CV
Education
2018 – in progress
Ph.D. Candidate
School of Art, Design & Media (2018-2020)
National Institute of Education (2020-present)
Nanyang Technological University
Research Project & Dissertation:
Assembling and Emplacing Women’s Minoritised Narratives Through Critical Public Art Practice
2010
Master of Arts, Contemporary Practice
School of Art, Design & Architecture
University of Huddersfield/Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
Thesis:
A Field Without Fences: Psychogeography as a Strategy for Artistic Engagement
2008
Bachelor of Arts (First Class Hons), Fine Art with Contemporary Writing
School of Art, Design & Architecture
University of Huddersfield/Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
1992
Diploma in Fine Arts (Painting Major)
Lasalle College of the Arts
Academic Awards & Honours
2018
NAC Arts Scholarship (Postgraduate)
National Arts Council
2010
Best Graduate Award
Master of Arts, Contemporary Practice programme
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
2008
Best Graduate Award
Bachelor of Arts, Fine Arts programme
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
Fire Award
NAFA Fine Arts Awards
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
2007
Tan Chin Tuan Merit Award for Creative Education
Tan Chin Tuan Foundation
Creative Awards
2023
Golden Point Award, English Poetry, 2nd Prize
Singapore Book Council
Professional Experience (Academic)
2021 – present
Adjunct Lecturer
School of Art & Design
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
Courses taught (as Co-Lecturer/Supervisor):
Thinking, Making, Writing I & II (Studio Practice)
BA (Hons) in Fine Art, Year 3 [2023-2024]
Positions III (Contextualising Individual Practice & Research)
BA (Hons) in Fine Art, Year 2 [2023]
Positions II (Collective Activations in/with Public Space)
BA (Hons) in Fine Art, Year 2 [2021-2022]
Adjunct Supervisor
McNally School of Fine Arts
LASALLE College of the Arts
Areas supervised:
Studio Practice; Research Methods; Exegesis
MA Fine Arts
MA Candidates supervised:
Phoenix Fry; as Co-Supervisor (2023-2024]
The Night has a Thousand Eyes: Journeys of Escape & Becoming
Sherylene Chew Xue Lin; as Co-Supervisor [2022-2023]
Antares: A Kinesthetic Resistance for the Deterritorialization of Singapore
Bernice Lee Yin; as Co-Supervisor [2021-2022]
Living Being: ‘Mother’ as Malleable Archetype
Elizabeth Mildred Wee [2020-2021]
Questioning the Mirror: Examining & Performing Archetypal Roles for Southeast Asian Women in Search of Belonging
2019 – present
External Assessor
School of Art & Design
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
Areas assessed:
Art & Design Studio: Final Project
Diploma in Art Teaching, Year 3
2019 – 2020
External Assessor
McNally School of Fine Arts
LASALLE College of the Arts
Areas assessed:
Studio Practice; Final Research Project
MA Fine Arts
2008 – 2010
Adjunct Lecturer
Fine Arts Department
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
Courses taught:
Investigating Issues in Art
Diploma in Fine Art, Year 1
Graduate Seminars
Diploma in Fine Art, Year 3
Professional Experience (Other)
SELECTED FULL-TIME APPOINTMENTS
2014 – 2017
Curriculum Developer/Programme Lead
Co-Curricular Development
Office of Dean of Students
Singapore Management University
Key work:
Development of SMU LifeLessons, co-curricular learning framework comprising programmes, rubric, and facilitation tools
2010 – 2014
Manager (Senior Manager in 2013)
Arts Cluster
Office of Student Life
Singapore Management University
Key work:
Management of visual and performing arts groups;
Student advisory and facilitation;
Curation of exhibitions and arts programming
2001 – 2007
Library Officer
Public Library Services
National Library Board
