Ong Suk Chin
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Tiffany Ong Suk Chin (b. 2002) is a Chinese Malaysian artist whose multidisciplinary practice spans painting, ceramics and textiles. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Fine Art at the University of the Arts London. Her work has been showcased in several exhibitions, including “Kecik-Kecik Group Show 2025” at Hin Bus Depot, Penang, “Drawing Etc. Year-End Exhibition 2nd Editon” at Drawing Etc. Creative Space, Singapore, “Stories of Care (CYCLE #4): Everything in Between” at Nanyang Academy of Fine Art, “Echoes Echoes Echoes” at Nanyang Academy of Fine Art, and “Menagerie – Realms of Possibility” at the Loke Wan Tho Gallery. In 2018, she received a Gold Award in the “Aesthetic Literacy My Childhood” Art Competition at Children’s Palace in Guangzhou, China.As a Chinese Malaysian artist, I navigate the intersections of tradition and modernity through painting, ceramics, and textiles. My work is rooted in my personal experiences and observations of intergenerational relationships, particularly the subtle ways in which these experiences are passed down through cultural and social conditioning. By reconstructing memories and moments of nostalgia, I create pieces that invite dialogue, foster understanding, and offer a space for healing. Each artwork serves as a bridge between the past and the present, reflecting both the weight of inherited values and the transformative potential of self-awareness.
Title: What Remains
Year: 2026
Medium: Fishing line, Table, Magnifying glass, Clamp lamp
Statement:
This work explores the aftermath of prolonged self-surveillance and internalized control, where systems of discipline become ingrained as habits, expectations, and automatic behaviors, no longer needing external enforcement. It examines exhaustion, the point where scrutiny continues even though there is nothing left to find or fix. Attention persists, but meaning fades. The act of looking and disciplining becomes a habitual, repetitive task rather than a discovery. Emptiness is framed not as absence, but as a residual condition in which the structure of control remains intact while its meaning and purpose wear away, leaving numbness and hollowness. What is examined is no longer the object, but the persistence of examination itself.