Swati Singh

Hometown: Singapore

Based in: Singapore

Swati is an Indian abstract expressionist artist based in Singapore. The endless possibilities of color, texture, shape, the orderliness in the seeming disorderliness of nature inspire Swati’s art, and find a voice in her work through the use of acrylic and mixed media on canvas and paper. Her art practice is exploratory and process driven. Her delicate yet strong compositions unfold in layers through the use of vivid colors and abstract forms and open up the infinite possibilities of connections via the explorations of natural surroundings and human emotions.

She has been trained at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore but as with any other art form most of her work is a result of her own explorations and visualizations.

Swati Singh In The Studio

Abstraction provides an outlet to who I am, and where I am going. It opens up the world in layers that I did not know exist, while still keeping me grounded by alluding to what is yet to be seen.

More About Swati Singh

Question Icon What inspires you?

I am inspired by the immense power of nature, and of human endeavor. The messiness, and the order; the clamor, and the peacefulness; the queer, and the customary is visible everywhere. Abstraction is my way of transforming these experiences and feelings into its visual equivalent.

Question Icon Describe your creative process.

My art practice is exploratory and process driven. It starts with an idea or few marks or colors and I respond to them in a more call and response manner, adding and subtracting as I go, it’s like a conversation between me and my canvas, a state of creative flow. Through this process I want to celebrate the subtleties and expressiveness of colors and marks, the symbolism of shape, the depth of layers and a sense of discovery. I work primarily with acrylic paint and other drawing mediums like pencils, charcoal, oil pastels and ink.

Question Icon What are 3 words that best describe your work?

Abstract, joyful and evocative

Question Icon Who are some artists that have influenced your work?

I particularly admire the works of Helen Frankenthaler, Cy Twombly, and Per Kirkeby, amongst others.

Question Icon What is the most important tool when creating your work?

My Catalyst Wedge, I use to create movement and layers with acrylic paint.

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

Follow your process and practice, result will take care of itself.

Question Icon Where do you go for inspiration?

Nature is my biggest inspiration, and I keep going back to it for ideas to develop my own unique artistic style.

Credentials

Education

Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Certificate in Printmaking – Silkscreen Printing)

Singapore, 2021

Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Certificate in Western Art)

Singapore, 2018

Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Certificate in Western Abstract Painting)

Singapore, 2018

Exhibitions

SMALL MATTER – Maya Gallery

Singapore, 2024

SPECTRA – Selegie Arts Centre

Singapore, 2024

Art Unites - Group show to celebrate “Racial Harmony Day”

Singapore, 2024

“Artful Celebrations”- German Centre Art Gallery

Singapore, 2024

Affordable Art Fair Singapore – Aestheletic Art Gallery

Singapore, 2024

Canvas Connections - Zubaadhi Studio & Gallery, The Arts House

Singapore, 2024

“Artful Expressions” - Zubaadhi Studio & Gallery, Visual Arts Centre

Singapore, 2024

“Singapore Tales: A Panorama through local eyes” - The Arts House

Singapore, 2024

“Together, As One United People” Nation Day exhibition by Living with Art Gallery

Singapore, 2024

Drawing etc. Year-end exhibition 2nd Edition

Singapore, 2024

Affordable Art Fair Singapore – Aestheletic Art Gallery

Singapore, 2023

‘I am a Mother’ Exhibition – Design Orchard

Singapore, 2023

HOMELAND – Maya Gallery

Singapore, 2023

CELEBRATIONS – German Centre Art Gallery

Singapore, 2023

DREAMERS AND CREATORS -Selegie Arts Centre

Singapore, 2023

VOICE OF ART 2 – Be One Gallery, ION Art Gallery

Singapore, 2023

Public Art Exhibition - Mother.Art.Healing - Library @Orchard

Singapore, 2022

FINDING FREEDOM – Selegie Arts Centre

Singapore, 2022

Methods of Abstraction; The Exquisite Discernibles & Inedible Marks – Virtual Exhibition – One East Asia Gallery

Singapore, 2022

RESILIENCE – Selegie Arts Centre

Singapore, 2022

FRAGMENTS Virtual Exhibition - NAFA Centre of Lifelong Education

Singapore, 2022

ABSTRACT MODA Virtual Exhibition – NAFA Centre of Lifelong Education

Singapore, 2021

ALIVE - Fine Art Exhibition – Selegie Arts Centre

Singapore, 2021

“ENSEMBLE: coming out into abstraction” – The Arts House

Singapore, 2019

Singapore Hotel Art Fair – Bank Art Fair, Shangri-La Hotel

Singapore, 2019