SAMRATTAMA (Samrat IRZHASSOV) SAMRATTAMA (Samrat Irzhassov) is a Kazakh artist and musician whose performances lie at the intersection of music, theatre and contemporary art. His lyrics intertwine the Kazakh and Russian languages to reflect personal explorations of identity and native culture, while his music experiments with multiple genres.
Vennes CHEUNG Dr Vennes Cheng Sau Wai is a Hong Kong-based scholar and curator, currently teaching in the Division of Arts and Machine Creativity at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Formerly Associate Curator of Hong Kong Visual Culture at M+ Museum, her research spans modern and contemporary art in Hong Kong and China, diaspora studies, artist archives, and mnemonic contingency. Cheng was a research fellow in the joint Goethe-Institut, documenta Institut, and documenta Archiv fellowship in 2021, […]
Vivian TING Dr Vivian Ting is an independent curator and researcher. Her research explores the role of arts and culture in shaping public life in Hong Kong. She collaborates with universities and art organisations to develop curatorial projects that foster diverse narratives of local history through creative approaches. Ting has participated in numerous art initiatives, including 20/20 Hong Kong Print Art Exhibition (2020), Here and There: Re-imagining Hong Kong Landscapes (2022) and Souvenirs de Choses: Leung Mee Ping Solo Exhibition […]
Alicia TENG Alicia Teng serves as Deputy Director of the Community and Access team which oversees access initiatives, volunteer management and community engagement at National Gallery Singapore. Since 2018, she has led the development of various access and wellness initiatives at the Gallery, such as ‘Slow Art’, ‘Art with You’ and the Gallery Calm Room, working in close partnership with community stakeholders to better engage with diverse communities at the Gallery. Her 15 years of art administration experience include marketing, […]
Erica LAI Erica Lai serves as Assistant Director of Programmes at Singapore Art Museum, where she oversees the development and implementation of the museum’s public, curatorial and access programmes, fostering thoughtful engagement with contemporary art for diverse communities. Prior to her current role, she led the Curatorial Programmes team at National Gallery Singapore, where she was also a founding member of its Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) taskforce, contributing to the development of museum-wide policies and educational initiatives. A […]
Mooni Perry Mooni Perry is a visual artist and filmmaker based in Berlin and Seoul. Her work explores ‘double-fallen’ identities – those who exist between categories of gender, history and belonging – through moving image, East Asian cosmology, and speculative fiction. She co-founded Asian Feminist Studio for Art and Research, a decentralised platform supporting interdisciplinary collaborative practices. Her recent film EL (2025), exhibited at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, revisits the lives of Korean women in former […]
Keiko Higashi Keiko Higashi is the Head of Engagement at Arnolfini, a contemporary arts centre at Bristol. She joined the organisation in 2020 following roles at The New Art Gallery Walsall, Turner Contemporary and the Powell-Cotton Museum. She also led Hounslow’s ‘Creative People and Places’ programme and served as Director of the participatory arts company Project Phakama. Through these roles, she has become a specialist in inclusive engagement practice with a particular focus on supporting the conditions for meaningful community […]
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