About Me

S.Chandrasekaran

Dr. S.Chandrasekaran is an accomplished academic with eighteen years of teaching experience in the field of arts education. He obtained his doctorate from Curtin University in 2007. Over the years, he had held several academic positions both in Singapore and overseas institutions. Currently, he is Head, McNally School of Fine Arts at LASALLE, College of the Arts, Singapore.

He had represented in major exhibitions such as Havana Biennial (Cuba), 1st Asia Pacific Triennial (Brisbane), Asia-Pacific Performance Art Festival (Canada), International Performance Art Festival(Poland), 49th Venice Biennale, and 8th Festival of Contemporary Art (Slovenia) and  Singapore Biennale 2016. He had worked on two major public artworks, World Sculpture Park at Changchun, China in 2001 and Little India MRT Station, Singapore, 2000. In 2019, he performed at Taipei University of Arts for the New Ben Arts Festival.

 In 2003, his performance art work titled Bioalloy and Body Performance was nominated for APBF Signature Art Prize (Singapore). He has been invited to attend several international conference and seminars – Biennale of Electronic Arts (Australia), 3rd Asia-Pacific Arts conference (Taipei) and XIV International Congress for Aesthetics (Slovena) and University of South Wales (Sydney). In 2015, he was invited as a keynote speaker for Cross Media Arts 2016 – 1st international Conference on Social Arts and Trans-disciplinarity at University of Evora, Portugal. In 2019, he was invited by University of Copahengan for Interdisciplinary Conference.

He is a Founder/Artistic Director for Biological Arts Theatre (BAT), which is a new media experimental theatre for Life Science, and Arts. His research interests are

  • Asian Aesthetics – Traditional Materials
  • Local Knowledge – Asian Thinking
  • Life Science and Art – Third Skin and Bacteria Painting
  • Experimental Theatre –DNA Music, DNA Textile and Virtual Reality
  • Cross-Cultural Studies in Performance Arts
  • Innovation in Arts Education and Community-Based Arts through Life Science
  • Ethnographic through Performance art
  • Ethnographic Studies: Orang Suku Luat

EDUCATION

Doctor of Creative Arts, Curtin University of Technology, 2002-2007

Master of Arts (Visual Arts), Curtin University of Technology, WA, 1994-1997

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Curtin University of Technology, 1988-1990

Diploma of Fine Arts, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, 1986-1988            

Diploma in Educational Psychology, Alison (Advance-Learning Center), 2013

Diploma in Business Management and Entrepreneur, Alison (Advance -learning Center), 2013

Certificate

Accounting for Non-Financial Managers, Singapore Institute of Management, 1999

Facilitation Skills for Leaders, Singapore Institute of Management, 1999

Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management, Alison(Advance-Learning Center), 2013

Academic Scholarships Award

  • Research Project Funding Grant, LaSalle College of Arts, 2014
  • Australian Post-Graduate Scholarship, Curtin University of Technology, 2007
  • Australian Post-Graduate Scholarship, Curtin University of Technology, 2006
  • Executive Dean’s Scholarship, Curtin University of Technology, 2005
  • Australian Post-Graduate Scholarship, Curtin University of Technology, 2004
  • Australian Undergraduate Scholarship ,Curtin University 1989
  • Ministry of Community Development and Lee Foundation, 1989

Honor Award

  • Young Artist’s Award, Singapore National Arts Council, 1993
  • JE & Maloney Travelling /Practicum Scholarship, John Curtin Gallery, 2004,
  • Chen Chong Swee Scholarship, 1998

WORK EXPERIENCE

LASALLE, College of the Arts, Singapore

  • Head, McNally School of Fine Arts, LASALLE, College of the Arts, Singapore (2016-present).
  • Senior Lecturer, Contextual Studies, Faculty of Fine Arts, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore (2014 –Present)
  • Part-time Lecturer, Department of Fine Arts/ Goldsmith’s College, University of London (2011-2013)

Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore

  • Senior Research Fellow, Institute of South East Asian Arts, NAFA, 2010-2011           
  • Head, Department of Fine Arts, Singapore, 2009-2010        

