About Yeo Shih Yun

Yeo Shih Yun (b. 1976, Singapore) is a acknowledged Singaporean artist whose progressive strategy to ink portray received her worldwide acclaim. She obtained a Bachelor’s diploma in Enterprise Administration from the Nationwide College of Singapore in 1998.

Soon Yeo would pursue a Diploma in Communication Design at LASALLE-SIA School of the Arts in 2001. Consequently, she gained the Submit Baccalaureate Programme in portray on the San Francisco Artwork Institute in 2002.

Approaching Ink Portray 

Yeo’s experimental fusion of conventional ink portray with up to date mediums, reminiscent of new media and efficiency artwork, has resulted in dynamic and unpredictable works that problem typical notions of the medium. Her distinctive artistic course of has earned her recognition, together with a 2011 fee by the Singapore Artwork Museum and the Folks’s Selection Award for “Conversations with Timber,” which was nominated for Sovereign Asian Artwork Prize Finalists in 2012 and auctioned by Christie’s Asia. She has additionally gained the UOB Portray of the 12 months Competitors (Distinction in Summary class) twice, in 1999 and 2007.

Exhibitions and Participations

Yeo has held exhibitions in main cities, together with Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, Shanghai, Tokyo, and New York, and has accomplished quite a few commissions, together with Nationwide Gallery Singapore’s “My Ink-credible Journey” and her solo exhibition at Esplanade, titled “Probability Encounters,” in 2021. 

She participated within the “NFTs + The Ever-Evolving World of Artwork” Tezos exhibition at Artwork Basel Hong Kong in Could 2022 and the “Digital Baroque” exhibition and public sale curated by 4ART NFT+ market and minted on Palm community.

In 2017, Yeo printed her first ebook, “INKPULSE: the artwork of Yeo Shih Yun,” which chronicles her artistic course of and highlights her pursuit of recent depths and views inside and past Summary Expressionism. Moreover, Yeo is the Founding father of “INSTINC,” an unbiased artwork house in Singapore.

Yeo’s progressive strategy to ink artwork has considerably impacted the event of the medium each in Singapore and internationally. 

 We had an unique interview together with her!

Howdy Yeo! When or how have you ever understood you wished to develop into an artist?

Rising up, my mum inspired me to do no matter me. By age 5, I knew artwork could be important to my world. Regardless of my deepest needs of making artwork , I didn’t get to embark on any formal artwork coaching till my early twenties – compelled by the sensible considerations of life. For my mum’s peace of thoughts, I needed to full my Enterprise diploma course from NUS earlier than I may lastly pursue my true ardour and enroll myself in LASALLE School of the Arts. At the moment, my resolution was frowned upon and appeared to puzzle many, however I knew for sure that artwork was the epicenter of my core and calling for all times. I couldn’t think about the rest.

Please briefly describe your approach and inform us what drives you to make artwork.

As an artist, I continuously draw to the wealthy historical past and limitless potential of ink portray. My ardour for this historical medium has led me on a journey of experimentation and exploration, fusing conventional methods with up to date mediums and unconventional instruments.

Certainly one of my distinctive approaches to creating artwork is my collaboration with surprising companions. I discover inspiration in nature’s natural and unpredictable types and infrequently work in tandem with timber to create summary compositions. For this, I additionally take pleasure in utilizing non-traditional instruments reminiscent of distant management automobiles and toy robots, infusing my works with playful and kooky power.

By way of this unorthodox strategy, I search to problem the boundaries of conventional ink portray and discover new depths of creativity. I embrace the fluidity and spontaneity of motion, permitting likelihood and improvisation to play a job in my works.

My artistic course of is fixed experimentation and exploration, pushing the boundaries of what’s doable with ink portray. By embracing the surprising and collaborating with the world round me, I search to create really distinctive works that mirror my ardour for this historical medium.

In the end, my artwork displays my deep respect for the wealthy historical past and limitless potential of ink portray and my unwavering dedication to exploring its limitless prospects.

What’s the fundamental function that has modified in your work or follow?

My works have gotten extra distinguished in scale, and in addition, since 2020, I’ve used extra digital media in my works,

Which artist primarily conjures up your work? And is there one thing else, outdoors visible arts, that retains you motivated?

Laborious to call only one. Some are Robert Motherwell, Toko Shinoda, and Chua Ek Kay. I really like touring!

How would you want individuals to have interaction together with your work?

Really feel the power from the ‘works.’

Unfold the phrase! Do you could have something thrilling on the horizon?

Sure, I’ve an upcoming solo present named SEPTUM that may open from 21-30 APRIL at SUPPER HOUSE in Singapore.

In Latin, SEPTUM means Seven, representing the collection of seven work and poems. This exhibition goals to interrupt down the perceived separations between artwork types, creating an immersive set up.

The work, created with industrial sponges, are a results of masterful management of the water-based medium. Poet Euginia Tan crafted
seven summary textual content poems in response to every portray, infusing a visible layer to the phrases. The exhibition will even be documented in a restricted version publication.

SEPTUM is a brand new chapter for Yeo Shih Yun, pushing her boundaries together with her methods, medium, and expression. The artworks bear her signature daring strokes and robust composition however with contemporary colours and newfound
fluidity.

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