Biography of Shih Yun Yeo
Born in Singapore 1976, Shih Yun began her artistic career after graduating from San Francisco Art Institute. In 2004, she founded INSTINC an international artists' collective which has seen successful participations with artists from UK, US, Europe, Japan & Singapore as well as corporate co-productions with Moleskine, Smirnoff and Guinness. Apart from paintings and drawings, Shih Yun works with diverse mediums including lithography, screen printing and painting directly on 16mm films.
Influenced by Abstract Expressionists, Jackson Pollock, Robert Motherwell and Franz Kline, she is known for her strong energetic use of black ink and a passionate obsession with capturing the elusive moment that exists between chaos and order. Shih Yun has exhibited at numerous leading galleries in Singapore and Europe. Her recent exhibitions include her film screening at stiftelsen3,14 gallery, Norway, 'Hello World', Ito Folk Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan. Collections includes Aspen Re Collection, Singapore, The Four Seasons Hotel, Hangzhou at Westlake,China, Marina@Keppel Bay and arts patron, Mr Koh Seow Chuan. In 2008, an artwork was created by Shih Yun to commemorate the official opening of The Giving Place (National Volunteer & Philanthropy Center) by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Her recent awards include 26th UOB Painting of the Year Competition Singapore 2007, Certificate of Distinction and Highly commended entry(Abstract category). She recently also completed three artist residencies from Brussels and Slovenia in 2008 and Bergen, Norway in June 2009. She just finished her project & exhibition in New York in July and is preparing for her artist residency in Fukuoka, Japan in September 2010.
Curriculum Vitae
Shih Yun Yeo 姚诗韵,
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Born 1976, SINGAPORE
Education
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2001-2002 |
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San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California |
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1998-2001 |
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Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore |
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1995-1998 |
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National University of Singapore, Singapore |
Solo Exhibitions
2007
in the raw, Knoll gallery, Singapore
imperfectly perfect, Que Pasa, Singapore
urbanseries II, pitch black gallery, Singapore
2006
black rain, INSTINC, Singapore
2005
mini me, INSTINC, Singapore
2004
urbanseries, Anthropology Gallery, Singapore
2003
log:one03, Block43 Studio Gallery, Singapore
New Works on Paper 2003, Atelier J. Larcoix, Singapore
Works On Paper (NEWFINDS 2003), Art Forum, Singapore
2002
Moment, Intermezzo, Singapore
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
Coney Island Abstract, Campbell Studio, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2009
Sneeze Art Flair, Westbourne Studios-The Project Space, London, UK.
!gnite by Yeo Shih Yun and Katja Pal, The Volvo Art Loft, Singapore
New works by Shih Yun Yeo, Cobalt International Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Convergence by Wyn-Lyn Tan, Valerie Ng and Yeo Shih Yun, INSTINC and Telok Kurau Gallery, Singapore
artjoke(r)s by Katja Pal(Slovenia) and Yeo Shih Yun(Singapore), INSTINC, Singapore
Yang Fudong 'Seven Intellectuals in Bamboo Forest' & Shih Yun Yeo 'Diary', stiftelsen3,14 gallery, Norway
Hello World, Ito Folk Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
NUS Alumni Art exhibition, Shaw Foundation Alumni House, Singapore
Spring Lights, Artvine, Amsterdam, Netherlands
New Works, Fost Gallery, Singapore
2008
Proof V, Alliance Française de Singapour, Singapore
Light from the East, Artvine, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Lindart, Museum castle, Lendava, Slovenia
Eye Openers, Bains:Connective, Brussels, Belgium
How dare you, Stockartist's room, Berlin, Germany
Simply Saturday, INSTINC, Singapore
Random Starts, The Art Loft, SM Motors Volvo showroom, Singapore
Simply Saturday, INSTINC, Singapore
2007
Limited/Unlimited, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore
Moments on White, osage soho, Hong Kong
26th UOB Painting of the Year Exhibition, Jendela@Esplanade, Singapore
artrueda, citibella, Singapore
My Favourite Moleskine, pageone@Vivocity, Singapore
Moments on White, osage atelier, Singapore
2006
Rhodia No.12 project exhibition, Books Actually, Singapore
Rhodia No.12 project exhibition, Kapok, Hong Kong
Micro-Macro: 153, INSTINC, Singapore
3rd International Miniart Exchange Exhibition, Queen B's Gallery, Canada.
