Ng Woon Lam (Assoc. Prof.) PhD MFA NWS AWS-DF
Ng Woon Lam's artwork is filled with affection and dynamics, carrying endless flow of energy and his robust passion in art. His approach to painting is largely expressive, since his aim is to capture impulse,
imagination thereby presenting his subject matters, reflecting his personal visual sensitivity rather than depicting exactness. He depicts artistic landscape using his studies on color, shape and design, and is fascinating in using assertive brushworks to add excitement to the surface. He believes in boundless milestones and enjoys taking risks in his artistic searching. With this belief, he constantly explores, enquires, challenge, and seeks new meaning in his art creation. Taking advantage of his calligraphic capacity, he exerts his brushwork to selectively reinvent his imagery thereby delusively subliming viewers' experience towards a new visual height. The visual resonance arises when the viewers are led by his sophisticated design to experience the artist reinvented visual dimensions.
Woon Lam composes his paintings through the concept of positive and negative coupling. In his paintings, the unpainted white spaces always work complementarily with a burst of intense colors, forming visual harmony. His choice of shapes, colors and tonal planning serves as the foundation of his compositional process. He skilfully uses visual paths and tension between visual elements to lead the viewers through his compositions, establishing dynamics with shapes and colors.
Woon Lam was born in Malaysia 1971 and lives and works in Singapore since 1992. He participates actively in international juried exhibitions and has won more than 50 awards. Solo exhibitions held in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Hong Kong include Rhyme of Hue, In Search of Harmony, A Jazz of Colors and Shapes, Perception and Delusion, A Tale 3 Cities, and Live & Alive. He is the author of Practical Applications of Color Theory and Design Concepts. Woon Lam received Master of Fine Art (MFA) in Painting from New York Academy of Art in 2007 and PhD. from National Institute of Education, NTU in 2021. He is a signature member of the American Watercolor Society (AWS), having won two bronze medals, was conferred with the Dolphin Fellowship (AWS DF) in 2014. He completed Master of Science at National University of Singapore in 1999 and Bachelor of Applied Science at Nanyang Technological University in 1995.
