1977
born in Muar, MY
Now
lives and works in SG
EDUCATION
2002
MA in Communication Art and Design, Royal College of Art, London, UK
1997
Diploma in Visual Communication, Temasek Polytechnic, SG
SELECTED SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025
Letter to Viktor, Middelheim Museum, Antwerp, BE
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness, Singapore Art Museum, SG
2024
The Endless Summer, UCCA Dune, Beidaihe, CN
The Book of Equators, Amanda Wilkinson Gallery, London, UK
Meditations on Shadow Libraries, STPI, SG (with Brian Kwan Wood)
The Library of Unread Books, Serpentine Pavilion 2024, London, UK
2023
The Library of Unread Books, Blank Canvas, Penang, MY
2022
Labyrinths (Libraries), ROH Projects, Jakarta, ID
Secrets (For An Unfinished Novel), Mora Archives, Kyoto, JP
2021
Peace Prosperity And Friendship With All Nations, STPI, SG
2020
The Library of Unread Books, I_s_l_a_n_d_s, SG
The Library of Unread Books, transit.cz, Prague, CZ
2019
Foreign Affairs, Amanda Wilkinson Gallery, London, UK
fictionfictionfiction, Weserburg Museum, Bremen, DE
The Library of Unread Books, Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai, UAE
Spirits in the Material World, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, NL
2018
The Library of Unread Books, Kunstverein Milano, Milan, IT
Abstracts from The Straits Times, Rossi & Rossi, Hong Kong, CN
Legal Bookshop (Shanghai), Swiss Institute, New York, US (with Ken Liu)
Never is a Promise, Calle Wright, Manila, PH (with Gary-Ross Pastrana)
2017
Because, The Night, 72-13, SG
The Library of Unread Books, Casco, Utrecht, NL
The Library of Unread Books, MCAD (Museum of Art and Design), Manila, PH
2016
Ifs, Ands, or Buts, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, CN
Portals, Loopholes and Other Transgressions, FOST Gallery, SG
The Library of Unread Books, NTU Centre for Contemporary Art, SG
2015
Never, A Dull Moment, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, KR
An Arm, A Leg and Other Stories, South London Gallery, London, UK
Overview, Fundamentals, Performance, Transactions, Wilkinson Gallery, London, UK
2014
Opposite / Gestures, Gallery Em, Seoul, KR
Of Indeterminate Time Or Occurrence, FOST Gallery, SG
Correspondence(s), P!, New York, US (with Elaine Lustig Cohen)
Twenty Plots For Things To Come, Galerie Michael Janssen, SG (with Anthony Marcellini)
2013
The Part In The Story Where We Lost Count Of The Days (1), Rossi & Rossi, HK
The Part In The Story Where We Lost Count Of The Days (2), Future Perfect, SG
The Part In The Story Where We Lost Count Of The Days (3), The Reading Room, Bangkok, TH
2012
Interview(s), Wilkinson Gallery, London, UK (with Anthony Marcellini)
Advanced Studies in… (Ten Lessons for Life), Singapore Arts Festival / SOTA Gallery, SG
LEM1 (A second-hand sci-fi and fantasy bookshop), Rossi & Rossi, London, UK
2011
Calendars (2020-2096), NUS Museum, SG
2010
I’m on your side, Kunstverein (Milano), Milan, IT
Island (Covers), Motive Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2008
The End Depends on The Beginning. The Beginning Depends on The End., Third FloorHermès, SG
2007
Brazil, Deckard & Pei, SG
Common People and other Stories, Art in General, New York, US
The Sole Proprietor and other Stories, Vitamin Creative Space, Guangzhou, CN
2006
Bhutan, Deckard & Pei, SG
Untitled (Paperback Covers #01), CityRoom, SG
Untitled (Verbraucht), Projektraum Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin, DE
Philip, Project Arts Centre, Dublin, IE (with Leif Magne Tangen & Mai Abu ElDhab)
Midnight Canteen, Rathaus Kreuzberg / HAU Hebbel em Ufer, Berlin, DE (with Max Schumacher)
2005
Bermuda, Deckard & Pei, SG
Vexillogy, Cartography and other Stories, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam, NL
2004
Snore Louder if You Can, The Substation Gallery, SG
KunstLottery, Galerieraum KunstBank, Berlin, DE
2003
The Silver Sessions, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE
Lost (Found Tracks), Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, DE
