Singapore, b. 1978. Based in Singapore, Ong studied at Goldsmith’s College in London. She draws on various narrative sources for her installations and video art, ranging from mythology to the Bible. During her residency in 2008, Ong created an installation consisting of dollhouse tableware and furniture painted black, gray and silver. Her work has appeared at the Singapore Biennale (2006) and Moscow Biennale (2007). This exhibition features a
video work inspired by the friendship dolls that were exchanged between Japan and America in 1927 as symbols of friendship between the two nations. In the video, innocent-looking dolls exude an eeriness as vessels inhabited by spirits.