What can we imagine with the language of colors, shapes, textures inspired by nature?
In When Art Meets Nature, a children’s art exhibition co-curated by the Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts and the National Gallery Singapore, we invite you into a sensorial journey where you can explore nature through the artists’ lens and reimagine new worlds that foster environmental sustainability.
Experience two of the installations by (artist #1) and (artist #2) from (date) to (date) here at National Gallery Singapore. Unfold your own journey of artistic creation and meet nature in art.
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When: 29 Apr 2026 onwards - Suitable For: Adults, Families, Visitors with accessibility needs, Students and Educators, Young Adults
- Where: City Hall Wing, Level 1, City Hall Alcove and inside Keppel Centre for Art Education
- Ticket Information: Free admission
About the Exhibition
What can we imagine with the language of colors, shapes, textures inspired by nature?
In When Art Meets Nature, a children’s art exhibition co-curated by the Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts and the National Gallery Singapore, we invite you into a sensorial journey where you can explore nature through the artists’ lens and reimagine new worlds that foster environmental sustainability.
This exhibition brings together two of five artists, whose works draw deeply from natural environments, from wildlife to botanical forms. These works are more than representations of nature, they invite you to see your familiar world in new ways. You could be quietly tracing the illustration patterns found on the forest domes, rolling around with soft sculptures of endangered animals, imagining yourself to be listening to sounds in the water, learning the science and history of rivers in the gallery space, or listening to stories and myths of the indigenous people living near rivers.
This exhibition focuses on open-ended exploration, and children will be immersed in sensorial and textural details within each installation. You will find out the dialogues between art and nature. You will also learn about the artists’ responses to the outside world, and their artistic expressions rooted in ecological thinking, as well as appreciating the rich colors, textures, and aesthetic sensibility through the flora and fauna in nature. At last, we invite you to unfold your own journey of artistic creation, and meet nature in art.
Featured Installations
1of1Installations
Peace Forest
2025
Welcome to Peace Forest — a magical, colorful forest created just for you! Step into a world filled with tall trees, playful animals, insects, and leafy plants. This joyful forest feels calm and peaceful, just like a real one, and is the perfect place to explore, relax, and have fun.
Peace Forest was inspired by Singaporean artist Soh Ee Shaun’s nature walks near his home, where he spotted birds, insects, and even a flying lemur resting in a mango tree! His artwork brings that same wonder to life, encouraging children to enjoy the beauty of nature.
As you wander through Peace Forest, you’ll learn how plants, animals, and trees all help each other and keep our planet healthy. It’s a reminder of how special forests are — and why we should care for them, just like they care for us.
Soh Ee Shaun transforms the gallery into a soothing forest where visitors can fully relax and engage their senses and bodies. This project introduces children to endangered wildlife in both Taiwan and Singapore by providing a variety of artistic form such as illustration and soft sculptures. In doing so, this work fosters understanding of critical issues such as habitat destruction, species extinction, and wildlife conservation.
1of2Installations
Where the River Runs
2025
Do you know? Taoyuan has the second largest indigenous population in Taiwan. Many of them live along the Dahan River. Since a long time ago,stories of rivers, oceans, and creeks have been part of indigenous cultures. The stories connect to indigenous lives and their ways of living. They also convey knowledge and wisdom that guide people to coexist with nature. Likely, various religious beliefs and customs in Taiwan also include rituals and traditions related to seas and rivers. As an island, Taiwanese culture has also been profoundly shaped by its surrounding waters. We invite you to walk near the river of stories. Put on the earphones and pick up the little books. Listen to and read the stories of rivers and oceans. The stories weave together scientific and historical insights, and lead us to coexist with waters around us.
Through extensive oral interviews and field research, Where the River Runs guides children through auditory and narrative-led experiences. Centered on sound and storytelling, the project encourages diverse interactive explorations that introduce indigenous customs and ways of life, while also revealing the significance of harmonious coexistence with nature in their culture.
The Artists
Soh Ee Shaun (Singapore)
Soh Ee Shaun is an artist, illustrator and educator from Singapore, whose paintings seek to express energy and mindfulness into a landscape of sheer color and joy. Often unplanned, his abstract, nonconceptual paintings are an experiential and experimental process, as he juxtaposes shapes, lines, and planes into a geometry of harmonious colours and playful forms. In recent years, Soh's interest in mindfulness and meditation has led him towards contemplative, rhythmic, and energetic color field paintings that reflect and record the passage of time, while exploring the tension between movement and stillness.
Soh Ee Shaun has been commissioned by Apple, Facebook, Nike, Adidas, Lacoste, Herman Miller, Disney and Shake Shack, and has been nominated and selected as one of 20 finalists for the 2012 Sovereign Asian Art Prize. He has exhibited at the 11th Venice Architectural Biennale, Berlin Festival of Lights, Singapore Design Festival, iLight Marina Bay Sands. He currently teaches at the School of the Arts, Singapore.
Yenting Hsu (Taiwan)
Using sound as her primary creation medium, Yenting Hsu investigates the cultural context and texture of sound. Her work reflects on the relationships between sound, environment, individual and/or collective memories. Interweaving field recordings with electronic elements and objects, she explores the boundaries between documentary and fiction, narrative and imagination. Her practice extends across multiple mediums and disciplines, taking the forms of installations, performances, audio documentaries, and electroacoustic music.
Her work has been presented across Taiwan and internationally, including New Taipei City Art Museum, Digital Art Center Taipei, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei Arts Festival – Asian Meeting Festival, Hong-gah Museum, Taitung Art Museum, Taipei International Documentary Festival, Lacking Sound Festival, Taiwan Sound Lab, and ChengLong Wetlands International Environmental Art Project, as well as Forplay Society (Kochi-Muziris Biennale, IN), Toyama Glass Art Museum (JP), Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts and Liquid Architecture (AU), Arte Radio (FR), Liquid Sound Temple (DE), Festival Film Dokumenter (ID) and Ban-Doh, 辦桌＠FORMOSA (UK), among others.