Curtin University, Western Australia

  • Part-Time Lecturer, Department of Visual Arts, 2002-2008

LaSalle-SIA, College of Arts, Singapore

  • Head, School of Fine Arts, 1999-2002
  • Senior Lecturer, Post-Graduate Coordinator (RMIT University) , LaSalle 1997-1999   
  • Lecturer/2-D Studies Coordinator, 1996—1994
EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT
  • Academic Board, 2016-present
  • Management Committee, 2016- present
  • Institute Board of Examiner Committee, 2016-present
  • Scholarships and Financial Assistance Committee, 2016-present
  • Academic Quality Assurance Committee, 2016-Present
  • Chairman/Chief Advisor, Southeast Asia Conference, Art and Action, 2017-2018
  • External Examiner, LaSalle College of Arts, 2006
  • Working Committee, Edutrust Committee, NAFA, 2011
  • Working Committee, Curriculum and Assessment Board, NAFA, 2011
  • Working Committee, Post Graduate Exhibition, Curtin University, 2003-2006
  • Chairperson, Advisory Committee Meeting for Strategies Development, LaSalle, 1999-2002
  • Chief Advisor, Artist-in-Residency and Artist Talks, LASALLE-SIA, 1999-2002
  • Chief Advisor, Degree & Diploma Exhibition committee, LASALLE-SIA, 1999-2002
  • Chief Advisor, Staff exhibition at Earl -Lu Gallery, LASALLE-SIA, 2000

AREAS OF TEACHING

Multi-disciplinary Studies

  • “Installation Art” workshop, Raffles Institution, Year 5-8, 2012
  • ‘Out of Box’ Workshop, Contemporary interpretations of traditional aesthetics, NAFA, 2011
  • ‘Bio-Art’ Workshop (Life Science and Arts), Raffles Institution, 2011
  • ‘Installation Art and Set Design’, Dance Department and Fine Arts Dept, NAFA,1994
  • ‘Installation Art- Sculpture, Painting and Drawing’, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and La-Salle Arts School, 1990

Cross-Institution Collaborations

  • Artist-in- Residency Program (Between Depart. Of Fine Art and Singapore Art Museum), NAFA, 2011
  • Singapore Art Museum’s permanent collections ( as part of teaching pedagogy with Art History program), NAFA 2011
  • Silpokorn University and Chulalongkorn University (staff and student exchange programs), LaSalle 2000
  • Canberra School of Arts(Student’s Exchange Program), 2000
  • International Institute of Fine Art, New Delhi, India (franchise Program), 1999

Scholarship Initiatives

  • Leadership in Art Practice, NAFA, 2011
  • Winston Ho Travel Grant, LaSalle,

Community Projects

  • Exhibition – LaSalle, Marine Parade Library and Singapore Institute of Management
  • The Food Festival Exhibition – LaSalle, Raffles City, INSEAD and Singapore Institute of Management

Executive Teaching

  • Guest Lecturer, COFA, University of South Wales Sydney, Drawing Connection II.
  • Guest Lecturer, ‘Installation and Performance Arts’, School of Arts and Craft, Madras, 1995
  • Guest Lecturer, Bio-Art Workshop, Atma Jaya University, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2008

DIRECTORSHIP

  • Artistic/ Director/Founder, Biological Arts Theatre (BAT), 2009- Present
  • Artistic Director/Founder, The Quasi-Living Group, 2007
  • Board of Director/Founder, The Arts Fission Company, 1998-2007
  • Artistic Director/Founder, The Arts Fission Company, 1994 –95

ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER/PANEL

  • Scientific Committee, Board Member for Cross Media Arts, University of Evora, Cross Media Arts 2016- present
  • ARTWALK Little India Advisory Panel 2016-present
  • Advisory Member, Istana Art, Singapore President Office, 2014-2017
  • Advisory Member, Internal validation for MA Asian Film Studies, 2014
  • Advisor, ADA Project, 2014
  • NAC Arts Advisory Panel, 2009-2012
  • LRT Arts Advisory Panel, 2009-2010
  • Advisor for Talent Advisory Panel for Visual Arts, People Association, 2002
  • Advisor, Community Developing Projects Committee – Marine Parade Library and Singapore Institute of Management,2001

