YEO Tze Yang (b. 1994, Singapore; based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) is a self-taught painter whose evocative, representational works capture the overlooked, liminal spaces of urban life. Since 2013, his practice has remained rooted in an enduring fascination with the unseen: fragments of daily existence that often escape notice.

Acting as a visual archivist, Yeo navigates his surroundings with an acute sensitivity, documenting forgotten people, places, and objects through his phone camera before distilling these fleeting moments into paintings. His approach, driven by intuition, transforms the ordinary into the profound, forging a dialogue between lived experience and the social frameworks he encountered during his studies in Southeast Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore. While painting remains central to his practice, he extends his explorations into sculpture, electronic media, and writing, expanding his engagement with materiality and narrative.

Yeo’s work has garnered significant recognition, including the Silver Award at the UOB Painting of the Year competition in 2016. In 2022, visual arts journalist Helmi Yusof hailed him as “the fastest-rising figurative artist of his generation” in Singapore. His works have been exhibited extensively at institutions such as The Substation, National University of Singapore, and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, alongside regional exhibitions and art fairs in Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Indonesia.

His paintings are held in prominent collections, including those of the National University of Singapore and UOB, as well as private collections across Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Australia, Switzerland, Denmark, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Yeo Tze Yang is represented by FOST Gallery, Singapore.