Artist Biography
Ng Jia Xi (b. 1997, Singapore) is a Singaporean artist from the Bachelor’s of Arts (Honours) Fine Art Degree in NAFA. She has a former background in the Diploma in Visual Effects and Motion Graphics from Singapore Polytechnic and is an active Dance Choreographer and Performer. She is a current student engaged in the NAFA Talent Development Programme, and has since exhibited her works during NAFA's open studios titled "Bodies" and NAFA's open house 2023. She has also choreographed for events such as Converge Recital held in University Cultural Centre in 2022 and 2023, and Waves23 in Esplanade theatre in 2018.
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
2023
Recipient of the NAFA Scholarship for the academic year of 2023 - 2024
2023
Recipient of NAFA Talent Development Programme
Exhibitions
Group
2024
NAFA Open House / Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
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
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.
2023
NAFA Open House / Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
Installation of 2D painting and a 4D video and performative work with paint titled 'Identity'.
2022
Bodies / Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
Installation of 2D painting and a 4D video and performative work with paint titled 'Identity'.