(b. 1983, lives and works in Singapore) Lavender Chang's focus lies in conceptual photography. Lavender’s artwork is a reflection of the sensitivity towards the subtle nuances surrounding her. She hopes to focus on these experiences, to create a canvas allowing further contemplation and letting the passage of time to leave behind traces of her mortality.
Chang’s works have been exhibited at the International Orange Photo Festival, China in 2010, the Kuala Lumpur International Photo Awards in 2011, Singapore Art Museum and Sundaram Tagore Gallery New York in 2014. In 2016, she had her solo exhibition in Society Generale at Alliance Française de Singapour, exhibited at Mizuma Gallery and The Singapore Art Show. In 2017, she has exhibitions at The Arts House in Singapore and Gajah Gallery in Yogyakarta.
In 2011, she was the recipient of the Gold award at The Crowbar Awards, Singapore, and was the winner of the Noise Singapore Prize. Chang was one of the winners for 2012/2013 Affordable Art Fair’s Young Talent Programme, In 2013, she held her winner’s solo show in ION Art Gallery, Singapore. In 2015, she won 6th in the France+ Singapore Photographic Art Awards. In 2016, her collaboration with &Larry won the President Design Award's Design of the year. In 2018, her cinematography work for John Clang’s debut feature film, Their Remaining Journey, was selected by Rotterdam International Film Festival and Bangkok ASEAN Film Festival.
Education
2007-2011 Nanyang Technological University, School of Art. Design and Media, BFA.HON Degree in Photography and Digital Imaging, Singapore
2003-2006 Temasek Polytechnic Design School, Diploma in Visual Communication, Singapore
Professional Workshop & Talk
2018 Platform 18.8, Objectifs-Centre for Photography and Film, Singapore
2017 In Praise of Shadows, ADM Gallery, Nanyang Technological University, School of Art. Design and Media, Singapore
2017 Rendezvous - A dialogue between image makers and wordsmiths, Lavender Chang and You Jin, The Arts House, Singapore
2016 The University of Sunderland, UK
2016 The Movingly Minute Scale of a Restricted Life, Societe Generale Gallery, Alliance Française de Singapour, Singapore
2016 The Art Week Conversations: Considering Artists, Goodman Arts Centre, Singapore. 2015 Observation, Action and Anticipation, Nanyang
Technological University, School of Art. Design and Media, Singapore
2008 1st Singapore International Photography Festival workshop
Selected Awards/ Achievements
2018 Cinematographer and the second unit director for John Clang’s debut feature film, Their Remaining Journey, selected by Bangkok ASEAN Film
Festival 2018
2018 Cinematographer and the second unit director for John Clang’s debut feature film, Their Remaining Journey, selected by Rotterdam International
Film Festival 2018
2017 In Praise Of Shadows, 2017 Review-10 Best Shows in Asia, selected by CoBo Social 2016 President’s Design Award 2016, Design of the year
2015 6th France + Singapore Photographic Art Awards
2012 & 13 Young Talent Programme
2011 The Crowbar Awards 2011 Gold, Fashion and Portrait Photography
2011 The Crowbar Awards 2011 Silver, Experimental/Conceptual Photography 2011 Noise Singapore Prize
2010 Nominee of Platform Ten, Documentary Photography and Photojournalism 2010 The Crowbar Awards 2010 Silver, Still life Nature and Landscape
Photography 2006 Paprika Global Course Bronze Medal
Selected Exhibition
Solo & Duo
2017 I Am a Seed Though A Different One From You, Solo, The Arts House, Singapore 2017 Pet Me, Pet Me, Look At Me, Love Me, Duo, The Arts
House, Singapore
2016 Desire. Need, Duo, Ark Gallery, Shanghai, China
2016 The Moving Minute Scale of a Restricted Life, Solo, Societe Generale, Alliance Française de Singapour, Singapore
2015 I Am a Seed Though a Different One From You, Solo, Galerie Sogan & Art, Singapore 2013 A Room of One's Own, Duo, Galerie Sogan & Art,
Singapore
2013 Unconsciousness: Consciousness, Young Talent Programme 2012/13 Winners' Solo Exhibition, ION Art Gallery, Singapore
Group
