Phan Thao-Nguyen Wins 2018 APB Signature Art Prize Grand Prize for Tropical Siesta
So, get this: Phan Thao-Nguyen, an artist from Vietnam, snagged the Grand Prize at the 2018 APB Signature Art Prize for her multimedia work, Tropical Siesta, which she created between 2015 and 2017. The piece is pretty cool, combining a two-channel video with oil paintings on X-ray film and exploring the thoughts of the French Jesuit Alexandre de Rhodes, blurring the lines between what's real and what's imagined. She walked away with SG$60,000. The Jurors' Choice Awards went to Singapore’s Shubigi Rao for her book Pulp and Thai artist Thasnai Sethaseree for Untitled. Gede Mahendra Yasa from Indonesia also took home the People's Choice Award for his painting. The exhibition runs at the National Museum of Singapore until September 2, 2018.
Key facts
- Phan Thao-Nguyen won the Grand Prize for Tropical Siesta (2015–17)
- The Grand Prize award is SG$60,000
- Shubigi Rao and Thasnai Sethaseree each received Jurors' Choice Awards of SG$15,000
- Gede Mahendra Yasa won the People's Choice Award of SG$10,000
- The prize is organized by Singapore Art Museum and Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) Foundation
- The judging panel included five international art professionals
- The APB Singapore Art Prize exhibition runs at National Museum of Singapore until 2 September 2018
- The prize is a triennial award comprising Grand Prize, Jurors' Choice Awards and People's Choice Award
Entities
Artists
- Phan Thao-Nguyen
- Shubigi Rao
- Thasnai Sethaseree
- Gede Mahendra Yasa
- Mami Kataoka
- Bose Krishnamachari
- Joyce Toh
- Gerard Vaughan
- Wong Hoy Cheong
- Alexandre de Rhodes
Institutions
- Singapore Art Museum
- Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) Foundation
- ArtAsiaPacific
- Mori Art Museum
- Kochi Biennale Foundation
- National Gallery of Australia
- National Museum of Singapore
Locations
- Singapore
- Tokyo
- Japan
- Kochi
- Australia