Gavin Lee Rui Heng


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Gavin Lee (b. 2002) is a multidisciplinary digital artist based in Singapore. He received his diploma in Motion Graphics at Nanyang Polytechnic and is currently studying his Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Fine Art under Nanyang Academy of Fine Art.

He recently did a mural work for Our Tampines Hub’s Festive Arts project and worked with clients such as MTV Asia and Light To Night Singapore, both of which he was the creative lead. For his work on Light to Night 2021, his team attained Finalist for the Crowbar Award in Art Direction for “Light in the Overgrowth”. He has exhibited in “it’s giving art” at Fluxus Gallery, “Echoes Echoes Echoes” and “Everything in Between” in Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, and at the Selegie Arts Center as part of  “Menagerie”. My personal practice revolves around weaving narratives that reflect the qualms of the late capitalist landscape and the repercussions of it through the Singaporean lens, often through the use of satirical fictives. Through 2D animation (puppet animation/mograph), 3D scanning, digital illustration, design, augmented reality and projection mapping, I seek to repurpose my commercial toolset to manifest wayward speculation about the structures around us. Take local mascots for example, the Merlion, Standup-Stacy, all characters designed to enforce order and structure, what is their lore besides their purpose? One is inspired by a slew of local satire, from Sonny Liew to Alfian Sa'at, various local stageplays that meander along the tightrope of censorship and public perception. 




Title: Pile of Par-cells
Year: 2026
Medium: Cardboard, Mixed Media Animation
Statement:

All is meme, for the meme is the post-digital method of synthesising information, it is through humorous speculation that we meander through the walls of the system. Through jest and fiction the creative repositions the structure, for what are the origins of our mascots such as the mighty Merlion and Stand-up Stacey, what with their paraphernalia plastered around Singapore. Drawing upon Susan Blackmore's Meme Machine to Deleuze and Guattari's Rhizome, we consume and regurgitate in cacaphony. From endless scrolling through derivative content on social media to the mass of online orders piling below your HDB.