cara is a career artist who works with acrylics, watercolours and spray paint on reclaimed / found materials such as wood, paper, clay and metals.
deconstruct. reconstruct. her 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. her works tend to follow a narrative journey told in a series that express a different view of the world. the goal is to capture something deeper, exploring all sensibilities in her avant garde works. the artist combines many techniques, including woodworking. artist's statement sustainability and upcycling are reflected heavily in her practice. they underline the unspoken beauty of found materials in its most natural or decayed form – the beautiful colours and diversified patterns are purposeful in more ways than one. she also incorporates the emotions of each collective series through graphics and music in the artistic statement. 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 sold-out 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 XXI florence biennale. she also participated in the Grand Tour Of America group exhibition in new york, involving over 200 artists 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. background cara is the co-founder of arts atelier Infected Studio. She was a former journalist. a sopa award recipient, she covered music & nightlife culture. prior to that, she was a billboard designer in the us. cara speaks english (native), mandarin (b2), bahasa malayu (b2), cantonese (b2) + french (a1) and learning spanish. digital
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2022
artist-in-residence: berlin art institute, berlin, germany shows: private sale, linear, apr 10, eu/us group exhibition (nft), grand tour of america, jul 4-11, 7th street, los angeles group exhibition, untitled, nov, studio neon, singapore curatorial / post-production: exhibition, embrace diversity week, the unskilled boy, jul, st. anthony's cannosian secondary school exhibition, home by the unskilled boy, jul 14-24, gallery studio neon, singapore series, angry ants by the unskilled boy, jan 19, singapore development studies: public art and pedagogy, duke university henri matisse and the masters of fauvism art, prof federico von borstel assemblage and installation art, prof federico von borstel art business, james corwin institute for art business 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 |