JUDGING COMMITTEE

  • Judge, NUS Rag Day, 2010
  • Judge, RedBull Can, 2009
  • Judge, Japan Chamber Council Scholarship, 2000
  • Judge, Asean Art Awards, Philip Morris Group of Companies, Vietnam, 1999
  • Judge,  ‘Deepavali Best Decorated Shophouse Competiton’, Singapore Tourism Board, 1999
  • Judge, Asean Art Wards, Philip Morris Group of Companies, Singapore 1998

CURATORSHIP

  • Curator, Art Moves Season IV, Circular Gallery, 2018
  • Curator, Art Moves Season III, Circular Gallery, 2017
  • Curator, Art Moves Season II, Circular Gallery, 2016
  • Curator, Art Moves Season I, Circular Gallery, 2015
  • Curator, Socio-Criticism and Fictional Stories, Flaneur Gallery, Singapire 2015
  • Curator, Art Moves, TCC –LASALLE Collobration, Circular Art Gallery, Singapore, 2015
  • Curator, NAFA-LaSalle Show, 2010.
  • Coordinator, Post-graduate Exhibition, Curtin University, 2004
  • Curator, Della Butcher Award, 2000
  • Curator, Exhibition ‘EDGE’, 23th Diploma, LASALLE- SIA, College of Arts, 1999
  • Curator, Della Butcher Award, 1999
  • Curator, Exhibition ‘EDGE’, 23th Diploma, LASALLE- SIA, College of Arts, 1999
  • Curator, Della Butcher Award, 1999
  • Curator, ‘Thames and Hudson Young Artist Award Competition’ Thames & Hudson, Kinokuniya and Page One Bookshop, 1999
  • Curator, Exhibition “Bite”, 1998 Diploma show of LASALLE SIA, College of Arts, 1998
  • Curator, Indian Cultural Month (Visual Arts) organized by Ministry of Cultural Affairs,1990
  • Curator, Final year Diploma exhibition, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA),1994
  • Curator, Inter-Tertiary Exhibition, Singapore,1994

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Asian Aesthetics – Traditional Materials
  • Life Science and Art – Third Skin and Bacteria Painting
  • Experimental Theatre –DNA Music, DNA Textile and Virtual Reality
  • Cross-Cultural Studies in Performance Arts
  • Innovation in Arts Education and Community-Based Arts through Life Science
  • Ethnographic through Performance art
  • Ethnographic Studies: Orang Suku Luat

PRACTICE- BASED RESEARCH

Y2015-2017

  • Research Title : Voices of Orang Suku Laut
  • Research Focus : To create visual ethnography research through narratives
  • Support by : Island Foundation
  • Project Develop
  • To undertake research by collecting historical or geographical data of Orang Suku Laut. Also, It is about archiving stories that been told through myth, legends and folklores.  These stories bring out the veracity about the living that lies between two natural forces – land and sea

Y 2011-2012

  • Research Title : Infinite Saree
  • Research Focus:  To create a  Research-Oriented Theatre, Biological Arts Theatre
  • Support by  Grant : National Arts Council, The Arts Creation Fund 2011($44,000).
  • Project Develop
  • As the Artistic Director/Founder of Biological Arts Theatre (BAT), I launched the production titled Infinite Saree. BAT is a practice-led research platform that explores Asian Aesthetics through theatre, music and dance with technology and Life Science. With Infinite Saree project, I introduced the therukootu to examine the following issues – the vocabulary of Theatre practice in relation to Life Science and 3D film, the principles and application of research methodology in both disciplines and the argument/conformity for the association of the two disciplines. By doing so, we managed to bring two main outcomes, which provided new interpretations to Asian theatre practice and research – DNA Carnatic and DNA Saree

Y 2005

  • Research Title : 6th Finger
  • Research Focus:  To create a new genre in art practice through Science and Art.
  • Support by : National Arts Council, New  Media Art Project Grant ($10,000)
  • Project Develop
  • As a principal research, I was awarded a residency at SymboticA, UWA for a period one year. The project tilted was 6th finger, a new media exploration through scientific investigation. The project was designed to grow a plant out of animal cells.

