Ben Puah
Singapore, Singapore
Ben Puah is an exciting figure in a new breed of contemporary Asian artists.
Born in Singapore in 1976, Ben studied at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and LASALLE College of the Arts. He received his BFA with Distinction from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 2000. He is also the recipient for the President’s Young Talents(Singapore) in 2001.
Art is very important to Ben because it is a way of expressing oneself and an abstraction of how he feels about life. His works are like in the state of phantasmagoria where there is a mix of real and imagined elements.
Ben has exhibited his works in Singapore, Iran, Australia, Germany, Japan, USA, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Brazil, London, Malaysia, China and Philippines. His works are collected by private individuals and public institutions; including Singapore Art Museum, National Institute of Education(Singapore), Vietnam Fine Art Association and Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (Singapore).
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2021 Deities & Demons, Richard Koh Fine Art Singapore.
2020 Days of Our Lives, virtual solo exhibition by Ben Puah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkTffDe0AJM&t=443s
2019 Songs for the common happiness, solo exhibition by Ben Puah, New Space Arts
Foundation (Hue, Vietnam) and Coda Culture (Singapore)
2018 I Like Hanoi and Hanoi Likes Me, solo exhibition by Ben Puah, Art Exhibition
House (Hanoi, Vietnam) and Independent Archive and Resource Center (Singapore)
2015 The Little Pirate In Me, traveling solo exhibition, Gaodi Center for
Contemporary Art (Shenyang, China) and GotHeart Gallery (Manila, Philippines)
Paintings exhibition by Ben Puah, New Majestic Hotel, Singapore
Ben is Ben, is Ben is Ben, solo exhibition by Ben Puah, Flaneur Gallery,
Singapore
2013
WAI, solo exhibition, RE-C Art Space, Chengdu, China.
In an Artist's Heart, Everyday is a Revolution, solo exhibition by Ben Puah, Sazmanab Platform for Contemporary Arts, Tehran, IRAN
2012
Mapping series: Ten Brothers Project, LW44, Munich, Germany.
Ten Brothers, solo exhibition by Ben Puah, Your Mother Gallery, Singapore
2010
This is Heaven, solo exhibition by Ben Puah, NITE & DAY Bar+Gallery+Friends,Singapore
2008
PARADISE, Localised abstract landscape paintings by Ben Puah, SG Private Banking Gallery, Alliance Francaise de Singapour, Singapore
HERO, portrait paintings by Ben Puah, Forth Gallery, Singapore
SINGAPUAHRA, solo exhibition by Ben Puah, NITE & DAY Bar+Gallery+Friends, Singapore
2007
LUAN QI BA ZAO, paintings by Ben Puah, Forth Gallery, Singapore
2004
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, portrait paintings by Benjamin Puah, CoChine Galleries-IndoChine, Singapore. Guest of Honour: His Excellency President S.R Nathan
2003
Rats in a lab: Back to my den, solo exhibition, The Art Gallery, NIE, Singapore
Guest of Honour: Mr Glen Goei, film director
Rats in a lab: A spectacular child play, robots installation, various sites, Singapore
Rats in a lab: Battle of Benji Genki and the Plastic Beastie, Zouk, Singapore
Rats in a lab: Underground Symphony, 19 tay lian teck drive, Singapore
Rats in a lab: Mobile Rat Tour/ Phase 2, Millenia Walk, Singapore
Rats in a lab: Play with my Rat, ZOCARD, Singapore
2002
Mobile Rat Tour (M.R.T), one day solo exhibition by Benjamin Puah, various sites, Singapore
Mental Images, an exhibition of works on paper by Benjamin Puah,
Grahame Galleries + Editions, Brisbane, Australia
“Flying Colours”, solo painting exhibition by Benjamin Puah, Mai’s gallery,
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
“The Sound in my Brain”, solo painting exhibition by Benjamin Puah, Hanoi
Contemporary Art Centre, Vietnam
24 Hours, a solo show(private session) by Benjamin Puah, HDB flat,
Singapore
2001
Flying Birdies around my Brain: Drawings by Benjamin Puah, The Honey
Factory, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Green Donkey, drawing installation, SPACE CONTEMPORARY ART,
Bangkok, Thailand
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2023 Viva Excon Biennale, Visayas, Philippinen, Collaboration Performance Art Klub Yogyakarta und Bandung, Indonesien
Asiatopia house, Body and salt, Nan, Thailand; Be a pArt Labor und 3 channel video installation bei „Sitting in a tin can“ Galerie peripherie, Tübingen,
2022 Overlapping Kassel; Echt Jetzt Festival, Germany, SIPA, Manila, Phillipiens: Body and Salt, Kana Theater, Stettin, Polen
2021 Be a pArt Lab, live and online collaboration Festival, (Artistic Director)
"Echt Jetzt!" international Art and Performance Art Festival, Tübingen-Reutlingen (artistic direction), 6th SiPA International at Performatura Festival Sipa Pinas, Philippines (online), Organisation of International Performances against the Threats to Life and Democratic Freedoms and against the Military Coup in Myanmar (live and online)2020 "sharing crises" international art project curated by Qing Cai, Singapore (K) "MIZZING NEZZ" organised by HEXXYDUXXYbox between April-July, 2020. Delhi, India (K) SIPAF Performance Art, Festival, Manila, Philippines; "Above the Clouds' International Live Art Festival“.
2019 "Echt Jetzt!" international art and performance art festival, Tübingen-Reutlingen (Artistic Director).
"Exploring to the original nature" Kunming, Yuan Xiaocen Art Museum, Yunnan, China, Liz Mila Art Space, Lijang, China2018 Asiatopia, International Performance Art Festival, Bangkok, Thailand, "fields of vi- sion" exchange, International Performance Festival, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Zero Platform Festival, Yangon, Myanmar.
Exploring to the original nature", Mosou Culture Centre, Lugu Lake, Yunnan, China
2017 "fields of vision" international Art and Performance Art Festival, Tübingen-Reutlingen, Germany (Artistic Director)International Performance Festival Yangon, Myanmar
2016 "The Bridge" performance and video performance with Le Brothers, Berlin Wall, Berlin; ""Burmese Transformation" exhibition/performance, Ruompueng Art Space, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Hue, Vietnam, Yangon, Myanmar
2015 Performance with Le Brothers, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
2010-14 Performances in Reutlingen, Tübingen, Nürtingen, Stuttgart and Berlin
2009 Städt. Gallery Reutlingen, "Young Art
"KörperWissen", University Museum Tübingen, projection and performance2007 Herausforderung Krawatte, performance and video, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin.
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