Terry Lee (Graduated in 2020)

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Terry Lee is the founder of Art Seasons, a contemporary art gallery in Singapore that represents Chinese and Southeast Asian contemporary artists. Before he founded Art Seasons in 2001, Terry had carved out a successful career in the gemstones, jewellery and fashion industries. He was a top executive with more than 25 years of professional Read more....

Dorit Ginat (Graduated in 2020)

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Since moving to Singapore in 2012, Dorit Ginat has been involved in the arts as a docent at the Singapore Art Museum and Gillman Barracks arts cluster as well as a freelance art consultant. Pursuing a second MA degree in Asian Art Histories was a natural development for her, with the hope to widen and enrich her knowledge of the art in the region. Prior to her shift towards the arts, Dorit worked for Read more....

2021 Theses

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Name: Masturah Sha’ari Thesis Title: Spirit of Collectivism: Malay Art Societies in Singapore, 1940s-1970s Thesis Abstract Art societies played a pivotal role in the development and art practices of artists in Singapore in the early years. The Malay art societies were especially important during a period when the art scene centred around the dominant Nanyang discourse and overlooked artists Read more....

Curating and Exhibiting Asian Diaspora Artists: Forum and Book Talk

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Online event Monday, 2 November 2020, 7:30pm – 9:30pm Since the 1980s, there has been a significant rise in the number of exhibitions and trans-national projects that presented diaspora as a theme or featured diasporic artists, including, most recently, DIASPORA: Exit, Exile, Exodus of Southeast Asia, which was held at MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum and Lucid Dreams and Distant Visions: South Read more....

2020 Theses

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Name: Alison Marrinan Thesis Title: Water and Society through the Eco-aesthetics of Contemporary Art in the Mekong Region Thesis Abstract This thesis investigates, through a political ecology lens, how contemporary artists Lim Sokchanlina, Khvay Samnang, Bounpaul Phothyzan and Korakrit Arunanondchai variously question three prominent realms of power – neoliberalism, anthropogenic climate change Read more....