Superimpose of 'Obscure Memories', Resin and Oil on canvas, 2015
Biography
Chloe Po
(b.1996)
Born in Singapore in 1996, Chloe Po is a multidisciplinary artist and writer working in the discourse of phenomenology and fantasized time.
Her research involves the remembrance of fantasized time by the fragility of existence and the experience of reveries within the context
of a fragmented autobiography. Inquiring into the premise of time and experience concerning an encounter of reverie as a lived experience,
she evokes continuous presence explored through absence. She explores this through sculpture, painting, poetry and photography.
Influenced by the tension between forms and the fleeting nature of reveries, fragmentation and existentialism, her works suggest the
distinctive and poetic nature of loss and frozen time. Trained in the discipline of sculpture and painting, her works adopt a sculptural
approach to painting and vice versa. Chloe uses these disciplines as a vehicle and crystallization of fantasized time and continues to
explore the possibilities of alternating states of consciousness which, conditions a fragmented autobiography and its continuous presence
within countless narratives.
Chloe is a recipient of The Winston Oh Research Award, 2018 and received First Class Honours in Bachelors of Fine Arts from Loughborough
University UK in association with Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Singapore in 2017. She also represented NAFA in the ‘IMPART Awards
Best-in-Class Exhibition’ held at Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre Singapore in that same year. She continues to take part in art
residencies and has exhibited her works locally and in Suzhou, China. Chloe was awarded The Lasalle Scholarship in 2014 and in 2016. She
continues to participate in various exhibitions such as a recent duo exhibition 'Of Bonding and Breaking' held in NPE Art Residency in 2019 and
'The Geology of Words', held in National Library Board in 2016.
(b.1996)
Born in Singapore in 1996, Chloe Po is a multidisciplinary artist and writer working in the discourse of phenomenology and fantasized time.
Her research involves the remembrance of fantasized time by the fragility of existence and the experience of reveries within the context
of a fragmented autobiography. Inquiring into the premise of time and experience concerning an encounter of reverie as a lived experience,
she evokes continuous presence explored through absence. She explores this through sculpture, painting, poetry and photography.
Influenced by the tension between forms and the fleeting nature of reveries, fragmentation and existentialism, her works suggest the
distinctive and poetic nature of loss and frozen time. Trained in the discipline of sculpture and painting, her works adopt a sculptural
approach to painting and vice versa. Chloe uses these disciplines as a vehicle and crystallization of fantasized time and continues to
explore the possibilities of alternating states of consciousness which, conditions a fragmented autobiography and its continuous presence
within countless narratives.
Chloe is a recipient of The Winston Oh Research Award, 2018 and received First Class Honours in Bachelors of Fine Arts from Loughborough
University UK in association with Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Singapore in 2017. She also represented NAFA in the ‘IMPART Awards
Best-in-Class Exhibition’ held at Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre Singapore in that same year. She continues to take part in art
residencies and has exhibited her works locally and in Suzhou, China. Chloe was awarded The Lasalle Scholarship in 2014 and in 2016. She
continues to participate in various exhibitions such as a recent duo exhibition 'Of Bonding and Breaking' held in NPE Art Residency in 2019 and
'The Geology of Words', held in National Library Board in 2016.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2019
Master of Arts Fine Arts, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore/ Goldsmiths university of London, United Kingdom
2017
First Class Honours, Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Fine Arts, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore/ Loughborough University, United Kingdom
2016
Diploma in Fine Arts, Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore
Exhibitions
2019
'Outside My Eye', Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore
'Of Bonding and Breaking', NPE Art Gallery, Singapore
2018
'Without Formality', Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore
'The Winston Oh Travelogue Research Award: What the Stars are telling us', Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore
2017
‘By the Water’, Untitled Space, Suzhou City, China
‘IMPART Awards Best-in-Class Exhibition’, Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Singapore
‘CRAFTING; the best of best’, Lim Hak Tai Gallery, Singapore
‘The Grad Expectations’, Objectifs Centre for photography, Singapore
‘Dysfunction is a Function’, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore
2016
'Dysfunction is a Function', Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore
'The Winston Oh Travel Award, The Measure of Things', Institutes of Contemporary Arts Singapore
'Between Walls, The Lasalle Show', Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore
'City Canvas Exhibition', Urban Redevelopment Authority, Singapore
'The Geology of Words', National Library Board, Singapore
'House of Cards', Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore
'Gas and dust: The manufactured space', Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore
2015
'The Geology of Words', The Ngee Ann Kongsi Library, Singapore
'As far as I could reach', Brother Joseph McNally Gallery, Singapore
'Colours of the Bible Exhibition’, Artspace Gallery, Singapore
'Oh Fine Arts Exhibition’, Project Space Gallery, Singapore
2014
‘My Watercolour Art Exhibition’, De Suantio Gallery, Singapore
‘Lasalle Open House Exhibition’, Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore
2011
‘PA’s Got Talent’, Chingay Parade, Arts & Culture Carnival, Singapore
'The Singapore Watercolour Society 42nd Annual Exhibition', MICA Building, Singapore
2010
'Asia’s Greatest Street & Floats’, F1 Pit Building, Singapore
‘Art around the World Exhibition’, De Suantio Gallery, Singapore
2009
‘Me and my Art Studio’, De Suantio Gallery, Singapore
'The Singapore Watercolour Society 40th Annual Exhibition', MICA Building, Singapore
2008
‘My Favourite Things’, De Suantio Gallery, Singapore
'Singapore Watercolour Society 39th Annual Exhibition', Ngee Ann Cultural Centre, Singapore
Awards
2018
The Winston Oh Travel Research Award
2016
Award for Academic Excellence in Fine Arts, Lasalle College of the Arts
The Winston Oh Travel Practice Award
2014 - 2016
The Lasalle Scholarship, Lasalle College of the Arts
2012
Academic Excellence in Art Award, CHIJ St Theresa’s Convent
2011
Second Place, Junior Watercolour Competition, Singapore Watercolour Society
2009
Finalist, Junior Watercolour Competition, Singapore Watercolour Society
2008
First Place, Junior Watercolour Competition, Singapore Watercolour Society
Residencies
2018
Artist at NPE Art Residency, Singapore
2017
Artist at Untitled Space, Suzhou City, China
Other Art Related Experiences
2017
Visitor Service Officer, Lim Hak Tai Gallery, Singapore
2016
Painting and Teaching Assistant to Giada Tagli, onePA, Singapore
Research Assistant, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore
Visitor Service Officer, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore
2015
Visitor Service Officer, Brother Joseph McNally Gallery, Singapore
Owais Hussain Master Class Workshop, Singapore
Commissioned Painting, Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore
Community Projects
2016
Mural Painting and Painting Workshop, Serangoon Swimming Complex, Singapore
Live Art Jamming Activity, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Singapore
2014
Art Workshop for Teenagers, Church of St Teresa, Singapore
2012
Mural Painting for Orphans, Acts 29, Philippines, Payatas
2011
Fund Raising through Art, Church of St Anthony, Singapore
2009 – 2011
Fund Raising for disadvantage, Red Cross Society, Mercy Relief, Singapore
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