Awards
2022 - Beyond the Curve International Film Festival “Best VR + 360 Film” for in times like these…, France
2020 - National Arts Council Young Artist Award, Singapore
2020 - Prague International Indie Film Festival Q3 “Best Animation Short” for Women in Rage, Czech Republic
2019 - National Youth Film Awards “Best Art Direction” for Automatonomy, Singapore
2019 - ArtOutreach IMPART “Visual Artist Award” Winner, Singapore
2018 - President’s Young Talents “People’s Choice Award” for The scars that write us, Singapore
2012 - Japan Media Arts Festival “Jury Selection Award” for Eco-awareness flash game Jimmyfish, Japan
Solo Exhibitions & Biennales
2022 - Gently Savage, Art Porters, Singapore
2021 - Thailand Biennale, Korat 2021, Thailand
2020 - Biennale de L’Image en Mouvement BIM 2020, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2020 - False Truths, S.E.A. Focus, Singapore Art Week 2020, Singapore
2019 - Stories of a woman and her dowry, Grey Projects, Singapore
2019 - Variations and Variables, National University of Singapore Arts Festival, Singapore
2018 - The scars that write us, Presidents Young Talents 2018, Singapore Art Museum 8Q, Singapore
2018 - Flower Flights, Art Porters, Singapore
2016 - 追花 Chasing Flowers, NUSS, Singapore
Curation
2022 - Collecting Bodies, The Culture Story, Singapore
Group Exhibitions & Film Festivals
2024 - In times like these… (cinematic), Cannes International Film Week, France
2024 - Departures: Yanyun Chen, Hong Zhu An, Prabhavathi Meppayil, STPI, Singapore
2024 - Translations: Afro-Asian Poetics, The Institutum, Singapore
2024 - Chronic Compulsions, The Private Museum, Singapore
2024 - In times like these… (cinematic), Martinique Film Festival, Martinique
2023 - Invisible Sound, Art Agenda, Singapore
2023 - Flower Flights, Dublin Art Book Fair, Dublin, Ireland
2023 - In times like these…, Boston Cyberarts Waveforms 2023, Museum of Science, Boston, USA
2023 - Utopia Reimagined, Foundation for the Arts and Social Enterprises, Singapore
2023 - The truth lies in fact, ArtSG FILM, Singapore
2022 - In times like these…, Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore
2022 - In times like these…, FIVARS Festival of International Virtual and Augmented Reality Stories, Canada
2022 - Desirable Body, Hanover Project, University of Central Lancashire, UK
2022 - While She Quivers, Objectifs, Singapore.
2022 - In times like these…, Beyond the Curve International Film Festival, Paris, France
2022 - In times like these…, Berlin Lift-Off Film Festival Online Selection, Berlin, Germany
2021 - Hindsight is 20/20, 2021 International Short Film Festival Canton, Guangzhou, China
2021 - Hindsight is 20/20, Semi-Finalist at AXD Film Festival, Alexandroupolis, Greece
2021 - Grayscale!, Art Porters Gallery, Singapore
2021 - Art Fair Philippines, Philippines
2021 - Mirazur x The Mandala Club, Singapore
2021 - Women in Rage, Moscow Indie Film Festival 2021, Russia
2021 - The Body as a Dream, Art Agenda S.E.A (AASEA), Singapore Art Week 2021, Singapore
2021 - Open to Interpretation, Asian Art Institutum, Singapore Art Week 2021, Singapore
2020 - Biome, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore
2020 - The thought visits you, Asia Now: Paris Asia Art Fair 2020 Online on Ocula, France
2020 - Streets of Hope, National Arts Council, Singapore
2020 - She/Her, Appetite by Restaurant Nouri, Singapore
2020 - Women in Rage, Los Angeles Animation Festival 2020, USA
2020 - Women in Rage, Montreal International Animation Film Festival 2020 Animaze, Canada
2020 - Women in Rage, Prague International Indie Film Festival, Czech Republic
2020 - Women in Rage, Leiden Shorts (Leiden International Short Film Experience), Netherlands
