Ahmad Abu Bakar (b. 1963, Malaysia) graduated from LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts with a Diploma in Fine Arts (Ceramics) in 1989 and received his Bachelor of Fine Art (Sculpture) from the University of Tasmania (Australia) in 1995. Upon his return to Singapore in 1996, Ahmad joined LaSalle College of the Arts as a full-time lecturer where he taught ceramics and 3D studies. He pursued his Master of Fine Arts with RMIT/ LASALLE-SIA during his teaching period in the college; he is currently an adjunct lecture at Nanyang Polytechnic and the National Institute of Education (NTU). (This from the artist's website) In addition to the small piece in Toa Payoh, Ahmad did a rather wonderful installation at the Esplanade in late 2021, as well as the art in the Bedok North MRT station, on the Downtown Line.