ARTIST PROFILE

Ben Yap

  • Singapore (b. 1985)
  • Currently in Singapore.
  • Visual Artist

CONTACT & LINKS

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017

  • LINES, The Private Museum, Singapore.
  • The Grad Expectations 2017, NAFA Graduation Showcase, Objectifs Chapel Gallery, Singapore.
  • Dysfunction Is A Function, BA Fine Art Work-in-Progress Exhibition, On-Air Gallery, Singapore.
  • Young Eyes +, Chiang Mai Photo Festival, Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

2016

  • Cliftons Art Prize 2016 Finalists Exhibition, Cliftons Singapore, Singapore.
  • Pop-up Noise: Soul Searching, Kreta Ayer Square, Singapore.
  • Photomakers of NAFA, Lim Hak Tai Gallery, Singapore.
  • Project LAVA (Literary Arts - Visual Arts), Kaki Bukit Community Centre, Singapore.

2015

  • Becoming of Age, The Noise Alumni Exhibition, Galeris Nila & Utama @ The Foothills at Fort Canning Park, Singapore.

2014

  • Bang! Bang! Wonderland!, PAssionArts Festival 2014, Kovan Hub, Singapore.
  • Art Apart 2014, Articles Gallery, PARKROYAL on Pickering, Singapore.

2013

  • The Apprenticeship Programme 2013 Exhibition, 8Q Museum, Singapore.
  • Art Apart Fair 2013, Articles Gallery, PARKROYAL on Pickering, Singapore.
  • The Under 100 Show, Goodman Arts Centre, Singapore.

2012

  • Urban Sensation Festival, Participating Artist, Big Splash, Singapore.

2011

  • d) all of the above, NAFA Fine Art Diploma Graduation Show, Lim Hak Tai Gallery, Singapore.

PROGRAMS

2017

  • The Art of Seeing Sideways, Workshop, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore. Led by Metod Blejec.

2013

  • The Apprentice Programme by Noise Singapore, Mentorship Programme, Singapore. Mentored by Justin Loke (Vertical Submarine).

2010

  • Darren Sylvester Photography Workshop, Workshop, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore. Led by Darren Sylvester.

2009

  • Singapore - Its Built Environment: A Stage for People to Live In, Workshop, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore. Led by Kai Olaf-Hesse.

LOCATION

  • Born 1985 in Singapore.

EDUCATION

  • 2016 - 2017
    Loughborough University, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
    Bachelor of Art (Hons) Fine Art in
  • 2008 - 2012
    Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore
    Diploma in Fine Art in Photography

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2017
    Best Graduate Award (Degree)
    Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore
  • 2017
    Shortlist, Embassy of Peru Award
    Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore
  • 2016
    Finalist
    Cliftons Art Prize 2016, Singapore
  • 2011
    Finalist
    Crowbar Awards 2011, Singapore