Marcus Yee wins the Singapore Biennale 2016 Emerging Art Writer Competition

Congratulations to SOTA alumnus Marcus Yee, who won the inaugural Best Essay on the Singapore Biennale 2016 Emerging Art Writer Competition! Titled "To-Do List for the End of the World", Marcus' perceptive essay was selected by a jury of judges, namely Dr Adele Tan, Curator, National Gallery Singapore, Dr Kevin Chua, School of Art, Texas Tech University and Kathy Rowland, Managing Editor of ArtsEquator.com, as the winner! 

Read his essay HERE.


Illustration for Shelter (2016) by Debbie Ding found in the catalogue for An Atlas of Mirrors. Photo: Marcus Yee

Marcus is a Class of 2014 Visual Arts graduate, and was the recipient of the Prime Minister's Valedictorian Award for his cohort.

Singapore Biennale 2016 Emerging Art Writer Competition is a new initiative, jointly organised by ArtsEquator and Singapore Section, International Association of Art Critics (AICA SG). Of the 19 proposals submitted, four finalists were selected by the jury, and were commissioned to write a 3,000-word essay based on their proposal. Marcus was one of the four finalists, and was eventually selected as the winner.