2020 - Clouds: The 6th International Exhibition on New Media Art 2020, CICA Museum, South Korea
2020 - Nefiltravanae Kino Short Movie Club Film Festival “Unfiltered Cinema”, Minsk, Belarus
2019 - FICTION NON FICTION - Reassembling 24 frames of reality through non-narrative film works, Cultural Affairs Bureau, Macau
2019 - 2219: Futures Imagined, Art Science Museum, Singapore
2019 - Remedy for Rage, Objectifs, Singapore
2019 - Singapore Utopia, ChanHori Contemporary, Singapore
2019 - Raw Forms, Coda Culture, Singapore
2018 - Still, Singapore Life, Art Seasons Gallery, Singapore
2018 - Auguries of Modern Innocence, The Arts House, Singapore
2016 - Untapped Emerging, Shophouse 5, Visual Arts Development Association, Singapore
2016 - Spirit of Place, (part of Liao Jiekai’s The Drawing Room), Jendela Visual Arts Space, Singapore
2016 - What! Another Exhibition? (collaboration with Singapore Horn Trio’s Johannes Brahm Horn Trio op. 40), Esplanade Recital Studio, Singapore
2015 - Studying Life, Artistry, Singapore
2015 - Noise Singapore 2015 Festival Exhibition, Singapore
2015 - Fresh Takes, ChanHampe Gallery, Singapore
2015 - The Mill Destruction & Rebirth, The Mill, Singapore
2014 - Floral Magic x On Pedder, Singapore
2014 - Noise Singapore 2014 Festival Exhibition, Singapore
Grants & Fellowships
2024 - National Arts Council Presentation and Participation Grant, Singapore
2023 - Art Science & Engineering Diversity Grant, Tufts University, USA
2023 - Daynard Travel Grant, Tufts University School of Museum of Fine Art, USA
2022 - National Arts Council Young Artist Award, Singapore
2021 - Andreas Teoh Contemporary Asian Art Programme Fellowship, Yale-NUS College, Singapore
2020 - Georgette Chen Fellowship Grant, Yale-NUS College, Singapore
2020 - National Arts Council Digital Presentation Grant, Singapore
2019 - National Arts Council Market and Audience Development Grant, Singapore
2019 - National Arts Council Capabilities Development Grant, Singapore
2013 - National Arts Council Talent Assistance and Training Allowance, Singapore
2009 - National Youth Council Grant, Singapore
2008 - Media Development Authority Capabilities Development Grant, Singapore
Residencies
2024 - DBLSPCE Residency, Singapore
2024 - Vermont Studio Center, USA
2023 - 10th Cycle NTU CCA Residencies Programme, Singapore
2022 - Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, Ireland
2022 - HANGAR Art Residency, Lisboa, Portugal
2021 - Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore
2012 - Tembusu College, National University of Singapore
Press
2024 - Yahoo!Life “First dibs: 15th Singapore Night Festival 2024 runs 23 Aug to 7 Sep”
2024 - Kompas “Memori Puitik dari Asia-Afrika”
2024 - Artnet Gallery Network “Spotlight: A Group Exhibition in Singapore Highlights the Harmonies Between African and Asian Diaspora Cultures”
2024 - 联合早报: “汇聚百位亚非艺术家 结合餐饮六地点办展”
2024 - The Straits Times “Singapore Art Week: The Insitutum’s Afro-Asian art show transcends geographies”
2023 - The Business Times “Out of Africa, into Asia”
2023 - Art Basel “In Singapore, South-South discourse is having a moment”
2023 - Art Asia Pacific “Translations: Afro - Asian Poetics”
2023 - Waveforms “Yanyun Chen, Alex Scollay, Corentin Derbre, Jevon Chandra — In times like these… “
2023 - Marie Claire Taiwan March 2023 Issue “30’s Special” (article “In our 30s”)
2023 - Frieze “The Best Shows to See in Singapore Right Now”
2022 - FIVARS “Critically-Acclaimed International FIVARS Festival Launches Immersive Showcase in 2 Cities, While Pushing the Limits of Web3D”
2022 - Ocula “Singapore Lowdown: Must-See Exhibitions”
2022 - 联合早报: ”走入社区玩艺术 2023年新加坡艺术周十大看点“
2022 - The Business Times “Who’s Afraid of Nude Art?”
