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Jia Le Ling
Jia Le Ling
Born in Singapore
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Education
Maryland Institute College of Art
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Sculpture (2021)
Summa Cum Laude
Exhibitions
2022 Soft Spots and Hard Places, Middendorf Gallery, MD
Unravel Unrest, DC Arts Center, DC
Singapore Arts Book Fair, SGP
HellBond: Dancing with the Spirits, James E Hooper House, MD
Art Walk '22, Maryland Institute College of Art, MD
Wild/Mild, Vox Populi Gallery, PA
We're Reckoning Seeds and the Light Bleeds, Fells Point Corner Theater, MD
Sentenced to a Life Without Music, Nylon Fusion Theater Company, NY
Now & Again, Vol. 4 The Uncanny, SGP
2021 May Day Puppet Slamwich, YouTube Live Stream, Black Cherry Puppet Theater
The Puppet Show, YouTube Live Stream, MICA
Momentum and Impulse, Area 405 Gallery, MD
Residential Art Show, Gateway Gallery, MD
Meridian Prologue, Current Space Gallery, MD
Asia in Maryland, Asian Arts and Culture Center, Towson University, MD
Dance of a Quiet Boy, Meyerhoff Piano Gallery, MD
Unravel Unrest, The Crown, MD
2020 Annual Fiber Show, Middendorf Gallery, MD
2019 Unravel the Code, Fox Studios, MD
Unstable Energy, Unbounded Potential, The Red Floor Gallery, Rotterdam, NL
Technically, Drawing, Fox Gallery, MD
Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Meyerhoff Gallery, MD
First-Year-Experience Exhibition, Gateway, Decker, Meyerhoff Gallery, MD
Singapore Arts Book Fair, NTU CCA, SGP
2015 Elementum Art Exhibition, SOTA Gallery, SGP
F1 Grand Prix, Presidential Suite Sculpture Commission, SGP
Rubber Art Installation, National Museum of Art, SGP
2014 Kawamata Redux Exhibition, de Suantio Gallery, SGP
Experiences
2023 Finger Puppet Master Class with WonderSparks Puppets, NY
2022 Volunteer at Station North Tool Library, MD
Internship with Wakka Wakka Productions - The Immortal Jellyfish Girl, NY
2019 Unravel the Code Workshop at Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam, NL
Artist Assistant for Miguel Braceli, MD
Internship at Art with a Heart, MD
2015 Internship at Ministry of Education, Art Education Branch, SG
2014 Tadashi Kawamata Master class, SG
Awards
2022 The Grit Fund, from The Peale Museum as part of Andy Warhol Foundation's Regranting Program (for HellBond)
Red Bull Micro-grant (for HellBond)
Station North Arts and Entertainment District Sponsorship (for HellBond)
Baltimore Kawasaki Sister Cities Committee Sponsorship (for HellBond)
2021 Outstanding Achievement in Leadership Award
Interdisciplinary Sculpture Departmental Recognition Award
2020 Emerging Leader Nominee
2020 - 2021 Student Program of the Year Award
2020 Distinguished International Student
2019 MICA Travel Grant
Interdisciplinary Sculpture Departmental Recognition Award
2018 – 2022 International Award of Excellence
2018 – 2022 Starr Foundation Scholarship
2018 – 2022 Trustee Scholarship
2018 – 2022 Academic Honors Scholarship
Publications
Kahn, Saskia, "Photos from HellBond: Dancing With the Spirits at Asia North Festival," Bmore Art, May 23, 2022