Y 2003

  • Research Title : WAX CITY
  • Research Focus:  Artist Research Project to explore Asian Aesthetics
  • Support by :  Contemporary Asian Arts Center, Research Fellowship($30,000)
  • Project Develop
  • As a principal Researcher, I initiated a research project titled Wax City, which was supported by Contemporary Asian Arts Center. The project was undertaken with the following artists from various disciplines: Ahmed I, specializing in Asian film and television production; Restu Imansari Kusumaningrum, an Indonesian dancer/choreographer and landscape architect working with traditional and contemporary dance languages; Angelia Liong, a dancer/choreographer concerned with redefining the dance performance space in an Asian urban environment; Joyce Teo, an ethnomusicologist who specializes in gamelan music of Indonesia, and Venka Purushothaman, a writer dealing with contemporary  theories on urban and cultural spaces The project was aimed to explore the complexities that lies in exploring Asian Aesthetics.

CONFERENCE/ PANEL PRESENTATION

  • International Conference on Gender, Sexuality and Justice: Resilience in Uncertain Times, Chinese Hong Kong University, Hong Kong, 5 to 10 October 2019. Presented :Aravanis – A Living Female Avatar
  • The Future of Bharatanatyam: The Role of Technology in the Development of Dance Education, National University, Singapore, 14 Oct.2018. Panel Presentation
  • Art and Action : Contemporary Art and Discourse in Southeast Asia, LASALLE, College of the Arts, Singapore, 3 to 5 Dec. 2018. Panel Presentation
  • The Asian Conference on Cultural Studies, Art Center Kobe, Kobe, Japan, Friday, June 1 – Sunday, June 3, 2018
  • International Conference for Performing and Visual Arts, University of, Kuala Lumur, Malaysia, 8 to12 January 2018
  • 3rd Academic International Conference on Multi-Disciplinary Studies and Education, Oxford University. 17 to 19 August 2017
  • “Seeing  through DNA technology – Dna Saree and Dna Carnatic”, Second International Multidisciplinary Research Conference, International Center for Research & Development, Sri Lanka. 2017
  •  “Akar Theory – Understanding identities through cultural contradictions”, 2nd “Solidarity, Memory and Identity” International Interdisciplinary Conference (Poland), 13 – 18 September 2016.
  • Innovative thinking  through Life Science, International Conference in Social Arts and Trans disciplinary, University of Evora, Portugal, June 22 to June 23, 2016
  • Cultural Ethnography – Understanding local knowledge through Akar Theory” 
  • International Conference on Local Knowledge (ICLK), Universiti Sains Malaysia in collaboration with Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB). 13/10/15 to 16/10/15
  • Maafkan Saya, saya mau salawatt (I am sorry, I need to pray), CEAD 2014: Sensual Landscapes of Ethnography, University of Waikato, NZ, 2014
  • ‘Many Arms :Self and Others’, NIE, Singapore, 2012
  • ‘Infinite Saree’, Seminar, Goodman Arts Center, Singapore 2012
  • ‘Bioally and Body Peformance’, APB Signature Art Prize Conference, Singapore Art Museum, 2008
  • ‘Bio-alloy and Body Performance’, BEAP(Bio as Stillness) Conference, Perth, 2007
  • ‘Ethics as Mediation Process’, Shanghai IACSS Conference, Center for Contemporary Culture Studies, Shanghai University, 2007
  • ‘Ethics as Negotiated Order’, Seminar, Curtin University of Technology, 2006
  • ‘Many Arms’, Eye –Site Conference, University of Sydney, 2005
  •  ‘Many Arms’, 3rd Asia-Pacific Arts Forum, Taipei, 2005
  • ‘Many Arms’, Body Politics Conference, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 2004
  • ‘Many Arms’, Drawing Conference, University of South Wales, Sydney, 2003,
  • ‘Funding’, Friday Event, Substation, 2000
  • ‘Body and Space’, Artist Talk, Singapore Art Museum, 1999
  • ‘Artists- Rewards, Excellence and Fortune’, Seminar, Center of Art, Singapore, 1999
  • ‘A Red Pregnant Parasite’, , XIV International Congress for Aesthetics Conference, Slovena, 1998
  • ‘Current Asian Art’, Artist Conference, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Japan,1997
  • ‘Current Contemporary Art in Asia’, Artist Conference, Asia Cultural Center in Cuba,1997
  • ‘Asia Performance Art’, Artist Conference, Le Lieu Art Gallery, Canada,1997
  • ‘Singapore Art and its Movements, Artist Conference, International Symposium, South Korea,1996
  • ‘Artist’s Panel Speaker’, September Art Festival , Substation, Singapore 1996
  • ‘Arts in Singapore’, School of Arts and Craft, Madras.1995
  • ‘Ritual Spaces-Signs and Symbols’, Creative Seminar, Faculty of Architecture, NUS,1994

