ABOUT
T+
T+ represents Talenia Phua Gajardo's portfolio and this site represents her body of work to date. She is also the CEO and Founder of The Artling, an Art & Design advisory practice and curated online Art & Design platform, based in Singapore and Shanghai.
The Artling curates and sells contemporary Asian Art and Design both online and offline using an O2O consignment model. They also provide art and design advisory services to hospitality groups, corporate firms, property developers, interior designers and architects.
Since its inception, The Artling has amassed pieces from over 250 art galleries and over 2,500 artists and designers from 22 countries ranging from Thailand, Indonesia, India, Japan, Korea and more, with a total consigned inventory value surpassing USD$140m in mid 2019.
Through their platform, they aim to be part of building strong communities both locally and internationally, involving like-minded passionate enthusiasts, by stimulating the cultural dialogue through pop-ups, collaborations and other online and offline events.
Talenia has an architectural background and previously founded her own interior architecture and design practice which she started after working for Zaha Hadid Architects for several years in London. She’s a Chileporean (Singaporean/Chilean), received a BA (Hons) Architecture from Central Saint Martin’s in London and is a Loke Cheng Kim Scholar.
Talenia Phua Gajardo strongly believes in collaborations and that the constant conscious, cross- fertilisation between the various art and design industries is integral to the progression of the creative industries.
Work Experience
Zaha Hadid Architects - London
Tsao-Mckown Architects - New York
Llewelyn Davies Yeang - London
Exhibitions
V Desk for Saporiti Italia at the Fondazione Arnaldo
Pomodoro - Milan
Chipper Tables for the V&A Summer Show at Mint - London
Tress for Singaplural - Singapore Design Week - Singapore
Archifest 2013 - Fashion x Architecture - Singapore
The Artling Pavilion Competition Exhibition at the National Design Centre - Singapore
Education
BA (Hons) Architecture, Central Saint Martin's - London
Loke Cheng Kim Scholar
