2005 2006 Master of Arts (Fine Art)

Andre Tan

Born : 22 September 1978, Singapore

EDUCATION

2005 – 2006 Master of Arts (Fine Art) Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore 2003 - 2004 Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) with Honors 1st Class Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, Singapore 1997 – 2000 Diploma in Fine Arts (Painting) Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore

SOLO EXHIBITION

2008 Hello Welcomes Goodbye AFC Studio, Singapore 2007 Truth, Money, Fame Knoll and Dream Interiors, Singapore

SELECTED GROUP PRESENTATIONS/EXHIBITIONS

2010 Asian Modern and Contemporary Art (Aug) Meritius Mandarin, Singapore Child’s Play (April) 48, Niven Road, Singapore 2009 OH! Open House (Dec) 48, Niven Road, Singapore Proxies (Dec) D’Peak Art Space, Singapore Asia Auction Week in Hong Kong (Nov) Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong Asia Modern and Contemporary Art (Oct) HT Contemporary Space, Singapore Modern Contemporary Asian Art Auction Shangri-La, Jakarta Blackout Qsquare, Singapore Asia Auction Week in Hong Kong (May) Conrad, Hong Kong Asia Modern and Contemporary Art (Mar) HT Contemporary Space, Singapore 2008 We Are contemporary Art! AFC STUDIO, Singapore Picture Of Asia (Oct) Raffles Hotel, Singapore Picture Of Asia (April) Raffles Hotel, Singapore

2006 Want - need Front Row, Singapore The Second Dance- New Contemporaries Earl Lu Gallery, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore Made In Singapore

Art Seasons Gallery, Singapore Degree Show Earl Lu Gallery, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore Made 2 Order The Arts House, Singapore 2005 Below 500 Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore Artist Lockdown Singapore Art Museum, Singapore New Contemporaries Earl Lu Gallery, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore 2004 Erotica Art Seasons Gallery, Singapore Multifarious Earl Lu Gallery, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore Made in Singapore Art Seasons Gallery, Singapore 2000 The 5th Ericsson Scholarship Exhibition 2000 Wetterling Teo Gallery No Dead Space, No Wasted Motion LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts Gallery, Singapore 1999 Surface LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts Gallery, Singapore

ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCY PROGRAMME

2003 Flight of Fantasy-Installation Gallery Hotel, Singapore

AWARDS 2008 UTGP08 Judge's Award (Japan) 2005 LASALLE-SIA Scholarship

1999 Georgette Chen Arts Scholarship Singapore Buddhist Lodge Bursary

SELECTED COMMISSIONS

2009 Nostalgia Hotel, Commissioned by Nostalgia Hotel, Singapore 2007 HOUSE House @ Demsey Hill, Singapore 2006 WELOVEAIR Air Division Catalogue 2007, Singapore Sickofflowers/Death by Friendly Bomb Commissioned by National Arts Council, Singapore WA, SURFACE D’AUTONOMIE TEMPORAIRE Commissioned to recreate DESSINS D’ANGLES by PETRA MRZYK and JEAN-FRANCOIS MORICEAU for Alliance Francaise de Singapour , Singapore Minnie Loves to Swim Mosaic Installation at New Majestic Hotel (Art Consultant-AAO), Singapore

2005 Room 202: The Flower Child-Cat Commissioned Mural at New Majestic Hotel (Art Consultant- AAO), Singapore

ARTIST BIO

Andre Tan obtained his Diploma in Fine Arts (Painting) from LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore in 2000. He continued his study at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University and obtained Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art with Honors 1st Class in 2004. Later in 2005, he continued his study at LASALLE- SIA College of the Arts and obtained his Master of Arts in Fine Arts in 2006. Andre is the recipient of the Judge’s Choice for UTGP08-Kenichiro Mogi Prize (2008, Japan), Studentship Scheme (2005) in LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, and also received the Georgette Chen Arts Scholarship (1999). Andre’s work is often viewed in relation to the sensibilities of Pop Art, of reproduced images from pop culture, in the commercial style of advertising and mass communication .While his deliberation upon Pop Art’s obsession with the everyday and its critique of popular culture is seen in his selection of content for his work, his focus is less the concerns of commercialism per se as its effects and the reflective process engendered. His artworks are collected by private collectors in Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia and UK.