iyvone khoo 邱 一文
ARTIST
iyvone khoo
ikhoo1313(at)gmail.com
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GALLERY (USA)
UPFOR GALLERY
929 NW FLANDERS ST
PORTLAND, OR 97209
503.227.5111
theo@upforgallery.com
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A.I. Gallery (UK)
anne@a-i-gallery.com
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Iyvone Khoo (born in Singapore) lived and worked in the UK, London for 20 years.
A cross-disciplinary wunderkind,known for her exploration on the artistry of bio-luminescence,
and bio-fluorescence, a phenomenon of nature.Khoo collaborates with scientists and activists in the USA and Singapore,weaving Art, Science and Environmental Activism to highlight the global climate situation. She is a recipient of the prestigious MEAD Fellowship from the University of Arts London. Has received funding from the Wellcome Trust, UAL, Film London and Burning Man Honoraria Art Awards. She has also exhibited internationally and received public commissions in the UK and USA. Her works are collected in private collections, in the USA, UK, Jamaica, Belgium and Singapore.
Iyvone is currently based in Singapore, developing her 3D sculpture series.
SELECTED SHOWS
2021
CAWA CryptoArt Week Asia, Singapore, Metaverse
'Plastic In Paradise', Ocean Day Drop, SNARK ART, NYC
‘Shamanism’, Mimmo Scognamiglio Galleria, Milano, Italy
'Ascend Descend', SNARK ART, NFT, NYC
2020
‘The Absence of Myth’, UPFOR Gallery, Portland, USA
2019
'Salva Mea' (Save Me), The Screening Room, Exploratorium, San Francisco, USA
2018
‘Spirit Dream Machine’, Burning Man Honoraria Arts Grant, US
‘Infinity Cube’, Birch Aquarium at Scripps, USA
2017
'Force of Nature' The Art Pavillon, London, UK
'The Edge of Reasons', Transfer Gallery, New York, USA
'Infinity Cube' Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA
2016
'Ara Lucidus', House of Saint Barnabas, London, UK
MEAD Showcase, University of The Arts London, UK
2015
'Gotika' GLASSTRESS, Venice, Italy
2014
'Pollux Capella' Zotts ArtSpace, Italy
'WhiteLight/White Heat ' GLASSTRESS, Fashion Space Gallery, UK
2013
'WhiteLight/White Heat' GLASSTRESS, Venice, Italy
'Kaleidoscope' Mowlem Studios, UK
''Here and Now', Modern Panic' Guerilla Zoo, UK
2012
'PUSH' RSP Architect, UK
'Luminance Light Festival' Singapore
'FutureMap', Zabludowicz Collection, UK
2009-2011
'The New Pretenders' BargeHouse, UK
'Some you win some Deleuze', The Factory, UK
'Conversation Interrupted' JT Gallery, London, UK
'6th Singapore Short Cuts' National Museum of Singapore
AWARDS & COMMISSION
2018, installation, 'Spirit Dream Machine', Burning Man, USA
2017, installation, 'Infinity Cube' Birch Aquarium at Scripps
2013, Mead Fellowship, University of Arts London
2013, Berengo Student Prize, Glasstress, London College of Fashion
2009, Short Film, 'The Moth Catcher' North London Film Fund, Film London
2008, Small Arts Grant, 'Lenses and Lasers' The Wellcome Trust
2006, Short Film, 'Knock! Knock!' SkillSet Film Fund, LDA
2004, Short Film, 'Mika' New Vista Film Awards, USA
EDUCATION
3DSense Media - Diploma in Game Art, 2021
Central Saint Martins - MA Fine Arts, 2011
Northwest Vista College - Certificate in Digital Media, 2004
P R E S S
• Exploring the Invisible: Art, Science and the Spiritual: A Cultural History - L.Gamwell, (Princeton University Press)
• Iyvone Khoo harness the light of plankton for Molecular Art - B-Side
• Putting the Spotlight on Artists Who Glow - NOISE Magazine
• The artistry of Bioluminescence - Science Direct
• The Making of Infinity Cube - ASLO
• San Diego’s Art and Science scenes are starting to collaborate - Voice of San Diego
• The Infinity Cube – The San Diego Union-Tribune
• Artist Iyvone Khoo creates Immersive Infinity Cube - Artlyst
• The insanely beautiful Infinity Cube - There San Diego
• Revisiting Paint, Glass and the Sea - Singapore Straits Times
• 50 dots around the world – Be Movement
• Mondo Magazine - Lenses and Lazers