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Exhibition
Hungry for More
Exhibiting Artists: Aiman Hakim, Boo Sze Yang, Hong Sek Chern, Lu Yifei, Roedy Mardijanto, TR853-1 (TraseOne), Wong Shih Yaw, Yeo Siak Goon, Andre Tan, Andres Barrioquinto, Jaypee Samson, Josue Mangrobang Jr., Malyn Bonayog, Michael Cacnio, Kris Soguilon, Norman Dreo, Paul Koh, Reynold Dela Cruz, Alex Kataras, Max Balatbat, Justin Lee, Renato Guerrero Habulan, John Paul Antido, Dennis Fortozo, Edrick Daniel, Martin Loh, Chng Seok Tin, Ye Ruoshi 叶若诗, Michael Lee, Reynaldo Samson Jr., Chua Chon Hee, Kamal Dollah
Venue: ION Art Gallery > venue details
Dates: 12 May 2011 - 23 May 2011
"Please, sir, I want some more." - Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens
Humans are beings of wants and desires. Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs postulated that human motivation is driven by unsatisfied needs – once a need is mostly satisfied, it will cease to motivate and the next higher need will take its place. We first satisfy lower-order needs such as food, sleep and warmth, then progress to safety and stability, before thinking of good family and work relationships, achievement and esteem, finally leading to personal growth and self-actualization.
In 21st century Singapore which has achieved developed country status, what drives its citizens to strive beyond a full belly and comfortable condominium? What about our foreign friends who want a piece of our sizzling economic pie? In particular, how do artists view this never-ending quest to improve our lot and aim for the stars?
Utterly Art celebrates ten years in the rough and tumble of a very dynamic local art scene, which now boasts hundreds of galleries, stimulating museum presentations, regular auctions, art fairs and our very own biennale. When we began, we were the first to bridge the gap between a bare exhibition hall for hire and a commercial gallery which provided artists with its marketing and curatorial expertise. Today, literally several hundred artists have exhibited under the Utterly Art banner, we are supported by twin pillars of artistic strength in our Singapore and Philippine artists, and our frenetic presentations average thirty exhibitions a year, both within and beyond our Chinatown home.
What MORE could we want?
Exhibited Works
 Mr. & Mrs. Shi Yaoqian 史耀钱伉俪2011 23cm x 57cm x 14.6cm / 24cm x52cm x 14.6cm |  Mr Qian Duoduo 钱多多先生2010 63cm x 41cm x 36cm |  Sabit-Sabit (Hanging On)2010 48in x 60in |  Unos (Typhoon)2011 36in x 60in |
 You Say You Want a Revolution2011 5ft x 4ft |  The Modern Samsui #012011 5ft x 4ft |  The Modern Samsui #022011 4ft x 5ft | Church of Pisa, Pisa, Italy2010 150cm x 112.5cm |
 See-Saw Liftoff2011 28in x 24in x 8in |  Daddy, Hold me tight!2011 29in x 12in x 13in |  Don’t Fly Without Me!2011 30in x 24in x 9in |  Flying High2011 40in x 12in x 7in |
 Slam Dunk2011 22.5in x 16in x 9in |  Riding High2011 23.5in x 24in x 10in |  Let me down gently2011 27in x 24in x 6.5in |  Squatting Back Kite2011 57.5in x 13.5in x 6.5in |
 The Bull Market2011 14in x 16in x 9in |  The Morning Beach2010 80cm x 100cm |  The Golden Dawn2011 80cm x 100cm |  Bali Dance2010 76cm x 76cm |
 Home Run2011 5ft x 3ft |  Try Out2011 5ft x 4ft |  Fortress2011 3ft x 4ft |  Hat Trick2011 4ft x 3 ft |
 "Punong Banyan"(Tree Society)2011 60x48 inches |  "Lipat"(Transfer)2011 36in x 60in |  "Hapunan"(Supper)2011 48in x 40in | Reality Bites2011 76in x 96in |
 Once In A Full Moon2011 4ft x 3ft |  Between Giants2011 4ft x 3 ft |  The Search for Divinity2011 3ft x 4ft |  War and Peace2011 3ft x 4ft |
 Killa fuckin chicken2011 100cm x 80cm |  Information Overload2011 100cm x 70cm |  Get Pie or Die Tryin'2011 80cm x 60cm |  The Toy that Went Free by Reason of Insanity.2011 80 cm (Diameter) |
 Mao Goes New York2008 195cm x 135cm |  I Am A Product of Up Bringing2010 Dimensions Variable |  Love Vigilantes2011 40in x 40in |  Daydream Fiasco2011 40in x 40in |