The End of Travelling, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, DE (with Isabelle Cornaro)
2002
The End of Travelling, The Substation Gallery, SG (with Isabelle Cornaro)
2001
Flashing Lights from Across, The Blue Room, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2000
DENSE: Pale Testament, Alliance Francaise de Singapour, SG (with Tan Kai Syng)
1999
DepartureHall, The Substation Gallery, SG
1997
Flickering Punctuations, The Substation Gallery, SG (with Terence Tan)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Sharjah Biennial 16: to carry, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, UAE
Choreographies of The Everyday, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, JP
Forms of Encounter, Central Chidlom, Bangkok, TH
Notes on a Former Home, DRC No. 12, Beijing, CN
Sama Sama, Whitestone Gallery, SG
The Utopia of Rules, 72-13, SG
2024
Lahore Biennale 03: Artists and Sites, Lahore, PK
Everyday Performing, Chiayi Art Museum, Chiayi City, TW
ARTJOG 2024 – Motif: Ramalan, Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, ID
Chances of Contact: Contemporary Prints from the Philippines and Singapore, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Manila, PH
Vlatka Horvat: By the Means At Hand, Pavilion of Croatia, Venice Biennale, Venice, IT
2023
Birthday Party, BANK, Shanghai, CN
Good Bad Books, Barbican, London, UK
Sequins: Cycle 3, Shimmer, Rotterdam, NL
How Far, How Close, Aranya Art Center, Beidaihe, CN
Voice Against Reason, Museum MACAN, Jakarta, ID
Timelines: The Art of the Calendar Exhibition, Riverbank Arts, Michigan, US
The Part In The Story Where Our Accumulating Dust Becomes A Mountain, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, KR
2022
7th Singapore Biennale, Singapore Art Museum, SG
Second Movement, STPI, SG
Hope from Chaos, ArtScience Museum, SG
The Good Life, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, CN
Drawing Together, Museum Ballpark, Kriens, CH
Project Salome, Victoria Theatre/72-13, Singapore Arts Festival, SG
Living Pictures : Photography in Southeast Asia, National Gallery Singapore, SG
Lustrous Like Plastic, CCS Bard / Hessel Museum, Annadale-on-Hudson, US
More More More Than Than Than Lovers…, Shimmer, Rotterdam, NL
2021
Wikicliki, Singapore Art Museum, SG
Age of You, Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai, UAE
Future Tense, Jim Thompson Art Center, Bangkok, TH
Individuals, Networks, Expressions, M+ Museum, HK
Performance Exchange, Amanda Wilkinson Gallery, London, UK
Cut Down The Middle, Galerias Municipais de Lisboa, Lisbon, PT
If Time is Money, Are ATMs Time Machines?, G Museum, Nanjing, CN
2020
Streets of Hope, National Arts Council Singapore, Civic District, SG
Third Realm, The Polygon Gallery, Vancouver, CA
Walking in The City, Singapore Art Museum, SG
They Do Not Understand Each Other, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong, CN
IdeasCity Singapore, NTU Centre for Contemporary Art, SG
Artists Cookbook by MAM, Online, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, JP
Questions and Appearances, Online, Kadist
Images Disturbed By An Intense Parasite, Online, Amanda Wilkinson Gallery, London, UK
Künstlerpublikationen: analog – digital!, Online, Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen, DE
2019
In Random Order, FOST Gallery, SG
Haunt, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, AU
52 Actions 52 Weeks, Artspace, Sydney, AU
FIELD MEETING Take 6: Thinking Collections, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, UAE
Age of You, Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto, Toronto, CA
As the West Slept, 4 World Trade Center, Silver Arts Projects, New York, US
NMAO collection with Giacometti ll, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, JP
State of Motion: A Fear of Monsters, 11 Kampong Bugis, Asia Film Archive, SG
Third Realm, MoCP, Chicago, US
Sometimes you’re the hammer, sometimes you’re the nail, Modern Art Base, Shanghai, CN