Key work:
Library operations at library@esplanade and library@orchard;
Circulation and information services;
Collection maintenance and development;
Staff training (as NLB Academy facilitator)
Invited Presentations (Academic Lectures, Workshops)
** conceptualised / presented as perception3
2023
The Artist as Psychogeographer
Lecture for Positions II
BA (Hons) in Fine Art module
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
Art & Public Space: Approaches & Challenges
Presentation & Dialogue for Cities, Bodies, Memories, Art & Everyday Life in Singapore
School of Humanities undergraduate module
Nanyang Technological University
Art & the Production of Public Space
Lecture for Contextual Studies: Art Theory
BA (Hons) Fine Arts module
LASALLE College of the Arts
An Introduction to Contemporary Art Practice as Research
Seminar for Research Methods in Creative Arts
MA Fine Arts module
LASALLE College of the Arts
2022
The Visual Arts in Singapore’s Public Spaces: Approaches & Challenges **
Lecture for Arts, Culture and the Global City
Arts & Cultural Management undergraduate module
Singapore Management University
Collective Work in Artistic Practice & Research
Seminar for Positions II
BA (Hons) in Fine Art module
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
Art & the Production of Public Space
Lecture for Contextual Studies: Art Theory
BA (Hons) Fine Arts module
LASALLE College of the Arts
An Introduction to Contemporary Art Practice as Research
Seminar for Research Methods in Creative Arts
MA Fine Arts module
LASALLE College of the Arts
2021
Politics of Memory
Guest respondent for student research presentations
Dissertation Research & Writing
BA (Hons) Fine Arts module
LASALLE College of the Arts
Considering the Palimpsest: Language and Textuality in Contemporary Art-Making
Seminar for Issues in Practice & Research in Fine Arts
MA Fine Arts module
LASALLE College of the Arts
Collective and Collaborative Research: An Introduction to Conceptual Models and Methods for Collectives Engaged in Artistic Practice-as-Research
Seminar for Positions II
BA (Hons) in Fine Art module
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
More Than Queer: Negotiating Differences in Singapore
Panel conversation (with Eileena Lee and Theresa Goh; moderated by Assoc Prof Lynette J. Chua)
Elm College, Yale-NUS
An Introduction to Contemporary Art Practice as Research: Approaches to Mapping Your Area of Investigation
Seminar for Research Methods in Creative Arts
MA Fine Arts module
LASALLE College of the Arts
2020
The Role of Conversation in Collaborative Artistic Practice **
Presentation for Experiencing Diverse Pedagogies
MA Arts Pedagogy and Practice module
LASALLE College of the Arts
Developing a Research Methodology: Paradigms and Approaches for Contemporary Art Practitioners
Seminar for Issues in Practice and Research in Fine Arts
MA Fine Arts module
LASALLE College of the Arts
Art in Public Space: Notions and Perspectives **
Presentation for Art in Public Space and Critical Spatial Practice
MA in Museum Studies and Curatorial Practices module
Nanyang Technological University
The Visual Arts in Singapore’s Public Spaces: Ways of Seeing and Making **
Lecture for Arts, Culture and the Global City
Arts and Cultural Management undergraduate module
Singapore Management University
Introduction to Art in Public Space **
Lecture and workshop for Advanced Arts and Cultural Management
Arts and Cultural Management undergraduate module
Singapore Management University
2019
The City as Palimpsest: Ways of Reading & Responding
Keynote presentation for MA Fine Arts Postgraduate Symposium
LASALLE College of the Arts
2018
Considering the Palimpsest: An Approach to Writing & Art-Making
