Wyn-Lyn TAN is a visual artist whose practice encompasses painting, installation and new media. Her work is driven by a desire to embody invisible worlds, as she seeks to map out the imperceptible and encourage new perceptions.

 Tan’s practice is steered by Eastern philosophies, particularly in the paradox of qi as the life force that is both everything and nothing. By giving form to the micro forces of nature that surround and affect us, she seeks to make the broad issue of climate change more intimate. She approaches painting as the art of metamorphosis, often letting chance and time drive the work. She draws from fields such as geology, alchemy, philosophy and ecology, as she reflects on our innate cultural and emotional interconnectedness to landscape.

 Her diverse body of work hovers between nature and abstraction. Executed with a sensibility that borrows from Chinese ink traditions, she integrates unconventional mediums such as patina, soil and the use of artificial intelligence to examine the potential of painting. She often considers the journey and an immersive experience of place as a medium, and much of her work has been based on travels to unfamiliar and distant landscapes in the Arctic.

 Tan received her MFA with Tromsø Academy of Contemporary Art at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. She has been awarded the Kunstnerstipend scholarship and Statens utstillingsstipend grant (2017), as well as artist residencies with Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (2024) and The Arctic Circle Residency (2011). Her solo presentations include at Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, Singapore (2023), Østfold Kunstsenter, Norway (2018), Art Basel Hong Kong (2017), and Inside-Out Art Museum, Beijing (2014). She has been featured in international group exhibitions in New York, Norway, Finland, Iceland, and China. Her works can be found in the permanent collection of the Singapore Art Museum. She lives and works in Singapore. She is represented by FOST Gallery (Singapore) and Sapar Contemporary (New York).