Exhibiting Artists: Yeo Siak Goon, Norman Dreo, TR853-1 (TraseOne), Chng Chin Kang, Randy "Andoi" Solon, Hong Sek Chern, Tamae Iwasaki, Michael Cacnio, Crispin (Cris) Villanueva Jr., Anthony Chua Say Hua, Aiman Hakim, Virgillio 'Pandy' Aviado, Zulkifli Yusoff, Melvin Culaba
Venue: F1 Pit Building > venue details
Dates: 18 Nov 2010 - 21 Nov 2010
Utterly Art partcipates in the very FIRST Affordable Art Fair to be held in Asia with a diverse selection of several new works from its gallery artists. After 11 successful years in London, New York, Melbourne, Sydney, Milan, Amsterdam and Brussels, the brand comes to Singapore with all artworks available at SGD$10,000 and below.
Look for us at Booth A1 to the right of the main entrance. 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 18th Nov Private View 6pm - 10pm
Friday 19th Nov Public Day 1 11am - 10pm
Arty-licious 6pm - 10pm
Saturday 20th Nov Public Day 2 11am - 7pm
Sunday 21st Nov Public Day 3 11am - 5pm
Aiman Hakim graduated from the LASALLE-SIA School of the Arts in 2004 with a Diploma in Fine Arts. Awards he has obtained include the LASALLE-SIA Scholarship, Georgette Chen Scholarship and the Winston Oh Travel Award. He has participated in several group exhibitions in Utterly Art, Art Seasons and the Earl Lu Gallery in LASALLE.
Virgillio ‘Pandy’ Aviado (b. 1944, Manila) is a much-celebrated Philippine printmaker and senior artist. He graduated from the Philippine College of Music and Fine Arts in 1967, and in 1969, he was awarded a fine arts scholarship in Spain under the auspices of Relaciones Culturales de España. He studied at the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid, obtaining certificates in Pintura Libre (painting) and Grabado (engraving) in 1970. He has trained with the best print work
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
Chng Chin Kang (b.1963) graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts with a Diploma in Fine Arts (1988) and from the University of Central England (Birmingham,UK) with a Masters in Arts and Education (1998). A multi-award-winning artist, he won Juror’s Choice at the Philip Morris Singapore Art Awards twice (1996, 1997), First Prize (Representational Medium) (1997) and subsequently Grand Prize (1998) at the UOB Painting of the Year Competition.
Chua Say Hua graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 1992 with a Diploma of Fine Arts, and then with High Distinction from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1994. He obtained a Postgraduate Certificate in Fine Arts from Goldsmith's College, University of London in 1997. He has exhibited internationally with 9 solo shows to his name. In 2001, he was conferred the Young Artist Award by the National Arts Council, Singapore.
Melvin Culaba (b. 1971) graduated from the University of Santo Tomas with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1993, and has exhibited extensively in the Philippines, Korea and the United States. He has been a Finalist at the Philip Morris Philippine Art Awards from 1995-98 and 2006, and won several top awards at the Art Association of the Philippines annual painting competition and Metrobank Young Painters annual competition.
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
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
A graduate of the Tokyo Zokei University in 1998 with a licence in teaching profession of art, Tamae has held solo shows in Tokyo, and participated in several group shows in Japan and Singapore. Tamae is also a printer at the Singapore Tyler Print Institute.
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.
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.
Cris Villanueva Jr.'s works draw ideas from commonplace objects, classical and popular culture, literature, art, history and his own life, and he has a signature style of painting bubble wrap over his finished painting to 'own' the work indelibly. He is a member of the historic groupings of Salingpusa and Madruguada, and a triple winner at the Philip Morris Philippine Art Awards, including Juror's Choice (2006, 2010) and the Grand Prize (2005).
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
Malaysia’s sole representative to the Venice Biennale in 1997, Zulkifli Yusoff (b. 1962 Yan, Kedah) might be styled as the enfant terrible of Malysian art, with his candid assessments of Malay society and his unorthodox, innovative presentations. One of the first Malaysian artists to investigate installations and digital prints, Zulkifli has also made tin sculptures as well as ceramic paintings and sculptures.