Salleh Japar

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Japar is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Salleh.
Salleh Japar
Born1962 (age 61–62)
 Singapore
NationalitySingaporean
EducationDiploma in Fine Art (Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, 1986);
BFA (Curtin University of Technology, 1990);
PgD (University of Central England, 1996) RMIT University (Masters in Arts by research)
Known forInstallation art, sculpture, painting
MovementContemporary art
Awards1996: Visual Arts Award, Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry
1999: Singapore Youth Award (Arts & Culture), National Youth Council

Salleh Japar (born 1962) is a Singaporean contemporary artist working across sculpture, installation and painting, with his work coming into prominence in late 1980s Singapore.[1][2][3] Within Singapore's history of contemporary art, Salleh is known for his collective work with Goh Ee Choo and S. Chandrasekaran for the seminal 1988 exhibition, Trimurti.[4][5] In 2001, Salleh was one of four artists selected to represent at the very first Singapore Pavilion at the prestigious 49th Venice Biennale, alongside artists Henri Chen KeZhan, Suzann Victor, and Matthew Ngui.[6][7][8]

Salleh's practice explores the confluence of ideas surrounding identity and tradition in postmodern contexts of art making, with his current research locating and interpreting Southeast Asian aesthetics, with an emphasis on Nusantara or the Malay world and its symbolic, structural readings of space and the technologies of craft.[3]

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