Chen Shitong
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Born 1985 in Singapore
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Graduated with Diploma in Fine Arts (Western Painting), Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, 2006
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Graduated with Bachelor of Art (Honours) in Fine Arts, LASALLE College of the Arts, 2013
Utilising the printmaking medium, Chen Shitong weaves subtle narratives that explore the intersection between people and places. Much of his work features the motif of a weathered rock formation – its form and texture inspired by the artist’s daily observations of natural found objects. Vast, solid yet ethereal in presence, the rock formation – created through an exquisite print method – reveals both weight and weightlessness. The tiny, delicate human figures portrayed in various states and postures generate a vibrant sense of life and motion, pointing to the interconnectedness between people and places, and the multitude of stories unveiled through the most ordinary of interactions.
Though Shitong employs printmaking extensively in his aesthetic expressions, his work consists only of unique original editions.
Awards & Notable Commissions
2014 Commission for Farrer Park Medical Centre
2013 Commission for Art in Transit for Downtown Line - Roch0r Station
2012 Winston Oh Travel Award, Practice Award Recipient
2011 LASALLE Scholarship
2009 NAFA Fine Arts Award, Wood Award
Selected Solo & Group Exhibitions
2018 BON á TIRER: Original Prints by Chen Shitong, April Ng, Tan Seow Wei & Zhang Fuming, AC43 Gallery, Singapore
2018 Shop Mix, Tamarind Institute Gallery, Albuquerque, USA
2017 On Common Ground, Mulan Gallery, Singapore
2017 Contemporary Printmaking Festival, Capitol Piazza, Singapore
2016 Locals Only, TAKSU, Singapore
2015 This is Utopia, LWH Gallery, Shanghai
2015 Phrase, Rephrase. Galerie Steph, Singapore
2014 My Dreams. Our Hopes. LWH Gallery, Shanghai, China
2014 Other Nature 2, Art Forum, Singapore
2013 Spot Art 2013, Singaore ARTrium, Singapore
2013 Hospice is..., Project Space Institue of Contemporary Art, Lasalle, Singapore
2013 Georgetown Festival 2013, Georgetown Penang, Malaysia