BORN: Singapore, 1976

1999-2000

• Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) with Distinction
  Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)

1994-1997

• Diploma in Visual Arts (Sculpture)
  LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts

2008

• Showtime, AFC Studio, Singapore
• SINGAPUAHRA, paintings by Ben Puah, NIGHT & DAY bar+gallery+friends, Singapore
• HERO, portrait paintings by Ben Puah, FORTH GALLERY, Singapore
• PARADISE, Localised abstract landscape paintings by Ben Puah, SG Private Banking Gallery, Alliance Francaise de Singapour, Singapore
• Colours of Life: FA CAI RATS 2008, schools collaboration painting project by Ben Puah, Singapore River HongBao at Esplanade Park, Singapore

2007

• LUAN QI BA ZAO, paintings by Ben Puah, Forth Gallery, Singapore

2006

• Colours of Life: United as One 2006, schools collaboration painting project by Ben Puah, Singapore National Stadium, Singapore (National Day Parade 2006) 

2005

• Colours of Life: Wall of Heroes 2005, schools collaboration paintings by Ben Puah,
  SG PRIVATE BANKING GALLERY, Singapore
  Guest of Honour: His Excellency President S.R Nathan and Mrs Nathan

2004

• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, portrait paintings by Benjamin Puah,
  CoChine Galleries-IndoChine, Singapore
  Guest of Honour: His Excellency President S.R Nathan

2003

• A walk with my dog, a moving sculpture exhibition, Orchard Road, Singapore
• Rats in a lab: Back to my den, solo exhibition, The Art Gallery, NIE, Singapore
  Guest of Honour: Mr Glen Goei, film director
• Rats in a lab: A spectacular child play, robots installation, various sites, Singapore
• Rats in a lab: Battle of Benji Genki and the Plastic Beastie, Zouk, Singapore
• Rats in a lab: Underground Symphony, 19 tay lian teck drive, Singapore
• Rats in a lab: Mobile Rat Tour/ Phase 2, Millenia Walk, Singapore
• Rats in a lab: Play with my Rat, ZOCARD, Singapore

2002

• Mobile Rat Tour (M.R.T), one day solo exhibition by Benjamin Puah, various sites, Singapore
• Mental Images, an exhibition of works on paper by Benjamin Puah,
  Grahame Galleries + Editions, Brisbane, Australia
• “Flying Colours”, solo painting exhibition by Benjamin Puah, Mai’s gallery,
  Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 
• “The Sound in my Brain”, solo painting exhibition by Benjamin Puah, Hanoi 
  Contemporary Art Centre, Vietnam
• 24 Hours, a solo show(private session) by Benjamin Puah, HDB flat,       
  Singapore

2001

• Flying Birdies around my Brain: Drawings by Benjamin Puah, The Honey
  Factory, San Antonio, Texas, USA
• Green Donkey, drawing installation, SPACE CONTEMPORARY ART,
  Bangkok, Thailand

2008

• 6, Forth Gallery, Singapore

2007

• Secret Clubhouse, Flux Factory, New York City, USA

2005

• Help paint a prettier picture, an art auction to benefit the victims of hurricane katrina, Your Mother Gallery, Singapore
• iFOURUM, Takashimaya Shopping Centre, Singapore
• The 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan
• Contemporary Self-Protraiture/Reassessing Identity, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore

2004

• Artists Book Project Exhibition, Sculpture Square, Singapore
• Tickle Art Series, CityLink Mall, Singapore
• ART SINGAPORE 2004, The Contemporary Asian Art Fair, 
  SUNTEC SINGAPORE, Singapore

2003

• Tiger’s Eye:Assorted Asian Tigers, Proud Gallery, Camden, London, UK
• Interfusion, China Art Seasons gallery, Beijing, China
• remembering, Ministry of Information and the Arts, MITA Building, Singapore
• BOXED ii, Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore
• FUSION STRENGTH, group performance and installation, Benda Art Space,               
  Langgeng Gallery, Puri Art Space, Indonesia
• Resolutions: a fresh start with art, Sculpture Square, Singapore

