{"id":21783,"date":"2025-10-22T14:51:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T13:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/affordableartfair.com\/?post_type=inspiration&p=21783"},"modified":"2025-11-10T11:20:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T11:20:16","slug":"singapore-team-picks-2025","status":"publish","type":"inspiration","link":"https:\/\/affordableartfair.com\/inspiration\/singapore-team-picks-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore Team Picks: Our Favourite Artworks of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As we gear up for Affordable Art Fair Singapore 2025 this November, our team has been busy exploring the inspiring works from 95 exhibiting galleries joining us this year. Among these, we have selected our team picks, ranging from stunning digital prints to experimental paintings. The diversity of art on display celebrates the vibrant and ever-evolving art scene we love to champion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week, we turned the spotlight inward, asking our Singapore team to share their personal favourites. These are the artworks that caught their eye, spoke to their hearts, and lingered in their minds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read on to explore our team’s picks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alan | Fair Director<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Our affable Singapore Fair Director, Alan Koh, shares why Dylan Chan\u2019s work struck such a chord:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDylan Chan’s artwork deeply resonates with me as an LGBTQ+ individual in Singapore. It\u2019s rare to encounter such a compelling exploration of queer identity within our local context. His work immediately captured my attention \u2014 not only because of its striking presentation but also for the profound messages it conveys.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By addressing themes of identity, queerness, and belonging, Dylan brings forward conversations that are often overlooked. He uses art as a language for empathy and understanding something vital for our collective growth as a society.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dylan Chan, ‘Happy Together’ (I’m glad we decided to stay), 2024, Digital print on Cotton pulp paper, 40 X 190 X 6 cm, <\/strong>INTERSECTIONS<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dylan Chan is a multidisciplinary artist who effortlessly moves between image-making, installation, and painting\u2014often blurring the boundaries of surface and texture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the heart of Dylan\u2019s practice lies a curiosity about queerness, identity, and materiality<\/strong>\u2014and how these elements come together to shape the spaces we inhabit. His works often reflect on the body\u2019s connection to domestic environments, asking how the objects around us hold memories, comfort, and even tension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By weaving together personal reflections with collective experiences, Dylan invites us to rethink what it means to feel at home\u2014with ourselves, and with others. His art opens a quiet yet powerful dialogue about intimacy, belonging, and the unseen emotional textures of everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adelyn | Marketing Executive<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Our carefree Marketing Executive, Adelyn<\/strong>, shares why this vibrant work immediately caught her eye:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s something captivating about how Huang Zhe reinterprets cubist energy through a modern lens. The fragmented shapes and bold colour planes feel both analytical and playful \u2014 a nod to Picasso\u2019s spirit, yet completely his own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I love how this piece feels both familiar and unexpected. There\u2019s a rhythm to it, a sense of movement that keeps shifting, like you see something new each time you look at it. It\u2019s bold, a little chaotic, but beautifully balanced exactly the kind of artwork that keeps you thinking long after you\u2019ve walked away.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Huang Zhe, VIRTU, 2025, Oil on Canvas, 40 \u00d7 40 cm, <\/strong>Progetto PicassoDefi <\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Anson | Financial Coordinartor<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Our upbeat Finance Coordinator, Anson Koh, shares why this contemplative piece resonated with him:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI like the calmness the artwork brings. It looks like the person walking towards the house is returning to the starting point. When we calm our mind and block out the world to have a conversation with ourselves in silence, we might see that we always had the answer we were looking for.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Path of Silence may seem lonely and sad at first, but to me, it conveys peacefulness and clarity. It\u2019s the kind of work that reminds you stillness can be strength.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jungkee Son, \u2018The Path of Silence\u2019, 2024, Acrylic on Canvas, 90.9 cm x 72.7 cm, <\/strong>BOL Gallery<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Bernice | Financial Controller Asia<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Our lovely Financial Controller, Asia<\/strong>, Bernice, embodies calm and clarity; qualities mirrored in her favourite piece:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith quiet grace and reflective presence, Ainslie\u2019s artwork captures the serenity of tranquil waters beneath a soft pastel sky. It evokes that moment when thoughts settle and clarity emerges \u2014 a gentle reminder that peace doesn\u2019t shout; it simply is.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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James Ainslie, \u2018River Dawn 2\u2019, 2024, Acrylic on Canvas, 48 cm x 98 cm, <\/strong>The G Contemporary<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Joy | Marketing Intern & Fair Assistant<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Our thoughtful and gentle Marketing Intern, Joy<\/strong>, shares why this serene work spoke to her:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen I first encountered this artwork, I instantly knew it would be my favourite. The delicate shadow of a tree is so simple, yet so moving; feels both refreshing and contemplative. It reminds me of the quiet moments we often overlook in our fast-paced lives.<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lee JuHee\u2019s work captures fleeting stillness and transforms it into something deeply peaceful. The layering of materials enhances the sense of lightness and time passing, a soft invitation to slow down and breathe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lee Juhee, \u2018KOMOREBI #1\u2019, 2024, Powder colour, Chinese Ink on Paper, 61 x 91cm, <\/strong>Art SoHyang<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Kelly | Fair Manager<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Our free-spirited Fair Manager, Kelly<\/strong>, shares what drew her to this quietly striking piece:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s something deeply calming about this painting, almost like peeking into two parallel worlds that could exist at once. The top half captures the sea with such realism \u2014 cloudy skies, jagged rocks, rippling waves while the bottom half feels dreamlike, blurred as if seen through water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love how the artist layers textures to create depth and distance, giving the sense that the painting itself exists between two realities. Instead of saying \u2018pick one,\u2019 it whispers \u2018why not have both?\u2019 (very Libra of me!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s peace and pause in it, but also playfulness. The clash of images makes the painting feel beautifully unreal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Koo Myeongbon ‘\ud478\ub978\ud574\uacbd (Blue Seascape)’, 2025, Mixed Media on Canvas, 53.0 x 65.2 cm, <\/strong>Gallery Aryeon<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Ping | Operations Executive<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Our tenacious Operations Executive, Ping, has long admired Hong Sek Chern\u2019s mastery of ink on paper:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve always been mesmerised by how ink seeps into and diffuses across rice paper to create an ethereal, almost otherworldly glow. Hong Sek Chern\u2019s work feels like a dreamscape I could wander through endlessly. Each brushstroke carries quiet deliberation, evoking serenity and introspection.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a meditative quality that pulls you in \u2014 inviting you to pause, reflect, and lose yourself in its delicate layers of texture and light.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hong Sek Chern, \u2018Summer Whole Year\u2019, 2022, Ink on Rice Paper, 68 x 138 cm, <\/strong>Serenity Gallery<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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