2018
The Foster Emporium, FOST Gallery, SG
Now Forever, Galerie Crone, Vienna, AT
Knock, Knock, South London Gallery, London, UK
Shared Coordinates, The Arts House, SG
Act 1, Tlön Projects, The Hague, NL
Offline Browser, Honggah Museum, Taipei, TW
#Art #Commons, Nam June Paik Art Center, Seoul, KR
Funding the Future, MCAD Manila, Manila, PH
Travellers: Stepping into the Unknown, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, JP
Stagings. Soundings. Readings. Free Jazz II, NTU Centre for Contemporary Art, SG
Publishing Against the Grain, Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, Cape Town, ZA (with Stationary)
2017
A Landscape, Wilkinson Gallery, London, UK
First Sight, Museum MACAN, Jakarta, ID
unrealised, National Gallery Singapore, SG
Take Me I’m Yours, Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan, IT
On the Thresholds of Knowledge, Kungshuset, Lund, SE
An Ocean Archive, Navy Officer’s Club, Arsenale, Venice, IT
Under the Influence, Asia Art Archive, Art Basel Hong Kong, HK
The Making of an Institution, NTU Centre for Contemporary Art, SG
Radio Malaya: Abridged Conversations About Art, NUS Museum, SG
Mekong New Mythologies, Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Center, HK
Fade in 2: Ext. Modernist Home – Night, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, RS
Please fasten the seatbelt, we are experiencing some turbulence, Leo Xu Projects, Shanghai, CN
2016
20th Sydney Biennale, Carriageworks, Sydney, AU
1st Yinchuan Biennale, Museum of Contemporary Art Yinchuan, Yinchuan, CN
Time of Others, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, AU
Take Me I’m Yours, Jewish Museum, New York, US
Fade in: Int. Art Gallery – Day, Swiss Institute, New York, US
Temporal Turn, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, US
Daguerrotypes, Neptune, HK
Every Letter is A Love Letter, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, EE
People in a Building Without the Building, Ex Guarmet, Milan, IT
2015
expo zero, Tate Modern, London, UK
The Great Ephemeral, New Museum, New York, US
Time of Others, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, JP
Time of Others, Singapore Art Museum, SG
Take Me I’m Yours, Monnaie de Paris, Paris, FR
When we share more than ever, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, DE
A Modest Proposal for Radical Bourgeoisie, De Hallen Haarlem, Haarlem, NL
Moves & Countermoves, CCS Bard / Hessel Museum, Annadale-on-Hudson, US
Theorem, Mana Contemporary, New Jersey, US
A Luxury We Cannot Afford, Para Site, HK
As we never imagined, STPI, SG
Art Next Door, Whitebox Publica, Kuala Lumpur, MY
Singapore Survey 2015 : Hard Choices, Helutrans, SG
The Peacock / The Member’s Library, Graz Kunstverein, Graz, AT
Viva La Capital, MAB Society, Shanghai, CN (with Marcus Yee)
2014
Gwangju Biennale 2014: Burning Down the House, Gwangju, KR
2nd CAFAM Biennale, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, CN
BORG 2014, Borgerhout, Antwerp, BE
Medium at Large, Singapore Art Museum, SG
Book Lovers 4.0, De Appel Arts Centre, Amsterdam, NL
Codex, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, US
FAX, Karst, Plymouth, UK
Extinction Marathon, Serpentine Galleries, London, UK
Topophilia, BANK, Shanghai, CH
Tabularium, Slopes, Melbourne, AU
Countershadows, LASALLE Institute of Contemporary Art Singapore, SG
Echoes of Anticipation, FOST, SG
Do you believe in angels? Equator Art Projects, Singapore / MO_Space, Manila, PH
A Universe Supplementary To This One, Galeri X-ist, Istanbul, TR
Paper Pushers : Methods and Materials, STPI, SG
2013
Believers, Varbergs Konsthall, Varberg, SE
brouillon, Musée de la danse, Argos, Brussels, BE
Dissent Futures, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, US
RREAL DMZ PROJECT 2013: Borderline, Cheorwon DMZ Peace & Cultural Square, Cheorwon-gun, KR
The Artist, the Book and the Crowd, The Substation Gallery, SG
Reading, Leo Xu Projects, Shanghai, CN
Zoological, 2902 Gallery, SG
When Narrative Stops, Wilkinson Gallery, London, UK
