Justin Lee (b. 1963, Singapore) completed his Master of Fine Art at the Lasalle College of the Arts Singapore/ Goldsmiths, University of London (2016), his Bachelor of Arts at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore (2005), and completed his Diploma in Fine Arts at the Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts (1999). He also received scholarships such as the Georgette-Chen Arts Scholarship and Lasalle Scholarship. His practice explores the everyday life of Singapore society and its people, and his works often reflect a visual blend of east and west cultures. Justin Lee believes that art plays an important role in helping people grow and become more aware of the pervasiveness of encroaching ideas that may threaten our heritage and identity. As such, he has recorded, documented, and presented on themes such as globalisation, individualism, consumerism, allowing his audience to question how texts and images constructed and manufactured by mass media (i.e. signages, billboards, consumer products) control our thoughts and expression. Justin Lee was awarded the Mont Blanc Young Artist Patronage Project (2007) and the NAFA 68th Founder’s Day Commendation Award (2006), among many others. His works have been exhibited at multiple exhibitions in Singapore, Malaysia, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and Korea, and can be found in public institutions as well as private collections around the world.

The Teng Collection: Founded by Teng Jee Hum and June Ong, with the first artwork acquired in 1993. Through continual collecting and periodic rationalising of its purpose, the collection confines itself to the art of Asia, with a particular focus on the art-historical. This can also be described in another way as trying to collect artworks that speak of the spirit of their time. Included in the collection are works of Modern as well as Contemporary Asian artists.