Yip Yew Chong

Born 1969
Hometown Singapore
Lives and works Singapore

About the artist
Yip Yew Chong is a Singaporean visual artist who practises murals, canvas paintings, sketches and installations. A self-learning artist, Yew Chong draws inspirations from his own childhood and everyday life experiences, telling stories of people and places, especially yesteryear, on walls and canvases. He started painting murals in 2015 as a hobby while pursuing his career as an accountant. In response to the recognition he received, he became a full time artist in 2018. Since then, Yew Chong has painted over 50 murals in various parts of Singapore such as Chinatown, Tiong Bahru, and Everton Road, the location of his first mural, near where the artist resides and where Art Porters Gallery is located.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
• Something,Somewhere,Somewhen , Art Porters Gallery, Singapore
• Stories From Yesteryear, The Substation + Sofitel Singapore City Centre, Singapore

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
• Going Places; travels of the mind, spirit and heart, Art Porters Gallery, Singapore
2021
• FT Sanctuary, FT Gallery, KH
2019
• Inspiration Nation, Ultrasupernew Gallery, SG

FESTIVALS / EXPO / RESIDENCY
2021
• Hankyu World Fair Digital Art, Osaka JP
2020
• Street Arts Fest Murals, Phnom Penh/Siem Reap, KH
• NHB Hawker Culture UNESCO Inscription Digital Art, SG
2019
• Adobe Max X HP Digital Art, Los Angeles US
• China-ASEAN Expo Mural, Nanning CN
• Hatyai Moon Festival Murals, Hatyai TH
• START India X STB Mural, Delhi IN
• Fort Siloso Bicentennial Murals, SG
• Elgin Bridge National Monument Art Installation, SG
2018
• ITB Asia Travel Convention Mural, SG
• Arts in your Neighborhood Ang Mo Kio Murals & Installations, SG
2017
• Causeway Exchange Arts Fest Murals, Ipoh, MY
• Hokkien Festival Thian Hock Keng Mural, SG
• National Museum of Singapore 130th Anniversary Murals, SG
• Singapore Design Week Singaplural Mural & Design, SG
• ESSEC Business School Art Residency & Mural, SG

SELECT MURAL SERIES
2018 – 2021
• Chinatown
2018 – 2019
• Changi Airport
• Singapore Botanic Gardens
2016
• Tiong Bahru
2015
• Everton Road