BEVERLEY NG
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I am an artist and designer from Singapore, working across illustration, collage and printed matter. My practice begins with the things I collect and notice: everyday objects, neighbourhoods, photographs, old printed matter and the small details that accumulate around a life. Through drawing and collage, I explore the relationships between these materials, the environments we inhabit and the memories we attach to them.
Making by hand is central to my practice. My pencil drawings are quiet and observational, documenting people, places and fleeting moments from everyday life. My collages are more instinctive and layered, bringing together found images, writing, photographs and ephemera through chance and association. Zines and artist books allow these different ways of working to meet and accumulate into larger narratives.
Across these forms, I think of my practice as a way of paying attention: to the things we keep, the places we inhabit and the everyday experiences that might otherwise pass unnoticed.
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CLIENTS AND COMMISSIONS
ARTBOX, Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, Facebook, Figment, Filmhouse, Illustration Arts Festival, Institute of Mental Health Singapore, Jom Media, Ministry of Education Singapore, National Arts Council, National Gallery Singapore, National Library Board, OH! Open House, Pentel, Prime Minister’s Office, RICE Media, Singapore Art Museum, The Projector, The Slow Press, The Substation, Vogue
ARTBOX, Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, Facebook, Figment, Filmhouse, Illustration Arts Festival, Institute of Mental Health Singapore, Jom Media, Ministry of Education Singapore, National Arts Council, National Gallery Singapore, National Library Board, OH! Open House, Pentel, Prime Minister’s Office, RICE Media, Singapore Art Museum, The Projector, The Slow Press, The Substation, Vogue
PUBLIC PROGRAMMES AND WORKSHOPS
Beyond making, I organise and facilitate public programmes, workshops and conversations that bring people together through creative practice. From candid discussions about sustaining an art practice to hands-on zine and collage workshops using found materials, I am interested in creating approachable spaces for experimentation, play and sharing ideas.
A public programme commissioned by National Gallery Singapore in February 2025, Offbeat Origins brought together arts practitioners Huda Azziz (Your Local Newstand), Shaiful Risan and Robin Chua (KiDG) to discuss analogue ways of making and the communities that sustain them. Through conversations about zines, record collecting and niche creative practices, the programme explored the analogue revival and the importance of remaining connected to one’s interests and creative community.
A public programme commissioned by National Gallery Singapore in January 2025, Beyond the Banana Plant featured Sue (Cahayaa Kitchen) and Raja (Kebon Dapor) in a programme exploring food, culture and heritage through the history of the banana plant. Combining a live cooking demonstration with a sharing session, the programme invited participants to learn more about the plant’s cultural significance and culinary uses.
A panel discussion conceived and moderated for Illustration Arts Festival 2025, bringing together practising illustrators Esther (@douchebagbobo), Jeanette (@jhawnette), Jaey (@rabbitfolder) and Jolene (@fakejolart). The conversation explored how they began their practices, found clients and balanced full-time employment with their illustration careers. Presented to a full-capacity audience, the session addressed the practical realities of building and sustaining an independent creative practice.
An analogue zine-making workshop developed as part of the Pro-Zine series at library@orchard in 2023 and 2024. Participants experimented with thermal printing, photography, stamps, typewriters and found printed matter, combining these materials with photographs from their own phones to create personal zines. The session encouraged playful experimentation while exploring the possibilities of analogue tools and processes.