Roof of the World : Journeys An Exhibition of New Works by Ong Kim Seng

artcommune gallery is pleased to announce Ong Kim Seng’s upcoming solo exhibition, Roof of the World – Journeys. Featuring around 20 new works completed mostly in the period of 2020 – 2024, the exhibition is on view at artcommune gallery from 3 to 21 August 2024. The exhibition officially opens with the artist in attendance on Saturday, 3 August, 3 – 5pm. This exhibition is part of Bras Basah Complex Galleries Joint Art Week 2024 – a presentation of exhibitions by Bras Basah Complex Galleries held from 17 – 25 August 2024.

A celebrated maestro of light and shade, Ong Kim Seng (b. 1945, Singapore), BBM. A.W.S. DF. N.W.S achieved international prominence for his lyrical and delicate rendering of landscapes in watercolours in as early as the 1980s, and remains one of Singapore’s most important and successful artists. He was conferred the Cultural Medallion in Visual Arts by the Republic of Singapore in 1990. 

In 1983, Ong Kim Seng won the prestigious Paul B. Remmy American Watercolour Society Memorial Award with a breathtaking landscape featuring the distinct architectural brickwork of Nepal, becoming the first Singapore watercolourist to rise to international prominence. He was also the first Asian outside of the United States to be awarded the American Watercolour Society (AWS) membership in 1990 and has clinched 9 awards from the AWS to date, with several featuring the landscapes of Nepal.