2002

• B.E.A.U.T.Y, Utterly Art, Singapore
• The Affordable Art Fair, New York City, USA
• ARTSingapore, The Contemporary Asian Art Fair, Suntec Singapore
• Singapore Contemporary Artists Exhibition, Hanoi Contemporary Art Centre, Vietnam
• Blind Spot (3rd Anniversary Exhibition), Sculpture Square, Singapore
• WILD@HEART, A Free Community Arts Event organised by WILD RICE and South West CDC, Singapore
• Chow Kit Fest 2002, art event at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• the show: auction, PKW fund-raising event, Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore

2001

• People By Our Side, Foto-Mail-Art-Projekt, initiated by KunstKeller, http://www.kunstkeller.purespace.de
• Pulau Ubin Project, an Art Camp for 5 days in Pulau Ubin island, organised by The Artists Village, Singapore
• Nokia Singapore Art 2001, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
• REFLECTIONS, group exhibition, The German School, Singapore
• The Hanoi International Painting Workshop/Exhibition 2001, Hanoi Contemporary Arts Centre, Vietnam Fine Arts Association, Vietnam
• A Day in the life of Singapore, LIEN photographic competition exhibition, Substation, Singapore
• B.E.A.N., group exhibition, Atelier FRANK & LEE, Singapore
• Art and The Public Space, for the Singapore Arts Festival organised by Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore
• President’s Young Talents Exhibition 2001, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
• FUSION STRENGTH, group performance and installation, curated by Juliana Yasin, Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore
• Plastic Works, PKW’s 3rd Annual Show, Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore
• Bye Bye Albert, group show/happenings, presented by The Artists Village, curated by Jennifer Teo, Hock Hiap Leong (coffeeshop),31 Armenian Street, Singapore

2000

• Blowing in the Wind, an interactive internet art project initiated by Casmo Info, http://www.algonet.se/~haanmo/bitw/index.html http://www.algonet.se/~haanmo/bitw/BenPuah.html
• Visual Arts/Video Art Exhibition, The Flying Circus Project:00 by Theatreworks (Singapore) Ltd, collaboration with Japanese artist Tsuyoshi Ozawa, Robertson Quay, Singapore
• Artists Investigating Monuments (AIM) documentation exhibition, The Substation’s Gallery, Singapore
• Space D: The Gallery Evason, Art in alternative spaces, Singapore
• Performance/Interventions on photos, International Exhibition, 2nd International Multimedia Art Festival, MAS Gallery, Odzaci, Yugoslavia
• Museum City Fukuoka 2000, contemporary art exhibition and event, Fukuoka City, Japan 
• SINGAPORE ART AWARDS 2000, Philip Morris Group of Companies, Ministry of Information and the Arts, MITA Building, Singapore
• YEAR 2000: Transformation Through Art, Reduce Re-use and Recycle, Mail
  Art International Show, Galeria de Arte Vera Ferro, Campinas-SP-Brazil
• DIMENSIONS, group exhibition, Sculpture Square, Singapore
• Space C: WindowFront, Art in alternative spaces, Raffles City Shopping Centre, Singapore
• Anthology 2, group exhibition, Societe Generale Gallery, Alliance Francaise de Singapour, Singapore
• BOXED:26x26, group exhibition, Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore
• scratch, 7th RMIT Bachelor of Arts(Fine Art) exhibition, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore
• Roll up the Walls, group exhibition, participate as visiting artist, Red Door Gallery, National Institute of Education, Singapore

1999

• Nokia Singapore Art 1999, curated section, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
• Kunsthaus Tacheles, Festival Der Geister, parallel world by Plastique Kinetic Worms, Berlin, Germany
• 21st Shell Discovery Art Exhibition, Paragon Shopping Centre, Singapore
• JOTTER BOOK, group exhibition, Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore
• Searching, group exhibition, Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore
• 1, a FIRST ANNIVERSARY exhibition, Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore
• Move, group exhibition, Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore

1998

• 6x6x6, group exhibition, Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore
• The Drawing Show, Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore
• 500 & Below, Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore

