ABOUT
Artist Statement
I explore spatial and color relationships through the language of paint and geometric abstraction.
My works are visual metaphors for the duality of life — where the positive space cannot be defined without the existence of negative spaces, where absence paradoxically insinuates at the presence of what is absent, where our perception of light and dark are all about degrees of relativity and spatiality between color hues and geometric forms.
Compositionally, I contemplate on the idea of duality through the interplay between negative and positive spaces, dissonance and consonance, light and darkness. The canvas then becomes a space for resolution — as the tension between a mark, shape, or hue to another poses as a problem to be resolved in order to achieve a sense of visual harmony and equilibrium.
Often beginning with a sketch as an initial blueprint, my working process involves building up layers and layers of paint, where forms and colors are negotiated and renegotiated indefinitely until a point of saturation and neutrality is attained.
Through my works, I want to explore a new way of seeing — a new optics and a neutral vantage point — to look at our human condition and lived experiences.
Bio
Yu Ting Ong (b.1990, Singapore) is an artist currently based in New York. She studied at the Slade School of Art, London, UK (BA Fine Art), 2009-2013, Royal College of Art, London, UK (MA Painting), 2013-2015 and Columbia University, NY (EdM Art Education), 2018-2020. Past exhibitions and residencies include: 'Radical Residency Exhibition 2018', Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop, London, UK, 'The Internet Yami-Ichi', Offprint London, Tate Modern, London, Artist-in-Residence at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France.