NG JOON KIAT (b. 1976, Singapore) is a painter who works with the material language of paint as thought and conceptual processes. He draws references from archives of varied disciplines such as geography, microscopic science, history, cartography, surgical history, and city-planning to interrogate the practice and boundaries of painting. His present area of practice includes looking at shaping an artistic identity outside of national boundaries.His work has been exhibited widely in Singapore and internationally. In 2019, he had a seminal solo exhibition ‘Searching Operations: Bodies Of Painting by Ng Joon Kiat’ at the School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. Other notable solo exhibitions include Osage Gallery Hong Kong (2015, 2013 & 2012), Esplanade (2010), National Museum of Singapore (2007). Ng has also participated in the Singapore Biennale 2013 and Busan Biennale 2014, exhibited with Britain’s Royal Academicians, and represented Singapore in the Asia-Pacific Nokia Art Competition 2000 in Seoul.


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