Lot 4 – Vanessa Liem - Funhouse #1

About  

Vanessa Liem (b. 2002, Singapore) graduated under the International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme (IBCP) in Visual Arts at School of the Arts, Singapore (SOTA) in 2020. 

Liem delves into the themes of voyeurism and power dynamics inherent in the relationship between the viewer and painting. Through figuration, Liem explores performativity in the depiction of self, and the reclaiming of our agency through the choreography of her figures. 

Vanessa Liem has participated and curated several SOTA art exhibitions. For her work, she won Gold for the 2019 UOB Painting of the Year, Emerging Category. Liem is currently pursuing her Bachelor’s Degree at the University of the Arts, London. 

Education  

BA Fine Art Painting, Camberwell College of Art, London 

Solo Exhibitions 

2022  

For The Time Being, Cuturi Gallery, Singapore 

2021  

I Cried Bizarre, Cuturi Gallery, Singapore 

Group Exhibitions 

2025

(Ongoing) The Body Speaks, Guts Gallery, London, UK

2024  

Softer, Softest, Guts Gallery, London, UK 

Art SG, Sands and Expo Convention Centre, Singapore  

2023  

Cardboard Radiator, Lot Projects, Hackney, London, UK 

Before Now, After Then, Bargehouse Gallery, London, UK 

Summer Group Show, Cuturi Gallery, Singapore 

Art SG, Sands and Expo Convention Centre, Singapore 

2022  

Past. Future. Present., Gallery Benefit Auction, National Gallery Singapore 

Awards 

2019  

UOB Painting of the Year Regional Winning Paintings’ showcase, UOB Art Gallery, Singapore 

Gallery Representation 

Cuturi Gallery 

Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork 

“The two postcards explore the body, perception and the idea of self-gaze.  They are visual representations of the intimate yet estranged moment, almost meta experience of catching yourself in a reflection; the sudden confrontation of the physical vessel that is you.”