Dawn Ng

Works
  • Dawn Ng, Archipelago in Blue, 2024
    Archipelago in Blue, 2024
  • Dawn Ng, Orchid Islands, 2024
    Orchid Islands, 2024
  • Dawn Ng, Marapi, 2024
    Marapi, 2024
  • Dawn Ng, It was a White Crane it was a Helpless Thing Upon a Red Stain and an Arrow in its Wing, 2023
    It was a White Crane it was a Helpless Thing Upon a Red Stain and an Arrow in its Wing, 2023
  • Dawn Ng, Music When the Lights Go Out, 2023
    Music When the Lights Go Out, 2023
  • Dawn Ng, Oh I Could Hide Beneath the Wings of the Bluebird as She Sings (Triptych), 2023
    Oh I Could Hide Beneath the Wings of the Bluebird as She Sings (Triptych), 2023
  • Dawn Ng, Waterfall VIII, 2023
    Waterfall VIII, 2023
  • Dawn Ng, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, 2023
    Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, 2023
  • Dawn Ng, Give Me Land Lots of Land Under Starry Skies Above, 2023
    Give Me Land Lots of Land Under Starry Skies Above, 2023
  • Dawn Ng, Into Air, 2022
    Into Air, 2022
  • Dawn Ng, There is a Window in My Eye, 2023
    There is a Window in My Eye, 2023
  • Dawn Ng, A Piece of Sky, 2022
    A Piece of Sky, 2022
  • Dawn Ng, MERRY GO ROUND, 2020
    MERRY GO ROUND, 2020
  • Dawn Ng, PERFECT STRANGER, 2020
    PERFECT STRANGER, 2020
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Biography
Dawn Ng
Dawn Ng was born in 1982 and lives and works in Singapore. Ng’s practice uses photography, light, film, collage, painting and large-scale installations to consider time, memory and the ephemeral. In her recent series Into Air she emphasises temporality and beauty through her documentation of melting blocks of pigmented ice, sculptural forms that she creates in layers in the studio. The final stage of the process results in ‘Ash’ or ‘residue’ paintings - paper is steeped in the melted pigment over several weeks and the result is a new surface, a combination of careful manipulation and chance. Encouraging slow looking, Ng’s works is characterised by lyricism and a nuanced use of colour and draws visual parallels with topographical references of landscape and geology.

Recent solo exhibitions include Avalanche, Institute of Modern Art, Queensland, Australia (2024); Kate MacGarry, London (2023); Into Air, curated by Jenn Ellis, St Cyprian’s Church, London (2022) and Monument Momento, Sullivan & Strumpf, Singapore (2020). Ng has been commissioned by the National Gallery Singapore (2023); UBS Art Collection (2023); Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore (2020); ArtScience Museum, SIngapore (2019) and the Hermès Foundation (2016). She has exhibited at the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (2024); the Institute of Modern Art, Australia (2024); Jeju Biennale, South Korea (2017); Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon, France (2015) and the Lille 3000 art festival, France (2015).

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