Sherman Ong

Born in Malaysia. Lives and works in Singapore || ||

Sherman is an award-winning filmmaker, photographer and visual artist. His practice has always centred on the human condition and our relationships with others within the larger milieu. In 2010, he was the winner of ICON de Martell Cordon Bleu Photography Award 2010 and was awarded the Hubert Bals Fund (Netherlands) for Script Development 2010.

Sherman has premiered works in Art Biennales, major Film Festivals and Museums around the world, including the Venice, Singapore and Jakarta Biennales, Mori Art Museum Tokyo, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin, Musee du Quai Branly Paris, Centre Pompidou Paris, Institute of Contemporary Arts London, Noorderlicht Photo Festival, Rotterdam International Film Festival, VideoBrasil International Electronic Art Festival, Singapore Art Museum, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Philippines Cultural Centre, South Australia Contemporary Art Centre and Vilnius Contemporary Art Centre, Lithuania.

In 2009, he was invited to participate in the Singapore Pavilion, Venice Biennale which garnered a Special Mention. His works are in the collections of the Singapore Art Museum, the Seoul Art Centre Korea and the Fukuo...

--------------------- Solo Exhibitions and Film Festival Screenings ----------------

----- 2008 -----

| Exodus (29 mins 53 sec, Indonesia/Singapore)
Clermond-Ferrand International Film Festival, France |

| Hashi (111min,Jpn/Spore/Msia)
S'pore Intl Film Festival |

----- 2007 -----

| --- Missing You photo series about memory, body memory and spatial memory |
--- Visual Haiku observations in their purest form (triptych)
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan |

| Exodus (29 mins 53 sec, Indonesia/Singapore)
-- 2nd Independent Contemporary Dance Festival, Cultural Center of the Philippines
-- Films of Desire, Neemrana, India
-- Arts House, Singapore |

| HDB Housing Project (5 mins, commissioned by the National Museum Singapore)
History Gallery, National Museum Singapore |


----- 2006 -----

| HanoiHaiku
-- WM Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands |

| HanoiHaiku
-- Angkor Photo Festival, Siem Reap, Cambodia |

| Exodus (29 mins 53 sec, Indonesia/Singapore)
-- 3rd International Dance Video Festival, Tokyo, Japan |

| The Circle (13min 10sec, Singapore)
-- Commonwe...