cara is a career artist in singapore who works with acrylics, watercolours and spray paint on reclaimed / found materials such as wood, paper, clay and metals. she also teaches and is a registered art instructor for schools under the national arts council – arts education program.
deconstruct. reconstruct. the artistic curriculum leans towards 2D/3D abstract works (wall-sculpture paintings and free-standing sculptures) using wood, clay, fabric, paper and metals, as a vocabulary of emotions. cara's works is a narrative journey told in a series that expresses a different view of the world. the goal is to capture something deeper, delving into all sensibilities. the artist combines many techniques, including woodworking. artist's statement upcycling is reflected heavily in her practice. they underline the unspoken beauty of found materials in its most natural, brutalised, decayed form – the beautiful colours and diversified patterns are purposeful in more ways than one. she expresses the emotions of each collective series through graphics and music in the artistic statement. residency cara is a fellow of berlin art institute. shows her works have been exhibited in private and public shows since her first outing l_st & found in 2013, singapore. In 2021, she held her third private show, zero, presenting a collection of 20 wall-sculptures for family-office clients. in the same year, cara exhibited at the multimedia mads gallery in milan for the philo-poem show, and was selected to participate in the xxl florence biennale. she also participated in the grand tour of america group exhibition in new york for a billboard display on clarkson street. in 2020, a state of mind collection and lucid dream series were held in two private virtual shows for family-office clients. this was followed by a group exhibition by metro expo at alexanderplatz, berlin, germany. cara also supports minority-run and indie spaces / shows, such as kunstwerk gallery in varel, germany. origins co-founder of arts atelier infected studio. she was a former journalist, an international sopa prize recipient in human rights reporting. she has also written / edited more than 10 books on pop-culture. cara speaks english (native), mandarin, bahasa malayu, cantonese, and french (a1). digital
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2023
primary & secondary school workshops - music+art, abstract-narrative drawings continuing studies: - everyday artist, school of visual arts - narratives in painting, school of the art institute of chicago curatorial / post-production: - series 1, paper mache, theunskilledboy, jan, singapore 2022 artist residency, berlin art institute - thematic discourse, critique - collage as a principle of creation – painting with scissors by various&gould - experimental drawing by various&gould - art, environment and climate calamity by habib william kherbek crits - curation and creative facilitation as an artistic tool in social practices by khaled barakeh shows: - group exhibition, grand tour of america, jul 4-11, 7th street, los angeles - private sale, linear, apr 10, eu/us curatorial / post-production: - series, rabbits in a garden, theunskilledboy, dec, gallery studio neon, singapore - exhibition, embrace diversity week, the unskilled boy, oct, st. anthony's canossian secondary school - exhibition, home by the unskilled boy, jul 22-aug 4, gallery studio neon, singapore - series, angry ants by the unskilled boy, jan 19, singapore 2021 shows: - group exhibition (nft), grand tour of america, dec 12-18, clarkson, new york - group exhibition, identity, jul 17-sep 13, kunstwerk gallery, varel, germany - group exhibition, philo-poem, may 21-31, mads gallery, milan, italy - private sale, zero, apr 21, virtual for eu clients curatorial / post-production: - series, tiger by the unskilled boy, dec 30, singapore - series, animal kingdom by the unskilled boy, oct 28, singapore - solo exhibition, I am alex, aug 19-31, singapore 2020 shows: - private sale, lucid dreams, nov 20, france - private sale, state of mind, sep 30, france - group expo, lucid dreams, oct 9-19, metro berlin, germany 2018 – 2019 design & conception, haūs, geometric, beijing, china 2014 – 2018 billboards design & conception, kuala lumpur, malaysia 2013 shows: - l_st & found, kyo, singapore (with artist fi luigi) 2011 – 2013 design & conception, [nightlife confidential] séries, singapore induction: cornell library university - john eclors southeast asia collection, new york |
