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EDUCATION

2019 MFA Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts (SVA) – New York, USA

2016 Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Fine Art, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) – Baltimore, Maryland (MD), USA

2012 Creative Painting, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London – London, UK

2009 Oil Painting, My Art Space – Singapore

1998 BA (Honors), Geography, National University of Singapore (NUS) – Singapore

1997 BA (Merit), Geography, Southeast Asian Studies, Chinese Studies, NUS – Singapore

EXHIBITIONS

2024

  • Climate for Change, Pinkard Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) – Baltimore, MD, USA

2023

  • Maryland State Arts Council Triennial, Maryland Art Place – Baltimore, MD, USA

  • Atlantika Collective: Approaching Event Horizons, Buchanan Hall Atrium Gallery, George Mason University – Fairfax, Virginia, USA

2022

  • 24HR Art, Northern Centre for Contemporary Art – Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

  • Approaching Event Horizons: Projects on Climate Change by Atlantika Collective, Mason Exhibitions Arlington, George Mason University – Arlington, Virginia, USA

  • Remembrance, Resilience, Power + Pride, Asian Arts & Culture Center, Towson University, Stillpointe Theatre – Baltimore, MD, USA

  • Prescient Surfaces, Ryniker-Morrison Gallery, Rocky Mountain College – Billings, Montana, USA

  • Hawker! Hawker!, Singapore Art Week 2022, Lau Pa Sat – Singapore

2021

  • Recycle, Rework, Remake, Northern Centre for Contemporary Art – Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

  • These Years, Photoville New York, Brooklyn Bridge Park – New York, NY, USA

  • Material Index, Affordable Art Fair New York Young Talent Exhibition, Metropolitan Pavilion – New York, NY, USA

  • Out of Order, Maryland Art Place – Baltimore, MD, USA

  • May I…?, Media Arts Building – New York, NY, USA

  • Organic Destruction, Creative Alliance – Baltimore, MD, USA

2020

  • Streets of Hope, National Arts Council – Singapore

  • Floating, Pfizer Building – Brooklyn, NY, USA (online exhibition due to COVID-19)

  • Talking to the Blue, Media Arts Building – New York, NY, USA

  • Talking to the Blue, Lankai Art Gallery – Anshan, China

2019

  • EATEN: A Capsule Museum for Future Possible Past Beings, Gillman Barracks – Singapore

  • Second Tri-Annual Maryland State Artist Registry Juried Exhibition, Maryland Art Place – Baltimore, MD, USA

  • Court, Art Lot – Brooklyn, NY,  USA

  • Now That’s What I Call Love, Downtown Community Television Center – New York, NY, USA

  • Contained Memory, SVA Flatiron Gallery – New York, NY, USA

2018

  • Magic Plastic Lounge, Satellite Art Show – Miami, FL, USA

  • International Independent Art Fair, St. Martin’s Episcopal Church – New York, NY, USA

2017

  • Out of Order, Maryland Art Place – Baltimore, MD, USA

  • Water Cooler, Fox 3 Gallery – Baltimore, MD, USA

PRESS & PUBLICATIONS

2022

  • Kopf, Suzy. “Art AND: Yam Chew Oh,” BmoreArt Collect, 10 Aug 2022

  • Fisher, Paul. “The changing role of curators in Singapore and beyond,” The A List, 19 Feb 2022

  • Wan, Jie Che. “SAW Dialogues 2022 - A&M Salon: Art, Good, Design,” Art & Market, 26 Jan 2022

  • Champion, Jennifer Anne. “Singapore Art Week 2022: Returning to form, not FOMO,” Arts Equator, 21 Jan 2022

  • “Singapore Art Week Ventures into Unique and Unusual Venues,” Asian Journeys, 13 Jan 2022

  • Fisher, Paul. “Unexpected locations for Singapore Art Week 2022,” The A List, 12 Jan 2022

  • Keng, Yang Shuen. “The Must-See Highlights Of Singapore Art Week 2022,” Female Magazine, 10 Jan 2022

  • Ng, Siang Ping. “到老巴刹看展览 挖掘小贩文化底蕴 (See exhibition at Lau Pa Sat, explore the cultural heritage of hawkers),” Lianhe Zaobao, 6 Jan 2022

  • “Art Takes Over Singapore Art Week’s 10th Edition,” Ocula, 5 Jan 2022

2021

  • “Kolaborasi Seni dari Berbagai Pelosok Dunia melalui ‘Art Takes Over’ di Singapore Art Week 2021,” Whiteboard Journal, 3 Dec 2021

  • “Singapore Art Week goes to Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Lau Pa Sat and the heartland,” The Straits Times, 1 Dec 2021

2020

  • Rivera, Edwin. “Featured Artist,” The Match Factory, Issue 13, Spring 2020 

2018

  • Lumina Journal, Vol. XVII, Sarah Lawrence College, Yonkers, NY, USA

2017

  • Studio Visit Magazine, Vol. 38, Summer 2017

2006

  • Nectarpool: Love & Longing in Amritsar,” Sunday Morning Singapore & Good Morning Singapore

