Yip Yew Chong

Born 1969
Hometown Singapore
Lives and works Singapore

About the artist
Yip Yew Chong is a Singaporean artist who practises different visual mediums including murals, canvas, sketches and installations. A self-taught artist, Yew Chong draws inspirations from his own childhood and everyday life experiences, telling stories of Singapore, especially its past, on walls all over the city and now on canvases. He started painting murals in 2015, as a hobby while pursuing his career as an accountant. In response to the praises and acclaim he received, he became a full time artist in 2018. Since then, Yew Chong has been beautifying Singapore one mural at a time. Currently, he has done over 50 murals located at different heartlands and cultural locations such as Chinatown, Kampong Glam and Everton Road, the location of his frst mural, near where the artist resides and where Art Porters Gallery is located.

Solo Shows
2021
Something,Somewhere,Somewhen , Art Porters Gallery, Singapore