Dawn Ng

Dawn Ng was born in 1982, she lives and works in Singapore. Ng’s practice uses photography, light, film, collage, painting and large-scale installations to consider time, memory and the ephemeral. In her recent series Into Air she emphasises temporality and beauty through her documentation of melting blocks of pigmented ice, sculptural forms that she creates in layers in the studio. The final stage of the process results in ‘Ash’ or ‘residue’ paintings - paper is steeped in the melted pigment over several weeks and the result is a new surface, a combination of careful manipulation and chance. Encouraging slow looking, Ng’s works is characterised by lyricism and a nuanced use of colour and draws visual parallels with topographical references of landscape and geology.) ...

Kate MacGarry Gallery, established in 2002, is a contemporary art gallery located in East London at 27 Old Nichol Street, within a space designed by British architect Tony Fretton. Over the years, the gallery has expanded its representation to include 25 emerging and established artists, as well as two artist estates. Many of the gallery's represented artists had their first commercial solo exhibitions at Kate MacGarry and have gone on to achieve international success. Their works have been showcased at leading institutions worldwide, including MoMA, Documenta, the Venice Biennale, Tate, MCA Chicago, Prada Foundation, The Walker Art Center, Barbican, New Museum, Palais de Tokyo, Kunstverein Hamburg, and Kettle's Yard, among others. ...