Dawn Ng

Dawn Ng is an artist from Singapore.[1][2][3][4] She works across a breadth of media ranging from collage, photography, illustration, light, and installations. She is most well known for her ubiquitous Walter series [5] that was acquired by the Singapore Art Museum and Sixteen that was exhibited at the inaugural Art Basel Hong Kong.

Ng studied studio art and journalism at Georgetown University and the UCL Slade School of Fine Art. She is represented by Chan Hampe Galleries, Singapore.[6]

In 2015 her work was included in Open Sea at the Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, an exploration of the contemporary art scene of Southeast Asia with a major focus on Singapore.[7]

In 2016 Dawn inaugurated the opening of Aloft at Hermès as the store reopened in Liat Towers, Singapore.[8][9]

Selected Exhibitions

2015, A Thing of Beauty,[10] Art Paris Art Fair

The photographic series A Thing of Beauty captures installations of small, locally sourced objects, collected from a range of stores in residential Singapore – from bakeries to convenience stores.[11][12][13][14][15]

2013, Sixteen,[16] Art Basel Hong Kong

Sixteen is an installation of 16 wooden chests built in a spectrum of colors. These chests are crafted to resemble treasure boxes, which fit one inside the other — the largest, the size of an oversized antique travel trunk, down to the smallest, the size of a musical box. Each chest is labeled both on the outside and on the inside with brass-engraved plaques, whose texts relate to the colour of it.[17][18][19]

2012, Everything You Ever Wanted Is Right Here,[20] Chan Hampe Galleries, Singapore

Everything You Ever Wanted is Right Here is a series of handcrafted photographic collages. The work is a tongue-in-cheek visual documentary of contemporary Singapore, constructed over a 4-month period of photographic documentation and interviews with locals. By slicing words through large scale photographs, the collages expose the cultural sentiments bubbling beneath one the world’s most highly case-studied cities, as it tells the ongoing story of a country "in-the making".

2011, Walter, Singapore Art Museum

This series of photographs by Dawn Ng features a curious colossal bunny named Walter that pops up across Singapore’s standard landscape of flats and heartland enclaves. By placing Walter at various spots in Singapore and photographing these interesting scenarios in which the giant rabbit contrasts with his environment, the artist encourages people to re-examine overlooked places, local sites, and sights.

References

  1. Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop,"50 Singaporean Artists You Should Know for SG50", Blouin Artinfo, December 30, 2014. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  2. "Who is futureproofing Singaporean art? 26 young artists in SAM survey", Art Radar, May 2, 2012. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  3. Anna Dickie,"A conversation with Dawn Ng", Ocula, December 28, 2013. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  4. Desiree Koh,"Singapore's Flourishing Art Scene" Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine, SilverKris - The Travel Magazine of Singapore Airlines, August 14, 2014. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  5. Valerie Lim,"Coffee With... Dawn Ng" Archived 2015-03-19 at the Wayback Machine, Poached, February, 2014. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  6. "Dawn Ng" Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine, Chan Hampe Galleries, 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
  7. Nicholas Forrest,"MAC Lyon Celebrates the Contemporary Art of Southeast Asia", Blouin Artinfo, April 29, 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  8. Adibah Isa,"Interview with Dawn Ng for Aloft at Hermès: I believe there are worlds beyond worlds of colour", Buro 24/7, May 19, 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  9. "Aloft at Hermès exhibitions, 2008–2016". Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  10. C. A. Xuan Mai Ardia,"8 artists to know at Art Paris Art Fair 2015", Art Radar, March 27, 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  11. Celeste Charlotte,"A Thing of Beauty by Dawn Ng" Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine, The Muse, January 19, 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  12. Catherine Wong,"Artful Seer: Dawn Ng" Archived 2015-05-21 at the Wayback Machine, Prestige, March 9, 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  13. Cheah Ui-Hoon,"Eye Opening Art Paris Art Fair", The Business Times, April 3, 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  14. Mayo Martin,"Bonjour, Singapour: The artistic ties that bind S’pore and France", Today, April 4, 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  15. Daniel Hilarion Lim,"Dawn Ng, Artist - To Paris With Love", Billionaire, May 10, 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  16. Brian Boucher,"Singaporean Artist Scores at Art Basel in Hong Kong", Art in America, May 24, 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  17. Deepika Shetty,"Art Basel, HK off to flying start", The Straits Times, May 23, 2013. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  18. "Chan Hampe Galleries at Art Basel HK", InDesign, June 21, 2013. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  19. Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop,"Artist Dawn Ng Unpacks Nomadic Lifestyle", Blouin Artinfo, May 22, 2013. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  20. "Everything Your Ever Wanted Is Right Here" Archived 2015-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, Chan Hampe Galleries, 2012. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
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