Parallel Journeys, Pan Pacific Hotel, Public Art Space, Singapore
Mono-chromatic, INSTINC, Singapore
2005
ART SYDNEY 05, Hordern Pavilion and Royal Hall of Industries, Australia
Ring around the rosy, pocketful of posies… , Your Mother Gallery, Singapore
Labculture Singapore, The Substation & PVA (UK), Singapore
Unspoken Words, INSTINC, Singapore
Visual Conversations, INSTINC, Singapore
Now & Then, INSTINC, Singapore
GONG XI FA CAI, INSTINC, Singapore
INK interpretations, INSTINC, Singapore
2004
25-10-2004 to 15-11-2004, untitled Gallery, Singapore
rojak!, ANT Gallery, Singapore
exit, Intrude Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
cut, INSTINC, Singapore
2003
Asian Art Week, Sunjin Galleries, Singapore
Art & FashionAsia 2003, Art Seasons Gallery, Singapore
The Big Small Show-Art Jam 2003, Art Seasons Gallery, Singapore
The Artist Village Public Art Library, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Repetition/Recollection, Block43 Studio Gallery, Singapore
2002
Made In Singapore, Art Seasons Gallery, Singapore
SFAI Spring Show, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
Artists' Books Exhibition, San Francisco Art Institute, California
1999
18th UOB Painting of the Year Exhibition, UOB Plaza, Singapore
Performances
2008 32-23 Mind the Gap, Live painting performance by Yeo Shih Yun(Singapore) and Magdalena Suranyi(Argentina), Bains:Connective, Belgium, Brussels
2009 Impulse, Live painting performance by Yeo Shih Yun(Singapore) and Magdalena Suranyi(Argentina), Stifelsen Kulturhuset USF(United Sardine Factory), Bergen, Norway
Screenings
2010 Film Screening “randomA', Collaboration with Rune Søchting(Denmark), Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore
Awards
1999 18th UOB Singapore Painting of the Year Competition, Highly commended entry (Abstract category)
2007 26th UOB Singapore Painting of the Year Competition, Certificate of Distinction (Abstract category)
2007 26th UOB Singapore Painting of the Year Competition, Highly commended entry (Abstract category)
Grants
2003 Emerging Artist Grant, National Arts Council, Singapore
2008 Artist Residency Grant (NAC) for Residency@BainsConnective, Belgium, Brussels
2009 Arts Professional Development Grant for Residency@USF, Norway
2010 Singapore International Foundation Grant for New York City Art Project
Artist Residencies
2005 PVA MediaLab(UK) & The Substation, Singapore
2008 Bains:Connective, Brussels, Belgium
2008 Lindart, Lendava, Slovenia
2009 Stifelsen Kulturhuset USF, Bergen, Norway
2010
9th Atelier d’Artista, Gambassi Terme, Tuscany, Italy
Professional Experience
2004 to present Founder of artist-run space, INSTINC Singapore
2003 to present Fine Arts faculty advisor of 3dsense Media School Singapore
2002 Lecturer at Coleman Creative School (Materials, Techniques & Processes)
Art- related activities
Local coordinator of International Mini Art Exchange
Member of The Artist Village Singapore
Member of Singapore Printmaking Society
Member of International Union of Mail Artists (IUOMA)
Commissioned Works
National Volunteer & Philanthropy Center (For the Giving Place)
Moët Hennessy Diageo Singapore (For Smirnoff Volka Green Apple)
Asia Pacific Breweries (For Guinness Stout), Singapore
Marina Mandarin Hotel, Singapore
Permanent Collections
Aspen Re Collection, Singapore
The Four Seasons Hotel, Hangzhou at Westlake
Renaissance Shanghai Ming Jie, China
Marina at Keppel Bay, Singapore
Renaissance Beijing Hotel, China
Sheraton Hotel, Guiyang, China
Duchess Residencies by UOL, Singapore
Fortune Plaza, Beijing, China
Mr Koh Seow Chuan, DP Architects
Mr Terrence Chan, TERRE
Private Collections
New York
London
Sydney
Zurich
Berlin
Amsterdam
Beijing
Hong Kong
Ho Chi Minh
Singapore