CHEN SHITONG CV

Chen Shitong is a printmaker, specializing in using traditional printmaking methods to create fine art prints with professional artists. Chen attended the Professional Printer Training Program at the legendary Tamarind Institute (USA) in 2018 and is a certified Tamarind Printer. He studied Painting at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and obtained a BA (Hons) in Fine Arts at the LASALLE College of the Arts in partnership with Goldsmiths College, UK (2013). He received the NAFA Fine Art Award (Wood Award) in 2009 and the Winston Oh Travel Award in 2012 and was selected for the first edition of Spot Art 2013, a juried visual art festival for Southeast Asian artists under 30.

His first solo exhibition On Common Ground was held at Mulan Gallery in 2017. His works have also been shown at the First Macau Printmaking Triennial (2012) and first Contemporary Printmaking Festival (2017), and the Pulp Editions group exhibition Intersections at the Jendela Visual Arts Space at The Esplanade in 2020, among others. His paintings and prints have been commissioned for Farrer Park Medical Centre as well as SMRT’s Art In Transit programme for Rochor MRT Station, as part of a group initiative by LASALLE.

Shitong's works throw our everyday surroundings into sharp relief, with imprints that pay homage to the colors and textures of the land we inhabit. His work displays a deliberate choice for simplicity in colors and form, revealing a desire for tranquillity and respite from the constant barrage and deluge of disarrayed information in our daily lives.