in Japan, China, Korea, Philippines, Malaysia and the UK.
Michael Cacnio
Philippines
Nearly twenty years in the art scene, TOYM (The Outstanding Young Men) Philippines 2006 awardee Michael Cacnio is considered to be one of the country’s finest brass sculptors today. Since his graduation from Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines in 1991, he has made himself much beloved as a sculptor of the everyday Filipino, depicting children playing traditional games, workers engaged in cheerful and industrious labour, tender scenes between parent and child or people facing the dil
Chath Piersath
Cambodia
Chath Piersath was born in Banteay Meanchey province, Cambodia, in 1970 and came to the United States as a refugee in 1981. He received a Bachelor degree in 1993 from New College of California in International Service and Development and after a MA in Community Social Psychology. Chath never studied painting but began painting in year 2000 as a way of exorcising his memory of war and violence. Since he returned to Cambodia for the first time in 1994 he has lived between his adopted home in the U
Chiew Sien Kuan
Singapore
Chiew Sien Kuan, graduate of NAFA (Painting)1989 & University of Tasmania; both BA and MA Fine Art. He is also involved in exhibitions; EXCAVATION–10 Singapore Artists at the Art Studio @ Old School and Warm Machines,Esplanade Concourse Space,2009. He was awarded the Highly Recommended Prize in the Australian Bicentennial Art Award of Young Artists in 1992 and 1993,attained 1st in the 3D category at the Phillippe Charriol Foundation Contemporary Art Competition
Chua Chon Hee
Singapore
Chua Chon Hee graduated from the Nayang Academy of Fine Arts with a Diploma in Western Art in 1980, and with an Advanced Diploma in 1982. She has exhibited extensively with the Nanyang Clay Group and the Printmaking Society (Singapore). Her works can be found at several hotels in Singapore and Myanmar, and at the National University Hospital in Singapore.
Norman Dreo
Philippines
Norman Dreo (born 1970) topped the talent test upon entering the College of Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines in the mid-80s. His art has been exhibited extensively in the Philippines, Singapore, Vermont, USA and in Europe. He has won several prizes at the Metrobank National Art Competition, Art Association of the Philippines and Ateneo Art Awards. In 2000, he was awarded Juror’s Choice at the Philip Morris ASEAN Art Awards in Singapore and the Philippine
Duong Saree
Cambodia
One of Cambodia's most esteemed female painters, Doung Saree (b.1957) studied Plastic Arts at the Royal University of Fine Arts (RUFA) in Phnom Penh. After the Khmer Rouge war, she returned to Phnom Penh in 1982 to continue her studies, and also began teaching at RUFA and the Reyum Institute. Over the last decade her profile has steadily increased; her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and in 2010 she was awarded the inaugural You Khin Memorial Women's Art Priz
Fernando Escora
Philippines
One of the established contemporary artists in the Philippines, Fernando Escora has been active in exhibitions in Manila and throughout South East Asia. A graduate in Fine Arts from the University of the Philippines, Fernando is a full-time artist. His 4ft x 8ft canvas entitled “Sinking with the Garbage” has been part of the Singapore Art Museum’s collection since 2009. As one of the forerunners of large-scale drawings in the Philippines, Fernando’s primary medium ha
Foo Kwee Horng
Singapore
Foo Kwee Horng obtained his BA with Merit in Social Work and Japanese Studies at the National University of Singapore in 1993, and his Postgraduate Diploma in Education and MA (visual arts research) from the National Institute of Education, Singapore in 1997 and 2005 respectively. He was Highly Commended at the 18th UOB Painting of the Year Exhibition (1999) and won Honourable Mention at the Philip Morris Singapore Art Awards (1999), and has exhibited in London, Malaysia and Singapore.
Hong Sek Chern
Singapore
Hong Sek Chern (b.1967) graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts with a Diploma in Fine Art (1995) and from Goldsmiths College, University of London with an MA Fine Art (1998). She likes to work with flat surfaces and uses linear, non-linear or multi-point perspective in her work. Sek Chern’s interpretation of the Singapore urban landscape in Chinese ink has won her several awards in Singapore. Her works belong in the collections of the Singapore Art Museum, Taipei Fine Art Museum, Nati
Lu Yifei
China
Singapore-based artist Lu Yifei hails from Jinan in Shandong Province, China. The common thread running through his works is Yifei's childhood fantasy world. He combines personalised sentiments about life with cartoon symbolism, with each character representing a different genre of heroism.
Mao Soviet
Cambodia
Mao Soviet was born in 1982 in Battambong Province. He studied general art from 1996 to 2000 and modern art from 2000 to 2004 at the Phare Pounleu Selpak Organization in Battambong. Soviet has shown his work at the French Cultural Centre, Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Battambong, Alliance Café in Siem Reap, Java Gallery in Phnom Penh and Ocsen Gallery in the USA. Through his work, Soviet explores the emotions of regret, memory and beauty.
