Om Mee Ai is a Korean artist based in Singapore. OM obtained Master of Fine Arts (Painting) at the LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore and Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) with High Distinction from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (RMIT), Australia.

Om’s abstract paintings are mixture of multiplied grids and translucent colours that utilize a technique of complex and meticulous process of repetitive “taping, layering, and wiping” to assemble colour, texture, and improvised visual. It is a pure abstract painting in a form of post geometrical modernism.

Om’s work has shown on many occasions through five solo exhibitions, the charity events and the group exhibitions including: ‘Hopscotched’, Jendela Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay, Singapore; Philip Morris ASEAN Art Awards 2004, National Art Gallery Bangkok, Thailand; and ‘THE LASALLE SCHOOL’: 20 Years of Fine Arts from LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore.

Om participated in many art competitions and received some of the prestigious awards on several occasions. In 2003, she received the Juror's Choice Award, Philip Morris Singapore-ASEAN Art Awards. In 2004, She received the Emerging Artists Fund by the National Arts Council of Singapore. She was awarded “Category Winner of the Abstract Medium -UOB Painting of the Year Competition” in 2003, 2006, 2007 and Platinum Award in 2009. OM was one of the 30 finalists of the Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Hong Kong in 2007 and 2008.

Om’s work features in the collection of the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) Art bank Collection, Philip Morris Singapore, European Financial Group (EFG), United Overseas Bank (UOB), INSEAD Business School (Asia Campus), Ministry of Manpower (MOM), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Singapore.

Artist Statement

I believe that the way we perceive the artwork depends on the interaction between our inner experiences and the external physical factors like light, reflection, and time etc. Artwork becomes meaningful only when one encounters emotional contact with it.

As an artist, I create a painting to share my expression with viewers. The expression is visualised in the mixture of multiplied grids and translucent layers of colours that utilises a technique of complex and meticulous processes of repetitive "taping, layering, and wiping" to assemble colours, texture, and improvised visual. It is a pure abstract painting in a form of post geometrical modernism.

The originality of my work allows one to recognise it immediately. Unique in the execution and visually pleasant, my paintings draw the viewer’s attention and subsequently invite a closer examination. It is the quality of my work that holds a strong competitive edge.

-Om Mee Ai