Genevieve Chua

Genevieve Chua (Chinese: 蔡艾芳) (born 1984, Singapore) is a visual artist who works primarily through abstraction. Chua pursues an unfurling narrative that is informed by natural history and linguistics. While contested notions of nature and wilderness persist across her work, the form taken by her exhibitions – whether installations, images or objects – is mediated through these processes.[1]

Chua studied at LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapore, where she graduated from in 2004.[2]

Residencies

Chua has participated in numerous residences locally and abroad. In 2011, she was selected for the BMW Young Asian Artist Series III at the Singapore Tyler Print Institute and the Late Fall Residency at The Banff Centre. She was also a resident at the GCC Creative Residency Programme at the Gyeonggi Creation Centre in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea and The Art Incubator at the Centre for Creative Communications in Shizuoka, Japan.[3]

Solo Exhibitions

Awards and Mentions

Chua was awarded the Young Artist Award by the National Arts Council in 2012.[5] Chua was shortlisted for the 2015 Prudential Eye Awards for Contemporary Asian Art in Drawing.[6][7]

Chua's work was exhibited at PULSE Miami in 2014 where Art F City listed it as a favorite installation[8] and art advisor Lisa Schiff chose Chua as one of The Top Nine Trending Artists Under 40 in Miami.[9]

Representations

Chua is currently represented by GUSFORD in Los Angeles,[10] Singapore Tyler Print Institute in Singapore[11] and Gallery EXIT in Hong Kong.[12]

Works

Adinandra Belukar (2011)

A work commissioned by the Singapore Biennale,[13] the installation consists of 2 videos and graphite drawings on black walls. All walls are a wash of matt-black, and on them are graphite drawings of "bursts". Closest to the entrance is a video of a tree that revolves continuously, on loop. There are two entrances to the installation leads to a long narrow corridor in cul-de-sac fashion. At the dead-end of the corridor is the second video on a plasma screen. It features flora that is luminous in the dark. The installation is illuminated by 3 sources of light, sunlight from the door-less entrance; the overhead projection from the video; and the flicker emitted from the plasma screen.[14]

After the Flood (2010)

The series highlights weeds and vines that rain down on existing vegetation and form carpets from tree to tree. These scenes are found at the margins of Adinandra Belukar (secondary forest) found in Singapore. When grown in a small pot, some of these weeds will not grow anymore than a few feet and will live for years and years. However, in an expanse of space, it sprawls rapidly and can grow up to about a foot a day, smothering anything in its path. With its dense tangle of hairy stems and large leaves, it suffocates other vegetation of their sunlight. Depending on tastes, an establishment of these weeds may be regarded as a pest or something of a beautiful sight.[15] The series exists as hand-painted photographs in diptychs and triptychs. In 2011, the triptych After the Flood #18, #19, #20 was sold at Sotheby's Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings in Hong Kong.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "The Cross Art Projects".
  2. ↑ "Genevieve Chua". Lasalle.edu.sg. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
  3. ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/20130807121218/http://www.nac.gov.sg/docs/cmyaa/genevieve-chua.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 7, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "Genevieve Chua: Cicadas Cicadas - Exhibition Overview", Gusford Gallery, Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Young Artist Award". Nac.gov.sg. 2015-01-26. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
  6. ↑ "Drawing | Nominees". Prudentialeyeawards.com. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
  7. ↑ Lijie, Huang (2014-11-13). "Two local artists shortlisted for $64,510 regional award - Visual Arts News & Top Stories". Straitstimes.com. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
  8. ↑ Paddy Johnson (2014-12-06). "Pulse Continues to Make Strides". Artfcity.com. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
  9. ↑ "The Top Nine Trending Artists Under 40 in Miami". Artsy.net. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
  10. ↑ "GUSFORD representing Singaporean artist Genevieve Chua | GUSFORD | los angeles". Gusfordgallery.com. 2014-01-28. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
  11. ↑ "Singapore Tyler Print Institute". Stpi.com.sg. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
  12. ↑ "Artists - Gallery Exit 安全口". Galleryexit.com. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
  13. ↑ http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/pictures/Details/7209d4ea-e394-4dad-bd2f-485dc5ee2e5a
  14. ↑ http://www.genchua.com/adinandra-belukar.html
  15. ↑ http://www.genchua.com/after-the-flood.html
  16. ↑ http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2011/modern-and-contemporary-southeast-asian-paintings-hk0350/lot.278.html

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