 Story 24 - Hungry for Money2011 122cm x 92cm |  Story 25 - Hungry for Knowledge2011 122cm x 122cm |  Story 26 - Hungry for Friends2011 122cm x 122cm |  Pussy Pole2011 120cm x 30cm |
 Pussy Paw2011 30.5cm x 30.5cm |  Pussy Pullstring2011 30.5cm x 30.5cm |  Pussy Pigeon2011 30.5cm x 30.5cm + 15cm x 15cm |  Pussy Pingpong2011 30.5cm x 30.5cm |
 Artificial Territory 0012011 4ft x5ft |  Artificial Territory 0022011 4ft x 5ft |  Almost Always is Nearly Enough2011 80 cm (Diameter) |  A Breeze to Remember2010 40cm x 40cm |
 Betty's cat2010 30in x 30in |  Dance Me to the End of Love2009 30in x 30in |  Love Revolution2011 30in x 30in |  With You Here Between2011 30in x 30in |
 That Furry Thing Called Love2009 30in x 30in |  Square Root Love2010 30in x 30in |  Bandit Love2011 30in x 30in |  Ikan Sudah Masak (The Fish is Cooked)2011 45cm x 35cm |
 Teck Kim Mari-lah Ikut Mak, Lekas (Teck Kim, Come Along)2011 40cm x 30cm |  The Little Servant Girl2011 40cm x 30cm |  Oh! What a Lovely Day2011 40cm x 30cm |  Kim Neo and her Two Precious Ones2011 40cm x 30cm |
 Technological Battle2010 48in x 36in |  Chronic2011 3in x 4in |  More for More2010 100cm x 70cm |  Cupcakes2011 61cm x 51cm |
 Construction with Hong Kong Street Scene2011 138cm x 69cm |  Construction with Urban Spaces2011 138cm x 69cm |  Construction with Two Cities (Singapore-KL)2011 138cm x 69cm |  Construction with Two Cities (Singapore - Jakarta)2011 138cm x 69cm |
 Construction - In and Out (Street Scene HK)2011 138cm x 69cm |  Construction (Chinatown and Bugis)2010 180cm x 90cm |  Turning Japanese2010 33in x 43in |  Feng Shui2010 33in x 43in |
 Karmatisca Republic (after Tomoyuki Tanaka)2011 123cm x 123cm (unframed) |  Shishitv Tower (after David Attenborough)2010 123cm x 123cm (unframed) / 140cm x 140cm (framed) |  Paradise Now (after Gaston Bachelard)2010 123cm x 123cm (unframed) / 140cm x 140cm (framed) |  Eskinita 2 (Alley 2)2011 24in x 16in each; 24in x 64in total |
Online2010 150cm x 100cm | Menumbuk Padi2009 150cm x 100cm |  Mangoes 12011 35cm x 30cm |  Mangoes 22011 30cm x 35cm |
Artists
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Aiman Hakim
Singapore
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.
John Paul Antido
Philippines
John Paul Antido studied Painting at the College of Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines, Diliman campus, and has exhibited in the Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia. He won Grand Prize twice at the Art Petron 2nd and 5th National Student Art Competition (2002, 2005), 2nd place at the GSIS 2nd Annual Painting Competition (2005) and 3rd place at the Metrobank Art and Design Excellence Competition (2008). He has held solo shows at the Boston Gallery and Ayala Museum in the Philippines.
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.
Andres Barrioquinto
Philippines
Andres Barrioquinto (b. 1975, Philippines) graduated in Fine Arts (Painting) from the University of Santo Tomas in 2000. A prestigious recipient of the Thirteen Artists Award (2003) bestowed by the Cultural Centre of the Philippines, he has had 19 solo exhibitions and 5 in Singapore. His works reside in the collections of several noted collectors and the Singapore Art Museum, and he has been successfully auctioned at Sotheby's in Hong Kong. He currently paints with a complex, deeply la
Malyn Bonayog
Philippines
Malyn Bonayog will arouse your curiosity in her complex multi-layering of apparently simple lines on her canvases, which amazingly form several dissimulated images of urban landscapes and personalities that could only be seen separately from different angles.
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
Chng Seok Tin
Singapore
Chng Seok Tin did her studies in art in Singapore, UK, France and USA, from 1971 to 1985; she obtained two master degrees from New Mexico State University and The University of Iowa, in USA, majoring in printmaking. She has held 25 solo exhibitions and participated in more than 100 group exhibitions in Singapore and abroad. She was awarded the Cultural Medallion by the Government of Singapore in 2005.
