President's Young Talents 2018

The President’s Young Talents (PYT) is Singapore’s premier and only mentoring, commissioning, and award programme, which recognises promising artists aged 35 and below, whose practices chart new dimensions in Singapore contemporary art. Previous PYT artists include Boo Junfeng, Heman Chong, Charles Lim, Donna Ong, Tan Pin Pin and Vertical Submarine, to name a few, all of whom have gone on to develop outstanding work in and beyond Singapore.

Inaugurated by the Singapore Art Museum in 2001 to promote critically engaged practices through discourse and experimentation, the 2018 edition of the President’s Young Talents seeks to afford greater artistic and curatorial growth for the artists involved and curator-mentors respectively. Invited curator-mentors, ranging from past participating artists to independent curators, will form a curatorial committee to shortlist artists for this edition. An independent jury – which will include members from SAM – will be convened to award the President’s Young Talents prize.

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Yanyun Chen

The scars that write us (2018) 

Weixin Quek Chong
sft crsh ctrl (2018)

Debbie Ding
Soil Works (2018)

Hilmi Johandi
An Exposition (2018)

Zarina Muhammad

Pragmatic Prayers for the Kala at the Threshold (2018)

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The scars that write us

Yanyun Chen

2018

Charcoal, chalk, gold leaf, steel plates (set of 10) and steel sheets (sets of 6)

sft crsh ctrl

Weixin Quek Chong

2018

Silk twill, latex, wood, silicone, vinyl, faux fur, paper, screens, aluminium and stainless steel

Soil Works

Debbie Ding

2018

Mixed media installation, consisting of five parts

An Exposition

Hilmi Johandi

2018

Oil on canvas, three-channel video, digital print on vinyl, sticker molunted on wood, synthetic polymer paint, plywood and mild steel

Pragmatic Prayers for the Kala at the Threshold

Zarina Muhammad

2018

Bamboo, sandalwood powder, saffron, nine grains and spices, rose water, incense, glass jars and paper