Lecture for Seminars in Dissertation: Politics of Memory – Things, Buildings, Landscapes of Longing
BA (Hons) in Fine Art module
LASALLE College of the Arts
2017
Creating through Collaboration **
Workshop for Museum Education Symposium 2017
Teachers’ Academy for the Arts and Singapore Art Museum
2010
Contemporary Art: Ways of Seeing, Thinking & Making;
Art & the Everyday: Objects, Gestures & Rituals;
Breaking the Frame: Shaping Space, Time & Narrative
SMU Artdicted Contemporary Art Lecture Series
Singapore Management University
2009
Facilitating Art Discussions in the Primary School Art Classroom
Workshop for teachers and department heads
Pei Hwa Presbyterian School
Invited Presentations (Public Lectures, Panels, Artist Talks)
** conceptualised / presented as perception3
2021
Envisioning Possibilities: The Future of Public Art in Singapore **
Presentation and panel conversation (with Justin Loke, Robert Zhao, Adeline Loo, and Jerome Ng; moderated by Kong Yen Lin) for Re-written: The World Ahead of Us Artist Roundtable
Public Art Trust
National Arts Council
Whose Site Are You On: Exploring Notions of Space and Community in Public Art **
Presentation and panel conversation (with Laniakea Culture Collective, Dawn Ng, Hanson Ho, and Lai Weimin; moderated by Kong Yen Lin) for Re-written: The World Ahead of Us Artist Roundtable
Public Art Trust
National Arts Council
Art Outside the White Cube: Impact of Art in Public Spaces
Panel conversation (with Helen Le Chatelier; moderated by Amelia Abdullahsani) for Bus.Stop.Art virtual tour launch
Bus.Stop.Art with the support of Singapore Art Week 2021 and Facebook Open Arts
Art Practitioners in the Real World
Panel conversation (with Sharon Choo, Sophia Dominguez, and Ezzam Rahman; moderated by Noor Effendy Ibrahim) for NAFA Open House
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
2020
Cross-Pollinations with Art
Panel conversation (with Jeremy Sharma, Rizman Putra, and Salty Xi Jie Ng; moderated by Shawn Chua) for RESET Series
Art and Market, in partnership with Singapore Art Week 2021
2019
Writing Home: Women’s Narratives of Place
Conceptualisation and panel moderation (featuring authors Hidayah Amin and Charmaine Leung) for Architectural Heritage Season in partnership with A Language of Our Own: Singapore Writers Festival 2019
Urban Redevelopment Authority and National Arts Council
Perception3: Research and Practice **
Presentation and panel conversation (with Michael Lee, Chen Sai Hua Kuan, and Boedi Widjaja; moderated by Randy Chan) for Speaker Series: Creative Practices, in conjunction with Journey: Architects Asia Exhibition
Zarch Collaboratives
Art in Public Space: Notions and Perspectives **
Presentation for Art in Public Space and Critical Spatial Practice
MA in Museum Studies and Curatorial Practices module
Nanyang Technological University
Curating the City: Golden Walls and Pink Dots
Presentation and conversation (with Asst Prof Sophie Goltz) for Siah Armajani: Spaces for the Public. Spaces for Democracy exhibition
NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore
2017
A Shape to Read: Exploring Language in Contemporary Art **
Workshop for ALT TXT series
National Library Board
Walking in the City **
Presentation and workshop (with Asst Prof Hoe Su Fern) for Without Culture, There is No Future for Cities conference
Singapore International Foundation
Mirror Walk **
Artist’s talk, psychogeographic walking tour and conversation (with Kelvin Ang, Asst Prof Hoe Su Fern, and Michael Lee) for An Atlas of Mirrors: Singapore Biennale 2016
Singapore Art Museum
Perception3: There Are Those Who Stay/There Are Those Who Go **
Artist’s talk for Considering Artists series
THEO Arts Professionals
2016
Singapore Biennale 2016: Artists’ Insights **
