Do artists still know how to draw these days? Drawing King is a drawing tournament to resurrect this lost art form. Two Overhead Projectors placed side by side form the canvas and arena in which eight artists and illustrators take turns to “draw-off” in quick-fire 1-vs-1 matches.

The participating warriors are:

To celebrate the lost art of drawing, Evil Empire has cheekily created a 2.2m long Giant Pencil as the tournament prize.

Come prepared with your loudest cheers to determine the Drawing King -the one to lift the 2-metre-long Giant Pencil-  at the live showdown on 23 July, between 7 – 10pm at Evil Empire, 48 Niven Road.

What happens after the tournament?

Works created will be exhibited from 26 through 30 July, 2-8 pm.

On 31 July at 4pm, you will be the ones competing for the works at the Drawing King Auction.  For just S$30, you will receive 3000 Evil Dollars (E$3000). The auction will be conducted by a special guest auctioneer. Limited to 30 spaces.

Anything Also Anyhow is eeshaun’s 2nd solo art exhibition -featuring new paintings and drawings, in conjunction with the new store opening of ActuallyActually at 16A Purvis Street. Opening Night: 12 March, 7pm -930pm. The show runs till 12 April.

Following A Nice Set Singapore, this time Crossville is hitting the Red Dot Museum for a pop-up night of paper, music and drinks.

As part of the event, they will be showcasing the International and Singapore series of custom “Ghostboy” models featuring artists such as Tado, Jon Burgerman, Evil/MCA, Eeshaun, Momorobo, Mindflyer, Sheryo and many others.

Especially for this event, Singaporean creatives were invited to download the NUT character and decorate it. A panel of judges recently choose fifteen designs which will go online for the People’s Choice Vote later this week.

4 September, 10pm to 2am at the Red Dot Museum.

What better way to illustrate the power of technology than by that of art? What better way to demonstrate the potential of the future than to leverage on the talent of the present?

For its “Touch the Future, Now” light show held at VivoCity from 8 to 12 July 2009, Singapore’s first light and 3D projection show, HP collaborated with some of the nation’s finest – Brick, Eeshaun, MrB, AnnGee and Mindflyer, who shared their versions for the future around five key areas – music, art, communications, gaming and the cityscape in Singapore.

The support put in by the brand is admirable, and I can only hope for more investments made in our local pool of artists for the future to come.

Witness what happens when ten Singapore illustrators meet to produce colors on canvases. Yes, you may buy the art works too.

Details are as follow.

Date: June 25 and 26 2009
Time: 7:00pm to 12:00am
Location: Loft, 16A Haji Lane, Singapore

Artists include:

- TWISSTII
- EESHAUN
- BRICK (anyone here got a URL to link to?)
- RANDOM SUNDAY
- MINDFLYER
- KUANTH
- MOJOKO
- KITTOZUTTO
- SOKKUAN
- SHERYO

Email mojoko@mojoko.net if you have any questions.

Join artist eeshaun as he reveals the unexpected twists and narratives that can be found in the art of illustration.  A self-taught artist who enjoys the immediacy of spontaneous and whimsical drawings, eeshaun seeks to challenge logic and perspective in his artwork as a response to the way Singapore is largely shaped through systematic research and planning. He has produced works for Adidas, NIKE, and the Discovery Channel, among others. In 2008, he was commissioned as one of the curatorial leads to design the Singapore Pavilion at the prestigious 11th Venice Architectural Biennale. 29 Jan, 1pm-3pm at Seminar Room 2-08, NAFA Campus 1, Wing B.

Each weekend in September guest artists will be splashing out with live creations, alongside a display of their individual artwork within the adidas Originals Concept Store. The completed works of 8 artists (Sheryo, Killer Gerbil, Phu, Lazy, eeshaun, Zero, Antz and Hypethetic) will be exhibited in October. Click here for details.

From 9 May till 30 June, Club Street and Ann Siang Hill will play host to the Tiger Translate Museum, an initiative that brings art back to the people, and into the streets – literally.

Housed in the quaint shops in the Club Street precinct, the Museum will showcase works by Momorobo, fFurious, Andy Yang, Kuanth, eeshaun and Antz. All you have to do is pick up a program guide and walk into any of the participating outlets.

Tiger Translate is throwing a Museum launch party on 9 May from 6pm till 11pm, at the Park connector junction of Club Street and Ann Siang Hill. There will be “live” art by Tiger AKA, Translate Museum tours, music by popular DJs and many more exciting street happenings. Sounds fun? RSVP here.