Valerie Ng
Largely self-taught, Valerie has always enjoyed painting and creating art
pieces. However, she 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.
Her medium is mostly oil or acrylic on canvas/paper. Paintings in an abstract
expressionist style. They are created as a result of her explorations in colour,
form, texture, depth, mood and movement on a surface. She also finds inspiration
in shapes and patterns around her be it from objects, materials, nature, culture
or architecture.
Her works have been exhibited at United Overseas Bank (UOB) Painting of the Year
2004 Exhibition where she won the First Prize in the Abstract medium category,
Bottomline.Chinese, Jendela Gallery, Feb 2005, The Summer Foundation Group Show
at The Slade, London, 2002 and a solo exhibition ‘Distractions’ held at Emerald
Hill, 2004. They have also been displayed at the National Libraries in Seng Kang
and Marine Parade, 2003 and the Anthropology Gallery in Holland Village, 2003.
Her paintings can be found in private collections in Singapore, Australia, New
Zealand, the UK, the USA, Mexico and Germany.
Exhibitions
2005 14 Jan – 23 Feb Bottomline. Chinese, Jendela Gallery, Singapore (group
exhibition)
2004 02 Sept – 16 Sept Distractions, Emerald Hill shophouse, Singapore (solo
exhibition)
2004 18 July – 6 Aug 23rd UOB Painting of the Year Exhibition, Jendela Gallery,
Singapore (group exhibition)
2002 The Summer Foundation Group Show at The Slade, London (group exhibition)
1995 Melbourne Fringe Festival, Australia (group exhibition)
Award
2004 23rd UOB Painting of the Year – Abstract Medium Category First Prize
Education
2002 Alternative Foundation in Fine Art at The Slade Summer School, The Slade
School of Fine Art, University College of London
1995 – 1993 Bachelor of Computing (Computer Science), Monash University,
Melbourne, Australia
Biography of Valerie Ng
Largely self-taught, Valerie has always enjoyed painting and creating art. She
took up painting seriously in 2002 after attending the Alternative (Summer)
Foundation in Fine Art, at The Slade School of Fine Art, University College of
London. Her abstract paintings are created as a result of her explorations in
colour, form, texture, depth, mood and movement on a surface. She won the First
Prize (Abstract Medium Category) in the UOB Painting of the Year 2004 and has
recently exhibited at Art Singapore, the Wetterling Teo Gallery (Solo
Exhibition) and the Jendela Gallery in 2005. Her paintings can be found in
private and corporate collections locally and overseas.
Abstract Expressionism
A Painting Exhibition by Valerie Ng
April - May 2003
Having studied in Saint Martins College of Art & Design and The Slade School of
Fine Art in London, Valerie Ng's works go on display at Anthropology’s Gallery
in Holland Village during the month of April.
This exhibition showcases her oil on canvas works in an abstract expressive
style. Some titles of her work include Currents, Black Gold & Velvet and are
created as a result of how she feels each time she sits in front of a canvas.
Pavement was painted on MDF (Multi Density Board) that has been primed for
painting.
Her works have been previously displayed at The Slade in London, Seng Kang and
Marine Parade Libraries in Singapore
Moving Textures
Textures are created when surfaces are given an added dimension; one that comes
with various underlying layers, giving an object form and richness. The
multiplicities of life itself can never be defined in a single superficial
surface and it is the texture that could offer one insights into the essence of
the life. Just as life is never stagnant as it progresses or regresses along its
journey, there is no permanence to textures as they evolve with growth in the
form, shapes and patterns or they could be eroded when the same variables go
through a negation. Hence, moving textures. This collection of works aims to
establish a metaphorical relationship between what the artist has created as
unique, evolving textures, and the intricacies of life.
Some of the paintings featured bring the viewer back to the very core of life’s
basics - nature. ‘Earth Triptych’ connotes the beginning of life’s journey from
nature with its reference to Ground – from which all things originate; Earth –
on which we walk in our journey; Sky – upon which the complexities and
possibilities of life are reflected. Other works which are created with a
geometric or patterned style, focus on the phases of life with the segmented
shapes and flows, each inter-weaving another that suggests an intrinsic
cause-and-effect connection.
Moving Textures
Wetterling Teo Gallery3 Kim Yam Road, Singapore 239321
13th May 2005 – 30th June 2005
10am – 7pm [Mon - Fri] 1pm – 7pm [Sat]
Admission Free