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J I M M Y O N G
Born in Singapore in 1964, the artist presently resides in Bennington, Vermont, USA. |
Art Education
| 1989 - 1992 |
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, USA.
Awarded Charles Toppan Drawing Prize. |
| 1988 |
Studio Art Centre International, Florence, Italy.
Awarded Anna K Meredith Scholarship. |
| 1984 - 1985 |
Centre for Creative Studies, Detroit, USA.
Awarded Alliance of Independent Colleges of Art Scholarship.
Awarded UOB Painting of the Year, Youth 2nd Prize, 1980, Singapore. |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2004 |
Rocks & Water, Block 43 Studio Gallery, Singapore. |
| 2003 |
Trees in a Garden, Lunuganga, Bentota, Sri Lanka. |
| 2002 |
Portable Prayer, Plum Blossoms Gallery, New York, USA. |
| 2001 |
Lovers’ Rocks, Taksu Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
| 2000 |
Alter-Altar, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong, China. |
| 1999 |
Studies for a Deity, Gallery 456, New York, USA. |
| 1999 |
The Other Woman, Dagmar Gallery, Santa Monica, USA. |
| 1997 |
Lovers & Ancestors, Cicada Gallery, Singapore. |
| 1990 |
Jimmy Ong – Drawings, Goethe Institute, Singapore. |
| 1988 |
Familiar Stranger / Distant Relative, Artist studio/ Dragon Court, Singapore. |
| 1988 |
Table Drawings, ArtForum, Singapore. |
| 1987 |
The Children of, Arbour Fine Art Gallery, Singapore. |
| 1986 |
Table Drawings, ArtTrain Gallery, Detroit, USA. |
| 1984 |
The Drawings of Jimmy Ong, Alliance Française, Singapore. |
Selected Group Shows
| 2008 |
The Scale of Black, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Singapore. |
| 2006 |
Nature Born, Langgeng Contemporary Art Festival, Magelang, Indonesia. |
| 2005 |
Vision & Resonance, Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore. |
| 2004 |
The Invisible Thread, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island, NY, USA. |
| 2000 |
12 ASEAN Artists, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
| 2000 |
ArtSingapore, MITA Atrium, Singapore. |
| 2000 |
Love on Paper, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
| 1999 |
Tolong, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
| 1998 |
German Week, the Deutsche Bank Art Collections, Chijmes Gallery, Singapore. |
| 1997 |
Art Power, in aid of The Substation – A Home for the Arts, Chijmes Gallery, Singapore. |
| 1996 |
Interaction, Cicada Gallery, Singapore. |
| 1995 |
Figurative Works, Mulligan Shanoski Gallery, San Francisco, USA. |
| 1994 |
Five Directions, Takashimaya Gallery, Singapore. |
| 1994 |
Windows on Singapore Art, various venues, Hong Kong and China. |
| 1991 |
Many in One, Meridian House International, Washington DC, USA. |
| 1990 |
Art Travel East West, World Trade Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands. |
Selected Bibliography
Joanna Lee Interview, ‘Nature Born’, Langgeng Contemporary Art Festival catalogue, Magelang, 2006.
Iola Lenzi, ‘Review: Jimmy Ong, Hong Kong’ Art Asia Pacific, Issue Number 28.
Peter Lee, ‘Talking Charcoal’ 12 ASEAN Artists, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, 2000.
Donald Dinwiddie, ‘Bodhisattva Pudica: The Nudes of Jimmy Ong’. Asian Art Newspaper, Jan 2001.
Georgina Lee, ‘Review: A Matter of Extremes’ Hong Kong Standard, Dec 1999.
Collette Chattopadhyay, ‘Jimmy Ong at Dagmar’, Asian Art News, May/June 1999.
Leah Ollman, ‘Art Reviews’, Los Angeles Times, 16 April 1999.
Juliana Lim, ‘For Jimmy’, Lianhe Zaobao, 6 August 1998.
Ian Findlay, ‘An Intimate World’, Asian Art News, September 1997, p.74-77.
Ben Munroe, ‘An Artist Who Lets His Pieces Do The Talking’, The Business Times, Singapore 25 July 1997.
Constance Sheares, ‘Introduction’, Lovers & Ancestors, Cicada Gallery, Singapore 1997.
Saw Kee Wah, ‘Review’, Lianhe Zaobao, July 1997.
Rachael Farnay, ‘Interaction in Cicada’, Asian Art News, July 1996.
T. Sasitharan, ‘The Play of Life’, The Straits Times Singapore, 24 August 1990.
T.K. Sabapathy, ‘Still-Life Fruits that Pulsate with Life and Vitality’, The Straits Times, Singapore 17 May 1988.
T.K. Sabapathy, ‘Means of Expressing the Self in Terms of Others’, The Straits Times, Singapore 29 May, 1987. |
Website
www.jimmyong.net
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