Artist Biography
Ng Jia Xi (b. 1997, Singapore) is a Singaporean artist from the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Fine Art Degree at NAFA and is a Scholarship Award recipient for the academic year 2023/2024. She has a former Diploma in Visual Effects and Motion Graphics from Singapore Polytechnic and is an active Dance Choreographer. Through her artistic endeavours, she has exhibited her works at Photographic Society of Singapore in an exhibition titled ‘Sonder’ and ‘Stories of Care’ at Assisi Hospice in 2023. She has also choreographed for events such Waves23 at Singapore’s Esplanade theatre in 2018, and Converge Recital at Singapore's University Cultural Centre in 2022 and 2023.
Artist Statement
My work responds to the rhythm of life through the intangibility of time-based art. As a multidisciplinary artist, I explore the bodily awareness to this fleeting energy through sensorial interactions of the human body with mediums such as performance art, videography and installations.
Education
2022 - Current
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Fine Art
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
2015 - 2018
Diploma in Visual Effects and Motion Graphics Singapore Polytechnic
2014 - 2015
Polytechnic Foundation Programme
Course of Science and Technology
Singapore Polytechnic
Awards
2024
Recipient of the NAFA Scholarship for the academic year of 2024 - 2025
2023
Recipient of the NAFA Scholarship for the academic year of 2023 - 2024
2023
Recipient of NAFA Talent Development Programme
Exhibitions
Solo
2024
Artist Residency & Performance / Studio Plesungan
A performance titled ‘I've Come To Rest My Heart’, a response to religion centered around movement-based approaches on the relationship of the performer to object. The performance consists of a pillow filled with sand and movements inspired by nature.
Group
2024
NAFA x UAL Exhibition / University of Arts London
A performance installation titled ‘Slip’ that features live performance with objects and a prerecorded dance shared through projections. The installation consists of three pieces of tall white fabric in a staggered position, and a wooden chair in the middle of the three.
2024
Finding Peace / University of Arts London
A collaborative interactive installation held in Chelsea campus that invites audiences to engage with paint and crayons on the walls, or on objects of comfort that were presented in the installation.
2023
Stories of Care / Assisi Hospice
A time-based sculpture and publication work titled ‘I just left the candle there’ by the ‘HH’ Collective. In collaboration with Assisi Hospice care worker Yvonne Gabrielle Chen, the work is a 3-part wax sculpture executed through the casting of wax into water, the melting of wax and publications of captured images consisting of the time-based processes of the work.
2023
Subliminal Paradigms / Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
An immersive installation titled 'Fortune Smiles Upon You' by the 'We Surrender!' collective, consisting of found objects and make-believe fortune readings.
2023
NTDP Showcase / Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
A metal Sublimation print titled 'WAKE II' as part of a series from the artwork ‘Wake’, showcasing multiple warped still images taken from a motion graphic sequence.
2023
Sonder / Photographic Society Singapore
An immersive installation titled ‘WAKE’, showcasing a motion graphic sequence of warped moving images derived from analogue film photography, projected onto a large open space and a mirror.
2022
Bodies / Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
Installation of 2D painting and a 4D video and performative work with paint titled 'Identity'.