Sarah Choo Jing
Artist Bio
Sarah Choo Jing (b.1990) is a multidisciplinary fine artist who recently achieved her MFA in Fine Art at the Slade School of Art, University College London. Focusing on the relationship between space and time, Choo’s work depicts identifiable moments and characters within contemporary society. Intentionally constructed, the artist reflects upon social and cultural norms.
Choo has recently been shortlisted as a Finalist in the Sovereign Asian Art Prize 2014. In 2013, she was awarded the ICON De Martell Cordon Bleu Photography Award and Kwek Leng Joo Prize of Excellence in Still Photography Award. The artist has since represented Singapore at ArtParis at The Grand Palais, the START Art Fair which took place at The Saatchi Gallery, Photo London 2015 which took place at The Somerset House, Cinema Total 2014, organized by Collegium Hungaricum, Berlin and The Santa Fe International New Media Festival 2013 in New Mexico, USA.
A recipient of the Lee Kuan Yew Gold Medal Award, Choo has been awarded The Photographer of The Year in the Fine Art Photography category at the 4th International Pollux Awards, USA. In 2012, she was a Finalist for the 3rd edition Julia Margaret Cameron Award, at The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards in Europe. That summer, she received several Honorable Mentions at the International Photography Awards.