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]
Early life and education
editNeo 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
editNeo 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
editUnseen: Touch Field (2014)
editSensory installation that included braille drawings, sound and video.[7]
Unseen: Constellations (2015)
editLarge-scale multi-sensory installation developed with visually-impaired students to share their hopes and dreams.[8]
Power to the People (2019)
editSite-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)
editA 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]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Young Artist Award recipients". The Straits Times. 2016-10-04. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ "Singapore Youth Award - Change Maker - Alecia Neo". CNA. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ "Alecia Neo: Arts For Good Project - the Edible Art Club". pluralartmag.com. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ Yee, Yip Wai (2019-11-03). "7 young Singaporeans get top youth award". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ "A Day in the Life: Alecia Neo". Art & Market. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Sensorium 360° | 3.5/5". TODAY. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ admin (2016-03-03). "UNSEEN: CONSTELLATIONS". OBJECTIFS. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ Keng, Carlos (2020-08-06). "What Is Home, Really? Three Singapore Artists Explore The Idea". Female Singapore. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Performing Care - Esplanade". www.esplanade.com. Retrieved 2024-11-04.