Beast/Bloom for Thee: BIOTA Etc., Galeri Canna, Jakarta, ID
Morning Drawing Residency, Morning Drawing, New York, US
You promised me, and you said a lie to me, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Sydney, AU
Cross-Strait Relations, The Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, New York, US
2012
Asia Pacific Triennale 7, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, AU
Phantoms of Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, US
Enacting populism in its mediæscape, Kadist, Paris, FR
Pilot Micro Multiplex Mall, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE
Yonder, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth, AU
Trading Futures, Taipei Contemporary Art Center, Taipei, TW
The Future that Was, NASA (New Art Space Amsterdam), Amsterdam, NL
I second that emotion, TAON, Ivry sur Seine, FR
Agency of Unrealized Projects (AUP), DAAD Galerie, Berlin, DE (with Anthony Marcellini)
Homo Ludens – Act III, Motive Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
If a tree…, Stevenson, Johannesburg, ZA
Crossing Sea(s), 2902 Gallery, SG
STPI: 10 Years, STPI, SG
CUT 2012: New photography from Southeast Asia, Valentine Willie Fine Art, SG
Untitled (Singapura #90), FOST Gallery, SG
Marcel Duchamp in South-East Asia, Equator Art Projects, SG
Encounter, Experience and Environment, Gillman Barracks, SG
Still Building, Selasar Sunaryo Artspace, Bandung, ID / Valentine Willie Fine Art, SG
STRIKE ANYSPACEWHATEVER TRADING, Finale Gallery, Manila, PH
Someone singing like calling your name, MusicBox Universal House (Saamlung), HK
2011
Momentum 6 — Imagine Being Here Now, Galleri F15, Moss, NO
Performa 11: expo zéro by Musée de la Danse, The Old School, New York, US
The Visionary Trading Project, Guest Projects / Resonance 104.4 FM, London, UK
Agency of Unrealized Projects (AUP), Kopfbau (e-flux), Basel, CH
Inanimate Beings, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, ES
Homo Ludens – Act I, Motive Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
Homo Ludens – Act II, Motive Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
Commercial Break, Garage Projects / POST, 54th Venice Biennale, Venice, IT
Bring to Light, Nuit Blanche 2011, New York, US
What’s so funny about peace, love and understanding?, Rossi & Rossi, London, UK
A Wedding, Para/Site Art Space, HK
Two Thousand and Eleven, Para/Site Art Space, HK
Dancing to the Rhyme, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, KR
Abject Systems, Studio Bibliotheque, SG
Not too far away, 2902 Gallery, SG
The SCAPE Christchurch Earthquake Recovery Auction, Achilles House, Christchurch, NZ
Power to the People: Contemporary Conceptualism and the Object in Art, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, AU (as part of POST)
2010
Manifesta 8, The European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Murcia, ES
Christmas in July, Yvon Lambert, New York, US
King Rat, Project Arts Centre, Dublin, IE
Expo Zéro, Musée de la Danse, BAK, Utrecht, NL
Trickster Makes This World, Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin, KR
e-flux video rental, Fondazione Giuliani per l’arte contemporanea, Rome, IT
A Map Bigger Than Its Surface, Gallery Rotor I, Gothenburg, SE
Surface Depth, Gallery H, Bangkok, TH
Cabinet of Curiosities, Artspace @ Helutrans, SG
Flying Circus Project – Platform 3: Superintense, Bophana, Phnom Penh, KH / 72-13, SG
2009
The Demon of Comparisons, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL
In Search of the Unknown, Netherlands Media Art Institute, Amsterdam, NL
Weak Signals, Wild Cards, De Appel / Amsterdam Noord, NL
The Malady of Writing, MACBA Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, ES
Portrait of Self-Exile (Part 1), the shop, Vitamin Creative Space, Beijing, CN
Pawnshop, the shop, Vitamin Creative Space, Beijing, CN
Flying Circus Project – Platform 1 : Expo Zéro, Musée de la Danse, 72-13, SG
100 Objects (Remixed), Singapore Art Show 2009, Artspace @ Helutrans, SG
