Artist Statement
Alvin Ong's paintings playfully combine diverse visual vocabularies. The body’s appetites are unapologetically exposed in its cravings, culminating in surreal bodily configurations suspended between moments of pleasure and pain.
© Alvin Ong
Singapore and London
Alvin Ong's paintings playfully combine diverse visual vocabularies. The body’s appetites are unapologetically exposed in its cravings, culminating in surreal bodily configurations suspended between moments of pleasure and pain.
© Alvin Ong
© Alvin Ong
Alvin Ong (b. 1988, Singapore) is a graduate of the Ruskin School of Art (2016) and the Royal College of Art (2018). Alvin was awarded a residency with the Royal Drawing School (2017) as well as the Chadwell Award (2018). He has exhibited at SAM (2007, 2012, 2013), NAFA (2007), Asian Civilizations Museum (2010), Peranakan Museum (2015), Northampton Contemporary (2017) and National Portrait Gallery (2018). He lives and works in Singapore and London.
© Alvin Ong
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