Toh Pei Sze, Betsy
Installation Artist and Photographer
Betsy Toh was a recipient of the Lee Kuan Yew Gold Medal Award for 2001–2. She is currently an art teacher at Peirce Secondary School, Singapore. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours in Visual Arts) with Diploma in Education from Nanyang Technological University/National Institute of Education. Though devoted in her teaching assignments, Toh continues to be active in her own art practice. She was one of the four artists who participated in a time- and community-based collaborative art project titled Blk 124 Kim Tian Place in Nokia Singapore Art 2001. The project involved interaction with the public, and had received overwhelming response. A versatile artist, Toh has explored various issues in her work, and has exhibited her installations and photographic works in Singapore.
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Artist Statement
I am interested in glass, mirrors and other
reflective surfaces as my art material. In recent works, I move further to
include the use of surveillance cameras and mirrors in my interactive
installations. With my work, I am exploring the notions of “who is looking at
who” and public & private space.
Education
2002 Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Nanyang Technological University (NTU) /
National
Institute of Education (NIE), Singapore.
2001 Bachelor of Arts with Diploma in Education, Nanyang Technological
University
(NTU) / National Institute of Education (NIE), Singapore.
Selected awards / collections
Lee Kuan Yew Gold Medal Award, Singapore, 2001 and 2002.
Art Gold Medal Awards, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, 2001
and 2002.
Selected exhibitions / activities
ARTSingapore 2002, an Asian contemporary art fair showcasing Asian artists,
Suntec City, Singapore, 2002.
Media Series, 4-artists exhibition showing works that involved the use of
multi-media, Plastique Kinetic Worms (PKW), Singapore, 2002.
International Symposium on Public Engaged Art, Documentation Exhibition on
public engaged art, The Substation, Singapore, 2002.
Trivial Matters, BA (Hons) graduating art exhibition, The Art Gallery, Nanyang
Technological University (NTU) / National Institute of Education (NIE), Jurong
Campus, Singapore, 2001.
Nokia Singapore Art 2001: Blk 124 Kim Tian Place, a time-based and
community-based, collaborative art project that involved interaction among the
public, the residence of Blk 124 and four artists (Tang Dawu, Lee Foo Koon, Ho
Soon Yeen and Betsy Toh).
Blk 124 Kim Tian Place, Singapore, 2001.
Ephphatha, BA Year 4 graduating Art Exhibition, The Art Gallery, Nanyang
Technological University (NTU) / National Institute of Education (NIE), Jurong
Campus, Singapore, 2001.
!maging, Photography Exhibition, The Art Gallery, Nanyang Technological
University (NTU) / National Institute of Education (NIE), Jurong Campus,
Singapore, 2001.
A Retrospect, BA Year 3 Art Exhibition, The Red Door Gallery, Nanyang
Technological University (NTU) / National Institute of Education (NIE), Bukit
Timah Campus, Singapore, 2000.
Aspiration, Mirror and Glass Installation, Small Door Gallery, Nanyang
Technological University (NTU) / National Institute of Education (NIE), Bukit
Timah Campus, Singapore, 2000.
An untitled photography exhibition, The Red Door Gallery, Nanyang Technological
University (NTU) / National Institute of Education (NIE), Bukit Timah Campus,
Singapore, 1999.
Participating Artist of 10:10, an artists-exchange co-hosted by University of
Western Sydney, The Substation and Plastique Kinetic Worms (PKW), which includes
one exhibition in Singapore and one exhibition in Sydney, 2002 - 2003.
Participant of International Symposium on Public Engaged Art, The Substation,
Singapore, 2002.
Artist project, Blk 124 Kim Tian Place (Nokia Singapore Art 2001), a time-based
and community-based collaborative art project that involved interaction among
the public, residence of Blk 124 and four artists (Tang Dawu, Lee Foo Koon, Ho
Soon Yeen and Betsy Toh). Blk 124 Kim Tian Place, Singapore, 2001 - 2002.
Designer and Photographer of Catalogue for Foundation Program Office of National
Institute of Education, National Institute of Education (NIE), Singapore, 2001.
Teacher of Workshop on Molding for Young Children (ages 5 - 7), Singapore Art
Museum (SAM), Singapore, 2000.
