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38 Works of Art
Breakthrough Artist
chankerk's Biography
Singapore-trained, Chankerk is an expressionist with a precise sense of movement and interaction. Chankerk paints variety of subjects with expressive gestural strokes and emotion.

" Contrary to what my friend think, I am not an abstract painter. My art is solidly grounded in my observation of
my surrounding and its inspiration. The visual vocabulary come from the area in which I live and work in Asia, and the places I know well, in particular the studio, landscapes, artifacts and culture of south east asia.

My approach to painting is one of finding order in chaos. A finished painting is the result of various processes involved in the dialogue between my subject, the medium I am working with and my imagination, glance, memories, touch, wishes, fears and desires.

I paint what I believe to be reality. It isn't confined to a static and lifeless representation of a visual image. It is more of a spontaneous intuitive response of my emotion. Neither the subject, the paint or my ego are predominant in the process of paintings. I seldom begin with any set idea of how a painting should look. My starting point is usually the impulsive gestural action and paints itself, then through the process of
interactions, the marks I've made and the colours and forms I've created begin to suggest the direction the painting may take.

I work with everything I can from brush, finger to a knife, which I use for everything from the thickest impasto to the most fluid glaze. It allows for an enormous range of marks and textures. Adding and removing paints are a counterpart of my process, while building up layers through brush or knife, using knife also being the perfect implement to scratch, scrape, burrow and dig to reveal the layers of work beneath.

Time is also an important part of my painting process, I feel very strongly that the more you can engage your
own feeling in reading a painting, the more you become personally involved with that work, and therefore the
more satisfying it becomes. Paintings in the various states of completion, cover the walls of my studio, They
are then picked up again, working and reworking continues until I finally extract what the painting is about and
continue to its conclusion.

I spend a great deal of time in my studio listening to each canvas to divine its particular voice. Hopefully, if the
viewer is willing to devote time to my work, they too may hear something of the voice that was in my head."
chankerk's Collection
Depicting both the new high-rise buildings and old conservation shop houses, each piece in this series symbolizes an energetic development of urban space and nostalgia. Chankerk explores shifting of images, gestural strokes and layering of paints to create a sense of tension, uncertainty and melancholy, a reflection of the social, physical and spiritual phenomenon of a rapidly changing Singapore. Depicting both the new high-rise buildings and old conservation shop houses, each piece in this series symbolizes an energetic development of urban space and nostalgia. Chankerk explores shifting of images, gestural strokes and layering of paints to create a sense of tension, uncertainty and melancholy, a reflection of the social, physical and spiritual phenomenon of a rapidly changing Singapore. Depicting both the new high-rise buildings and old conservation shop houses, each piece in this series symbolizes an energetic development of urban space and nostalgia. Chankerk explores shifting of images, gestural strokes and layering of paints to create a sense of tension, uncertainty and melancholy, a reflection of the social, physical and spiritual phenomenon of a rapidly changing Singapore.
Chinatown series no 6
Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:29 am
84 View
Sold
Chinatown series no 5
Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:27 am
90 View
Sold
Chinatown series no 4
Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:25 am
83 View
Sold
Depicting both the new high-rise buildings and old conservation shop houses, each piece in this series symbolizes an energetic development of urban space and nostalgia. Chankerk explores shifting of images, gestural strokes and layering of paints to create a sense of tension, uncertainty and melancholy, a reflection of the social, physical and spiritual phenomenon of a rapidly changing Singapore. Depicting both the new high-rise buildings and old conservation shop houses, each piece in this series symbolizes an energetic development of urban space and nostalgia. Chankerk explores shifting of images, gestural strokes and layering of paints to create a sense of tension, uncertainty and melancholy, a reflection of the social, physical and spiritual phenomenon of a rapidly changing Singapore. The theme for this exhibition is drawn from the observation that despite Singapore’s reference as a ‘melting pot’ of cultures, our understanding of various cultures is in fact superficial. In this series, the artist explores the factors that shape our understanding of cultures such as commercialism and globalisation.
chintown series no 3
Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:23 am
63 View
For Sale
chintown series no 1
Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:12 am
76 View
Not for Sale
melting pot series no.250409
Sat May 30, 2009 8:51 pm
246 View
For Sale
The theme for this exhibition is drawn from the observation that despite Singapore’s reference as a ‘melting pot’ of cultures, our understanding of various cultures is in fact superficial. In this series, the artist explores the factors that shape our understanding of cultures such as commercialism and globalisation. The theme for this exhibition is drawn from the observation that despite Singapore’s reference as a ‘melting pot’ of cultures, our understanding of various cultures is in fact superficial. In this series, the artist explores the factors that shape our understanding of cultures such as commercialism and globalisation. The theme for this exhibition is drawn from the observation that despite Singapore’s reference as a ‘melting pot’ of cultures, our understanding of various cultures is in fact superficial. In this series, the artist explores the factors that shape our understanding of cultures such as commercialism and globalisation.
melting pot series no.060409
Sat May 30, 2009 8:50 pm
257 View
Sold
melting pot series no. 270409
Sat May 30, 2009 8:49 pm
384 View
Sold
melting pot series no. 210409
Sat May 30, 2009 8:48 pm
158 View
Reserved
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