ERICAL EU
Artist Bio
Erical Eu Hwee Teng (b. 1996) based in Singapore, is a practicing visual artist currently pursuing her Diploma in Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA). She creates artwork that focuses on human mannerism and psyche, and work with mixed media to express the sentiment of detachment and attachment in a contemporary society. With her personal experiences as a root, she is inspired by using art as a way of communication with the audience. She had recently exhibited her works in Where is the Line? exhibition along with other fine arts students at NAFA On-Air Gallery.
Artist Statement
My artistic explorations are on detachment and attachment sentiment in the contemporary society through mixed media art. I am currently researching on the psychological impacts of photographs and keepsakes on individuals, such as the human mannerism and the significance of such objects, and the psychological effect of these keepsakes on an individual during different stages of one’s life.
Using my personal experiences as a basis for development, my present project looks at vernacular photographs, and how they may influence the one’s sense of identity, particularly in relation to a dysfunctional family and how memory recall may affect one’s connections and associations with the world.