PUBLICATIONS

Published Publications

Infinite Saree, 2012

Living Stories, 2012

Locating Self through Performance Art, LAP, 2009

Man and Modern Myth: A Dialogue, , 1994

Published Article/Journal

  • Innovative thinking through Life Sciences: Process of UnLearning, pp 306-315, Cross Media Arts, Social Arts and Interdisciplinarity, Caleidoscopip, Edidcao E Artes Grapicas, SA, Portugal, 2018.
  • ‘Innovative Learning in Arts Education and Community-Based Arts through Life Science” International E-Journal, Advances in Education.Vol 1, No. 2(2015), pp 84-94  http://ijaedu.ocerintjournals.org/issue/view/5000013352
  • Singapore Eye: Contemporary Singapore Art”, a publication featuring the works of 62 contemporary Singapore artists, 2014 
  • Sakti Principle as Posthumanism : Real Body and UnReal Body, Aesthetics,

Experimentation and Innovation in Indian Art, Oct.2011

  • Striking Distance, Post Graduate Catalogue, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, July 2010
  • Bedlam Lull, Diploma Graduate Catalogue, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, July 2010

EXHIBITION

Solo Exhibition

  • INFINITE SAREE, Goodman Arts Center, (Theatre Project), 2012
  • LIVING STORIES, Substation, Singapore, 2012
  • AKASA, Earl Lu Gallery. LASALLE-SIA, College of the Arts, Singapore, 2002
  • ICONS, Fort Canning Gallery, Singapore, 1996
  • MADRAS MADLEY, Lalit Kala Academy, Madras, India, 1994

