Born in 1979, anGie seah is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Singapore. Since 1997, she has been making drawings, performance art, installations and clay sculpture. In 2000, she was awarded an education bursary from National Arts Council, and graduated from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology’s Bachelor of Arts where she majored in painting; she also got a culture/language scholarship to Berlin for 3 months from the Goethe Institut in 2005. She has also exhibited her works in South East Asia and did artist residencies in Switzerland and Romania. Art making is a tool for anGie to understand the social environment and responding to deal with the everyday life of human conditions and in the context of her autobiographical situation. In the recent years, she has worked a lot with children, making art workshops, for toddlers to teenagers. This year she was also commissioned by National Museum of Singapore to create a Toddlers’ playground in the museum. Currently she teaches at the LaSalle College of the arts.
Education
2000
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree with Distinction, RMIT
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
1999
Diploma in Visual Arts (Sculpture), LaSalle College of the
Arts (SIA), Singapore
Selected Performances / Exhibitions
2008
10th year Asiatopia Festival, Bangkok Thailand
Participated Performer.
FOI Future of Imagination Performance Art festival, Singapore
Participated Performer.
Viva Asialization Performance art festival, Seoul, Korea.
Participated performer.
BIPAF- Bucheon International Performance art festival, Korea
Participated Performer
Kết Nối : Vietnam-Singapore Performance Dialogue
At the Singapore Art museum. Participated Performer
Performatica ’08
Performance art festival in Italy organized by Miriam Myplante 2008
Performance Art BLOW 5!
Performance Art festival in Germany organized by Helge Meyer 2008
"I just can’t get enough"
Mixed media installation at ION Orchard outside Orchard MRT Singapore.
‘How we are so different and feel so much alike’
Solo exhibition of drawings and porcelain
Night and day gallery.
- “Murmurs playground”
An Interactive playground created for toddlers. National museum
2007
- The 10th Asiatopia International Performance Art festival, Chiang Mai Thailand
Participated Artist
- Falling into thoughts.
3000 pieces of porcelain Installation at the Concourse, Esplanade. Singapore
- "ARTLAB" presented by Esplanade, group exhibition
At Jendela Art Space, Esplanade. 2007
- The 12th NIPAF Asia Performance Art Series + Performance Art
Shinsyu (Nagano) Summer Seminar
Tokyo, Gyoda, Nagoya, Nagano in Japan.
Participated artist
- Interakcje Miedzynarodowy festival Sztuki
Galeria Bielska, BWA Poland. 2007
Participated Performance artist.
- Interakcje: Art Action- festival
Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland
Participated Performance artist
- “TAMA’07 Action. Art. Media
Tupada International Art Event in Manila and Baguio City, The Philippines.
Participated Performance artist
- “ Let’s draw a belief when you lose faith”- Solo drawing exhibition
At The Front Row Gallery, Singapore. 2007
2006
- "Episode5: 12 hours of Performance, Sound and Video festival", Singapore
Participated performance artist. 2006
- "Birds Migration - Indonesia International Performance Art Event 2006", Jakarta.
Participated performance (Voice) artist.
- “If I am a fish, you will be the ship vessel and we can draw the sea together.”
Drawing’s exhibition at Villa Streauli, Switzerland, 2006
- The International Medieval festival of Arts.
Romania. Participated (Voice) performance artist.
- Tickle art – A Drawing installation “A Childish Robber”
City link Mall. Singapore
- FOI 3 – ‘Future of Imagination 3” Performance festival at the Substation, Singapore
Performance Collaboration with Andree Weschler
2005
- “Under 1000”
A group art exhibition at the Gemarimba Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- ‘MOSAIC FESTIVAL” – commissioned clay pieces
Exhibited at The Esplanade, Singapore
- “Children of heaven” a window installation at the Studio Miu Art, Singapore
Dedicated to the children victims of the Tsunami.
2004
- ART CONNEXSIONS - photography exhibition at the Studio 217
Organized by the Goethe Institute, Singapore
- “nog” drawing exhibition with Lim Shing Ee and Jezlyn Tan at nog studio, Singapore
- “CREATIVE SPACES 1” organized by the Goethe Institut, participated artist.
- Photography group exhibition: “Spirituality” at the Goethe Institut, Singapore.
- “ The LaSalle School” group exhibition, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore.
