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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Co-founder, dblspce, studio residency and mentorship programme, Singapore (2021 - present)

Programme Leader (BA (Hons) Fine Art) / Senior Lecturer, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Singapore (2025 - present)

Programme Leader (Fine Art) / Senior Lecturer, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Singapore (2022 - 2024)

Programme Leader (Fine Art) / Lecturer, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Singapore (2016 - 2021)

Manager, Communications, NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore (2014 - 2016) 

Programme Manager & Assistant Curator, OH! Open House, Singapore (2011 – 2012) 

Senior Executive (Curatorial), Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, LASALLE College of the Arts (2010 - 2011)

Assistant Manager (Corporate Communications), National Heritage Board, Singapore (2008 - 2010) 

Writer/Researcher, Inter Press Service (Asia-Pacific), Bangkok, Thailand (2005)

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

across the way: Salty Xi Jie Ng (curator), starch, Singapore (2023)

Unpacked: Melati Suryodarmo (curator), ShanghART Gallery, Singapore (2023)

While She Quivers (curator), Objectifs - Centre for Photography and Film, Singapore (2022)

the earth and her skin: Priyageetha Dia (curator), Art Porters Gallery, Singapore (2020)

Dancing Alone (Don’t Leave Me): Susie Wong (curator), Objectifs - Centre for Photography and Film, Singapore (2020) 

Image+Body: exhibition and performance (curator), Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore (2018)

5 Rehearsals for a Wedding: Kray Chen (curator), Objectifs - Centre for Photography and Film, Singapore (2012)

Artist Resource Platform: Bring it to Life (co-curator), NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore (2015)

Residency as method (curator), Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore (2015)

Occupy Tiong Bahru (co-curator), OH! Open House, Singapore (2012)

Touch Points (curator), Evil Empire, Singapore (2011)

PUBLICATIONS

Oblique (co-curator and editor), paperback, 226 pages, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore (2020)

ellipsis journal: Issue B (co-curator and editor), 2 colour risograph printing, 52 pages, softcover, London/Singapore (2015)

ellipsis journal: Issue A (co-curator and editor), 2 colour risograph printing, 48 pages, softcover, London/Singapore (2014)​

SELECT WRITING AND TEXT CONTRIBUTIONS

Curatorial notes for across the way, starch (2023)

Exhibition text, Unpacked: Melati Suryodarmo, ShanghART Gallery, Singapore (2023)

Curatorial essay and published interview for While She Quivers, Objectifs - Centre for Photography and Film (2022)

Curatorial essay for the earth and her skin, Art Porters Gallery (2020)

Endnotes: A Conversation Between Geraldine Kang and Kimberly Shen, Oblique, paperback, 226 pages (2020)

To Dance Alone, curatorial essay for Dancing Alone (Don’t Leave Me), Objectifs - Centre for Photography and Film (2020)

Residency as method, curatorial essay for The Art Incubator 6: Residency as method, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore (2015)

Afterimage: Contemporary Photography from Southeast Asia (Singapore: Singapore Art Museum), Trans-Asia Photography Review, Volume 5, Issue 2, 89pp (2014)

TALKS & CONFERENCES (PRESENTER AND PANELLIST)

Methods of care: Feminist curating as an embodied transference of language and knowledge (presenter), RNUAL Summer Symposium, University of the Arts London (2024)

Building Independent Creative Spaces in Singapore (panellist), Deepcuts Creative Grassroot Conference, Singapore (2024)

Attending to Identity (presenter and panellist), Arts and Design Practice Research Exchange, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Singapore (2023)

Knowledge and Inquiry (KI) Symposium 2021 (keynote presenter), Ministry of Education, Singapore (2021)

DAR:E (Diversity in Artistic Research: Exposition) (presenter), Norwegian University of Science and Technology / Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore (2021)

Stay-Home Sessions (SHS) Panel Discussion: The Curators (panellist), Singapore (2020)

Self-Publishing in Singapore: Publishing as an expanded form (presenter), Singapore Art Book Fair, NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore (2014)

TALKS & CONFERENCES (MODERATOR)

Pandemic Precarity and Care (moderator), Art & Design Practice Research Exchange, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Singapore (2024)

spirited gatherings and dream visitation candy-making with ila, Salty, XUE and Kimberly Shen (moderator), across the way, starch, Singapore (2023)

Artist Conversation: Unpacking Feminine Auto/narratives (moderator), Objectifs: Centre for Photography and Film, Singapore (2022)

In Conversation with Susie Wong and Faith Ng (moderator), Dancing Alone (Don’t Leave Me), Objectifs: Centre for Photography and Film, Singapore (2020) Curator and Artist Talk with Kray Chen (moderator), 5 Rehearsals of a Wedding, Objectifs: Centre for Photography and Film, Singapore (2018)

MENTORSHIP

Curatorial Mentor, Student Curatorial Project, School of the Arts, Singapore (2022-23)

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