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.
Edrick Daniel
Philippines
Edrick Daniel (b.1983) graduated from the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts with a Major in Painting. He belongs to the Antipolo group Sangviaje and has exhibited in the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore.He has been a finalist in the Philip Morris Philippine Art Awards (2003) and the Metrobank Young Painter's Annual Show (2003, 2004).
Reynold Dela Cruz
Philippines
Reynold dela Cruz is a self-taught artist whose choice of career was vindicated when he won Juror’s Choice at the 1998 Philip Morris Philippine Art Awards, which led to him representing the Philippines at the 1998 Asean Art Awards held in Vietnam. Besides the Philippines , he has exhibited in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Vermont , USA, and has featured in a number of SE Asian auctions.
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
Dennis Fortozo
Philippines
Dennis Fortozo graduated from the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts with a Major in Painting. He belongs to the Antipolo group Sangviaje and has exhibited in the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore.He has been a finalist in the 32nd-36th SHELL National Student Art Competitions, and UP Representative at the 14th-16th PLDT-DPC National Visual Art Competitions.
Renato Guerrero Habulan
Philippines
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
Kamal Dollah
Singapore
Mohamed Kamal Bin Dollah (born 1967) is a Singaporean artist, art-educator and professional caricaturist. He is a multi-disciplined painter with expertise in various mediums ranging from traditional craft of batik-painting to contemporary art. Kamal attained his Master of Arts degree in Contemporary Practice from the University of Huddersfield (UK) at Nafa in 2007. He was former president (2003-2006) of The Association of Artists of Various Resource (APAD), and is a member of the World Batik Cou
Alex Kataras
Greece
Paul Koh
Singapore
Ever since he was a child, Paul has been illustrating and drawing. Growing up with cats also means that his two passions are inextricably linked. He experimented with different forms of expressions (from portraiture and figurative to pop and abstract) before finding his element in his "Catmasutra" series, which inevitably continues the catty tales of his cats, Halo and Angel. His approach to art resembles the personality of the cat - playful, curious, unpredictable and quirky.
Justin Lee
Singapore
Michael Lee
Singapore
Martin Loh
Singapore
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.
Josue Mangrobang Jr.
Philippines
Josue Mangrobang Jr. poses a riddle on the meaning of the images he depicts on his canvases. The prominent subject is wrapped in heavy layers of exercise book paper painted realistically and overlain with another image made of small detailed dots as a counter-image. Mangrobang’s meticulous treatment of his artworks is as impressive as the message he imparts to the viewer : the invaluable contribution of education and the sacredness of personal space.
Roedy Mardijanto
Indonesia
Jaypee Samson
Philippines
Jaypee Samson majored in painting at the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts. Jaypee has upheld the artistic track record set by his elder brothers Jerson and Julio by winning his share of individual distinctions in various Philippine art competitions. He is a triple Grand Prize awardee in the 2005 Government Service and Insurance System (GSIS) Painting Competition (Student Category), the 2004 Metrobank Art and Design Excellence (Oil-Based Medium on Canvas Category), and the
Reynaldo Samson Jr.
Philippines
Although a graduate in Banking and Finance from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Sta. Mesa, Manila, Reynaldo Samson Jr. has joined the illustrious footsteps of his brothers who are also all painters. Already in 2009, he achieved Top 10 Regional Winner for Luzon Art Awards, Philippine Art Awards sponsored by the Philip Morris Group.
Kris Soguilon
Philippines
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.
Andre Tan
Singapore
Andre Tan obtained his Diploma in Fine Arts (Painting) from the LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore (2000), his Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art with 1st Class Honors from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (2004) and returned to LASALLE for his Master of Arts in Fine Arts (2006). Andre is the recipient of the Judge’s Choice for UTGP08-Kenichiro Mogi Prize (2008, Japan), Studentship Scheme (2005) in LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, and also the Georgette Chen Arts Schola
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.
Ye Ruoshi 叶若诗
Singapore
Ye Ruoshi 叶若诗 (born 1973) is a Singaporean Artist and an avid Cantonese opera performer. A graduate of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) in 1993, she was an accomplished illustrator and graphic designer before becoming a full-time painter in 2004 with her flower-inspired abstractions (Flowerism series). Her style changed over the years to develop into the 'Hua Dan' series which drew inspiration from her parallel practice in traditional Chinese opera performance and excessive collecti
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