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Artist Name

Leow Wei Li

Born: 1994

Hometown: Singapore

Based in: Singapore

Wei Li is a painter working with everyday objects and materials in Singapore. She looks for ways to recompose them in her works while examining the colors, surfaces, and textures of daily living.

 



Leow Wei Li In The Studio

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More About Leow Wei Li

Question IconWhat inspires you?

I am inspired by everyday, ordinary objects or materials.

Question IconDescribe your creative process.

It usually begin with encountering an object that has or had a specific function. I would collect and then spend time with it, exploring different ways to present it anew.

Question IconWho are some artists that have influenced your work?

Ellsworth Kelly and Richard Tuttle

Question IconWhat is the most important tool when creating your work?

Scissors!

Question IconWhat is the best piece of advice you have been given?

“One doesn’t arrive — in words or in art — by necessarily knowing where one is going. In every work of art something appears that does not previously exist, and so, by default, you work from what you know to what you don’t know." - Ann Hamilton

Question IconWhere do you go for inspiration?

I love to visit stores where people shop for their everyday supplies, particularly home improvement stuff.


Credentials

Education

LASALLE College of the Arts

Singapore, 2016

Awards

Young Talent Programme Winner’s Solo

2017

TCC-LASALLE Artist Curator Alumni Award

2016

Exhibitions

Figment Case Study Program

Singapore, 2022

Maybe We Read Too Much Into Things

Singapore, 2021

UNTAPPED VADA Alumni

Singapore, 2021