Valerie Ng took up painting seriously in 2002 after attending the Alternative Foundation in Fine Art at The Slade School of Fine Art Summer School, University College of London, UK.
Working mostly in oil on canvas or acrylic on paper, her paintings are in an abstract expressionist style. They are created as a result of her explorations in colour, light, depth, form and texture, as well as inspired by the natural elements, hues and shapes in the environment. She strives for a dynamic balance with a sense of mood and movement on the surface, through a unique transfer of energy in the action of painting. Having a keen interest in paper, her art works include artists’ books, papier-mache, collage and assemblage.
Her paintings have been exhibited at the Singapore Art Museum as well as the National Art Gallery, Malaysia. She has had solo exhibitions at the Substation , Mulan and Wetterling Teo Gallery, as well as group exhibitions at instinc, Telok Kurau Studios, Maya Gallery and Jendela Gallery at the Esplanade. In addition, her works have been auctioned by Larasati Auctioneers in Singapore.
She won First Prize in the Abstract medium category, United Overseas Bank (UOB) Painting of the Year 2004 Competition (Singapore) as well as Highly-Commended awards in 2006. She has received a Distinction in the Malaysian Art Competition, 2007 and selected for the Young Contemporaries 2006 in Malaysia.
A Malaysian based in Singapore, she was part of arts collective instinc in 2006, and has done artist residencies in Vermont USA, Iceland and Finland. Her paintings can be found in corporate and private collections in Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, UK, USA, Mexico, Germany and Sweden.
EDUCATION
2012 Alternative Foundation in Fine Art at The Slade Summer School, The Slade School of Fine Art, University College of London
2001 Introduction to Graphic Design, Short Course Central Saint Martins College of Arts & Design, London, UK
1993-95 Bachelor of Computing (Computer Science), Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
ART EXPERIENCE/RESIDENCIES
2013 Summer Painting Course, Ox-Bow School of Art, USA
2012 Artist Residency, Arteles Creative Center, Finland
2010 Artist Residency, Nes, Skagastrond, Iceland.
2009 Artist Residency, Vermont Studio Center, United States.
2006 Resident Artist, Instinc, Singapore
2012-06 Singapore Contemporary Young Artists (Artist Talk/Workshop at Raffles Institute) Art Workshops: PA Singapore, UNDP Malaysia, Papier, Lescalier, instinc, Schools
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2014 Terra Incognita, Maya Gallery, Singapore
2012 SurfaceScapes, Mulan Gallery, Singapore
2009 Elemental Shifts, The Substation, Singapore
2007 Veneer, Que Pasa, Pitch Black, Singapore
2007 Reconstructions, Pitch Black, Singapore
2006 Chaos into Light, instinc, Singapore
2005 Moving Textures, Wetterling Teo Gallery, Singapore
2004 Distractions, 23 Emerald Hill, Singapore
Group Exhibitions
2014 Artshow Busan, with Maya Gallery, BEXCO, Busan, Korea
Paper Square, 7Kickstart, Singapore
We Are Women, artspace@222, Singapore
2013 10 days of Fun, artspace@222, Singapore
Let's Go On a Merry Go Round, Mulan Gallery, Singapore
Ethereal Roots, Mulan Gallery, Singapore
Bank Art Fair, with Maya Gallery, Island Shangri-La Hotel, Hong Kong
éncore! (Maya Gallery's 1st Anniversary), Maya Gallery, Singapore
Asia Contemporary Art Fair, with Maya Gallery, Luxe Art Museum, Singapore
Cliftons Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, Singapore
Colourful Chaos, Maya Gallery, SIngapore
AWARDS
2007 Distinction, Malaysian Art Competition 2007
2006 2 Highly-Commended Certificates, 25th UOB Painting of the Year (Singapore)
2004 First Prize - Abstract Medium, 23rd UOB Painting of the Year (Singapore)