2022 - 联合早报: “女艺术家拒绝“消失” 突破局限 创作不辍”
2022 - Straits Times “Arts Picks: Sing Lit Blk Party, Objectifs exhibition, Rossini opera”
2021 - Alliance Française de Singapour “Embodied Narratives”
2021 - National Gallery Singapore Raw Talks “Ep2: The Female Body”
2021 - Yale-NUS College “New Andreas Teoh Contemporary Asian Art Programme promotes study and appreciation of Asian art”
2021 - Yale-NUS College “Yale-NUS lecturer Dr Yanyun Chen’s and alumnus Chia Yaim Chong’s video collaboration was nominated for the National Youth Film Awards”
2021 - The Artling “The Mirazur Art Collection: Revealing the Artist Line-Up”
2021 - Art and Market “Pass the Mic Episode 2 | Yanyun Chen on Latiff Mohidin”
2021 - Objectifs Film Library “Film Club Recap: The Drawing Room and Episodes from Art Studio”
2021 - Tatler Singapore “Meet Asia’s Most Influential: The Culture List 2021”
2021 - Straits Times “Rare nudes by local artists on show”
2020 - Straits Times “My Perfect Weekend”
2020 - Yale-NUS College “15 December 2020: Yale-NUS lecturer Dr Yanyun Chen wins prestigious Young Artist Award 2020”
2020 - SAGG “Six arts practitioners awarded with Singapore’s top arts accolades”
2020 - Straits Times “Artistic giants”
2020 - Straits Times “2020 Young Artist Award recipients count their blessings in a pandemic year”
2020 - 联合早报: “六杰出艺术家获颁2020年文化奖与青年艺术奖”
2020 - 联合早报: “在实践中 不断探索与质问”
2020 - 联合早报: “用创作回应 艺术的召唤”
2020 - Timeout “Sarkasi Said and Dr. Vincent Leow are the 2020 Cultural Medallion recipients”
2020 - Sinema “Six Outstanding Arts Practitioners Awarded With Singapore’s Top Arts Accolades”
2020 - Asian Movie Pulse “Short Film Review: Women in Rage (2020) by Chen Yanyun, Sara Chong”
2020 - Appetite SG “In conversation with Yanyun Chen”
2020 - Vulture Magazine “Cultural Crossroads”
2020 - Patron of the Arts Award 2020 Live Stream Celebrations
2020 - Yale-NUS College “27 March 2020: J Y Pillay and Georgette Chen Fellowships support Arts and Humanities professors’ research”
2020 - SilverKris March 2020 “The SQ Curators”
2020 - Bak Chor Mee Boy “Museum musings: 2219 - Futures Imagined at Art Science Museum”
2019 - Female Magazine “5 Cool Events This Week: Weird Wonderful Pasar Malam, A Mean Girls Screening Party & More”
2019 - Art & Market “Review of ‘2219: Futures Imagined’ at ArtScience Museum”
2019 - Options “‘2219: Futures Imagined’: A sobering prediction of life on earth 200 years from now”
2019 - Tip Balmond Studio “What does the future look like?”
2019 - Straits Times “A robot dystopia in Singapore”
2019 - Straits Times “Stop-motion animation about humans and robots among winners at National Youth Film Awards”
2019 - Object Lessons Space: “Yanyun Chen on Navigating the Nude, the Pulsating Qualities of Charcoal and Creating Autofictional Installations”
2019 - Bak Chor Mee Boy: “Museum Musings: Stories of a Woman and Her Dowry by Yanyun Chen”
2019 - Straits Times: “Is $2,000 worth paying for a young artist's work?”
2019 - 联合早报: “陈彦云个展： 两代嫁妆 三代女人的故事”
2019 - Art World Forum “Defining An Artist with Yanyun Chen, “Someone Who Designs the Very Framework of “Responsibility”"
2019 - Bak Chor Mee Boy: “NUS Arts Festival 2019: Variations and Variables (Review)”
2019 - NUS Staff Awards: “Impactful work wins visual art award”
2019 - Female Magazine: “Defenders of the Lost Arts”
2019 - Rice Media “Life after Recognition: Does being an artist get easier after winning an award?”
2019 - Plural Art Magazine “The Language of Flowers”
2019 - Larmoire “In conversation : Floral Magic”
2018 - T Singapore “A Wall Of Flowers For An Art Exhibition”
2018 - 联合早报 “艺术星势力”
2018 - Rice Media “What does art look like to the people who stare at it everyday?”
2018 - Straits Times: “Risk elements help visual artist clinch grand prize at President's Young Talents awards”
2018 - Straits Times: “What artworks reside in the homes of Singapore artists?”
2018 - Straits Times: “Arts picks: Charcoal drawings of flowers, Singapore Chinese Orchestra Young People's nostalgia concert”
2018 - Buro247: “How to be an artist in Singapore, according to President Young Talents' artists”
2018 - AList: “Baring skin, scars and personal stories”
2018 - Straits Times: “President’s Young Talents exhibition: Digging Deeper for Inspiration”
2018 - Bak Chor Mee Boy: “Museum Musings: President’s Young Talents 2018 at Singapore Art Museum”
2018 - The Artling: “Of Soil & Scars: The President’s Young Talents Finalists 2018.”
2018 - BlouinArtifino: “7th Edition of President’s Young Talents at Singapore Art Museum”
2018 - Straits Times: “Soil and scars on display as part of the President's Young Talents 2018 exhibition”
2018 - Straits Times: “National Gallery Hit or Miss?”
2017 - Glass: A Journal of Poetry "Review of 'It's Fiction' by Yanyun Chen"
2016 - 联合早报 “南艺三校友 让音乐与绘画摩擦碰撞”
2016 - Art Hop "A post-mortem reflection: Yanyun Chen's Chasing Flowers"
2016 - NUSS Guild House: Chasing Flowers
2016 - Harper's Bazaar Art Prize "Art on Sale"
2015 - Nitram Charcoal: Artist Feature
2015 - Female Magazine "Singapore Artist Yanyun Chen's Still Life Drawings are Hauntingly Beautiful"
2015 - Gallery & Studio Volume Five 2015 "History Redefined"
2015 - Culturepush "Exhib! 追花. Chasing Flowers by Yanyun Chen"
2010 - Culturepush "Spotted! Yanyun Chen"