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VALERIE NG

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. 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.

Inspired by the natural elements, hues, shapes and effects of the environment the works invite you to wander along to experience the sensation of colour and abstract journeys. Having a keen interest in digital processes and paper, her artworks include artists’ books, papier-mache objects, collage and mixed media.

Her paintings have been exhibited at the Singapore Art Museum as well as the National Art Gallery, Malaysia. She has had solo exhibitions at the UOB Art Gallery, Substation, Maya and Mulan Gallery, as well as group exhibitions at instinc, One East Asia and Jendela Gallery at the Esplanade. In addition, her works have been auctioned by Larasati Auctioneers in Singapore.

In 2018, she won the Bronze in the United Overseas Bank (UOB) Painting of the Year Competition (Singapore). Previously, she was awarded First Prize in the Abstract category in 2004 as well as Highly-Commended awards in 2006. Her paintings have been shortlisted for the Sovereign Asian Art Prize in 2019 and 2021 in Hong Kong. She has also 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 has done artist residencies in Portugal, Italy, Vermont USA, Iceland and Finland. Her paintings can be found in corporate and private collections both locally and overseas.

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Solo Exhibitions
2022 02 - 30 Jul Wild Fragments, Maya Gallery, Singapore
2019 07 May - 04 Jul Adrift in Colour, UOB Art Gallery, Singapore
2014 06 - 21 Jun Terra Incognito, Maya Gallery, Singapore
2012 22 Sep - 27 Oct SurfaceScapes, Mulan Gallery, Singapore
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
2024 17 - 28 Jan Between Systems: In Practice, UltraSuperNew, Singapore
2023 6 Oct - 3 Nov Thinking About Abstraction PART II, 39+ Art Space, Singapore
2023 5 – 10 Sep Legacy Art Charity Event, Buddha Tooth Relic Temple, Singapore
2023 1 Jul Day Night Popup instinc @ Ultrasupernew, Singapore
2023 9 – 12 Mar Art of Trash Finalist Exhibition, Gardens by The Bay, Singapore
2022 28 Jun – 6 Jul Redaction, The Substation Exhibition at Visual Arts Centre, Singapore
2022 29 Apr - 1 May Probably Nothing, NFT Exhibition, instinc, Singapore
2022 Apr Virtual Encounters, mayaspace Online
2022 3 - 12 Mar Methods of Abstraction, One East Asia, Online
2021 8 Sep Concretehouse.art. Virtual Exhibition.
2021 5 - 16 May 2021 Sovereign Asian Art Prize Finalists Exhibition. Hong Kong
2021 8 - 28 May Reflection, Maya Gallery, Singapore.
2020 Nov - Dec Artefact Discovery AR Trail, Online Exhibition, Singapore.
2019 17 - 29 Apr 2019 Sovereign Asian Art Prize Finalists Exhibition. HART Hall at H Queen's, Hong Kong
2018 Nov - 2019 Feb UOB 37th Painting of the Year Exhibition. UOB Gallery, Singapore
2018 18-28 Jul Liquid Light, Maya Gallery, Singapore.
2018 Mar Drawn into Nature, Safra Mt Faber, Singapore
2018 Jun/Jul Nes Alumni Exhibition, Iceland
2018 Feb - Mar Second Bloom, Instinc X Moyem, Singapore.
2016 May - Oct BIENNALE ARTE Dolomiti 2016, Cibiana di Cadore (BL), Italy
2016 Dec & Jan Liquid Textures & Lost in the Little Red Dot, Collab Exhibitions, Instinc, Singapore
2016 Jan Art Apart Fair, Parkroyal Hotel, Singapore
2015 Oct / 2014 Nov Malaysian & SouthEast Asian Art Auction, Henry Butcher, KL, Malaysia
2015 20-22 Nov Pameran Poskad, Gillman Barracks, Singapore
2015 19-22 Nov Bank Art Fair, Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore
2015 1 Sep - 24 Nov Venice-Triennale Freedom in Art, Palazzo Albrizzi, Italy
2015 5 Mar - 5 Apr Purple, One East Asia ARTSpace, Singapore
2015 26 Feb - 4 Mar In Search of Identity, Artspace@222, Singapore
2014 20-23 Nov instinc10 The Great Collaboration, Affordable Art Fair, Singapore
2014 15-21 Nov FreshAir Fine Arts Festival, The Luxe Art Museum, Singapore
2014 23-25 May Affordable Art Fair Singapore with Maya Gallery
2014 18-21 Apr Artshow Busan, 18-21 Apr, Korea
2014 Apr - May Spring! Fullerton Hotel, Singapore
2014 Mar, 2013 Dec We are Women, 10 days of Fun, artspace@222, Singapore
2013 July Cliftons Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, Singapore
2013 June Ethereal Roots, Mulan Gallery, Singapore
2013 23 - 26 May BANK ART FAIR, Maya Gallery, Hong Kong
2013 Mar & May éncore! & Collective Asia @ Luxe Art Museum, Maya Gallery, Singapore
2013 Feb Colourful Chaos, Maya Gallery, Singapore
2012 Jan 7Adam Gallery Restaurant, Singapore
2011 3 - 30 Nov Can I have some too? Art Complete, Volvo Art Loft, Singapore
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 (Bakat Muda Sezaman), 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
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 & Honours
2019 & 2021 Sovereign Asian Art Prize - Finalist. Hong Kong
2018 37th UOB Painting of the Year Competition - Bronze Award
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
Collection/Commissions
2023 Commission of Artworks for Facade of UOB Bank Orchard, Raffles Place and Woodleigh Branches, Singapore
2014, 2011 Collection of Organisation (Confidential), New York, USA | Berlin, Germany
2014 L'Viv | Tampines Grande | One Farrer Hotel & Spa, Singapore
2012 Equarius Hotel, Resorts World Singapore
2006 Mr Koh Seow Chuan
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
Residencies
2019 Jul Cortex Frontal Residency, Arraiolos, Portugal
2015 Oct New Zealand Pacific Studio, Masterton, New Zealand
2014 Sep Mountain Residency, Cibiana di Cadore, Italy
2012 Mar Arteles Creative Center, Finland
2010 Jun Nes Artist Residency, Iceland
2009 May Vermont Studios Center, USA
2006 instinc, Singapore
Art/Work Experience
2006 - current Freelance Visual Arts Workshops including for SCYA, Lescalier, instinc, PA Singapore, UNDP Malaysia
2003 - 2005 Manager and Designer of Papier Pte Ltd, Handmade Paper Store
1996 - current Freelance Web Design and Development
Education
2013 Painting Course, Ox-Bow, in affiliation with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA
2009 Summer Painting Workshop, The Art Students League of New York, USA
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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