Melissa Tan is a visual artist based in Singapore and received her BA (Fine Arts) from Lasalle College of the Arts in 2011. Her works are based on nature, themes of transience and beauty of the ephemeral. Her recent projects revolve around landscapes and the process of formation. Interested in geography and textures of rocks, she explores to translate the visual language through different mediums. Employing processes such as paper cutting, painting and silk-screen techniques, she is interested in materiality and how the medium supports the work. Though trained as a painter, she also works with video, sound and objects.
Melissa Tan, ‘Kaali’, 2020, mirror finish stainless steel epoxy resin pigment 88x62x12cm. Photo courtesy RKFA and the artist.
Melissa Tan, ‘Nephthys’, 2020, mirror finish stainless steel epoxy resin pigment 136x128.5x9cm. Photo courtesy RKFA and the artist.