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| MICHAEL LEE HONG HWEE ( 李鸿辉 ) , Lecturer and Pathway Leader for NAFA’s Fine Art degree programmes, was awarded the National Arts Council's Young Artist Award (Visual Arts) on 21 Oct 2005. The Young Artist Award was introduced in 1992 to encourage the development of young artistic talents in Singapore. The award is accorded to young artists aged 35 & below who have shown promise of artistic excellence in their respective artistic fields. |
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| Michael Lee graduated from the Nanyang Technological University with a Bachelor of Communication Studies in 1997. He went on to earn his master’s degree in the same discipline from NTU in 2001. He also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in High Education from the National Institute of Education. |
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| Lee is among a small group of artists whose arts practice cuts across several disciplines. Concern ed about the relationship between desire and space and how one impacts on the other, he has explor ed this theme extensively in various m edia such as drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, model-making, installation, video and text. To date, he has taken part in more than 20 group art exhibitions and 8 group film screenings. In 2004, he held his first solo exhibition, When a Body Meets a Building, at the Alliance Francaise. He was also nam ed one of Singapore’s representatives at the 2005 World Expo sition in Nagoya, Japan. |
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| Lee has won a number of awards for his art. In 1996, he pick ed up the Unit ed Television International Award for Distinction. A year later, his collaborative video, One or Zero, clinch ed the first prize for the Experimental Category at the University Film and Video Association Student Short Film Competition in Texas, US. |
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| Lee has also made his mark as a curator. To date, he has co-curat ed four exhibitions held at various venues like The Esplanade - Theatres by the Bay and Woodlands Regional Library. In September 2005, he curated Txtrapolis: Contemporary Text-Bas ed Art from Singapore held at the NAFA. |
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| Apart from his artistic pursuits, Lee is a prolific writer who has contribut ed extensively to local and international publications such as Jump Cut, Vehicle, Asian Art News, Asian Cinema and Singapore Architect. |
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Michael Lee Hong Hwee – Young Artist Award 2005 (Visual Arts) |
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Staircase - A User's Guide, photographic installation, 2004 |
A Psychotectonic Experiment, digital video, 2004 |
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