1997                                    

• Tokyo Urbanart ’97, Shibuya Parco, Tokyo, Japan
• Singapore Urbanart Competition 1997, Parco Bugis Junction, Singapore
• Singapore Art 1997, Singapore International Convention  & Exhibition Centre, Singapore
• UOB Group’s 16th Painting of the Year Exhibition, UOB Plaza 1, Singapore
• Jewels of Asia 1997,Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre, Singapore
• Ericsson Scholarship Exhibition, Wetterling Teo Gallery, Singapore
• Anthology - 19th Fine Art Diploma Show, LaSalle gallery, Singapore
• Hot Metal, LaSalle gallery, Singapore

1996

• Beginnings… 3D Works, LaSalle gallery, Singapore

1995

• Black Art, Photography exhibition, LaSalle gallery, Singapore
• The Incredible Wild & Wacky Great Singapore Kitsch Show,
  LaSalle gallery, Singapore

2001

• Founder/Editor/Publisher of GREEN DONKEY, a mobile noticeboard for the arts, http://www.greendonkey.info
• Our Mother Nature, an art workshop program with students from Dazhong Primary School, Singapore
• Yellow Brick Road, collaboration with Sylvia Goh, outdoor art project for    
  Nokia Singapore Art 2001, Singapore
• musical performance “5 mins of bad sound, bad space and bad feeling”, Pulau Ubin island, Singapore
• performance “Art Police” with artist Lam Hoi Lit and “Paper planes“,                                        FUSION STRENGTH, group performance and installation, Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore
• performance “bye bye Albert, hello Robert!” with French artist Gilles Massot,
  Bye Bye Albert presented by The Artists Village, Singapore

2000

• “Cuckoo Nite”, collaboration with Japanese artist Tsuyoshi Ozawa in his
   SODAN ART CAFE, Fukuoka City, Japan             
• “Peace & Harmony to our Mother”, an interactive art-installation project with
  students, Maizuru Elementary School, Fukuoka City, Japan
• PLAY WITH MY RAT! A coloring project open to all, various sites
• performance “Have my love” at the opening of Museum City Fukuoka 2000,
  Fukuoka City, Japan
• performance “Having my fair share of that cheese in his land.”, AIM
  presented by The Artists Village, Installation Art and Performance Art by local artists, Raffles Landing Site at North Boat Quay, Singapore
• performance “Opera Rat is here for....”, BA studio, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore

1999

• BENISRAT, a lifetime art project
• ACT PACH(B)OTW, collective art project for Nokia Singapore Art 1999, various sites, Singapore
• “Mobile Temple MAKE friends” project, various sites, Singapore
• performance “make bread or make toy?”, Post-Ulu presented by The Artists 
  Village, Guinness Theatre, Substation, Singapore
• performance “Studio make food”, BA gallery, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore       
• performance “Have a bag of lucky soil?”, Regent Street, Seletar Camp, Singapore
• performance “listen and obey to have your hands clean?”, Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore
• performance “Make a sweet wish” at the opening of  Super Luxury Art Machine by Danger Museum, Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore

• Singapore Internationale Grant, Singapore International Foundation, 2007
• National Arts Council SIA Travel Grant, 2007
• National Arts Council SIA Travel Grant, 2002
• National Arts Council SIA Travel Grant, 2001
• Honourable Mention for the Singapore Arts Awards 2000, Philip Morris Group of Companies
• 1st Prize in the Beaujolais Nouveau art competition 1999
•  Lim & Poly Building Scholarship in Ceramics & Sculpture
• Letter of Commendation for the Singapore Urbanart competition 1998
• Certificate of Commendation in the 16th Painting of the Year competition 1997
• The Judge’s prize in the Singapore Urbanart competition 1997
  

OTHER PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

• Artist in Residence, Siglap Secondary School, Ministry of Education, Singapore, 2008
• Art Advisor, Yellow Ribbon Project Art Show, THE ARTS HOUSE, Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, Singapore, 2007
• Artist in Residence, Sembawang Secondary School, Ministry of Education, Singapore, 2007
• Judge, TRASH-FORMATION 2006, Art of Recycling Competition for North Zone Primary Schools, Ministry of Education, Singapore     
• Independent Art Advisor

Public and Private collections in Thailand, Germany, Australia, USA, France, Japan, Vietnam, Taiwan, Holland and Singapore