Group Exhibition

  • Rendezous 1: #supporttheaffair, Telor Ayer Arts Club, 2019
  • Creaturphor, SiteEight, RMIT, Melbourne, 2018
  • “still like a hummingbird”, ICAN, Jakarata, 2018
  • Singapore Biennale 2016, Singapore Art Museum, 2016
  • Small Ideas, Sabanci University, Istanbul 2014
  • Campaign City: Life In Posters, NLB, Singapore 2013
  •  Intersecting Histories, ADM Gallery, Singapore, 2012
  • Festival of Contemporary Art, Art Stays (Infinite Saree – Asia Pavilion), Ptuj,2012,
  • Salon 1112,  Earl Lu Gallery, Mezzanine Level, LASALLE College of the Arts, 2012
  • Prized Collection, Modern Masters of Singapore, Black Earth Museum, Singapore, 2011
  • NAFA-LASALLE Exhibition, Lim Hak Tai Gallery, Singapore, 2010
  • exist-ence: a festival of performance art, Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane 2010
  • ArtStays , 8th Festival of Contemporary Art, Putji, Slovena, 2010
  • NAFA Staff show, Lim Hak Tai Gallery, Singapore, 2009
  • APB Signature Art Prize, Singapore Art Museum, 2008
  • doFA 07,  John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University of Technology, WA,  2007
  • ‘I think I see II’, Bead Postgraduates Art Exhibition, Curtin University, 2006
  • ‘I think I see’, Bead Postgraduates Art Exhibition, Curtin University of Technology, 2005
  • Alchemies, Post-Graduate Conference, Curtin University, WA, 2004
  • Sharjah International Biennial, Expo Centre, Sharjah, UAE, 2003
  • Drawing Connections II, College of Fine Arts, IDRI, UNSW, 2003
  • Selected Work, “Reclining Yogini” for Official Opening of NUS Museum, 2002
  • Selected Work, “Open Akasa”, Drawing for 10th Asian Art Biennale, Bangladesh, 2002
  • ‘Creation & Voice of the Wood 2002’, Yokohama International Open Air Exhibition, 2002
  • Portrait Reassessed’, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore, 2002
  • The Exhibition of GeumGang Nature Art Project, 2002
  •  ‘Outdoor Banner Event Artist and Poets’, 49th Venice Biennale, International
  • Artist’s Museum and The City of Venice, 2001
  • ‘Water Nature’, China Changchun International Sculpture Symposium, 2001
  • Artist Congress, Collaboration Asia-Europe in Art and Environment, 2000
  • RONG, Tejakula, Bali, Indonesia, 2000
  • Construction in Process – The Earth is a Flower, Bydgoszcz, Poland, 2000
  • ‘From the Asian Forest’ , 2nd Yokohama International Open Air Exhibition, 2000
  • ‘Trimurti & Ten Years After’, Singapore Art Museum, 1999
  • Carte Blanche, Alliance Francaise, Singapore, 1999
  • Praxis, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore, 1999
  • New faces of Asia, Lublin,Poland, 1999
  • Celebration, 50 Years, Singapore Indian Fine Arts, Singapore, 1999
  • Sculpture Square, Waterloo Center, Singapore, 1999
  • Nokia Singapore Art 1999, National Art Council, Singapore, 1999
  • Nature Art Indoor Exhibition, Konju Culture and Art Hall, Korea, 1999
  •  ‘Provocative Things’, 3D Biennial Exhibition, Sculpture Square, Singapore, 1999
  • ‘Telok Kuaru Open House Exhibition’, Telok Kuaru Studio, Singapore,1998
  • ‘Semosis’, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore,1998
  • ‘Tomorrow’s Realism’, Telok Kuaru Studio, Singapore,1998
  • Art in Southeast Asia, Museum of Contemporary Tokyo, Japan, 1997
  • Sixth Havana Biennal, Cuba, 1997
  • Art Power, Chimjes, organised by Substation, Singapore, 1997
  • Look, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore, 1996
  • New Faculty, La Salle Gallery, Singapore, 1995
  • Singapore Art Fair, Suntec City, Singapore, 1995
  • Australian Graduates, Australian High Commission, Singapore, 1994
  • A New Journey to the West, French Arts Festival, All-Round France.1993
  • 1st Asia-Pacific Triennial, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.1993
  • Chitra – Kala, NAFA Gallery, organized by Nrityalaya Aesthetics Society,1991
  • Les Extremes Se Touchent, Six Artists Exhibition, Arts Affairs, Singapore,1990
  • Indian Cultural Month, Orchard Point, Ministry of Cultural Affairs,1990
  • Crossroads II, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Singapore1990
  • Crossroads Exhibition, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA), WA, 1989
  • Drawing Shows, Artists’ Village, Singapore, 1989
  • Trimutri Exhibition, Goethe Institute, Singapore,1988
  • 5thAsean Exhibition of Painting and Photography, MCD, Singapore,1988
  • Quintet Exhibition, Singapore Arbour Fine Art Gallery, Singapore,1987
  • Singapore Heritage Week Art Festival, Singapore, 1987
  • Lioness Nursing Home Charity Exhibition, Hyatt Regency, Singapore,1987
  • Environmental Art Workshop and Exhibition, MCD , Singapore, 1985
  • 1st Sculpt. Workshop and Exhibition, Ministry of Culture and LaSalle Art Ct, 1984

