Melvin Chee

Melvin Chee (b. 1974) is a founding partner of creative collective :Phunkstudio. With 3 other partners, They came together in 1994 to form :phunk studio, a creative collective based in Singapore.

Described as "The Champion of Singapore's Graphic Scene" (Creative Review, UK), "Asia's hottest agency" (Computer Arts, UK) and "iconic representatives of the new wave of young Asian creators" (Get it Louder, China). Phunk is Asia’s leading art and design collective.
They have propagated a visual signature that seamlessly blends and reinterprets their diverse influences such as traditional Chinese craft and folklore, Hong Kong pulp fiction, Japanese manga and otaku subculture, Western popular culture, art and design movements into a singular creative thought that reflects their multi-cultural identity, background and environment. The concept of "universality" in the age of modern globalization is a constant theme in our works.

Constantly challenge the conventional notion and definition of the “artist” and “commercial design studio” by constantly blurring the boundaries between both, mixing Neo Pop Art ideology with Post-Modernist design sensibilities. Their cross-disciplinary approach is best described as "an aesthetic collective co...

Educated at LASALLE College of the Arts with Graphic Design in 1994. Self taught painter, putting my observations on canvas.

Solo Exhibitions:
2013 Empire of Dreams II, Art Seasons, Singapore

2012 Empire of Dreams I, Gallery J. Chen, Taipei

2011 Daydream Nation, Project Stage, ART STAGE,
Singapore

2010 Welcome to Electricity! Diesel Gallery, Tokyo,
Japan
          Dreams In Social Cosmic Odyssey, Promenade
MRT Station, LTA, Singapore

2009  Singapore Tyler Print institution Residency: 2008
Part of BMW Young Asian Artist Series,
2nd edition.
          Around The World / Across The Universe, Vallery,
Barcelona,
          Spain New World, Art Seasons, Singapore

2008  Art Seasons, North 3rd Street 798 Art District,
BeijingNew World, Art Seasons, Beijing, China
          KIAF Korea International Art Fair 2008, Seoul,
Korea
          Levi's Art Session 3, Levi's Flagship store, Paris,
France
          Universe II, Gallery J Chen, Taipei, Taiwan

2007  Universality, Museum of Contemporary Art,
Taipei, Taiwan

2006   Tiger Translate The Odeon, Harcourt Street,
Dublin, Ireland

2005   Decade of Decadence, Singapore History
Museum, Singapore
           Baroqracy, Pixie Gallery, Taip...