Address: Block 404
Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 #11-641, Singapore 560404 Telephone: (65) 9736 9619
About the Artist: Kiam
Hock¡¯s interest in art goes back to his school days but he did not
begin working with the clay until he started taking ceramic classes
at the Toa Payoh and Whampao Community Clubs about ten years ago.
His first sculptural works were job related ¨C a construction project
of a temple required him to form concrete dragons as part of the
building design. Kiam Hock has recently completed a diploma course
in sculpture at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts.
The focus of his current work is on creating animal forms with
clay using slabwork. He enjoys the challenge of being able to incorporate
the illusion of movement that makes animal forms truly lifelike.
He is especially drawn to the rhinoceros because trying to convey
the power that it has in its body requires that he bridge the static
nature of the sculpture with the dynamism of the animal. Kiam Hock
is also experimenting with the female human form. In addition to
sculptural work, he also does some work on the wheel where he mainly
throws pots using local clay.