Alecia Neo

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Alecia Neo (b. 1986) is a Singaporean visual artist. She is known for her series of Unseen long-term projects that are developed with individuals with visual-impairment. [1]

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Early life and education

Neo is the middle child in a working-class family. [2] She studied photography at the School of Art, Design and Media at Nanyang Technological University. [1]

Career

Neo is the founder of Unseen Art Initiatives, a Singapore-based art platform for professional and emerging disabled artists. [3] [4] She is also one of the artistic directors of Ubah Rumah Residency on Nikoi island in Indonesia, and co-founder of Brack, an art collective and platform for socially engaged art. [5]

Neo received the Young Artist Award in 2016, Singapore's highest award for young arts practitioners, aged 35 and below. [1] She was also awarded the Singapore Youth Award in 2019. [6]

Works

Unseen: Touch Field (2014)

Sensory installation that included braille drawings, sound and video. [7]

Unseen: Constellations (2015)

Large-scale multi-sensory installation developed with visually-impaired students to share their hopes and dreams. [8]

Power to the People (2019)

Site-specific installation to commemorate the centenary of the Bauhaus and pays tribute to the hardware and software of Pasir Panjang Power Station. [9] [10]

Care Index: Performing Care (2023)

A video triptych on how care practices affect the carer's own body, the pervasiveness of self-care industries, and how bodies could resist the pressures of bureaucratic or capitalistic systems. [11]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Singapore Youth Award - Change Maker - Alecia Neo". CNA. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  3. ↑ "Alecia Neo: Arts For Good Project - the Edible Art Club". pluralartmag.com. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  4. ↑ Yee, Yip Wai (2019-11-03). "7 young Singaporeans get top youth award". The Straits Times. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  5. ↑ "A Day in the Life: Alecia Neo". Art & Market. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  6. ↑ YEE, YIP WAI (2019-11-04). "Singapore Youth Awards: Overcoming tough start, she now helps lift others up". The New Paper. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  7. ↑ "Sensorium 360° | 3.5/5". TODAY. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  8. ↑ admin (2016-03-03). "UNSEEN: CONSTELLATIONS". OBJECTIFS. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  9. ↑ Keng, Carlos (2020-08-06). "What Is Home, Really? Three Singapore Artists Explore The Idea". Female Singapore. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  10. ↑ Ho, Olivia (2020-02-04). "#BuySingLit movement powers up Pasir Panjang Power Station with ghost stories and a silent disco". The Straits Times. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  11. ↑ "Performing Care - Esplanade". www.esplanade.com. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
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