CURATORIAL & COLLECTIVE PROJECTS

2022

  • Co-curator, Hawker! Hawker! for Singapore Art Week 2022, Lau Pa Sat – Singapore

2017

  • Curator, Out of Their Skin, Flex Space, SVA – New York, NY, USA

2006

  • International media relations for inaugural Singapore Biennale – Singapore

  • Media relations and ministerial launch for photography exhibition, Nectarpool: Love & Longing in Amritsar, National Library – Singapore

2005

  • Healing Sky Garden, hanging glass sculpture commission for Tan Tock Seng Hospital atrium, part of The Art of Healing program – Singapore

  • Victor Tan, exhibition of works by near-blind sculptor in conjunction with National Eye Care Day, Tan Tock Seng Hospital – Singapore

  • Manager, Tan Tock Seng Hospital Heritage Museum – Singapore

TEACHING & EDUCATING

2025

  • Faculty, Fine Arts: Contemporary Practices, SVA Residency Programs – New York, NY, USA

2022-current

  • Faculty, Visual & Critical Studies & Continuing Education, SVA – New York, NY, USA

2023-current

  • International Admission Counselor, Undergraduate Admission, MICA – Baltimore, MD, USA 2025

  • International Admission Counselor, Undergraduate Admission, MICA – Baltimore, MD, USA

2024

  • Faculty, Painting & Mixed Media, SVA Residency Programs – New York, NY, USA

  • International Admission Counselor, Undergraduate Admission, MICA – Baltimore, MD, USA

2023

  • International Admission Counselor, Undergraduate Admission, MICA – Baltimore, MD, USA

  • Faculty, Painting & Mixed Media, SVA Residency Programs – New York, NY, USA

  • Visiting Artist, Drawing: Contemporary Practices and Senior Thesis, MICA – Baltimore, MD, USA

  • Professional Tutor, MICA Writing Studio – Baltimore, MD, USA

2022

  • Faculty, Painting & Mixed Media, SVA Residency Programs – New York, NY, USA

  • Visiting Critic, Junior Independent General Fine Arts, MICA – Baltimore, MD, USA

  • Visiting Artist, Drawing: Contemporary Practices, MICA – Baltimore, MD, USA

2021

  • Faculty, Continuing Education, SVA – New York, NY, USA

  • Visiting Artist, Senior Thesis, MICA – Baltimore, MD, USA

  • Academic Assistant, Sotheby’s Institute of Art Pre-College Summer Institute Jul 30 – Online

  • Panelist, The Education(s) of an artist, SVA Continuing Education – New York, NY, USA

  • Panelist, Global Arts: Transcultural Practices in Art and Design, online panel discussion, SVA Continuing Education – New York, NY, USA

  • Curriculum designer, The Everyday Artist and Spring Forward: Re-Look, Re-Convene, Re-Write for SVA Continuing Education – New York, NY, USA

2020

  • Faculty, Humanities & Sciences, SVA – New York, NY, USA 

  • Faculty, Global Arts, SVA – New York, NY, USA

  • Academic Assistant, Sotheby’s Institute of Art Pre-College Summer Institute – Online

  • Panelist, Affordable Art Fair New York Young Talent Exhibition, Metropolitan Pavilion – New York NY, USA (postponed due to COVID-19)

2019

  • Faculty, Humanities & Sciences, SVA – New York, NY, USA

  • Strategic Development Fellow, Asia Contemporary Art Week – New York, NY, USA

  • Artist talk, Plane Line, Court @ Art Lot – Brooklyn, NY, USA

  • Instructor, found materials art-making workshop, in conjunction with Now That’s What I Call Love, DCTV – New York, NY, USA

  • Artist talk, Floating on Detritus: A Karung Guni Story, SVA – New York, NY, USA

2018

  • Teaching Assistant, BFA Foundation Sculpture, SVA – New York, NY, USA

2017 - 2020

  • Writing Tutor, Writing Resource Center, SVA – New York, NY, USA

2016 - 2017

  • Writing Tutor, Writing Studio, MICA – Baltimore, MD, USA

2015-2016

  • Graduate Teaching Intern, Senior Thesis, MICA – Baltimore, MD, USA

  • Graduate Program Assistant, MICA – Baltimore, MD, USA

AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES

2023 Vermont Student Center Sculpture Residency – Johnson, VT, USA

2022 Singapore Art Week 2022 curatorial project grant ($30K), National Arts Council – Singapore

2021 Nominee, Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD) Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship 2022/2023 – USA

2020 Nominee, AICAD Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship 2020/2021 – USA

2018 Fellow, Attention Lab: Order of the Third Bird, Mildred’s Lane Residency – Pennsylvania, USA

2017-2019 SVA MFA Fine Arts merit scholarship – New York, NY, USA

2015-2016 MICA Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Fine Art merit scholarship – Baltimore, MD, USA