Shayne Phua, Burning bridges, bleeding river, 2024 Ceramic with fountain pump and pipe, 29 x 24 x 19.5 cm.
"MC: I’d like to start with you telling me your story of becoming an artist. When did you first start to call yourself an artist?
SP: For me, since I was young, art was the subject that I would do well in, compared to my cousins. We grew up together in my grandma’s house, although they are much older than me. I could sketch and draw from a young age, and at every group project at school they wanted me to do the drawing. Since that was my strongest subject, I grew more confident in it, and when I was asked what school to go to, I chose art school. Even though people were saying, what are you going to do after that? But since my parents didn’t object, I managed to get in."
