Vanessa Liem (b. 2002, Singapore) graduated under the International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme (IBCP) in Visual Arts at School of the Arts, Singapore (SOTA) in 2020.
Liem delves into the themes of voyeurism and power dynamics inherent in the relationship between the viewer and painting. Through figuration, Liem explores performativity in the depiction of self, and the reclaiming of our agency through the choreography of her figures.
Vanessa Liem has participated and curated several SOTA art exhibitions. For her work, she won Gold for the 2019 UOB Painting of the Year, Emerging Category. Liem is currently pursuing her Bachelor’s Degree at the University of the Arts, London.
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Summer Group Show 2024
Group Exhibition 17 Aug - 7 Sep 2024 Singapore -
ART SG 2024
Aisha Rosli, Casey Tan, Faris Heizer, Israfil Ridhwan, Khairulddin Wahab, Marla Bendini, Shen Jiaqi and Vanessa Liem 19 - 21 Jan 2024 Art Fairs, Singapore -
Summer Group Show 2023
Group Exhibition 15 Jul - 27 Aug 2023 Singapore -
Little Red Dot - London Edition
Group Exhibition 26 Oct - 6 Nov 2022 London -
Little Red Dot - Singapore Edition
Group Exhibition 20 Aug - 4 Sep 2022 Singapore -
For The Time Being
Vanessa Liem 18 Jun - 10 Jul 2022 Singapore -
Transcendental
Group Exhibition 10 - 25 Apr 2021 Singapore -
I Cried Bizarre
Vanessa Liem 20 Mar - 4 Apr 2021 Singapore
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Flush, 2024
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The Only Thing That Comforted Me Was the Water Turning Warm, 2024
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Tap, 2024
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Stranger Danger, 2023
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Head in a Shower Head, 2023
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If You Could Excuse Us, 2023
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Day in the Park, 2023
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Happy Baby, 2023
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I Only Wish to Be Blinded by Your Gaze, 2023
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Grippers, 2023
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As Above, So Below, 2023
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Arrival , 2022
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Black Out Days , 2022
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Ghost , 2022
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Red Room, 2022
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Sleepwalker #1 , 2022
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Sleepwalker #2, 2022
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Sleepwalker #3, 2022
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Sleepwalker #4, 2022
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Sleepwalker #5, 2022
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We Cannot Escape The Moon , 2022
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My Favourite Fruit is a Blueberry, 2022
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As Long as I Have You, 2022
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She’s A Gone Case , 2021
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All but Henry, 2021
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In my Womb, 2021
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Kiss my - , 2021
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Sneak Attack, 2021
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Race to the Moon, 2021
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Is There Life on Mars?, 2021
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Fever Dream, 2021
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I am Mine, in Your World , 2021
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Pleasure Puppets , 2021
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Stay Still , 2021
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Control Room, 2020
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Water bodies in ‘For the Time Being’
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Young Singaporean Artist Vanessa Liem Opens Solo Exhibition At Cuturi Gallery
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Artist spotlight: Vanessa Liem lays herself bare with haunting surrealist paintings
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17 June 2022 – Vanessa Liem’s solo show For The Time Being at Cuturi Gallery
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For The Time Being
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Her Surreal World
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Past. Future. Present. Auction Benefiting National Gallery Singapore
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At Cuturi Gallery, Singapore’s emerging artists share the spotlight
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Vanessa Liem exhibits at Guts Gallery amongst other artists
26 April - 21 May 2024 April 28, 2024Vanessa Liem presents in a group exhibition Softer, Softest by Guts Gallery which explores the condition of softness and the ways in which it can...Read more -
Vanessa Liem exhibits at Lot Projects with other young artists
25 - 28 May 2023 May 25, 2023Curated by Dylan Morris, Cardboard Radiator features Vanessa Liem (b.2002, Singapore) along with 4 other young artists; Dylan Bardoe, Enoch Hitchcock, Jacob Walden and Tilia...Read more