Performance/Installation

  • ‘Circle of Multiple Realities- I am a Tawainese’, Taipei National University of Arts, Taipei, Taiwan, 2019
  • ‘Unwalked Boundarie’s, Singapore Art Musuem, Singapore Biennale 2016
  • Peristaltsis Bodies/Peristaltic Pumps, Putji, Slovena, 2010.
  • Bleeding Angel, Signature Art Prize, Singapore Art Museum, 2008
  • Bleeding Angel, BEAP2007 (Bio as Stillness), The Bakery, Perth, WA, 2007
  • Bioalloy and Body :The Bleeding Tent, Unternehmenspark, Kassel GmbH, 2007
  • Bioalloy and Body :The Bleeding Tent, Chiostro di S. Giobbe, Venice, 2007
  • After Urban, Video Art & Architecture, University of Pennsylvania,USA, 2007
  • Bioalloy and the Body Performance, p-10 Space A Gallery, Singapore, 2006
  • ‘Bleeding Mandala’, 3rd Asia Pacific Arts Forum, Taipei, Taiwan, 2005
  • ‘Bleed to Walk’, , Lulea Sommer Biennal, Sweden, 2005
  • ‘Bleeding in Circle’, Nitiprayan, Jogyakarta, Indonesia, 2005
  • ‘Cosmic Bug III’. Scotland International Festival of Live Arts, Glasgow, 2005
  •  ‘TULCA – Video Live Art’, Tulca Season of Visual Art, Galway, Ireland, 2005
  • ‘Cosmic Bug’, Sharjah Internationa Biennial, Expo Centre, UAE,2003
  • ‘Cosmic Bug II’, Midland Live Art, Midland, WA,2003
  • “Red Pregnant Parasite II’,  Floating Chimeras, Edsvik, Swede, 2002
  • ‘Red Bleeding Parasite’, EV+A Gallery, Limerick, Ireland, 2002
  • ‘Creation & Voice of the Wood 2002’, Yokohama International Open Air Exhibition, 2002
  • ‘Portrait of Consumption’, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore, 2002
  • Red Pregnant Parasite II’ , Floating Chimeras, Edsvik, Sweden, 2001
  • ‘Red Hybrid Bug’, – Project too 2 , Gallery Evasion, Singapore, , 2001
  • ‘Asrti-Bumi I’, RONG, Tejakula, Bali, Indonesia, 2000
  • ‘Astri-Bumi II’, Construction in Process, The Earth is a Flower, Bydgoszcz, Poland, 2000
  • ‘From the Asian Forest’ organized by ‘The Creation and Voice of the Wood’, 2000
  • 2nd  Yokohama International Open Air Exhibition, 2000
  • ‘Trimurti & Ten Years After’, Singapore Art Museum, 1999
  • ‘Reunion’, International Nature Art, Kongju, Korea, 1999
  • ‘Red Parasite No.2 – Man in Red’, International Nature Art, Kongju, Korea, 1999
  • ‘A Red Pregnant Parasite’, Cankarjev Dom, , Ljubljana,Slovenia, 1998
  • ‘Parasite II’, Art in Southeast Asia, Museum of Contemporary Tokyo, Japan, 1997
  • ‘Waiting’, Asia House, Havana,Cuba, 1997
  • ‘Pregnant Tree’, Langauge Plus,Alma, Canada, 1997
  • ‘Pregnant Parasite’, Le Lieu, Quebec, Canada, 1997
  • ‘Pregnant Parasite’, Granby,Canada, 1997
  • ‘Pregnant Parasite’, Music Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 1997
  •  ‘Yoni’, International Nature Art Symposium, Kwanju, South Korea, 1996
  • ‘Bug’, Fort Canning Gallery, Singapore, 1996
  •  ‘Flower-Eater’, Dance Space, Substation, Singapore, 1996
  • ‘God of Rubbish’, International &Environmental Symposium, Chongju, S. Korea, 1996
  • ‘Parasite’, September Festival, Substation, Singapore, 1996
  • ‘Yoni’, International Nature Art Symposium, Kwanju, South Korea , 1995
  • ‘Shrine’, Mahabaratha Performance – Rice, Drama Center, Singapore, 1995
  • ‘Womb’, Cholamandal Artist Village, Madras, India, 1994
  • A New Journey to the West’, French Arts Festival, Raffles City, Singapore, 1993
  • ‘Duality’, 1st Asia-Pacific Triennial, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia, 1993
  • ‘Civilization of UnDead’, September Art Festival, Substation, Singapore, 1993
  • ‘5-C’s’, 2nd Sculpture Seminar, NAFA Art Gallery, Singapore, 1993
  • ‘Inner Journey” Bagiuo Art Center, Philippines, 1993
  • ‘One’ Performance, Shimane, Japan, 1992
  • Kala Chakra’(Wheel of Time), Black Box, Fort Canning, Singapore, 1991
  • ‘Serve The Nature’, Substation, Singapore, 1991
  • ‘Bindu’ (The Third Eye), British Council, Singapore, 1991
  • ‘Life of Web’, World Trade Center, Singapore Dance Festival, 1991
  • ‘Visarjana’, Orchard Point Gallery, Singapore, 1990
  • ‘Death of a Tree’, Empress Place Museum, Singapore, 1990
  • ‘Borobudur’, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore, 1990
  • ‘Yogi’ (The Seeker), Portland Sculpture Park, Portland, England, 1990
  • ‘Yantra’, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth, Western Australia, 1989
  • Deconstruction Performance, Goethe Institute, Singapore, 1988
  • ‘Ritual Art II’, Ying-Yang Festival, NUS, Singapore, 1987
  • ‘Ritual Art’, Heritage Week, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore, 1987

