Hong Sek Chern (b.1967) graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts with a Diploma in Fine Art (1995) and from Goldsmiths College, University of London with an MA Fine Art (1998). She likes to work with flat surfaces and uses linear, non-linear or multi-point perspective in her work. Sek Chern’s interpretation of the Singapore urban landscape in Chinese ink has won her several awards in Singapore, including top prize at the Philippe Charriol Foundation Contemporary Art Competition (1996), several Juror’s Choice awards at the Philip Morris Singapore Art Awards (96,98,99) and the 26th UOB Painting of the Year Grand Prize (2007). She was recipient of the Young Artist Award (1998) from the National Arts Council and was selected to participate in the President’s Young Talents Show (2001) and the 25th Sao Paolo Biennale (2002). Her works belong in the collections of the Singapore Art Museum, Taipei Fine Art Museum, National Arts Council (Singapore) as well as several other institutions and private collectors. In Habitable Structures is her fourth solo exhibition.
Dates: 17 Nov 2011 - 20 Nov 2011
Dates: 12 May 2011 - 23 May 2011
Dates: 12 May 2011 - 23 May 2011
Dates: 25 Feb 2011 - 27 Feb 2011
Dates: 18 Nov 2010 - 21 Nov 2010
Dates: 18 Mar 2010 - 28 Mar 2010
Dates: 16 Dec 2004 - 02 Jan 2005
Dates: 07 May 2003 - 13 May 2003