Oeur Sokuntevy
Cambodia
Oeur Sokuntevy studied painting at the Phare Ponleu Selpak in Battambang and moved to Phnom Penh in 2007. Sokuntevy has had much interest in her work as one of the very few female contemporary artists currently showing in Cambodia. Besides Cambodia, she has exhibited in the USA, South Korea and Singapore. Sokuntevy’s work is included in art collections of the Singapore Embassy (Cambodia) and the Singapore Art Museum. Her work has appeared in magazines and newspapers including Art Asia Pacific,
Oh Chai Hoo
Singapore
Born 1960 in Singapore, Oh Chai Hoo graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 1982. He has exhibited extensively in Singapore, China, Japan, Taiwan and Korea, and has six solo shows under his belt. He has been awarded a Distinction in Visual Art Creation by the NAFA Alumni Association (1992), Highly Commended in Abstract Medium at the 18th UOB Painting of the Year competition (1999) and obtained the Siaw-Tao Achievement Award in 2009.
Radzi Ismail
Malaysia
Born in Langkawi, Kedah, Mohammad Radzi Ismail (b.1982) graduated from UiTM Shah Alam with a bachelor’s degree in Ceramic Design (Sculpture). He won Honourable Mention during the Penang Open Show in 2005, and just a year after that, won the 1st prize. In 2009, he was one of the finalists for the IMCAS Award. The 28 year old is also no stranger to ceramic art in Malaysia, having been exhibiting his works since 2002. Starting from his own university, Radzi has since exhibited in numerous ga
William Sim
Singapore
William started painting under the guidance of pioneer artist Tan Puay Tee at the age of 10. Through his mentorship, William studied colour and form. Over the years he has experimented with various media, but nature as a thematic study has never left his canvas. The worlds William creates find their roots in happiness. The subjects of his paintings are a blend of nature and mechanical objects: they depict, singly and as collectives, dreamscapes where positivity reigns.
Randy "Andoi" Solon
Philippines
Randy 'Andoi' Solon holds two degrees in the visual arts: a Bachelor of Fine Arts, major in Painting, at the University of the Philippines, and a Certificate in Advertising from the Philippines Women's University. Solon is the recipient of numerous awards from national art competitions. His works have featured in major SE Asian auctions.
Suos Sodavy
Cambodia
Trained in Hungary, with a le Normale Supérieure de l`Education in 1985, and an MBA in the Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest in 1994, Suos Sodavy is a senior Cambodian artist who has risen to Deputy Director of the Department of Arts and Handicrafts, and Teacher in the Faculty of Fine Arts. Awarded First Prize in Fine Arts at Nyiregyhaza in Budapest, Hungary (1988), Sodavy has exhibited in Hungary, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar and Singapore.
TR853-1 (TraseOne)
Singapore
Beginning as a self-taught graffiti artist in 1999, TraseOne (TR853-1) is highly regarded as one of the boundary-pushing pioneers of the local street art movement. In 2005, he was granted the inaugural Goh Chok Tong Youth Promise Award to expand his knowledge in art, eventually graduating with a Bachelor in Fine Arts (Honours) Degree in 2007 from the LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts.
Tan Ai Ngin
Singapore
Tan Ai Ngin (born 1972, Singapore) obtained her Diploma in Fine Arts at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 1996 and her Bachelor of Arts in Chinese painting at the Nanjing Arts College, China in 1999. She went on to complete a one-year course in visual arts at the School of Fine and Performing Arts Constantijn Huygens, in Kampen, The Netherlands in 2001. She has been collected by the Frans Walkate Archief in The Netherlands and the Tokyo office of the Singapore Tourism Board.
Wong Shih Yaw
Singapore
Wong Shih Yaw has swung from emotive expressionism in his early days as a key member of the Artists Village in Jalan Ulu Sembawang, to allegorical Christian realism, and now has been painting largely in an illustrative graphic style for his past few solo shows. A graduate of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, the artist is heavily collected by the Singapore Art Museum, The National Art Gallery Singapore and several prominent collectors.
Yeo Siak Goon
Singapore
Yeo Siak Goon 杨昔银 has an enduring fascination for the female form, whether decked in full costume regalia as in his Balinese dancers, or serenely bereft of clothing as in his sensual beachside nudes. Playing extensively with negative space, Siak Goon loves to conceal as much as he reveals, deliberately omitting key portions of his figures for one’s mind to connect limb to torso, and indulge in a game of visual peek-a-boo. Born in 1957, Malaysia, he presently lives and works in Singapo