Sequelism Part 3: Possible, Probable or Preferable Futures, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
And the difference is…, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne, AU
Bunnies, It Must Be Bunnies, Lautom Contemporary, Oslo, NO
booksmart, Okay Mountain, Austin, Texas, US
No Bees, No Blueberries, Harris Lieberman, New York, US
2008
Singapore Biennale 2008, South Beach Development, SG
The Possibility of An Island, Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, North Miami, US
A Question of Evidence, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, AU
Eurasia, Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto, IT
the shop, Vitamin Creative Space, Beijing, CN
Like an Attali Report, but Different, Kadist, Paris, FR
Mellow Fever, La Galerie des Galeries, Paris, FR
The Take Off, Schunck-Glaspaleis, Heerlen, NL
Nocturnal Ngaburburit : EPT Open Circuit 01, Jogja National Museum / Kedai Kebun Forum / Indonesian Visual Art Archive (IVVA), Kunci Cultural Studies Center / Cementi Art House, Yogyakarta, ID
And the Dfference is (The Independence Project), NUS Museum, SG
Constructed Landscapes : Singapore in Southeast Asia, NUS Museum, SG
Sometimes you fall in love with an idea, Cluster, Berlin, DE
How to talk about utopia without saying utopia, Playspace Gallery, San Francisco, US
e-flux video rental, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, PT
The World is Flat, Overgaden, Copenhagen, DK / The Center of Contemporary Art, Lagos, NG
Art & Entrepreneurship, Art Dubai, Dubai / Chelsea Art Museum, New York, US / E-Werk, Berlin, DE / Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow, RU / Centre d’Art Contemporaine, Geneva, CH / Superstudio Piu, Milan, IT / Phillips de Pury, London, UK
2007
Pawnshop, e-flux, New York, US
Bare Words, Lautom Contemporary, Oslo, NO
Hela Havet Stromar, Pierogi Leipzig, Leipzig, DE
Travelling without Moving, Oboro, Montreal, CA
Hotel Gridiron, Netwerk, Aalst, BE
Video killed the painting star, The Center for Contemporary Art, Glasgow, GB
Auckland Festival 07 (Mirror Worlds), Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland, NZ
BMW Young Asian Artist Series, STPI, SG
TransRobota, National Museum of Szczecin, Szczecin, PL (with Saim Demircan)
Autobiobliophiles, Studio Bibliotheque, HK
Panoramic Paper, Wysing Arts Cambridge, UK (with Isabelle Cornaro)
e-flux video rental, Carpenter Center, Boston, US / Centre Culturel Suisse de Paris, Paris, FR
2006
SCAPE2006: don’t misbehave!, Christchurch Central Library, Christchurch, NZ
Archiving Fever, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, NZ
Encounters, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, CN
Made in Asia, Nuit Blanche 2006, Le Divan du Monde, Paris, FR
Erractic Signals (as part of ‘Estranged Proximities’), Latitude 53, Edmonton, CA
Seeing the Invisible, Riccardo Crespi Gallery, Milan, IT
Report (Not Announcement), e-flux / BAK, Ultrecht, NL
e-flux video rental, Extra City, Antwerp, BE / Mücsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest, HU / Pist, Istanbul, TR / Arthouse, Austin (Texas), US / Bienal de Canarias, Canary Islands, ES
The Use Of The World, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, HR
Urban Fetishes: Superintense, Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna, AT
Urban Fetishes: The Global Oil, Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna, AT
Steiler Konter, Magazin4 Voralberger Kunstverein, Bregenz, AT
Artery: Inaugural Exhibition, Singapore Management University, SG
A 100 Tents, p-10, SG
+853, +853 Video and Design, Macao, CN
Obscure Yourself, Pierogri 2000 / D21, Leipzig, DE
Artist Migration: Dellbrügge & deMoll, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, DE
Rio, Artnews Projects, Berlin, DE
Friends and Enemies, Gagosian Gallery, Berlin, DE (with Tilman Wendland)
2005
City/Observer, New Museum of Contemporary Art/ Rhizome.org, New York, US
Insomnia :The Global Soul, Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, UK
