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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