Of Ordinary Things
[13.07.19 — 13.10.19]
SPRMRKT at STPI
Liu Ling’s practice is a tribute to the wonders of life and an outright celebration of reality. Although her experimentation leads to different mediums, her works adopt the same universal visual language of realism. Through the process of intricately constructing details to capture what she observes laid out in front of her; she attempts to rediscover the essence of beauty in the often overlooked: Ordinary.
With her series of talks, demonstrations and workshops happening in conjunction with Of Ordinary Things, Liu Ling walks us through her practice, the how and the whys behind her desire to re-create what she sees and the purpose of shining a light on the ignored and forgotten.
Liu Ling was born in Dalian, China and relocated to Singapore in 2002. She graduated from Temasek Polytechnic and NUS, majoring in Computing, and had no background in the arts. In 2014, she began taking short courses at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) and LASALLE before moving on to receive more intensive training at Art Is Studio.
Since then, she has won several awards locally and internationally, such as the Singapore Young Talent Programme 2018, Strokes of Genius 10 Competition as well as Strokes of Genius 11 Competition. Her works have been showcased in various exhibitions, such as NAFA Arts Festival and Affordable Art Fair; and have also been featured in various publications such as Kult Magazine and Drawing Magazine. Her original artworks and commissions are held in private collections across the world, such as in Japan, Holland, Australia, Brazil, Poland, Mauritius, and the United States.
