Artists 

Yeo Shih Yun

An admirer of the works of Jackson Pollock, Robert Motherwell and Franz Kline, Shih Yun's works are typically executed with high-energy spontaneity using Chinese ink and acrylic. Untrained in the concepts and skills of art-making, Shih Yun's raw intrigue for creative forms and expression served as the only guide to her emerging creative vision. She graduated from Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts (Singapore) with a diploma in Communications Design at the and later attended one-year Post-Baccalaureate Program (Painting) at San Francisco Art Institute. One of Shih Yun's early experimental works received acclaim as a highly-commended entry for the UOB Painting of the Year competition in 1999. Shih Yun has exhibited in Singapore in solo and group exhibitions and her recent exhibitions include Exit at Intrude Gallery in Melbourne, log:one03 at Block43 Studio Gallery and NewFinds 2003 at MITA ARTrium and curated Gong Xi Fa Cai at instinc. Her professional experience includes working as an educator, freelance designer, curator and filmmaker. Besides her own art practice, Shih Yun has also collaborated with artists from US, Canada, UK and Singapore for the past four years.

Valerie Ng

Largely self-taught, Valerie has always enjoyed painting and creating art.  She took up painting seriously in 2002 after attending the Alternative (Summer) Foundation in Fine Art, at The Slade School of Fine Art, University College of London. Her abstract paintings are created as a result of her explorations in colour, form, texture, depth, mood and movement on a surface.  She won the First Prize (Abstract Medium Category) in the UOB Painting of the Year 2004 and has recently exhibited at Art Singapore, the Wetterling Teo Gallery (Solo Exhibition) and the Jendela Gallery in 2005. Her paintings can be found in private and corporate collections locally and overseas.

Wyn-Lyn Tan

In her five years of painting, Wyn-Lyn has developed a personal artistic language through the bold interplay of colour, light, texture and contrast. She obtained her Diploma in Fine Art from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and holds a Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Her works have been widely exhibited in various art exhibitions in Singapore and abroad, and are collected by both local and international private and corporate collectors. Her recent exhibitions include Exit at Intrude Gallery in Melbourne and Two Women, Two Stories at Gallery+. She is a recipient of the Highly Commended Work Award in Abstract Medium in the 22^nd UOB Painting of the Year competition in 2003, and was also a selected artist for New Finds 2004, an annual showcase of new talents by the Art Galleries Association in Singapore.

About Instinc

Housed in a quaint Peranakan shophouse on historic Emerald Hill, this artist studio-and-gallery is a step and a hop away from the main shopping artery without all its hustle and bustle.

It’s a cool, soothing enclave that’s perfect for appreciating and creating art. Come to admire (or critique!) the artworks, chat with the artists-in-residence or participate in art workshops. instinc is no highbrow, stuffy commercial gallery, but a casual, inviting space where viewers are encouraged to come and “smell the paint”, as it were, and discover the thoughts and processes behind the artists’ works.

Fact sheet – instinc 

Address         23 Emerald Hill Road, Singapore 229305

Tel                (65) 6735 9867

Email                   project@instinc.com

Website        www.instinc.com

Opening hours     Tue – Sun 11am - 6pm, closed on Mon

                     Tue – Sun 6 - 8pm (By appointment only)

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