Born
1964

Medium
MIxed Media
Country
Singapore/USA

Education
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, USA
Studio Art Center International, Florence, Italy

2016
Art Stage Singapore, FOST Gallery, Marina Bay Sands Expo Centre, Singapore

2015
Echoes of Anticipation, FOST Gallery, Gillman Barracks, Singapore

Something to Write Home About: 8288 Nautical Miles, La MaMa (as part of Singapore: Inside Out), New York, USA

Singapore Survey 2015: Hard Choices, Artspace at Helutrans Tanjong Pagar Distripark (Curated by Valentine Willie), Singapore

{The History of Java}, FOST Gallery, Singapore*

Art Stage Singapore 2015 with FOST Gallery, Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Singapore

2014
Jimmy Ong, FOST Gallery, Singapore*

2013
Elo Progo, Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York, USA *

2012
Singapore Survey 2012: Strange New Faces, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Singapore

2011
Transfiguring, The Private Museum, Singapore

Singapore Survey 2011: Imagine Malaysia, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Singapore

2010
SGD, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore*

Sitayana, Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York, USA*

Beyond LKY, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Singapore

2009
The Air Conditioned Recession, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Singapore

2008
Ancestors on the Beach, Post Museum and Valentine Willie Fine Art, Singapore*

The Scale of Black, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Singapore

2006
Nature Born, Langgeng Contemporary Art Festival, Magelang, Singapore

2005
Vision & Resonance, Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore

2004
Rocks & Water, Block 43 Studio Gallery, Singapore *

The Invisible Thread, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island, New York, USA

2003
Trees in a Garden, Lunuganga, Bentota, Sri Lanka*

2002
Portable Prayer, Plum Blossoms Gallery, New York, USA*

2001
Lovers’ Rocks, Taksu Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia*

2000
Alter-Altar, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong*

12 ASEAN Artists, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

ArtSingapore, MITA Atrium, Singapore

Love on Paper, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

1999
Studies for a Deity, Gallery 456, New York, USA*

The Other Woman, Dagmar Gallery, Santa Monica, California, USA*

Tolong, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1998
German Week, the Deutsche Bank Art Collections, Chijmes Gallery, Singapore

1997
Lovers & Ancestors, Cicada Gallery, Singapore*

Art Power, in aid of The Substation - A Home for the Arts, Chijmes Gallery, Singapore

1996
Interaction, Cicada Gallery, Singapore

1995
Figurative Works, Mulligan Shanoski Gallery, San Francisco, USA

1994
Five Directions, Takashimaya Gallery, Singapore

Windows on Singapore Art, various venues, Hong Kong and China

1991
Many in One, Meridian House International, Washington D.C., USA

1990
Art Travel East West, World Trade Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Jimmy Ong- Drawings, Goethe Institute, Singapore*

1988
Familiar Stranger/ Distant Relative, Artist studio/ Dragon Court, Singapore*

Table Drawings, Art Forum, Singapore*

1987
The Children of, Arbour Fine Art Gallery, Singapore*

1986
Table Drawings, ArtTrain Gallery, Detroit, USA*

1984
The Drawings of Jimmy Ong, Alliance Française, Singapore*
Awards & Prizes

1992
Awarded Charles Toppan Drawing Prize, Philadelphia, USA

1988
Awarded Anna K Meredith Fund Scholarship, New York, USA

1980
Awarded UOB Painting of the Year, Youth 2nd Prize, Singapore
Collections

National Art Gallery Singapore
Selected Bibliography

2015
Quek, Bruce. "Art review: TwentyFifteen.sg | Singapore Survey 2015", TODAY [online], 22 August

Shetty, Deepika. "Art for SG50", The Straits Times [Singapore], pp. D4-5, 04 August

Ong, Daphne, "How artist Jimmy Ong Struggled before finding his place in the world", The A List [Singapore], August issue, pp. 11

Tunggal, Nawa, "Menemukan Jawa di Singapura", Harian Kompas, Travel [Indonesia], 01 February

Shetty, Deepika, "Raffles in Borobudur", The Straits Times, LIFE! Arts [Singapore], pp. C2-3, 27 January

Yusof, Helmi, "Show of strength", The Business Times [Singapore], 23 January

Chow, Yian Ping, "Jimmy Ong pays tribute to Sir Stamford Raffles", Zao Bao Now [Singapore], p. 5, 20 January

2014
"Are you looking at me?", Pin Prestige [Singapore], September

Pew, Gwen, "Cheatsheet - Jimmy Ong", Time Out Singapore, August

Quek, Bruce, "Art Review: Jimmy Ong", TODAY Online [Singapore], 11 August

Tihor, Kan, "A Room of One's Own", Art Republik [Singapore], pp. 106-107, June - August

Rasid, Hafiz, "A Room of One's Own", Men's Folio [Singapore], pp. 16-19, February

2013
Kolesnikov-Jessop, Sonia, "8 Iconic Artworks Featuring Lee Kuan Yew", BLOUIN Art Info [online], 08 September

2012
Kolesnikov-Jessop, Sonia, "Jimmy Ong Tackles Video for Second Solo Show in NY", BLOUIN Art Info [online], 27 December

2010
Lenzi, Iola, “Politics and History in Recent Southeast Asian Contemporary Art”, Asian Art Newspaper [UK], November

Goh, K.K. Review, Lianhe Zaobao [Singapore], 6 November

Kolesnikov-Jessop, Sonia, “The Minister as Muse”, Newsweek, 15 October

2008
Lim, Kok Boon, “Drawing Out Conversations”, FOST Gallery write-up for Singapore Biennale, September

Lee, Sabrina, “The Big Picture – Jimmy Ong”, Time Out Singapore, August

2006
Lee, Joanna, interview, “Nature Born”, Langgeng Contemporary Art Festival Catalogue [Indonesia]

2001
Dinwiddie, Donald, “Bodhisattva Pudica: The Nudes of Jimmy Ong”, Asian Art Newspaper [UK], January

2000
Lenzi, Iola, “Review: Jimmy Ong, Hong Kong”, ArtAsiaPacific [Hong Kong], Issue Number 28

Lee, Peter, “Talking Charcoal”, 12 ASEAN Artists, write-up for National Art Gallery [Malaysia]

1999
Lee, Georgina, “Review: A Matter of Extremes”, Hong Kong Standard, December

Chattopadhyay, Collette, “Jimmy Ong at Dagmar”, Asian Art News, May/June

Ollman, Leah, “Art Reviews”, Los Angeles Times [USA], 16 April

1998
Lim, Juliana, “For Jimmy”, Lianhe Zaobao [Singapore], 6 August

1997
Findlay, Ian, “An Intimate World”, Asian Art News, September 1997, pp. 74-77

Munroe, Ben, “An Artist Who Lets His Pieces Do The Talking”, The Business Times [Singapore], 25
July

Sheares, Constance, “Introduction”, Lovers & Ancestors, Cicada Gallery write-up [Singapore]

Saw, Kee Wah, Review, Lianhe Zaobao [Singapore], July

1996
Farnay, Rachael, “Interaction in Cicada”, Asian Art News, July

1990
Sasitharan, T., “The Play of Life”, The Straits Times [Singapore], 24 August

1988
Sabapathy, T.K., “Still-Life Fruits that Pulsate with Life and Vitality”, The Straits Times [Singapore], 17
May

1987
Sabapathy, T.K., “Means of Expressing the Self in Terms of Others”, The Straits Times [Singapore], 29
May