Hweeyen Ong

“Painting is my second wanderlust..
​ breaking me free to realms where my footsteps dare not tread.”

Meet Yen, a passionate artist based in Singapore, her vibrant paintings capturing the essence of the city’s cultural landscape in her distinctive colourful palette and expressive style. Her creations focus on the beauty of traditional Chinese architecture, the elegance of peranakan shophouses and the rich heritage of the region.

Her favourite artists are Cezanne, Edvard Munch, Van Gogh, Chagall and Kandisky, and their post-impressionist modernist influences come through in her works. With a child like eye, she explores the world with her art journey going hand in hand. Art finally brought her full circle to her hometown where she now has a studio (Art By Yen, 216 Joo Chiat Rd, #02-21 Soho Life, Singapore 427483) and dedicates her craft to creating meticulous depictions of beloved nooks and corners and her deep connection to them, oft with a sense of whimsicality.

Web: artbyyen
IG: yenpaintings

2018 - Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Certificate in Western Abstract Painting)

Publication
2011 - “International Contemporary Artists Vol III” – I.C.A. Publishing

**UPCOMING: 5-7 Sept 2025 - "SPECTRUM ~ A collective art experience" - Visual Art Centre, 10 Penang Rd, #01-02 Dhoby Ghaut Green, Singapore 238469

2024 - "Affordable Art Fair" Singapore 2024, Studio Fine Art Gallery - F1 Pit Building
2022 - "Affordable Art Fair" Singapore 2022, Studio Fine Art Gallery - F1 Pit Building
2022 - "Methods of Abstraction; The Exquisite Discernibles & Inedible Marks" group exhibition - One East Asia (virtual)
2019 - "ENSEMBLE: coming out into Abstraction" group exhibition - The Arts House
2018 - “DREAMembrance” art exhibition – That Spare Room
2017 - “Artscape” 1st ed – SOTA Gallery
2016 - “Sudah Makan? (Have you eaten?)” group exhibition – Fullerton Hotel
- “Art Apart Fair” 7th ed – Parkroyal Hotel
2015 - “Mosaic” group exhibition – Volvo Art Loft
2014 - “Exchange” group exhibition – MyArtSpace
2012 - “Bridging Cultures” opening exhibition – Rosella Gallery
- “Spain Camino Series” solo exhibition – Bilbao Restaurant
2010 - “Colours with Passion” group exhibition – Tembusu Art Gallery
- “Breakthrough” group exhibition – Fill Your Walls Gallery
2009 - “Alfreso Art Fair” – Clifford Square
- “6 PerspectEVEs” group exhibition – The Art Loft @ Volvo