B.I.G.
Book Illustrators Gallery 2015
23 May – 11 June 2015, 10am – 9pm
NLB Central Public Library (B1)
The Book Illustrators Gallery (BIG) aims to showcase the works of local and regional illustrators and artists — across genres and borders — and promote them to a wider audience.
This year, close to 150 submissions came in from neighbouring countries like Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, and Hong Kong, as well as from the Middle East, including Iran, Afghanistan, Israel. Entries were also received from India, Lithuania, Australia, Russia and United Kingdom.
The curators of this year’s BIG are: Dr Tony See, who lectures at National University of Singapore and author/illustrator Susanna Goho-Quek, whose picture books include God Is Hu? and Fun at the Opera.
Come to the BIG Opening Ceremony on 23 May 2015 in Central Public Library. Details here.
We are honored to have Venka Purushothaman as Guest of Honor for the BIG Opening Ceremony.
Venka Purushothaman is Provost of Singapore’s leading arts college, LASALLE College of the Arts. He oversees the development of art and design curriculum and the internationalization of arts and design education. He has researched and written extensively on visual arts, performing arts and arts and cultural management with an interest in contemporary art.
Speaker Illustrations
Outside the old theatre it had started to snow
by James Mayhew
Conversation in the Dream
by Chang Liu
Huge Waves Flooding the Town
by Chang Liu
The Antique Market
by Chih-Chung Chang
The Atayal Revolt against the Japanese Ruler
by Chih-Chung Chang
Midnight Run
by Etan Pavavalung
The Formosan Wild Boar
by Etan Pavavalung
Shoeless Dahlan
by Eugenia Gina
Northern Gusts Carry the Rattle of Army Pot
by Gao Cai
The town
by Javier Zabala
The Kid
by Javier Zabala
Building nests
by Javier Zabala
What the other birds do...
by Javier Zabala
Freedom
by Javier Zabala
Mean Girls
by Juan Nathaniel Jonathan G. Rañola III
The Storyteller
by Juan Nathaniel Jonathan G. Rañola III
Stone Carving Gallery
by Jun Hwa Chen
The Door Gods
by Jun Hwa Chen
The Holy Animals
by Jun_Hwa Chen
Leatherback Turtle
by Lavanya Karthik
Marshal Law Declared
by Ling Hsing Huang
Mountain Journey to the Wedding Ceremony
by Ling Hsing Huang
The Way to Find Food
by Li-Ya Chen
The Child Laborers
by Min Jie Chen
On Board an Aircraft
by Min Jie Chen
The Old Buffalo Is Going To War
by Min Jie Chen
Princess Lea - The Life Story of Lea Salonga
by Nicole Lim
A New Start
by Oscar Tsai
The big mouse shouts at the boy
by Oscar Tsai
The Wharf
by Pei Hsiu Chen
Share don't want to share
by Po Ting Lin
The Juggler
by Prabha Mallya
Tea with the Tragopan
by Prabha Mallya
It's so dark! And two bright eyes! What is it
by Rayika Sen
Shrink
by Rui Cheng Chen
A Fantasy Trip
by Rui Cheng Chen
The little Hunter
by Rui Cheng Chen
Once a while, Sunny would think of her Yellow Dad
by Shuhui Wang
Wake Up Sebbie
by Soefara Jafney
Some have lots of brothers and sisters
by Il Sung Na
Some are carried in their daddy’s pouch
by Il Sung Na
Incredible Archer
by Tom Liu
Great Kung Fu Master
by Tom Liu
TRESE A
by Kajo Baldisimo
TRESE B
by Kajo Baldisimo
TRESE C
by Kajo Baldisimo
TRESE D
by Kajo Baldisimo
TRESE E
by Kajo Baldisimo
Happy Birthday
by Wen Tzu Chen
Mystic shopping street
by Wen Tzu Chen