Artist’s talks for Singapore Biennale preview and opening weekend
Singapore Art Museum
2014
Unearthed: Perspectives
Artist’s talk and conversation (with Isabelle Desjeux and Twardzik Chin Chor Leng; moderated by Tan Siuli) for Unearthed exhibition
Singapore Art Museum
2013
Between Conversations: Artist Roundtable
Panel conversation (with curator Louis Ho and Dr Susie Lingham) for Between Conversations exhibition
Yavuz Gallery
2011
Eternity: Q&A with Filmmakers **
Post-screening talk (with curator Victric Thng and Aishah Abu Bakar) at Eternity: 2nd Experimental Film Forum exhibition
The Substation
2008
Places, Still and Moving **
Artist’s talk for ROJAK 12: The Place Issue event
FARM and The Substation
Exhibitions & Screenings
** PARTICIPATING as perception3
Venues based in Singapore unless indicated
2022
Rebirth **
Singapore Night Festival 2022
Green space near National Museum of Singapore, 19-26 Aug
2021
The Story of a Place is in Its Name **
Arts in Your Neighbourhood: Pasir Ris
145 Pasir Ris St 11, 11 Mar-11 Apr
Curated by Stacey Huang and Susanna Tan
Work in Progress: Video Art in Southeast Asia **
SEED the Art Space, 30 Jan-7 Mar
Curated by Lourdes Samson
Re-written: The World Ahead of Us **
National Arts Council Public Art Trust commission
Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park, 22 Jan-6 Jun
Artist as Collector **
Singapore Art Week 2021
Gillman Barracks, 22-30 Jan
Curated by Dr Wang Ruobing
Bus.Stop.Art **
Singapore Art Week 2021
Bus stops along route 175 between Geylang Bahru and Gillman Barracks, 21 Jan-3 Feb
Curated by Merryn Trevethan and Amelia Abdullahsani
2020
National Day Light-Up **
Padang Atrium Canopy, National Gallery Singapore, 23 Jul-30 Aug
2019
Bridges of Time: iLight Singapore – Bicentennial Edition **
(with Michael Lee)
Cavenagh Bridge, 28 Jan-24 Feb
2018
You, Other; I, Another
The Private Museum, 18 May-24 June
Curated by Dr Susie Lingham
2016
An Atlas of Mirrors: Singapore Biennale 2016 **
Singapore Art Museum and other various locations, 27 Oct-26 Feb 2017
Curated by Michael Lee (Associate Curator); Dr Susie Lingham (Creative Director)
The Buried Mirror: 3rd Biennial de Montevideo **
Legislative Palace of Uruguay (Montevideo), 29 Sep-15 Jan 2017
Curated by Alfons Hug
Mizuma Gallery Showcase **
Art Stage Singapore 2016
Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre, 21-24 Jan
2015
Alchemy, A Collectors’ Showcase **
Helutrans Arts Space, 7-14 Dec
Contemporary Art Next Door **
Titian Budaya Festival
White Box, Publika (Kuala Lumpur), 20 Nov-13 Dec
Curated by Tang Fu Kuen
Urban:ness: Encountering the City **
Dubai Community Theatre and Arts Centre (Dubai), 21 Oct-10 Nov
Curated by Mukta Ahluwalia Bedi
What It Is About When It Is About Nothing **
Mizuma Gallery, 25 Sep-25 Oct
Curated by Michael Lee
Vernacula_ **
Ngee Ann Kongsi Galleries, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, 24 Apr-19 May
2014
Superposition(s) **
Earl Lu Gallery, LASALLE College of the Arts, 22 Mar-20 Apr
Curated by Kent Chan
Unearthed
Singapore Art Museum, 21 Mar-6 July
Text, Narrative, Image
Tate Collectives’ Source Spotlight Display
Tate Britain (London), 1-31 July
Yavuz Fine Art Showcase
Art Stage Singapore 2014
Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre, 16-19 Jan
2013
Between Conversations
Yavuz Fine Art, 31 Aug-22 Sep
Curated by Louis Ho
2012
Pulau (Back in the Closet) **
The Substation, 13-16 Sep
Curated by Ezzam Rahman
Pulau **
Kulturhuset (Stockholm), 31 Jul-3 Aug
Curated by Ezzam Rahman
Drive **
3rd Experimental Film Forum
The Substation, 9-17 June
Curated by Kent Chan
2011
Eternity **
2nd Experimental Film Forum
The Substation, 5 May
2010
Striking Distance
Lim Hak Tai Gallery, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, 10-18 June
