Ye Shufang (b. 1971, Singapore)
Ye Shufang’s art practice spans over two decades, with a focus on the ephemeral and the ‘ready-made’. She has had solo exhibitions at The Private Museum Singapore (2016, 2013, 2011); The Belgrade Cultural Centre, Serbia (2004); Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta (2004); and Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore (2004). Her participation in curated exhibitions include Medium At Large, Singapore Art Museum (2014); World Exposition 2005, Japan (2005); and Feminine Imaginare, Venice (2002).
Shufang’s drawing ‘Exercises in Shape (II)’ was selected as one of 100 favourite artworks of 2011 by Bazaar Art (China) magazine; featured in the January 2012 issue. She is one of 10 recipients of the inaugural President’s Young Talents Exhibition award in 2001.
Shufang served as Programme Leader, Undergraduate and Postgraduate Programme, Faculty of Fine Arts, LASALLE College of the Arts (2002 to 2007) where she supervised studio and research portfolios.
Shufang served as Head, Faculty of Visual Arts, School of the Arts Singapore (2007 to 2010) where she led the development and implementation of the International Baccalaureate Visual Arts curriculum. From 2010 to 2022, Shufang served as Deputy Director, Education at National Gallery Singapore where she led gallery learning and headed the Gallery's Keppel Centre for Art Education. Under her leadership, Keppel Centre for Art Education received the Children in Museums Award 2018 for innovative art education, awarded by Hands On! International Association of Children in Museums and European Museum Academy.
Shufang currently serves as Senior Lecturer with Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore.
She is working on a series of drawings responding to DORSCON Orange in Singapore.
Solo Exhibitions
2016
The Loss Index II, The Private Museum, Singapore
2013
The Loss Index, The Private Museum, Singapore
2011
The Happiness Index, The Private Museum, Singapore
2004
Other Miscellaneous Uses of Agar-agar, Belgrade Cultural Centre, Serbia and Montenegro
2004
The Black Forest Cake Project, Plastique Kinetic Worms Gallery, Singapore
2004
PROJECT: small sweets, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2003
Orientations: a room of small gestures, The Substation Gallery, Substation, Singapore
2000
a wall drawing, LASALLE Gallery, Singapore
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014
Medium at Large, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
2013
Some things that matter. Jendela Gallery, The Esplanade, Singapore.
Confluence. Artspace@Helutrans, Art Galleries Association, Singapore.
2010
Etiquette, The Substation, Singapore.
2009
Wolfnotes. Artists respond to literary works. Old School Gallery, Singapore.
2007
Breath and Other Exchanges. Singapore Management University, Singapore.
City_Net Asia 2007. Seoul Museum of Art, South Korea.
2006
Love, Romance and other Recipes for Happily-Ever-After. Singapore Art Museum.
Pret-a-Porter. Group exhibition, Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore.
2005
World Exposition 2005. Site-specific work for Singapore Pavilion. Nagoya, Japan.
2004
The LASALLE SCHOOL. Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore.
11th Asian Art Biennale. Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2003
TOYS. An exhibition for kids and adults! Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore.
text & subtext. Contemporary Asian Women Artists. X-RAY Art Centre, Beijing, China.
Esplanade Visual Arts Exhibition. The Esplanade, Singapore.
2002
Talik Ikat. Fibre Connections. Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
OPEN2002. 5th international exhibition of sculpture and installation. Lungomare Marconi, Venice, Italy.
Site + Sight. Translating Cultures. Asian Civilisation Museum, Singapore.
text & subtext. Contemporary Asian Women Artists. The Nikolaj Contemporary Art Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Art Figures. Mathematics in Art. Singapore Art Museum, Singapore.
text & subtext. Contemporary Asian Women Artists. The Stenersenmuseum, Oslo, Norway.
2001
text & subtext, Contemporary Asian Women Artists. Ostasiatiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Floating Chimeras. Contemporary Asian Art. Edsvik Art and Culture Centre, Sollentuna, Sweden.
The President’s Young Talent Exhibition. Curated exhibition, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore.
2000
text & subtext. Contemporary Asian Women Artists. Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
USEby: Asia Pacific Artist Initiatives Projects. 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne, Australia.
text & subtext. Contemporary Asian Women Artists. Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore.
Creative Process : Approaches. Curated exhibition, Sculpture Square, Singapore.
The House Project. Group exhibition, Nokia Singapore Art, Singapore.
1999
Ambulations. Notions of Walking. Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore.
SUARA IV. Curated exhibition, Caldwell House, CHIJMES, Singapore.
CRISP. The Singapore Art Museum, Singapore.
20 x 20. Group exhibition, The Art Colony, Szigetszentmiklos, Hungary.
Praxis. Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore.
Topographies. A Residency in Canberra. LASALLE Gallery, Singapore.
1998
RMIT Postgraduate Exhibition. Span Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
New Generation Artists. Art Forum Gallery, Singapore.
the somatic object. Contemporary Art Objects. Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore.
Suara 3. Caldwell House, CHIJMES, Singapore.
1997
Nine Dragon Heads. The 2nd International Environment Art Festival and Symposium. Chong-Ju, Korea.
New Criteria 5, Installation Art. Curated by Lee Weng Choy. The Substation, Singapore.
LOOK. Curated exhibition, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore.
1996
Suara 2. LASALLE-SIA Alumni Show. Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore.
Passage. Wetterling Teo Gallery, Singapore.
1995
RMIT Fine Art Graduate Exhibition. Melbourne, Australia.
similarity and difference. RMIT Fine Art Graduate show. LASALLE Gallery, Singapore.
New Faculty Show. LASALLE Gallery, Singapore.
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The Loss Index II, The Private Museum, Singapore 2016.
Teacher Symposium, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore, 2015.
International Symposium for Education through Arts (InSEA), Melbourne, 2014.
The Loss Index, The Private Museum, Singapore 2013.
Target Audiences and the Publics of Art. The Substation, 2012.
Talking Shop, Work II, Ion Art Gallery, 2011.
The Happiness Index, The Private Museum 2011.
Gestures in Ephemeral works. Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore 2006.
The Ready-made in Art. Anglo-Chinese Junior College, Singapore 2005.
Conceptual Art. Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore 2005.
lnstallation Art. Temasek Junior College, Singapore 2005.
Contemporary Asian Art. Belgrade Cultural Centre, Serbia and Montenegro 2004.
Conceptual Art in Singapore. Symposium. Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore 2004.
The Black Forest Cake Project. Plastique Kinetic Worms Gallery, Singapore 2004.
Arts exchange between young artists from Europe and Asia. Round table discussion. Singapore Art Museum, Singapore 2002.
On Chimeras and Asian Art. Edsvik Art and Culture Centre, Sollentuna, Sweden 2001.
Everyday Interventions. Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia 2000.
Artist Reward - Fame, Fortune or Excellence. Round table discussion. Singapore Art Museum, Singapore 1999.
Taking Art out of the Gallery. Round table discussion. The Substation, Singapore 1997.