FAST 2005: Urbanity- 4 Takes, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, KR
Urban Realities:Fokus Istanbul, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, DE
F.I.N.D. 05 (sex.violence.blood.gore), Schaubühne, Berlin, DE (with Andreas Kebelmann)
Boxen für den Frieden, Deutsch-Russisches Museum, Berlin, DE
the failure, Korridor, Berlin, DE
Mirror Worlds, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney / Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, AU
04 e-flux video rental, Kunstwerke, Berlin / Manifesta Foundation, Amsterdam, The NL / The Moore Space, Miami, US / Portikus, Frankfurt, DE / Insa Arts Space, Seoul, KR
Video Unplugged, Galleri S.E, Bergen, NO
Water Event, Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, NO / Migros Museum, Zürich, CH (as part of Yoko Ono’s performance)
BoundLess, Stenersenmuseet, Oslo, NO (with Jan Christiensen)
2004
Busan Biennale 2004, Busan Metropolitian Art Museum, Busan, KR
LAB, Kröller Müller Museum, Otterlo, NL
e-flux video rental, e-flux, New York, US
Drift, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth, AU
Dazibao, Nuit Blanche 2004, Paris, FR
Resonant Cities, New Media Scotland, Edinburgh, GB
Ideas of Artists on eBay, lueckeundpartner.de, Berlin, DE
Sparwasser HQ at Platform, Platform Garanti, Istanbul, TR
Along the Gates of the Urban, Oda Projesi, Istanbul, TR
infiltrate, The Substation Gallery, SG
Twilight Tomorrow, Singapore Art Museum, SG
SENI Singapore, Singapore Art Museum, SG
Depicting Love, Reina Sofia, Madrid, ES / Centro Párraga, Murcia, ES
Depicting Love, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE
Wann kommst du zurück, Kampnagel Hamburg, Hamburg, DE
Along the Gates of the Urban, Galerie K&S, Berlin, DE
Berlin-North (with Sparwasser HQ), Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, DE
Transmediale.04, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, DE
2003
50th Venice Biennale, Singapore Pavilion, Venice, IT
Blood: Lines and Connections, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, Colorado, US
Ars Electronica 2003 (Not to Scale), Kunstraum Linz, Linz, AU
CP Open Jakarta Biennale, National Art Gallery, Jakarta, ID
15 Tracks, Tama Art University Museum, Tokyo / Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, JP
De (Internationale) Keuze: The Global Soul, Rotterdam Schouwburg, NL
Spektakel Festival: The Global Soul, Zürcher Theater, Zürich, CH
Singapore Arts Festival : The Global Soul, Victoria Theatre, SG
In Transit : The Global Soul, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, DE
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Matrix Art Project, Brussels, BE
36 Ideas from Asia, The National Museum, L’Aquila, IT
The President’s Young Talent Exhibition, Singapore Art Museum, SG
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin 2003, Immanence, Paris, FR
Transmediale.03, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, DE
2002
Sonic Process, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FR
DAVINCIPROJECT VERSION™ 1.0 : In 72 Hours, Theatreworks Black Box, SG
Single Screen, Nikolaj Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, DK
Contemplation Room : See Singapore!, Ovengaden Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
The Show 2002, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2001
Worms III Festival, Plastique Kinetic Worms, SG
10th India Triennale, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, IN
2000
Video-Take, Openbare Bibliotheek De Tweebronnen, Leuven, BE
[ Names Changed to Protect the Innocent ] #07, MP Community Centre, SG
Local Flavour 8, The Substation, SG
PHotoEspana 2000 : The Mind on the Edge, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, ES
Asian Art Festival 2000, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, JP
1999
City/Community – Nokia Singapore Art 1999, Singapore Art Museum, SG
BrainStorm (What’s that in your head ?), Singapore Art Museum, SG
The Mongolian Camel Show, Danger Museum Mobile Show, various sites in UK
