• Yeo Kaa, In charge, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 244 x 244 cm
  • Yeo Kaa, Deluge of affection 3, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 183 x 183 cm
  • Yeo Kaa, Deluge of affection 2, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 183 x 183 cm
  • eo Kaa, Up! Up! Here we go! 1, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 183 x 152 cm
  • Yeo Kaa, Up! Up! Here we go! 2, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 183 x 152 cm
  • Yeo Kaa, Staying afloat 1, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 91.5 x 152.5 cm
  • Yeo Kaa, Staying afloat 2, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 91.5 x 152.5 cm
  • Yeo Kaa, Staying afloat 3, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 91.5 x 152.5 cm
  • Installation view of Yeo Kaa, Sunny weather, blue water day spa, Yavuz Gallery, Singapore, 2023.
  • Yeo Kaa, always aim for the eagle, 2023, Oil on canvas, 182.88 x 182.88 x 5 cm
  • Yeo Kaa, carriage no. 7, 2022, Acrylic on canvas, 78.8 x 104.1 cm
  • Yeo Kaa, Thank you for fighting, 2022, Acrylic on canvas, 182.88 x 243.8 cm
  • Yeo Kaa, A POLLUTED AND SUFFOCATING PLACE, 2020, acrylic on canvas with switch glass frame, 122 x 244 cm (painting size)
  • Yeo Kaa, WALANG MAGAWA SA LANGIT NA GALIT, 2020, acrylic on canvas with switch glass frame, 122 x 244 cm (painting size)
  • Yeo Kaa, ENOUGH OF YOUR BULLSHIT, 2019, acrylic on canvas, 152 x 122 cm
  • Yeo Kaa, Conjuring Beauty Through Misery, 2019, acrylic on canvas, 237 x 305 cm
  • Installation view of ALONE BUT NOT LONELY, 2018
  • Yeo Kaa, INTUIL, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 61.5 x 46 cm
  • Yeo Kaa, ARE WE ALLOWED TO CRY NOW?, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 152 x 183 cm
  • Yeo Kaa, Separation Anxiety, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 152 x 122 cm
  • Yeo Kaa, A Better World Without Us, 2018, acrylic and fine art print on Hahnemüle paper, 135.5 x 105 cm
  • Yeo Kaa, This Better Look Good Hanging on Your Toilet, 2018, acrylic and fine art print on Hahnemüle paper, 135.5 x 105 cm
  • Yeo Kaa, Options at 30, 2018, acrylic and fine art print on Hahnemüle paper, 135.5 x 105 cm
  • Yeo Kaa, Cramped Space, 2018, acrylic and fine art print on Hahnemüle paper, 135.5 x 105 cm
  • Yeo Kaa, You Don't Bite The Art That Feeds You, 2018, acrylic and fine art print on Hahnemüle paper, 135.5 x 105 cm
  • Yeo Kaa, Do You Think I Give A Fuck?, 2018, acrylic and fine art print on Hahnemüle paper, 135.5 x 105 cm
  • Yeo Kaa, The End of Suffering (IV), 2017, acrylic on canvas, 152 x 122 cm
  • Yeo Kaa, Self Contentment, 2017, acrylic and fine art print on Hahnemühle paper, 132 x 102 cm
  • Yeo Kaa, ANXYANXYANXY Nights, 2017, acrylic and fine art print on Hahnemühle paper, 132 x 102 cm
  • Yeo Kaa, Killing Yourself is like Killing Everyone Who Loves You, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 152 x 213 cm
ARTIST

Yeo Kaa

Yeo Kaa (b. 1989) is one of the leading painters in Southeast Asia, who has made a name for picturing the disturbing and unpleasant in a strikingly contrasting aesthetics of pastels and doll-like figurations. In this seemingly naïve, jovial, and brightly colored world, she has portrayed the macabre and violent, confronted social taboos, and dealt with pain, anguish, and distress. Whether it is the twisted irony, nonchalance, or irreverence of such a take on the unsettling realities of life that make her art arresting, she has nonetheless emerged as a distinct voice among artists of her generation.

In her recent works, however, the artist has significantly deviated from ruminations about the darker side of human nature and society to more uplifting intimations drawn from recent experiences and realizations. This shift, though partly arising from her personal journey during the pandemic, perhaps reflects our collective change in outlook as we reconnect with the outside world after a prolonged period of distancing and isolation from social encounters. As the gradual recovery progresses, we ease our way into normalizing our lives guided by a renewed sense of optimism that naturally surfaces from overcoming the toughest of times.

Yeo Kaa studied Advertising at the College of the Holy Spirit Manila and has won the University of Santo Tomas On-the-Spot Painting Competition and Special Prize of the Metrobank Art and Design Excellence in 2010. She has mounted ten solo shows to date in Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia and Germany. In 2017, she was an artist-in-residence at Sarang Art Space in Jogjakarta, Indonesia and Arteles Creative Center in Haukijärvi, Finland and in 2018 completed a residency in Berlin.