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2nd Singapore Biennale: List of Artists

The links under the biographies directly lead
to the works shown in the Singapore Biennale.

Aktan Abdykalykov & Ernest Abdyjaparov
A. Abdykalykov: * 1957 Kountouou, Kyrgyzstan. Lives in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
E. Abdyjaparov: * 1961 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; lives there.
- City Hall, - South Beach

Shirin Aliabadi & Farhad Moshiri
S. Aliabadi: * 1973 Tehran, Iran; lives there.
F. Moshiri * 1963 Shiraz, