Yeo Jian Long’s artistic practice focuses on drawing and painting, along with a combination of other media such as oil and acrylic. He exhibited in SCOUT: Emerging Art Practices, Singapore Art Week (2016) and at Berdakwat (2016) at Shophouse 5, Singapore. He is a recipient of the Young Talent Programme Winners’ Solo Exhibitions by ION Art and Affordable Art Fair in 2016. His work is in the NAFA Collection, and also some private collections. Jian Long graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) in 2013. He has exhibited his works in numerous shows at Chan Hampe Gallery, the NAFA galleries, Maya Gallery, and Goodman Arts Centre, Singapore. He has represented his alma mater at Art Stage 2015, an international art fair based in Singapore.
“My paintings are painted from memory. Countless walks have in a way, burned these impressions into my mind’s eye. These are scenes which are encountered by most people here in Singapore: walkways with arabesque twirls of vegetation, and the weather-beaten trunks of rain trees. Often these quotidian scenes are overlooked, but I find that they are deceptively simple; paying closer attention to them, one finds that they are filled with light, colour and texture. Perhaps it is fitting that such quotidian scenes are fitting for a small format, as there is an intimacy I would want to convey to the viewers.”
