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b. 1997
Singapore
Hui Wen’s main interest lies in how nature is processed and translated. Her artistic practice delves into the notion of naturalisation and examines how we understand and recognise our surroundings by attributing qualities to the things around us.
Her work often seeks visual/ conceptual coincidences in nature to investigate how humanistic intentions tend to mutate through zoological instances which can often be found in our use of language, metaphors or even, interactions with our environment. Through this, Hui Wen not only hope to explore the tensions between different cognitive frameworks, but also reflect on how language, a dominant framework we are reliant on, influences our daily lives and shapes the meaning we ascribe to our surroundings.
Outside of her artistic practice, Hui wen freelances and enjoys exploring a myriad of other topics. While her freelance work is not purely tied to flora and fauna, she argues that people are still part of nature and are thus worth being curious about.
For more enquiries/ a full CV, please drop me an email at huiwen.docx@gmail.com
Feel free to check out my https://linktr.ee/huiwenfoo as well for more works :)
2019
Bachelor in Fine Arts, First Class Honours, Lasalle Goldsmith University of London
2017
Diploma in Fine Arts, Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore
COMISSIONED/ CURATED PROJECTS:
2023
64CS Mural Painting, 64 Club Street
2022
“Food for Thought”, Artseize, GRIDS Cafe
2021
Esplanade Moon Festival Lantern making workshop
https://www.esplanade.com/-/media/Esplanade/Download-Component/Press-Room/PR_Moonfest_2021_EN.ashx?rev=9599a607d34c4e07ba702e6a4107248e&hash=290FCCF02CE6CAB2DB870C1409A2332F
“Pivot Point”, Singapore Art Week, Curated by Outc.ontext, Gillman Barracks Blk 47 #01-23
https://www.artweek.sg/events/pivot-point
2020
“Our Heartlands”, Plural Art Magazine x NAC, Microsite https://ourheartlands.pluralartmag.com/artworks/foo-hui-wen-to-fish-above-the-concrete-sea
NAC-LASALLE, Mixed Media and Cyanotype Workshop Conducted by Masuri Mazlan and Foo Hui Wen, Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society, Kaki Bukit
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2022
“Food for Thought”, Artseize, GRIDS Cafe
2021
“Pivot Point”, Singapore Art Week, Gillman Barracks Blk 47 #01-23
2020
“Propose-a-Parklet”, The Substation
“Of Spaces and Phases”, Singapore Art Week, Tekad Kolektif, 66 Spottiswoode
2019
“Art Moves V”,S The Connoisseur Concerto, Great World City
"Exit, Pursued by a Bear", ICA Gallery 1
“OPENING: 2020”, in Collaboration with NUS Architecture, The Substation
I-LIGHTS -Bicentennial Edition, Marina Bay, Breeze Shelter
2018
POTLUCK X INTIMACY, MOX Gallery
EARTH HOUR, WWF, OPEN AREA @ Marina Bay
2017
“Wanderlust”, The Winston OH Award, Project Space
IMPARTS Exhibition, Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre
"Without Sight", Dialogue in the Dark, Esplanade Annex Theater
2016
徵, In search of ground: A retrospective of the local, Cube Foyer
"MULTI: +Project 2016" International Group Exhibition (Digital), Gallery TOMO, Kyoto, Japan
2015
Utopia Festival “Talking Sculptures”, Fort Canning Park
AWARDS:
2020
A Moment of Silence, Propose-a-Parklet Competition, The Substation, Grand Prize Award
2019
I-LIGHTS - Bridges of Time, Bicentennial Edition, Merit Award
2017
Winston Oh Travelogue Practice Award
22nd International Design Trend Concurs, Korea Society of Design Trend, Bronze
RELEVANT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROJECTS:
2019
Collage Making Workshop conducted by Eunice Lim, Passion Arts Clementi Community Centre (Artist Assistant)
2018
Mask Making Workshop conducted by Eunice Lim, Hougang Sheng Hong Family Services (Artist Assistant)
Jesse Jones; Tremble-tremble, Gallery 1
2016
Live Art Jamming Workshop, Urban Redevelopment Authority
2015
Mural painting project “Our Hawker Centre: A Heritage And Art Project, Berseh Food Centre
ARTIST TALKS/ PRESS COVERAGE:
2022
https://www.femalemag.com.sg/gallery/culture/tekad-kolektif-art-singapore/
2021
“Pivot Point”, Singapore Art Week, Outc.ontext, Gillman Barracks Blk 47 #01-23
2020
“Of Spaces and Phases”, Singapore Art Week, Tekad Kolektif, 66 Spottiswoode
2019
Channel 8's 狮城有约, Media Coverage, 星空织网 (Cosmic Web)
https://www.lasalle.edu.sg/news/celebrating-nations-founding-ilight-singapore-2019