Victor Tan

Using metal wire to draw has given Victor Tan a new voice. A graduate from La Salle-SIA College of the Arts, Tan has been exhibiting with Very Special Arts, Singapore, since 1995 and held a few solo exhibitions in Singapore. He also stayed and worked in London on a sculpture attachment, as recipient of the prestigious Commonwealth Art Award (1999). One of his commission works is a series of five larger-than-life wire sculptures for permanent collection at the Singapore Expo.

Born 1969, Singapore.

EDUCATION
1995 - 1997
LaSalle-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore, Diploma in Fine Arts (Ceramics)

1998
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts (Sculpture)

AWARDS

1999
The Commonwealth Arts & Crafts Award, leading to a 5 month residency

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2000
"Born", Gallery 47, Central London, United Kingdom

2001
"Between 2 and 3", The Gallery Hotel, Singapore

2002
"Dawn", Art-2 Gallery, Singapore

2005
"Moment to Moment of Mindfulness", Art-2 Gallery, Singapore

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1995
Very Special Arts, Change Alley, Singapore
Touch Art, Clark Quay, Singapore

1996
Very Special Arts, Raffles City, Singapore
Artist Village, "Tour de Art Lah" (Festival of Arts), Art-bus, Singapore

1997
"Asian Winds" Art Festival, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space, Japan
Singapore Art '97, Suntec Convention Centre, Singapore

1998
President's Charity Show, Tourism Court, Singapore
Artist Feature 2, Art 2 Gallery, Singapore

1999
"Provocative Things", Sculpture Square, Singapore
Artist Feature 7, Art 2 Gallery, Singapore
Nokia Singapore Art 1999, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Nokia Singapore Art 1999, Telok Kurau Studios, Singapore

2000
"Anthology 2", Alliance Francaise, Singapore

2001
"New Creations", Telok Kurau Studios, Singapore
"Staring Out", Very Special Arts Exhibition, Raffles City, Singapore
Art-2 Tenth Anniversary Show, Art-2 Gallery, Singapore
Telok Kurau Studios 2001, Telok Kurau Studios, Singapore
"Spirits of the Child", Punggol Marina, Singapore

2002
"Proportions", Singapore Art Museum
Excerpts <Dawn + Umbrellaless> New Works from Victor Tan and December Pang, Karin-Weber Gallery, Hong Kong

2003
"One Elephant Went Out to Play, Up on a Spider's Web One Day", The Esplanade Mall, Singapore

2005
"New Creations", Telok Kurau Studios, Singapore

SCULPTURE PERMANENTLY IN PUBLIC SPACES

1999
"Okay", Singapore Expo, Foyer 1

2000
"Caring", Paragon Building, Singapore

2002
"The Millennium", Asian Civilisations Museum
"Dancers in the Wind", Temasek Junior College, Singapore

2003
"The Four Way Test", Singapore Botanic Gardens

2004
"The Moment - Seek" National University of Singapore Museum
"Untitled", Paterson Condominium, Singapore

2005
"The Open Door", Asian Women's Welfare Association