Yeo Tze Yang | Shutters

Courtesy of Dr Terence C W Lim

Yeo Tze Yang is a self-taught painter whose representational works capture the overlooked spaces in urban life. Driven by gut feeling, Yeo’s evocative style of realism reflects his relationship with the places, people, and things that surround him. Shutters highlights a myriad of textures found along the street, framed by a composition that pulls the viewer into the walkway in front of a row of shops. Yeo transforms the ordinary scene into a rich image that invites curiosity and introspection. This work was first presented in a two-person exhibition titled Cheap Spirits (2018) at OUR ArtProjects in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Yeo has had seven solo exhibitions in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, and has participated in regional shows and art fairs in Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia. In 2016, he received the Silver Award at the UOB Painting of the Year competition. His works are in the collections of the National University of Singapore, United Overseas Bank and private collections across Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Australia, Switzerland, Denmark, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States.