Alvin Ong focuses on the human figure using a vibrant palette of yellow, black, dark Prussian blue and white colours. Through narratives of isolation and desire, Alvin Ong’s paintings suspend the viewer in a deeply personal and introspective state. Here, intermingling, and elongated body forms are caught amidst the act of consumption allured by desire and temptations, to achieve temporary pleasure. Alvin Ong received a BFA from the Ruskin School of Art at the University of Oxford in 2016 and MA at the Royal College of Art in 2018. He was awarded a residency in 2017 with the Royal Drawing School, as well as the 2018 Chadwell Award. His works have been exhibited at the Singapore Art Museum (2007, 2012, 2013), Asian Civilizations Museum, Singapore (2010), Peranakan Museum, Singapore (2015), Northampton Contemporary, UK (2017), National Portrait Gallery, UK (2018), and Royal Academy of Arts, UK (2019). His works are collected by the ILHAM Gallery, Malaysia, X Museum China, the Ingram Collection, UK, and the Victoria & Albert Museum (Print Collection), London, UK. His solo exhibition Night Shift was held at the Mine Project in Hong Kong (2020).