Danielle Poon (b. 1991, Singapore) is a Singaporean multidisciplinary artist working across mixed-media object-making, painting and photography. Her explorations begin with observations on the uncanny; drawing from phenomenology, then presenting them through a repertoire of eclectic colours and process-driven techniques. She is keen in creating art which functions as vessels for growth and healing.
Danielle is a recipient of the 2022 Talent Prize Award, 2020 Ngee Ann Young Promising Artist Award, and was one of the finalists in the Angelico Art Award in 2016 and 2018. She actively participates in local and international group exhibitions, including International Juried Art Competition, Streets of Hope, to feel ourselves again and the 17th Ngee Ann Photographic Exhibition. She is a graduate of LASALLE College of the Arts, with a BA (Honours) in Fine Arts.
“In this hollow, I do grieve for all the things that cease to be.” – Angie Weiland-Crosby
Born from phenomenology, bereavement, and personal narratives, "Restorative Spaces of Mourning; The Presence of Absence" (2023) bears witness to loss rather than societal impulsions of ‘getting over it’. Linen shrouds toned in blue navigate through notions of emptiness, unease, and facades of impoverishment. Frozen in their form, the art objects articulate the ostentatious paralysis of loss and grief, where emotions or the will to live no longer exists. May they be holding spaces for all who need healing and comfort.
