Biography
Yap Kheng Kin graduated with a Master of
Visual Arts (Painting) from Sydney College of the Arts, Australia, in
2006. He has since exhibited in Australia and Singapore in group
shows. His interest is in exploring memory and place through
experimentation in painting and how this connects one’s world view
to an inner self. He was the Singapore
Winner for Cliftons
Art Prize
2012.
Exhibition
2018 The
Lure, SOTA Visual Arts Faculty
Showcase III, SOTA Gallery, Singapore
2015 Resubmission,
SOTA Visual Arts Faculty Showcase II, SOTA Gallery, Singapore
Aug 2011 Splendid
Memory Still Flows Back Into Cosmos…Wow Really, SOTA
Visual Arts Faculty Showcase I, SOTA Gallery, Singapore
5 – 17 May 2009 Care-Less,
Forth Gallery Pte Ltd, Singapore
2005 Postgraduate
Degree Show, Sydney College of
the Arts, Sydney
2005 Project
Studio, Exit Gallery, Sydney
College of the Arts, Sydney
2002 Saint
John and Margaret Church Exhibition,
Singapore (C.art Group)
2002 Kampung
Kapor Church Exhibition,
Singapore (C.art Group)
2000 Slip,
The Red Door Gallery, NIE, Singapore
1997 Bachelor
of Architecture Graduate Show,
NUS, Singapore
1996 RAW,
Architecture Society & the school of Architecture, NUS, S’pore
1994 Interim
Upgrading Programme, East Coast
Town Council, Singapore
Awards
2012 Singapore
Winner for Cliftons
Art Prize
2012
2010 1st
Prize for Istana On-the-Spot Art Competition (Open Category),
Singapore Art Museum
2009 2nd Prize for
Istana On-the-Spot Art Competition (Open Category), Singapore Art
Museum
2008 2nd
Prize for Land Transport Authority’s Integrated Art Design
Competition Phase 1 (Singapore)
2007 Finalist
for STAMP Singapore Inaugural Postbox Painting Competition 2007
2003 Project
Search Arts Competition
(Painting) Merit Award (South East Community Development Council,
S’pore)
Speaking
Seminars
2014 InSEA
World Conference 2014 Melbourne,
Australia. Held on 7 – 11 Jul 2014.
2012 InSEA
European Regional Conference
2012 Lemesos, Cyprus. Held on 25 – 27 Jun 2012.
2009 Art,
Music and Education Conference 09,
Ministry of Education, Singapore. Held on 8 – 9 Feb 2009 at
Republic Polytechnic.
2008 East
Zone Action Research Symposium 08,
Research@EastZone, Temasek Junior College. Held on 29 Sep 2008.
2005 Project
Studio, Sydney College of the
Arts, Sydney. Held on 25 Oct 2005.
2004 AHCCA
Postgraduate Association Conference,
U. of Melbourne. Held on 4 Nov 2004.
Publications
Using
the Consultation and Critique Processes to Enhance Learning in Visual
Arts, Published in “Arts Education in the Crossroad of Cultures”,
Proceedings InSEA 2012 European Regional Conference, 25 – 27 Jun
2012, Lemesos, Cyprus.
http://www.insea2012.org/files/InSEA%202012%20Prceedings.pdf
Portfolio
Review: A Documentation Process in the Visual Arts. Published in
SingTeach, National Institute of Education, Singapore, Issue 33 Nov/
Dec 2011 (issn 2010-1031).
http://singteach.nie.edu.sg/issue33-teachered/
Research@EastZone,
Temasek Junior College. EZ Research Monograph, Vol 1, 2009.
http://temasekjc.moe.edu.sg/links/research-east-zone/our-publication/vol-i-2009.html
Philament
Issue 9 Dec 2006, University of Sydney. DEST registered: 1449-0471.
http://sydney.edu.au/arts/publications/philament/issue9_contents.htm
http://sydney.edu.au/arts/publications/philament/issue9_pdfs/YAP_ArtistsArgument.pdf
The
Sydney eScholarship Repository, Postgraduate Theses, Sydney Digital
Theses, Project: Spanning the Space of Dislocation, 2006.
http://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/1336
http://ses.library.usyd.edu.au//bitstream/2123/1336/1/02Whole.pdf