- “Simplicity - A little thought that counts”
2nd solo exhibition at the Plastique Kinetic Worms gallery, Singapore
- Collaborative sound project with Zulkifie Mahmod and Kai Lam at the opening of
Studio 19,
2001 - 2003
- Performer, KYTV’s 2nd installment: Short films screenings, art installation
- The Fabulous Romp POMP Bamboozles, The Substation Guinness theatre
- Performer, Orang Orang -A movement and vocalization performance.
With Zai Kuning, George Chua, Suzaki Misumi.
Sculpture Square. Singapore
- “Little bundles”
A traveling group exhibition in “Surrounded by Water” gallery
At Quezon City, The Philippines. 2003
- “Simplicity”
The First Solo Art Exhibition at Utterly Art gallery, Singapore.
Sculptures, paintings and drawings. 2003
- “I hear them coming” The Substation, Singapore 2003
Performer, KYTV’s 1st installment: voice performance and video projections
- “Nothing to Declare”
Performer, collaboration with Performance artist Juliana Yasin.
Australian High Commission. Singapore 2002
- NOKIA Arts
Mixed media Installation, The Singapore Art Museum. 2001
Awards/Sponsorships
National Art Council Travel Grant for Asiatopia Festival in Bangkok
National Art Council International development grants Group Grant for Germany
and Italy respectively.
National Art Council International development grant for BIPAF festival Korea 2008
- Project grant for “How we all so different n yet feel so alike.” solo exhibition 2008
-National Arts Council International Touring art grant for NIPAF festival 2007
- National Arts Council International Touring art grant. Group application. 2007
- Singapore International foundation art grant 2007
- National Arts Council Rotary club training art grant, Singapore 2006
- Goethe institute. German Language scholarship recipient,
A study trip to Berlin 2005.
-National Arts Council Project grant
For “Simplicity –A little thought that counts “ solo show, 2004
-Lee Foundation exhibition grant for
“Simplicity-A little thought that counts” Solo Show, 2003
-LaSalle Alumni grant for
“Simplicity -A little thought that counts” solo art exhibition 2003
- Project art grant for first solo exhibition “Simplicity”, 2002
-Project grant for KYTV, National Arts Council. 2002
-Local Arts Bursary, National Arts Council, 1999
Organizations
- Founded and managed an artist-run space: “nog studio”
An alternative art space for Contemporary art in Singapore.
- Member of The Artist Village, Singapore
- The Drawing center, New York, slide-registry collection: drawings.
Further Education/Workshops/Talks
- Toddlers’ art workshops at the National Museum for Children’s Season 2008
-Drawing workshops with Young Adults from the Muscular Dysophy Association (MDAS)
- ARTLAB Artist run workshops for Children Season at the Esplanade Jendela Space
- Artist-talk series on drawing, at P-10, Singapore. 2007
- Music Workshop with German band, Stereo Total
Creative Spaces 1 organized by Goethe Institut, Singapore. 2004
- Photography workshop with Beat Presser “SPIRITUALITY” at the Goethe Institut.
- Artist workshop with Norwegian Artist – Kjetil Ingvar Berge (Sculpture) 1998
Artist Residencies
- JatiWangi Artfactory Artist in residence 2006, Indonesia
- Villa Streauli ‘s artist residency 2006, Winterthur, Switzerland
- Dopca Summer Artist Residency in conjunction with "The International Medieval
festival of Arts." Romania. 2006
- Goethe Institut, German Language scholarship recipient, a study trip to Berlin 2005 -
- LaSalle ‘s Artist Residency program at the
LaSalle College of the arts, Singapore. 2004
- “Art for All: Towards Inclusive society”
* Nominated by the National Arts Council of Singapore for the ASEAN Art Camp held in
Thailand, Hosted by the UNESCO 2003
Commission Works
- Glow in the dark mural painting for Onyx dance club, Singapore, 2005
- “Traces of the past” - drawing for Singapore Airlines In flight’s menu, 2004
- Glow in the dark mural painting, Zouk disco club, Singapore 2000
Publication/Curatorial
- Curated “Sketchbook” group exhibition at Esplanade’s tunnel 2008
- Featured Interview by Ish magazine August issue 2008
- “A” a book of drawings compiled with a group of Swiss artists, Switzerland. 2006
- “ Ditampar pabrik kulit - Vol.9” Indonesian comic book, contribution of drawings.
- “ Zouk: The book ”, A compilation of drawings, Singapore 2003
- “ Green donkey” Art zine, contribution of drawings. Singapore 2002.
