31st UOB Painting Of The Year CompetitionYoung Artists in the Limelight |
 Ten year-old winner Andrea Yap En Rui. The top honor of the UOB POY Competition was awarded to 17 year-old Mr Esmond Loh Fah Rong for his oil and acrylic painting titled ‘Just Let Me Sleep’. The experimental self-portrait illustrates the artist’s desire for sub-consciousness at a time when he was plagued by exhaustion and a loss of direction in life. Mr Wee Ee Cheong, UOB Deputy Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the UOB Art Committee, said the large number of youth winners was encouraging because it showed that the competition was succeeding in its aim to discover emerging Asian talent. “We have helped to cultivate a whole generation of artists since the competition was launched 31 years ago and will build on this success by nurturing a new wave of promising artists as they follow their passion, flourish and become true artists in their own right. The UOB POY Competition will continue to draw out and harness the potential of artists and elevate the interest and support for the arts across the region.” This year, the youngest winner is ten year-old Ms Andrea Yap En Rui whose artwork ‘Animal’s Kingdom’ depicts her love for animals. She was awarded the Highly Commended prize in the Open category. The Most Promising Young Artist award was presented to 16 year-old Sherilyn Shaan Veera for her artwork titled ‘Alone and Unwanted‘, which was inspired by her growing awareness of the less fortunate around her. The grand regional prize of S$5,000 was won by Mr Y. Indra Wahyu of Indonesia for his work ‘School Hymns’ which depicts a school choir trying to create harmony in an unorganised environment. He said he hoped to draw attention to the importance of education through this painting, and to encourage society to voice out the challenges that exist in educating youth and to work together to solve them. All the winning artworks were evaluated and selected by a panel of judges headed by Mr Choo Thiam Siew, President of the Nanyang Academy Of Fine Arts. Mr Choo said,” The judges were pleasantly surprised that despite the tender ages of the artists, many of the artworks produced were technically sound and conceptually mature, exhibiting energy and creativity.” The award-winning pieces of the 2012 UOB POY Competition from Singapore and the region will be exhibited at The Singapore Art Museum until 1 August 2012.
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Singaporean photographer Choo Meng Foo and sound designer Jason Ang Mingqi collaborated for this video to complement the exhibition.
