Memory Bank by Joanne Pang

Memory Bank by Joanne Pang is an experimental foray to consider the book as a memory bank, a vulnerable space where memory images collapse and expand. Recent works on paper by Joanne Pang are deconstructed and archived. Pages traverse through the density of past in search for new meanings. Accompanying essays by art historians, researchers and curators Joella Qingyi and Vincent Lin respond to the works in this book, explore the histories of ink and examine the language of drawings. A small booklet is included for further information for all the mentioned artworks.

Memory Bank is considered as an archive of Joanne Pang’s recent works. The goal for the project was to be free from the norm of designing an archive book, which results in interesting spreads that meant to provoke the reader’s imagination and curiosity. Graphic elements are subtly incorporated.

About Joanne Pang

Joanne Pang explores the relationships between body, memory and space through site-specific installations, paintings and drawings. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communication at The School of Arts, Design and Media in Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and a Masters of Fine Art at The Royal Danish Art Academy, Charlottenburg sculpture department, in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Her first solo exhibition was held at a void deck in Singapore (2009). She has participated in group shows in Sinagapore Art Museum (2012), 10th International Poster Triennial in Toyama, Japan (2012), Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (2013), Copenhagen Artweek (2015), Kilometre of Sculpture, Rakvere, Estonia (2016) and Shiryaevo 9TH Biennale of Contemporary Art in Russia (2016). Recent exhibitions include a solo show at Yavuz Gallery (2021) and a group show at Taksu Gallery (2018), Chan+Hori Contemporary, Singapore (2018) and Institute of Contemporary Singapore (2022).

Joanne Pang is a recipient of numerous awards art and design awards such as Singapore Young Photography Award (2012), Singapore Design Awards (2012) and 2018 UOB Painting of the Year(Singapore), Established Artist Category, Gold Award.

Joanne Pang is represented by Yavuz Gallery, Singapore and is a lecturer at LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore. In 2019, she founded prypress, an independent publishing arm and project space in Singapore, publishing limited edition zines and ephemera.