Wang Simin Chloe
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Wang Simin Chloe (b. 2002, Singapore) explores the concept of home and belonging and place through the lens of psychogeography and everyday spaces in Singapore. Drawn to the quiet poetry of Singapore’s overlooked architecture and everyday objects, Chloe maps and reimagines these spaces and structures, breathing life into unnoticed quiet corners of the city by weaving found objects with a touch of gentle poetic gestures. Her practice brings attention to the unnoticed corners of the city, uncovering hidden narratives and inviting new ways of seeing into what often goes unnoticed. She is also the co-founder of Beanzine, a homegrown arts collective and bookshop that creates space for zine-making, collaboration, and creative exchange. She is currently studying at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts taking her Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Fine Art in partnership with UAL (2024).
Chloe’s work emerges from quiet observation along familiar urban routes. Attentive to the subtle shifts in her surroundings, her attention to urban animals shift from unnoticed background inhabitants to subjects of contemplation, sharing spaces with humans while remaining uninvited yet persistent as they slip in and out of sight, leaving behind only faint traces of their presence. Although grounded in nature-based observation, Chloe also views architecture as part of the natural environment, an ecosystem shaped by human intervention yet continually inhabited and altered by other species. The fleeting movements of animals and the delicate marks they leave behind reveal a tension between human desires for control and the unpredictable rhythms of coexistence. When animals cross into domestic spaces, objects such as traps become symbols of authority and control, reflecting attempts to reclaim ownership of the home and regulate intrusion. These presences challenge fixed boundaries between human and nonhuman life. Through engagement with these overlooked encounters, Chloe’s work explores themes of presence and disappearance, visibility and belonging, and the subtle relationships formed with the nonhuman lives that inhabit everyday environments.
Title: Ways of seeing a _____
Year: 2026
Medium: Mixed Media Installation
Statement:
Ways of seeing a _____ is an installation inspired by the artist’s quiet observations during her evening walks through familiar urban routes while paying attention to the subtleties of the environment and having recurring encounters with wildlife. Over time, as these animals shift from unnoticed background inhabitants, they have become subjects of contemplation of sharing spaces with humans, they are uninvited yet persistent, slipping in and out of sight while leaving behind only faint traces of their presences.