Yvonne Wang Yi Wen (Graduated in 2022)

Category - alumni
Yvonne comes from a family of art collectors. Her long-standing interest in visual art led her to pursue an MA in Asian Art Histories. She is interested in how culturally and historically embedded mediums become contemporary and global. Her research focuses on the employment of woodblock in contemporary Chinese art as a conceptual device and critical tool. Yvonne previously worked in media and communications. Read more....

Perfect Phnom Penh: MA Asian Art Histories Study Trip (27 -31 May 2022)

Category - overseas study trips
by Akshatha Rangarajan Cambodia was the first Southeast Asian country to open its borders without restrictions, making it the favoured destination for a study trip for our class of 2022. Our travel was perfectly timed to a post-thesis period, giving a few of us a chance to pray for good grades for the entire class at the historic Wat Phnom pagoda, a symbol of Khmer identity. We were fortunate to Read more....

Chinese Art and Cultural Research Grant Presentations

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We are delighted to announce that two of our alumni, Ramesh and Elaine (from the class of 2018 and 2017 respectively) will be presenting their research papers as part of the Chinese Art and Cultural Research Grant, a collaboration between the MA Asian Art Histories Programme at LASALLE and the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre. Under the grant, the candidates were given funding to do a one-year research Read more....

2022 Theses

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Name: Yvonne Wang Yi Wen Thesis Title: Printmaking as a Conceptual Device in Contemporary Chinese Art Thesis Abstract This thesis investigates the role of printmaking in contemporary Chinese art. It examines the use of printmaking as a conceptual device and critical tool through close reading of the works of three contemporary artists – Xu Bing, Fang Lijun, and Sun Xun. Each represents a generation Read more....

Theresa Tan (Graduated in 2022)

Category - alumni
Theresa is a leader in change management practices in the Asia region, and her interest in the study of art histories is in how artists respond to change. As a general committee member of The Peranakan Association of Singapore (TPAS), Theresa’s research interest is in modern and contemporary Peranakan art and how artists respond to Peranakan economic, social and political environments in history, Read more....