2019 ECOPHYCHOLOGY, Objectifs-Centre for Photography and Film, Singapore
2017 In Praise of Shadows, ADM Gallery, Singapore
2017 Super/Natural, Gajah Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2016 The Singapore Art Show, Artspace@Helutrans, Singapore 2016 Liminal State, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore
2015 Urban: ness: Encountering the City, Gallery of Light, Dubai
2015 6th France + Singapore Photographic Artist Award, Societe Generale, Alliance Française de Singapour, Singapore
2015 Photo Speaks, The 7th International Festival for Photography and Video, Art Space, Korea
2014 ANTHROPOS NEW YORK, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, USA
2014 ICON de Martell Cordon Bleu, Stamford Gallery, National Museum of Singapore, Singapore
2014 Sensorium 360°, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
2014 Coming Home to the heart, Passion Arts Festival, Community Arts & Culture Division, Singapore
2012 Young Talent Programme, Affordable Art Fair, Supported by ION Art Gallery, Singapore
2012 VIDEOvoiddeck, minimART, The Substation, Singapore
2012 OH! Open House, Occupy Tiong Bahru, Evil Empire, Singapore
2011 The Really Contemporary exhibition, Light Edition Gallery, Singapore
2011 ADM Show, 2902 Gallery, Singapore
2011 KL International Photoawards, The Annexe Gallery, Malaysia
2011 The Noise Singapore Showcase, ION Orchard, Singapore
2011 The Year in Picture@Platform 11.1, National Museum of Singapore, Singapore
2011 ADM Photo Salon, School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2010 Orange International Photo Festival, Changsha, China
2009 The Photographers’ stories, National Library, Singapore
Publication Review
Book
2017 Lapham’s Quarterly, States of Ming, Volume XI, pp. 90, ISSN 1935-7494, Published by American Agora Foundation, New York, USA
2016 Singapore’s Visual Artists, pp.55-56, ISBN: 978-981-09-7605-7, published by National Arts Council, Singapore
2015 爱 Love, pp.121-127, published by 品 Pin Prestige Burda Singapore, ISBN: 978-981- 09-4294-6, Singapore
2015 The 7th International Festival for Photography and Video, published by The Society of Korean Photography, Korea
2014 ANTHROPOS NEW YORK, 2014, pp.42-45, published by Sundaram Tagore Gallery, ISBN: 978-0-692-23865-3, New York, USA
2011 KL International Photoawards 2011, published by exlorenation.net, ISBN: 978-0- 9559424-4-0, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2011 Noise!, published by National Arts Council, ISBN: 17939356, Singapore
2010 International Orange Photo Festival, Published by 橘子洲國際攝影文化節組委會, Changsha, China
2011 What Noise Do You Wanna make?, published by National Arts Council, ISBN: 17939356, Singapore
2006 Dummy’s guide to a creative interview, published by Association of Accredited Advertising Agents Singapore, Singapore
2005 Crowbar Exercise book, published by Association of Accredited Advertising Agents Singapore, Singapore
2004 Eye e City, A Visual Account of the Last 24 Hours of 2003, published by Firstfruits, ISBN: 981-05-1817-X, Singapore
Magazine
2016 LIEN magazine, July to Sep issue, "Interview with Lavender Chang artist", pp. 12- 15, Singapore
2016 Female magazine, Art & Design Jan issue, Singapore
2015 LIEN magazine, Nov/Dec issue, "Interview with Lavender Chang artist", pp. 24- 25, Singapore
2015 Harper's Bazaar Art, Aug issue, "Art in tribute: The Tree", pp.4, Singapore 2015 SG magazine cover story, March issue, pp. 1 & 5, Singapore
2015 The Design Society Journal No.9, "Capturing Duality", pp. 18-27, Singapore 2014 藝術收藏 + 設計 Art Collection+ Design, Feb issue, pp. 80-83,
Taiwan
2013 品 Pin Prestige, April issue, Singapore 2012 NUYOU Time, 10 years issue, Singapore
2012 WERK no.19: CLUB 21 x COMME des GARCONS, "9 Female artist's interpret what it means to be like boys: Eldest Daughter ", Singapore
2011 Teenage, April 2011 Issue, Youth Watch section, Singapore
2006 PHOTOVIDEO, Publisher Hardware Zone PTE LTD, "Feature on emerging talents-7 budding amateur photographers ", Singapore
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