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