[ Names Changed to Protect the Innocent ] #04, Cairnhill Arts Centre, SG
Capturing the ‘I’, Bugis Junction Shopping Atrium, SG
1993
Septfest 1993: Memories, The Substation Gallery, SG
RESIDENCIES
2025
Asia Art Archive, HK
2022
Swiss Institute, New York, US
2016
Inter Arts Center, Malmö, SE
NTU Center for Contemporary Art, SG
2011
NUS Museum, SG
2007
International Studio Programme, Art In General, New York, US
2006
BMW Young Artist Residency, STPI, SG
Research Residency Programme, NIFCA, Helsinki, FI
Singapore Fringe Festival 2006, SG
2003
International Studio Programme, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE
AWARDS
2013
Market and Audience Development Grant (The Part in the Story Lost Count of Days), National Arts Council, SG
2012
International Development Grant (Interviews), National Arts Council, SG
International Development Grant (Asia Pacific Triennale 7), National Arts Council, SG
2011
International Development Grant (Guest Projects/Resonance 104.4 FM), National Arts Council, SG
2010
Project Grant (Cover (Versions) #01), National Arts Council, SG
International Development Grant (Kunstverein Milan), National Arts Council, SG
2009
Arts Creation Grant (Calendars (2020-2096)), National Arts Council, SG
Project Grant (PLURAL Workshop (1)), National Arts Council, SG
International Development Grant (ShContemporary: Discoveries), National Arts Council, SG
International Development Grant (De Appel Amsterdam), National Arts Council, SG
International Development Grant (NiMK Amsterdam), National Arts Council, SG
International Development Grant (Arnolfini Bristol), National Arts Council, SG
2008
Project Grant (Singapore Biennale 2008), National Arts Council, SG
International Development Grant (MOCA Miami), National Arts Council, SG
2007
Young Artist Award Grant, National Arts Council, SG
Travel Grant (Frieze Art Fair), National Arts Council, SG
International Touring Grant (ShContemporary), National Arts Council, SG
Rotary Training Grant (Art In General Residency), National Arts Council, SG
2006
Research Grant, NIFCA (Nordic Instiute for Contemporary Art), Helsinki, FI
International Touring Grant (Vitamin Creative Space), National Arts Council, SG
International Touring Grant (Project Arts Centre), National Arts Council, SG
International Touring Grant (SCAPE Biennale), National Arts Council, SG
Travel Grant (Research Residency in NIFCA Helsinki), National Arts Council, SG
Project Grant (Deutscher Künstlerbund), National Arts Council, SG
2005
Hauptstadtkulturfonds, Jahr 2005 II, Berlin, DE
Travel Grant (Old Habits Die Hard), Kultursenate Berlin, DE
Young Artist Award, National Arts Council, SG
International Touring Grant (Ellen de Bruijne Projects), National Arts Council, SG
International Collaborations Grant (Old Habits Die Hard), National Arts Council, SG
2004
Project Grant (Busan Biennale), National Arts Council, SG
Project Grant (Snore Louder if you Can), Lee Foundation, SG
Arbeitstipendium im Bereich blidende Kunst, Kultursenate Berlin, DE
Nomination for GASAG-Kunstpreis 2004, Kunstfabrik am Flutgraben, Berlin, DE
2003
Residency Grant at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, The National Arts Council, SG
The President’s Young Talent Exhibition, Singapore Art Museum, SG
International Relations Grant (Ars Electronica), The National Arts Council, SG
2002
Bourse d’ Aide à la Réalisation, Département des Affaires Culturelles de la Mairie de Paris, Paris, FR
2001
Triennale Award, 10th India Triennale, New Delhi, IN
2000
Project Grant (DENSE), The National Arts Council, SG
Bursary for Postgraduate Studies, The National Arts Council, SG
Travel Grant (PhotoEspana), The National Arts Council, SG
1999
Project Grant (LastCall), Lee Foundation, SG
COLLECTION
Art Sonje Center, Seoul
Kadist, Paris, San Francisco
M+, Hong Kong
The National Museum of Art, Osaka
NUS Museum, Singapore
Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai
Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Weserburg Museum, Bremen