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VALERIE NG

Driftwood Triplicites	Artist Bio Valerie took up painting seriously in 2002 after attending the Alternative Foundation in Fine Art at The Slade Summer School, The Slade School of Fine Art, University College of London, UK. Working mainly in oil on canvas or acrylic on paper, with paintings in an abstract expressionist style. They are created as a result of her explorations in colour, light, depth, form and texture, as well as inspired by the natural elements, hues and shapes in the environment. She strives for a quiet balance with a sense of mood and movement on the surface, through a unique transfer of energy in the action of painting. Having a keen interest in paper and craft, her art objects also include artist books, papier-mache and collage pieces. Her paintings have been exhibited at the Singapore Art Museum as well as the National Art Gallery, Malaysia. She has held several solo exhibitions including at the Substation and Wetterling Teo Gallery, as well as group exhibitions at instinc, Telok Kurau Studios and Jendela Gallery at the Esplanade. In addition, her paintings have been auctioned by Larasati Auctioneers in Singapore. She won First Prize in the Abstract medium category, United Overseas Bank (UOB) Painting of the Year 2004 Competition (Singapore) as well as Highly-Commended awards in 2006. Has received a Distinction in the Malaysian Art Competition (2007) and been selected for the Young Contemporaries 2006 in Malaysia. A Malaysian based in Singapore, she was part of arts collective instinc in 2006, and has done artist residencies at the Vermont Studios Center, USA in 2009 and Nes, Iceland in 2010. Her paintings can be found in corporate and private collections in Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, UK, USA, Mexico, Sweden and Germany. << back \| Contact
Solo Exhibitions
2009 25 Sep - 07 Oct	Elemental Shifts, The Substation, Singapore
2007 28 Jul - 25 Aug	Veneer, Que Pasa, Singapore
2007 21 Mar - 11 Apr	Reconstructions, Pitch Black, Singapore
2006 01 Sep - 30 Sep	Chaos into Light, instinc, Singapore
2005 13 May - 30 Jun	Moving Textures, Wetterling Teo Gallery, Singapore
2004 02 Sep - 16 Sep	Distractions, 23 Emerald Hill, Singapore
Group Exhibitions
2011 8 - 11 Sep	Glimpses, Singapore Embassy in Berlin, Germany
2010 17 – 22 Dec	Is that a Temple?, Evil Empire, Singapore
2010 15 Oct	Seeing is Believing Art Auction, SCYA/SCB, Asian Civilizations Museum, Singapore
2010 08 Oct - 11 Oct	ARTSingapore, Asian Contemporary Art Fair, New Finds Gallery, Singapore
2010 14 Aug	LARASATI Pictures of Asia Fine Art Auction, Singapore
2010 07 Jan - 21 Jan	Poetry in Action - Women in Arts Festival, SCWO Centre, Singapore
2009 01 Sep – 15 Sep	Convergence, Telok Kurau Gallery & instinc, Singapore
2009 19 Mar – 22 Mar	LARASATI Pictures of Asia Fine Art Auction, Singapore
2008 06 Dec – 20 Dec	Pameran Poskad ’08, House at Dempsey, Singapore
2008 04 Jul – 06 Jul	Inspired Art Fair, Spitalfields Market, London, UK
2008 10 Jan - 04 Feb	Random Starts, The Volvo Art Loft, Singapore
2007 02 Nov - 31 Dec	The Young Contemporaries 2006, National Art Gallery, Malaysia
2007 19 Oct - 21 Oct	LARASATI Pictures of Asia Fine Art Auction, The Marriot Hotel, Singapore
2007 09 Sep - 30 Sep	Malaysian Art Competition, Johor Art Society, Malaysia
2007 10 Aug - 01 Sep	Text/Txt, Artisan Books, Australia
2007 03 Aug - 03 Sep	Singapore Art Exhibition, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
2007 27 Apr - 30 Apr	LARASATI Fine Art Auction, Marriot Hotel, Singapore
2006 25 Nov - 16 Dec	ART +- 1000, Valentine Willie Fine Art, KL, Malaysia
2006 08 Nov - 09 Dec	Macro-Micro:153, instinc Gallery, Singapore
2006 20 Oct - 23 Oct	LARASATI Fine Art Auction, Marriot Hotel, Singapore
2006 10 Sep - 24 Sep	25th UOB Painting of the Year Exhibition, Jendela Gallery, Singapore
2006 10 Aug - 02 Sep	RED/READ @ Artisan Books Melb, Australia
2006 29 Jun - 15 Sept	Johor Artist's Exhibition, Balai Seni / National Art Gallery, Malaysia.
2006 01 Mar - 30 June	Parallel Journeys, Art Space, Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore. (group exhibition)
2006 06 Jan - 31 Jan	mono-chromatic, instinc, Singapore
2005 Oct	Art Singapore, Suntec City, Singapore
2005 30 Mar - 22 April	Unspoken Words, instinc, Singapore
2005 14 Jan - 23 Feb	Bottomline. Chinese, Jendela Gallery, Singapore
2004 18 July - 6 Aug	23rd UOB Painting of the Year Exhibition, Jendela Gallery, Singapore
2003 1 April - 30 April	Anthropology Gallery, Holland Village, Singapore.
2003	National Libraries in Seng Kang and Marine Parade, Singapore
2002	The Summer Foundation Group Show at The Slade, London
1995	Melbourne Fringe Festival, Australia
Awards
2007	Distinction, Malaysian Art Competition 2007
2006	25th UOB Painting of the Year - Abstract Medium Category 2 Highly-Commended Certificates
2004	23rd UOB Painting of the Year - Abstract Medium Category First Prize
Commissions
2006	Collaboration on Her World Magazine Photo Shoot
2005	Collaboration of Abstract Paintings for Saatchi & Saatchi Ad Agency used in Guinness, Asia Pacific Breweries Marketing Campaign.
2002	Tampines Arcadia Mural
Residency
2010 June	Nes Artist Residency, Iceland
2009 May	Vermont Studios Center, USA
Art/Work Experience
2006 - current	Freelance Visual Arts Trainer, including for Lescalier, instinc, People's Association Singaporel, UNDP Project
2003 - 2005	Manager and Designer of Papier Pte Ltd, Handmade Paper Store
1996 - current	Internet Developer/Designer
Education
2002	Alternative Foundation in Fine Art at The Slade Summer School, The Slade School of Fine Art, University College of London
2001	Introduction to Graphic Design, Short Course Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London, UK
1995 - 1993	Bachelor of Computing (Computer Science), Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

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