About

Chi-ann is a Singaporean artist based in the UK working in a multi-disciplinary way creating works through painting and drawing, installations and whatever medium she finds best suits the stories she wants to tell. She is interested in exploring family histories and memory, using photographs to create a dialogue between the past and present. In particular, she is interested in female stories both personal and universal - exploring the power and significance of women throughout history and in her own personal stories.

Discovering a passion for art later in life after her children had grown up, she found a new lease of life in adopting an open and curious attitude to creativity. She started working with textiles, print, found objects, painting with inks, home-made pigments, acrylics and oils and explored 3D work with natural object, wire and clay. She is equally interested in how moving image and sound works can convey deep and resonant experiences.

She has made the transition from educator to maker and is keen to develop an art career rooted in the philosophy of play and exploration. She is interested in making work that is authentic and emotive, drawing on personal memories and experiences.