About Liu Ling | Singapore Artist

LIU LING（刘灵）

Liu Ling (b. 1985, Dalian, China) is a Singapore artist working across painting and drawing.

She graduated from Temasek Polytechnic with a Diploma in Computer Engineering and from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Computing in Communications and Media. She developed her art practice through courses at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and LASALLE College of the Arts, and continued her studies at Art Is Studio.

She was shortlisted for the UOB Painting of the Year in 2026 and was a winner of the Singapore Young Talent Programme in 2018. Her drawings have been featured in Strokes of Genius 10 and 11. In 2019, she presented her solo exhibition Screen, Time at ION Art. Her group exhibitions include shows at The Arts House, The Substation and Cuturi Gallery, as well as The Art of Seeing at *SCAPE in 2026.

Her works are held in private collections in Singapore and abroad. In 2023, Tree No. 5 was acquired by Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She has also created commissioned artworks for clients including DBS, JLL and A. Lange & Söhne.

Working across watercolor, oil, charcoal, pastel, acrylic, pen and digital media, her practice balances craftsmanship with creative expression. Her work explores the quiet nuances of everyday life, emotion and the spaces in between.

EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS

2026 — Group Exhibition “The Art of Seeing”, *SCAPE, Singapore
2020 — Group Exhibition “Art. Access. Appreciation”, Online, ARTPODIUM, Singapore
2020 — Group Exhibition “In Full Bloom”, Cuturi Gallery, Singapore
2019 — Solo Exhibition “Screen, Time”, ION Art, Singapore
2019 — Group Exhibition “Rejects”, The Substation, Singapore
2019 — Group Exhibition “Journey of Art”, C&C Mercedes-Benz Center, Singapore
2019 — “Of Ordinary Things”, Artist Talk and Workshops, SPRMRKT, Singapore
2019 — Group Exhibition “TOUCH Giving Art”, The Arts House, Singapore
2019 — “555 Special” Online Art Exhibition, Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, United States
2019 — Young Talent Programme Southeast Asian Tours “Jen-Why Art: Affordable Art Fair”, organized by Affordable Art Fair and ION Art, supported by Hotel Jen, Manila, Penang and Singapore
2018 — Young Talent Programme at Affordable Art Fair, organized by Affordable Art Fair and ION Art, supported by Hotel Jen, Singapore
2018 — Group Exhibitions at NAFA Glass Display, Singapore
2018 — Group Exhibition “Process”, Element Art Space, Singapore
2018 — Group Exhibition “Dot to Dot”, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore
2016 — Group Exhibition “Pure Days: Art & Life”, SPRMRKT, Singapore
2015 — Solo Exhibition “Faces of Writers”, Booktique Where Writers Shop, Singapore

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

2026 — Shortlisted, UOB Painting of the Year (Established Artist Category), Singapore
2019 — Honorable Mention, Special Merit — “555 Summer Special” Competition
2019 — Highly Commended Artist — Visual Art Open Competition
2018 — Winner — Strokes of Genius 11 Competition
2018 — Winner — Singapore Young Talent Programme
2017 — Winner — Strokes of Genius 10 Competition
2017 — Finalist — The Artist’s Magazine’s Annual Art Competition
2016 — Honorable Mention — Shades of Gray Competition

PUBLICATIONS

Harper’s BAZAAR Singapore, January 2021, p. 23.
NÜYOU《女友》, June 2020, pp. 90–93.
Capsules Book (2020). Curatorial Volume 2: Leaders in Contemporary Art, pp. 220–221. Melbourne: Capsules Book.
The Best of Drawing: 11th Annual Strokes of Genius Competition Winners, Winter 2020, pp. 90–91.
Leong Weng Kam (2018). “Where Part-Timers Pursue Their Passions”. In Art and Soul: 80 Years of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, pp. 118–121. Singapore: Epigram Books.
Rachel R. W. (2018). “The Figure”. In Strokes of Genius 10: Inspiring Subjects, p. 26. Cincinnati, Ohio: North Light Books.
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (2018). Dot to Dot: An Exhibition by Students of the Centre for Lifelong Education, p. 25.
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (2018). NAFA Arts Festival 2018, p. 17.
“Back in Black (and White)”. Drawing Magazine, Spring 2017, p. 61.
Kult3D (2016). “Horseshoes Act as Good Luck Charms”. Kult Magazine, Issue 19, p. 63.

COLLECTIONS

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore — Tree No. 5, acquired in 2023.

Works held in private collections in Australia, Brazil, China, France, the Netherlands, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritius, Poland, Singapore, the United States and the United Kingdom.