Undescribed #09
DATES
26 JANUARY 2024 – 25 FEBRUARY 2024
VENUE
GR.iD Singapore (Level 7)
1 Selegie Road
Singapore 188306
ADMISSION
Free
About
Undescribed is an annual platform conceived to support emerging artists based in Singapore who have recently graduated from local and overseas art institutions. The exhibition presents works that challenge and rethink current image-making practices, suggesting new ways to approach photography and the moving image within the field of art today.
Helmed by Robert Zhao Renhui and John Tung, selected artists undergo a mentorship programme to sharpen and define their art practices and portfolios in photography to arrive at a final showcase of new works.
Helmed by Robert Zhao Renhui and John Tung, selected artists undergo a mentorship programme to sharpen and define their art practices and portfolios in photography to arrive at a final showcase of new works.
Event Details
OPENING RECEPTION
26 Jan (Fri), 7PM – 10PM
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ARTIST TOUR
17 Feb (Sat), 4PM – 5PM
24 Feb (Sat), 4PM – 4.30PM
24 Feb (Sat), 4.30PM – 5PM
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OPENING HOURS
Tues – Sat: 11AM – 7PM
Closed on Mon and Sun
Open on 28 (Sun): 11AM – 4PM
Supported by
Browse Gallery
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Featuring
Angelica Ong (she/her) works primarily in photography and artist books. Two main threads in her practice are slow art and language. She is intrigued by ephemera, the human body, everyday subject matter (like trees, birds, eggs, and light), multilingualism, and translation. Effusing fragility and a meditative quality, her work acts as pause, breath, space, inviting the audience to wander, examine the world closely, and discover monumentality in minutiae. In addition, she seeks to decentralise the primacy of English as an institutional language by working in multiple languages, which she often leaves untranslated.
Ong has exhibited work in solo and group shows at SAIC SITE Sharp Gallery (Chicago), W. Gallery (Chicago), Probe Chicago (Chicago), Mana Contemporary (Chicago), and starch (Singapore) and has been named one of the Top 26 to Watch for the Lenscratch Student Prize 2023.
Ong has exhibited work in solo and group shows at SAIC SITE Sharp Gallery (Chicago), W. Gallery (Chicago), Probe Chicago (Chicago), Mana Contemporary (Chicago), and starch (Singapore) and has been named one of the Top 26 to Watch for the Lenscratch Student Prize 2023.
Cheryl Louise Yip (b. 1998, Singapore) uses the medium of photography in her exploration on the concept of fundamental human experiences such as grief, memory, rituals, and aspects of consciousness. Informed by lived experiences while confronting universal truths, her works attempt to visualise the non-material using a conceptual approach. Drawing emphasis on the photographic object, process and encounter, she explores the boundaries of a primitive, yet futuristic vision of places and people. Her recent projects exist at the merger of traditional and contemporary photography. By exploring modern ideas and imagery with historic and/or manipulated traditional processes, she addresses the ideas of time, memory, and space.
She has participated in exhibitions and festivals in Singapore, South Korea, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taipei. She was most recently awarded the Kwek Leng Joo Price of Excellence in Photography and Photobook Finalist in the 8th Singapore International Photography Festival and the Hangzhou International Photography Handbook Biennale.
She has participated in exhibitions and festivals in Singapore, South Korea, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taipei. She was most recently awarded the Kwek Leng Joo Price of Excellence in Photography and Photobook Finalist in the 8th Singapore International Photography Festival and the Hangzhou International Photography Handbook Biennale.
Isa Pengskul is a Thai and American conceptual artist. She is interested in challenging conventional modes of thinking about nature, culture, and the human/non-human dichotomy. Central to Isa's exploration is the recognition that humans are embedded within and constantly shaped by their surroundings.
Jassilyn Ng (b. 2001, Singapore) practises in the intersections of artmaking - namely photography, moving image & sound, and arts managing. Her practice focuses on the exploration of navigating through the transient nature of physical and intangible spaces.
She has presented her works at Escape To: Exhibition at SOTA Gallery and downsizing at dblspce in 2023, and at Wake in 2021 at The Substation, a NAFA group show.
She has presented her works at Escape To: Exhibition at SOTA Gallery and downsizing at dblspce in 2023, and at Wake in 2021 at The Substation, a NAFA group show.
Growing up and taking root in a foreign country, John Marie Andrada (b.2001, Philippines, based in Singapore) explores notions of identity, memory and time mainly through photography, ink and experimental image making.
Her works have been featured at Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore (2022) and FassArt Gallery, Istanbul (2021) and was part of the 9th Dali International Photography Exhibition (2021) in China. She is also a recipient of the Special Choice Award for the 41st Daegu International Grand Exhibition (2021) in Korea, as well as the Winston Oh Travelogue Award (2023).
Her works have been featured at Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore (2022) and FassArt Gallery, Istanbul (2021) and was part of the 9th Dali International Photography Exhibition (2021) in China. She is also a recipient of the Special Choice Award for the 41st Daegu International Grand Exhibition (2021) in Korea, as well as the Winston Oh Travelogue Award (2023).