Ota Fine Arts Singapore presents Place, a group exhibition featuring works by Chen Wei, Masanori Handa, Hilmi Johandi, Ming Wong and Zhao Yao. Bringing together five distinct artistic perspectives, the exhibition explores the concept of place as a physical space, a position or a location shaped by emotional attachments and historical or cultural significance. Through their diverse practices, the artists examine how environments acquire meaning and influence the ways in which people relate to the world around them.

Ranging from drawing and photography to video and installation, the works reflect each artist’s research and observations on collective histories and socio-geographical cultures in the contemporary context. By approaching place through different media and visual languages, the exhibition considers the relationship between individual experiences and broader cultural and historical narratives, revealing how spaces can carry layers of memory, identity and shared meaning.

Ota Fine Arts Singapore invites visitors to enter the worlds of the five artists and experience the different interpretations of place presented throughout the exhibition. Through these varied approaches, audiences are encouraged to reconsider how the spaces they inhabit and encounter shape their identities, memories and understanding of the world.