[Vitrine] Meet the Artists: Opening Afternoon: Exhibition Tour

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Join us for the opening of Inside the Dream of a Durian Seller and a guided walkthrough with the participating artists. In a light-hearted, conversational format, they share insights into their creative journeys, inspirations, and the joy of collecting art. Learn about materials, themes, and how to start your own collection, while deepening your appreciation for contemporary Singaporean art.  

ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES

Chun U Bi is the collective identity of Chun Kai Feng of HΞiJin⅋W∞d and Chun Kai Qun of  W5JIN$G , two craft-based business practices rooted in artistic fabrication and material intelligence. From peripheral positions, they work behind the art object to foreground the labour and processes that sustain its existence. Through making, tools, and systems of production, they develop conceptual gestures that reframe the hidden work of fabrication as sites of critical and poetic potential—reimagining the role of the artist and the very conditions under which art comes into being.

Jimmy Ong (b. 1964, Singapore) is known for his large scale, figurative charcoal drawings on paper, marked by a distinctive fleshy quality. He first came into prominence in the 1980s, with early works on sexual identity and gender roles in the context of the traditional Chinese family. In 2010, his drawings took on reimagination of narratives from Indian epic Ramayana, and later the history of Raffles in Java. Recent and notable exhibitions include: Musafiri, HKW, Berlin (2025); Nothing is Forever, National Gallery Singapore (2022-2023); Visual Notes: Actions and Imaginings, NUS Museum, Singapore (2020-2021); Poverty Quilt/ A Year in Java, Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM), Singapore; From Bukit Larangan to Borobudor, FOST Gallery, Singapore (2016); SGD, Singapore Tyler Print Institute (2010); and Sitayana, Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York (2010).

By giving attention to the nuances of memory and the void, Luke Heng (b. 1987, Singapore) employs painting as a structural framework to examine the delicate,  often-illusory supports of perception. Utilizing images that are in circulation within the cultural archives, this process provides a form of resistance, anchoring the fleeting and immaterial in paint. Heng obtained his MA in Fine Arts from Lasalle College of the Arts in Partnership with Goldsmiths, University of London in 2020, where he received a scholarship. Since then, he has been actively engaged in artistic practice,n showcasing locally and internationally.

Teng Jee Hum (b. Singapore) is a self-taught Singaporean artist, collector, and author whose three-decade career bridges art-making, curation, and scholarship. Shaped by Singapore’s formative years and the legacy of Lee Kuan Yew, Teng began collecting in 1993 and later founded The Teng Collection, a significant repository of modern and contemporary Asian art. His artistic practice spans painting, sculpture, and works on paper, often exploring themes of identity, nationhood, and the Singapore story. Beyond creating and collecting, Teng has authored several notable publications—including Beyond ISMS (1999), Godsmacked (2016), and Godalisation (2018)—which delve into art’s cultural synthesis, Singapore’s evolving identity, and the philosophy of collecting. 

Tisya Wong is interested in the assemblage of things, with a particular interest in creating immersive spatial experiences. With a practice rooted in overthinking and overanalysing, she deconstructs & derives meaning from human-object relationships, utilising the mundane & inanimate as a means to disrupt the perceptions of our everyday experiences. Works from her series Void Loop () were recently exhibited in Sorry for the Technical Difficulties, Art Outreach Singapore (2024); they examine our relationship with digital and mechanical systems, shifting focus from the physical wear of screens to the habitual cycles that shape our daily lives.