Quek Kiat Sing

Quek Kiat Sing has gained recognition in local awards such as the United Overseas Bank Painting of the Year Competition and the Dr Tan Tsze Chor Art Award. She also represented Singapore at the ASEAN Cultural Week in Vietnam in 2004 and participated in the China ASEAN Youth Artwork Creativity Contest in China in 2006. In 2008, she was selected for Vermont Studio Centre Residency in USA. At present, she lectures part-time at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts

Quek works in watercolour and received the Highly Commended Award for the UOB Painting of the Year competition for two years in a row in 2004 and 2005.

Born 1972, Singapore.

 

Education

2000

Bachelor of Arts (Distinction in Fine Art), Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia

1997

Bachelor of Social Science (Honours Degree in Political Science), National University of Singapore, Singapore

 

Solo Exhibitions

2011    

Ink Shadows, Chan-Hampe Gallery, Singapore

2008    

Within Four Rooms, Esplanade, Singapore

2003    

Shift, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Singapore

2002    

Moodscape Drawings, Gallery Evason, Singapore

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2012    

Mo, Jendela Gallery, Esplanade, Singapore

The 2011 Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

 

2011    

Kibou Mirai, Studio Miu, Takashimaya S.C., Singapore

Unshakable, Light Editions Gallery, Singapore

 

2010    

The 2010 Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Artspace@Helutrans, Singapore

Around the Corner, Studio Miu, Takashimaya S. C., Singapore
Hwa Hun Art Society 38^th Anniversary Exhibition, MICA Atrium, Singapore

 

2009    

Petite, Studio Miu, Takashimaya S.C., Singapore

Saturday Dance Class, University Cultural Centre, National University of Singapore, Singapore

 

2008    

Ink Search, Studio Miu, Takashimaya S.C., Singapore

Art Singapore, Suntec City, Singapore

 

2007    

Dr Tan Tsze Chor Art Award Open Competition, Ngee Ann Cultural Centre, Singapore

Art in Action, Waterperry House, Oxfordshires, United Kingdom

Ink Memos, Studio Miu, Takashimaya S.C. Singapore

 

2006    

China ASEAN Youth Artwork Creativity Contest, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Withdrawing: Marks and Gestures, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore

Mini Showcase, Studio Miu, Takashimaya S.C., Singapore

 

2005    

Singapore Art Show - Line Art, Singapore Management University, Singapore

Art for All, Bangkok, Thailand

The Sixth Face, MICA ARTrium, Singapore
The 24^th UOB Painting of the Year Competition, Esplanade, Singapore

Global Artist Movement Exhibition, Okazaki, Japan

Peranakan Art II: Humble Form, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore

 

2004    

Dr Tan Tsze Chor Art Award Open Competition, Ngee Ann Cultural Centre, Singapore

Eye è City – A Visual Account of the Last 24 Hours of 2003, ARTrium@MICA, Singapore

ASEAN Cultural Week – Tradition and Modernity, Hanoi & Ha Long Bay, Vietnam

The 23^rd UOB Painting of the Year Competition, Esplanade, Singapore

In the Flesh, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore

at infinity, Esplanade, Singapore

 

2003    

More and Less, Sculpture Square, Singapore

 

2001      

The Case (of):, Alliance Francaise de Singapour, Singapore

Women Beyond Borders, Sculpture Square & K K Hospital, Singapore

 

2000      

The 19^th UOB Painting of the Year Competition, UOB Plaza, Singapore

Crossing, Sculpture Square, Singapore

 

1993

1st Inter-Tertiary Cultural Festival, National University of Singapore, Singapore

 

Residency

2008    

Vermont Art Studio Residency, United States of America.

2003
Plum Blossom International Gallery, Singapore.

Awards

2011    

20 Top Singapore Finalist, The 2011 Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Hong Kong

Honourable Mention, Freeman Fellowship, Vermont Art Studio, USA

2010    

20 Top Singapore Finalist, The 2010 Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Hong Kong

2007    

Dr Tan Tsze Chor Art Award, Singapore

2006    

Encouragement Award, China ASEAN Youth Artwork Creativity Contest, China

2005    

Highly Commended Award, The 24^th UOB Painting of the Year Competition, Singapore

2004    

Highly Commended Award, The 23^rd UOB Painting of the Year Competition, Singapore

Dr Tan Tsze Chor Art Award, Singapore

2002    

Emerging Artist Grants, National Arts Council, Singapore

2001      

Highly Commended Award, The 19^th  UOB Painting of the Year Competition, Singapore

1999    

Arts Bursary, National Arts Council, Singapore

1989    

Award of Merit, Shankar’s International Children’s Competition, New Delhi, India

Reviews and Publications

·          "????????????" My Paper, Singapore Press Holdings, 1 Nov 2010, B11

·          “???”by????????"Nanyang Academy of Fine Art: Singapore, 2010 August, Issue: 31, pp 2-5

·          “Saturday Dance Class” by Chou Su-Ling, Asia Dance Channel, MPH Group Printing: Malaysia,  June-    

           November 2010, Vol. 02, No. 1, pp37 & 38.

·          Review on “Within Four Rooms”, Lianhe Zaobao, Singapore Press Holdings, 3 May 2008, p20.

·          Scapes and Senses, Visual Arts Apr-Jun2008, The Esplanade Co. Ltd, p10-17.

·          Elle Special: Rising Stars, Elle Magazine, March 2006, Singapore, p110.

·          Review on “The Sixth Face”, Xin Min Re Bao, Singapore Press Holdings, 30 May 2005, p8.

·          Review on “The Sixth Face”, Lianhe Zaobao, Singapore Press Holding, 6 June 2005.

·          Review of Eye è City by Huang Xiang Jin, zbNow Section, Lianhe ZaoBao, Singapore Press Holdings, p2, 22 Sep

           2004

·          Of Toast & Tales, Visual Arts Jan-Mar 2004, edited by Susie Wong, The Esplanade Co. Ltd, pp 54-57, 2004

·          Review of Shift by Wu Qiji, zbNow Section, Lianhe Zaobao, Singapore Press Holdings, p5, 8 Oct 2003

·          Ink Journeys Continued by Teo Han Wue, Shift Exhibition Catalogue, Oct 2003

·          Traditional Gulfs by Calvin Tan Boon Hui, Shift Exhibition Catalogue, Oct 2003

·          Review of Moodscape Drawings: First Solo by Quek Kiat Sing by Tang Ling Nah, Vehicle, Plastique Kinetic   

           Worms, Issue_05-2002, p 6, 2002

·          A Splash of Truth by Chua Ek Kay, Preface I, Moodscape Drawing Exhibition Catalogue, Feb 2002

·          Ink Journey by Teo Han Wue, Preface II, Moodscape Drawings Exhibition Catalogue, Feb 2002

·          Lien, Alliance Francaise de Singapour, p 69, January - Feb 2001

·          Watering ground for the arts, Life, Straits Times, Singapore Press Holdings, p 8, 27 May 2000