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IAN WOO

IAN WOO

b. 1967, Singapore
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Ian Woo Biography

Ian Woo is an artist working in the language of abstraction. Influenced by forms of modernism, perceptual abstraction and the sound structures of music improvisation, his work is characterised by a sense of gravitational and representational change. He often uses the term ‘picture making’ when describing his position and approach, maintaining the discipline and evolvement of painting as a vehicle for pictorial reflectivity.

Woo has exhibited widely on an international level. His works are in the collection of major institutions such as ABN AMRO, Singapore Art Museum, The Istana Singapore, The National Gallery Singapore, Suzhou Center, UBS, and the Mint Museum of Craft & Design, USA.

Woo’s paintings have been featured in the publication Art Cities of the Future: 21st Century Avant-Gardes, published by Phaidon in 2013. Since 2016, he has been part of the painting collaborative Impermanent Durations- On Painting and Time.

Woo lives and works in Singapore and is represented by FOST Gallery, Singapore.

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Corners a by Ian Woo contemporary artwork painting print
Ian Woo Corners (a), 2021 Monotype on paper
110 x 81.5 cm
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Recently Exhibited

Contemporary art exhibition Group Exhibition Second Movement at STPI Singapore
Group Exhibition Second Movement STPI 11 June–7 August 2022
Singapore
Contemporary art exhibition Group Exhibition On Time at STPI Singapore
Group Exhibition On Time STPI 25 September–24 October 2021
Singapore
Contemporary art exhibition Group Exhibition Strange Forms of Life at STPI Singapore
Group Exhibition Strange Forms of Life STPI 5 December 2020–31 January 2021
Singapore

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We Have Crossed The Lake by Ian Woo contemporary artwork painting
Ian Woo We Have Crossed The Lake, 2009 Acrylic on linen
194 x 244 cm
 Singapore Art Museum Not for sale
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