Experiment. Innovate. Create. These verbs apply daily to artist James Chiew. His mixed media art forces him to seek new boundaries. Moreover, he regularly exceeds boundaries to discover new limits. James’s choice of material is also outside the box. He uniquely combines acrylic paint, epoxy, wood, metal, and even cowhide with photographic images and objects. And with everything else that seems possible… His challenge is trying to do the impossible. ‘Either I will find a way or I will make one’ is James’s motto. James was born in Singapore. As a gifted autodidact (he did not follow any design or art course), he and his family emigrated to The Netherlands when he was 17 years old. In the course of time, he has developed into a professional art director and photographer. His constant impetus to creative expressions has turned him into the artist he is now. There is a lot of immersion in his artwork. James’s objets d’art contain multiple layers, both literally and figuratively.
