YEOH CHOO KUAN, Detail of We may yet, 2025, Slip cast porcelain with colour glazes fired at 1280°C, 17 x 21 x 2 cm (ceramic); 50 x 40 cm (custom wooden frame). Photo courtesy of RKFA and artist.
Once Broken, Considered Soul is a solo exhibition by Malaysian artist Yeoh Choo Kuan, running from 27 September to 18 October 2025 at Richard Koh Fine Art Singapore.
Emerging from a playful yet risky experiment, Once Broken, Considered Soul traces Yeoh’s first foray into working with clay and glaze. Initially conceived as an attempt to clay-cast entire canvases—including the back—into porcelainglazed “paintings,” the process quickly revealed its challenges. Size limitations, casting issues, and the high risk of breakage during firing soon left Yeoh’s studio filled with fractured remnants of these ambitious works.
Rather than discarding the failures, Yeoh began re-engaging with the broken pieces through further experimentation with overlapping glazes and firing colour tests. In these fragments, he discovered textures and tones that evoked buried emotions and long-held despair. What began as frustration transformed into revelation—each broken shard became imbued with a deeper meaning, carrying both vulnerability and resilience.
In this body of work, the artist reimagines each fragment as a “new canvas,” layering glaze and fire to create luminous surfaces that hold traces of hopefulness. The cycle of breaking and remaking echoes Yeoh’s broader practice, where destruction and renewal intertwine, and where the imperfect becomes a site of contemplation.
Through Once Broken, Considered Soul, Yeoh Choo Kuan presents works that meditate on fragility, endurance, and the quiet peace found in transformation—each shard settling with a considered soul.
Venue: Richard Koh Fine Art, Blk 47 Malan Road #01-26, Gillman Barracks, Singapore 109444
When: 27 Sep - 18 Oct 2025,