2009
Pretext
2902 Gallery, 23 Dec-23 Jan 2010
2008
Time **
TickleArt, CityLink, 21 Aug-20 Oct
Digital Homelands **
National Museum of Singapore, 11 Jul-30 Sep
2007
We Are All Photographers Now
Musee de l’Élysée (Lausanne), 2 Feb-20 May
Singapore Lounge
A part of Tradition Fiction showcase, curated by Janos Fodor
Collegium Hungaricum (Berlin), 1 Mar-30 Apr
2006
Postcards from the Edge, 9th Edition
Visual AIDS Benefit Show
Sikkema Jenkins & Co. (New York City), 1-3 Dec
Curatorial Projects
2013
There, And Back Again
Visual arts showcase for U+ARTS: Retrospect
SMU Arts Festival 2013
Singapore Management University
As commissioning curator; with curator Ezzam Rahman
2012
Code Switch
Visual arts showcase for U+ARTS: Switch
SMU Arts Festival 2012
Singapore Management University
As commissioning curator; with curator Tang Ling Nah
2011
SMU Visual Arts Showcase
Singapore Writers Festival 2011
Singapore Management University
Pause: Works and Ideas in Progress
Visual arts showcase for U+ARTS: Start/Stop
SMU Arts Festival 2013
Singapore Management University
2009
Smoke and Mirrors: English-Language Theatre in Singapore
library@esplanade
As co-curator; with curator David Lie
2001 – 2011
ten/twentyfour
Annual lomography showcase
As co-curator from 2005-2011, with Seah Sze Yunn
Editorial Projects & Other Creative Contributions
** AUTHORED BY PERCEPTION3
2024
The Paradoxical Pleasures of Making Art for Public Space
Article for Check-In 2024
Published by Art & Market
Crafting Spaces of Agency, Solidarity, and Resilience
Article for Field Studies
Published by ArtsWok Collaborative
2023
Necessary Prisms: An Artist-Educator’s Perspective on Encountering, Speaking To & Learning About ‘Difference’
Afterword for Reimagining Singapore: Self & Society in Contemporary Art
Edited by Lum Chee Hoo, Twardzik Ching Chor Leng & Juliette Yu-Ming Lizeray
Published by Springer
Fostering Cultural Competence Through the Arts
Article for Community Inspirations
Published by ArtsWok Collaborative
2022
Artist’s Perspective **
Commentary for Guide to Commissioning Public Art
Published by National Arts Council
2021
Art in a Time of Emergency (Needs to be a Knife)
Essay for Beautiful, nice and interesting
MA FIne Arts 2021 Catalogue
Published by LASALLE College of the Arts
Dear Jenny
Letter-essay for Letter to My Mother
Edited by Felix Cheong
Published by Marshall Cavendish Editions
2019
Perception3: Artist’s Perspective on Art and Conflict **
Commentary for Can Art Aid in Resolving Conflicts? 100 Perspectives
Edited by Noam Lemelshtrich Latar, Jerry Wind, and Ornate Lev-Er
Published by Frame Publishers
2018
To My Future Self
Letter-essay and reading for Projections of the Past/Letters into the Future video project
Conceived and curated by Kristie Sim
2015
How far would you go to achieve peace?
Text contribution for 5 Stars: Art Reflects on Peace, Justice, Equality, Democracy and Progress exhibition, and artists community video
Produced by Singapore Art Museum
2010
Notes Towards a Museum of Cooking Pot Bay
Editorial advisory for Michael Lee’s artwork installation at Telok Blangah MRT Station
Land Transport Authority public art commission
A Measure of Love
Review of Zero Chou’s Drifting Flower
Published by Fridae.com
2009
Wolf Spirits
Interview with artist Genevieve Chua, for exhibition Raised by a Pack of Wolves
Published by Fridae.com
The Weight of an Empty Page
Essay and photographs for Singapore Architect, Issue 250
Edited by Kelley Cheng
Published by The Singapore Institute of Architects
2007
The Magical Spaces Project
Photography and text
Published by 5ft Creatives and Basheer Graphic Books
2003
Film
Essay on film history and genres for Aspiration Pathfinder project
Published by National Library Board