Artists Behind the Public Artworks

Public art is the approach towards art making that is defined and shaped by artists, working with and within the public domain. It is a place of enquiry and experimentation, where artists can respond to specific public spaces and engage the community in novel and interesting ways.

Learn more about the artists behind these impressive artworks.

Website: https://www.tanweelit.com

Tan Wee Lit (b.1978) graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with an MFA in Sculpture and has exhibited extensively locally and internationally as a practicing artist. He is a recipient of numerous study awards and scholarships, and was conferred the prestigious Young Artist Award by the National Arts Council in 2012. Tan has also worked on multiple commissions for private and public collections, amongst them a stainless steel sculpture for Raffles Place and a feature wall for Haw Par Villa MRT station inspired by Chinese paper-cut. He currently heads the Faculty of Visual Arts at the School of the Arts Singapore (SOTA).

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