Artwork Collection

Universal Flux

Being in the city and the chaos, I'm often prompted to look up and find something outside of oneself, only to realize the cosmos is within us. Perhaps the universe is looking back at us to get to know itself as well. This body of works is my response to flux sentience on a macro level. They are more personal for its introspection, but are more general on aspects of shared experience. One painting per month responding on the events we've been through together.

Oil on wood panels

Painting

Universal Flux 1 (Ascending)

Growth is not linear.

Painting

Universal Flux 2 (Spilling Over)

Energy resists containment. In this painting, swirling orbital forms dissolve at their edges, spilling beyond any fixed boundary — rendering not a moment captured, but a condition of constant transformation. The copper and earth tones move through... More

Painting

Universal Flux 3 (Family)

This work was completed in March, as the violence continued, I thought a lot about the separation and reunion of families.

Painting

Universal Flux 4 (Becoming)

in this moment

Work by

Freda Tan

Painter

“Responding to current global crises and the violences of displacement, this body of work captures intentional moments of simultaneous presence and honours the expansive relationality that makes us...” [More]