Born: 1975, Singapore
Email: Primalforces@hotmail.com

Michael's background in visual communication interest him to develop a range of works that straddles the discourse of Art and Design. Each of his work is a dialogue he sets with people to enable him to know his being.

As a multidisciplinary artist who enjoys exploring communication potential of image and language in relation to media and architecture, His works with photo adn video media installations and intervention.

Education

2006
Goldsmiths College, University of London
Master of Arts in Photography and Urban Cultures

2001
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA
Bachelor of Fine Arts

1999
Central St Martins College of Art and Design, London, England
BTEC Diploma in Foundation Studies (Art & Design)

1995
Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore
Diploma in Chemical Process Technology

 

Profession

Since 2001
Media Installation artist/ Visual communication creative

Jan 2007 - May 2007

Part-Time Lecturer, Faculty of Media Arts, LaSalle-SIA College for the Arts, Singapore

MA Supervisior, Faculty of Fine Art, LaSalle-SIA College for the Arts, Singapore

Part-Time Lecturer, Department of Visual and Performing Arts, National Institute of Education, Singapore

Jul 2003 – Sep 2005
Part-Time Lecturer, Media Arts Department, LaSalle-SIA College for the Arts, Singapore

Jan 2005– Sep 2005
Part-Time Lecturer, Department of Visual and Performing Arts, National Institute of Education, Singapore

 

Selected Exhibition

Solo Exhibition

2005

• "Eyes Can't See", The Substation Gallery, Singapore

2004

• "Postcards from the stranger", Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan

 

Group Exhibition

2007

• 'Singapore Art Exhibition', Singapore Art Museum, singapore
• 'You can't get here to there', Galerie Hunchentoot, Berlin, Germany
• 'Video Killed the Painting Star', The Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
• 'InterCity', Meta House, Phnom, Penh, Cambodia

2006

• 'In Case of Fire', London Design Festival, Old Truman Brewery, London
• 'No Right Turn' , Village Underground, London
• Invisible City - 7th Manifestation Internationale Vidéo et Art Electronique, Montreal, Cananda
• Thailand New Media Art Festival 2006, Bangkok

 

2005

• 'Singapore Art Awards 2005', NAFA Gallery, Singapore
• 'Voices from Singapore: Urbanity-4 Takes' in conjunction with 2005 DAEJEON FAST, Yuseong Arts & Culture Center gallery, Daejeon, Korea
• SIGHT/ SITE Video Festival 2005, Ginza SOMIDO, Tokyo, Japan
• 1 st Pocheon Asian Art Festival, Pocheon   City, Korea
• Labculture Singapore 2005, The Substation, Singapore
• "Convergence", Ho Chi Minh City Fine Art Museum, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
• "Move On Asia" , Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan
• "Move On Asia" , Remo, Osaka, Japan

2004

• Desert – 6th Manifestation Internationale Video et Electronique Art Montreal, Canada.
• “Junction”, Blue Space Contemporary Art Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
• “Missing Child”, Blue Room at The Substation, Singapore.
• “Move on Asia”, The Second International Alternative Spaces exhibition & conference, Alternative Space Loop, Seoul, Korea.
• Switch media art festival Pathiham electron [Supernatural], Chiang Mai, Thailand.
• Thailand New Media Art Festival 2004, Bangkok, Thailand.
• “Woodland” a Singapore Art Museum Project at Woodlands Regional Library, Singapore.
  

2003

• "Primitive Longing: Where is My Green Grass of Home?", The Esplanade, Singapore.
• Interrupt : New Media Exhibition, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore.
• Design Idea Competition: 10 Public Spaces, URA Center, Singapore.
  

2001

• Nokia Singapore Art 2001, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore.
• The Undergraduate Exhibition, 847 W Jackson, Chicago, USA.
• Ravinia Music Festival 2001, Highland Park, IL, USA.
• Pop Cult, Cowboys verse Chinese Dolls, Chemical Suzy, Hong Kong.
• 2001 Spaced Oddities, G2 Gallery, Chicago, USA.
  

2000

• Ravinia Music Festival 2000, Highland Park, IL, USA.
• Pan-Asia Festival, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA.
  

1999

• The Foundation Show, Central St Martins College, London, England.

Awards and Mentions

2007

• Singapore Airlines- NAC Travel Grant, National Arts Council, Singapore.

2006

• Singapore Airlines- NAC Travel Grant, National Arts Council, Singapore.

2005

• 'Outstanding Works Award', Singapore Art Awards, Singapore
• National Arts Council Project Grant, Singapore

2004

• Singapore Airlines- NAC Travel Grant, National Arts Council, Singapore.
• National Arts Council International Touring Grant, Singapore.
• National Arts Council Project Grant, Singapore.
• Rotary- NAC Arts Training Grant, National Art Council, Singapore.
• Taipei Artist Village International Residence Award Recipient.

2003

• Wireless Art Competition, RestFest Korea 2003, Art Center Nabi, S.Korea (Proposal Short Listee),

Symposium/ Public/ Presentation

2007

• Artist Talk, LaSalle-SIA College for the Arts, Singapore

2004

• 2004 Lecture, System Reboot: Media Art Practice in Singapore, Thailand New Media Art Festival 2004, Bangkok, Thailand.
• Community art Intervention/ workshop, Animal Farm, ‘WoodLand’ Woodlands Regional Library, Singapore.

Residencies/ Workshops

2005

• Labculture Singapore 2005 Lab Residency, The Substation, Singapore
• Convergence Artist workshop, Bluespace Contemporary Art Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

2004

• Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan.

Bibliography : Selected reviews and Articles

• Contemporary Art in Singapore, Publication , Institute of Contemporary Art, Singapore
• Move on Asia, exh, Cat., Alternative Loop Space, S.Korea, 2004
• Artizen (Issue 02/Apr 2004), Publication, Singapore Art Museum, 2004.
• Interrupt, exh. Cat. Singapore Art Museum, 2003.
• Joo Ling, Choong, Home vs Travel : Every place possesses a tale of beauty to be told, Sisters Magazine, May Issue, Singapore, 2003.
• Receptacle for Asian Scholars and Artists (RASA), On-line project by Suenne Megan Tan, New York University, New York, USA 2003.
• Lindy Poh, Primitive Longing: Where is my Green Grass of Home, On-line Visual Art review for The Esplanade, Singapore 2003.
• Dancing on Jelly & Other Possibilities: Some notes on Spaces in NSA01, Histories, Identities Technologies spaces: Singapore Art Today, exh. Cat. Nokia Singapore Art 2001, Singapore Art Museum and the National Arts Council, 2001.