AWARDS

Research Grant

  • Third Person: Interpreting Transgendered bodies Between Narratives in South India, $10,000 by LASALLE Research Grant, 2014
  • New Arts Creation Grant (National Arts Council), $50,000, Infinite Saree, 2012 (Life Science Theatre Project), 2012
  • National Arts Council and University of Western Australia, $7500, Bleeding Angel, (Third Skin and Cyborgian System), 2007
  • New Media Grant (National Arts Council), SGD10,000 , SymbioticA Residency program, (Life Science and Sculpture), 2005
  • “Wax City”- Multi-Disciplinary Project, $30,000, Contemporary Asian Arts Centre, LASALLE-SIA, College of the Arts, 2003

Professional Practice Grant

  • Conference grant,$3000, Bandung, Indonesia, 2015
  • Conference grant , $3000, Istanbul, Turkey, 2014
  • Travel grant,$2500, Atma Jaya University, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2008
  • Travel grant, $7500, Kassel (Documenta) and Venice Biennale, 2007
  • Conference grant, $800 “Day of Provocation Conference”, Curtin University, WA, 2005
  • Conference grant, $800, ‘Palimpsest’, Curtin University of Technology, WA, 2004
  • Conference grant, $800 ‘Alchemies’, Curtin University of Technology, WA, 2003
  • Travel grant, $2500, Drawing Connection II, University of New South Wales, 2003
  • Travel grant, $2500, ‘Asrti-Bumi’, RONG, Tejakula, Bali, Indonesia, 2001
  • Travel grant, $5000, Construction Process (Poland),2000,
  • Travel grant, $5000 ‘New faces of South East Asia’, Poland 1999
  • Travel grant, $5000, ‘International Nature Art Symposium’, Korea, 1999
  • Travel grant, $3000 XIV. International Congress for Aesthetics. Ljubljana, Slovena, 1998
  • Travel grant, $5000, ‘Asia-Pacific Performances ’97, Canada, 1997
  • Travel grant, $5000, Sixth Havana Biennale, Cuba, 1996
  • Travel grant, $2500, International Nature Art Symposium Kwanju, Seoul
  • Travel grant, $3000, Baguio Art Festival, Philippine, 1993
  • Travel grant, $10,000, French Arts Festival, France, 1993

Commissioned Public Works

Local

  • Little India MRT Station, ‘Memoirs of the Past’, 2001
  • Singapore Dance Festival, ‘A Grain of Rice’, Stage Design, 1991

International

  • World Sculpture Park, Changchun, China, ‘Water for Nature’, Bronze 2001
  • Portland Quarry Sculpture Trust and National Museum Art Gallery, UK, ‘Yogi’, Stone, 1990