An internationally acclaimed artist, Ben Puah is a leading figure in a new breed of contemporary Asian artists who's made a huge impact with his energy and vision.

Ben Puah was born in Singapore in 1976. He studied at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and LASALLE College of the Arts. He received his BFA with Distinction from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 2000.

A self-confessed artist of ‘crazy artworks’, Ben creates shocking and powerful works that refuse to fit into the mainstream. Apart from his critically acclaimed paintings, he also managed to produce overwhelming installations, curated wonderful exhibitions, working with schools on his Colours of Life community projects, produced high profile commissioned portrait works and the list goes on, needless to say Ben is one passionate, motivated man. He started the ‘Post Surreal Monopolyism’ art movement in 1999.

Art is very important to Ben because it is a way of expressing oneself and an abstraction of how he feel about life. His works are like in the state of phantasmagoria where there is a mix of real and imagined elements. At the psychological level, he seemed to suffer from paranoid personality disorder and have a negative view about the world, and is quietly frantic at the same time. This resulted in the penetration of unsettled emotions where his art seems temperamental with an erratic behavior that tells the honest truth to his audience.

Ben is a versatile artist, not limiting himself only to painting in his artistic endeavors. Some of his more popular artistic works are sculptures and other objects, and he is also noted for his contributions to performance art and photography, among other areas.

Ben has exhibited his works in Singapore, Australia, Japan, USA, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Brazil, London, Malaysia and China. His artwork is in the public and private collections in numerous local and international locations. Ben has lectured at many schools and art institutions.

- YoYo Chen, Art Critic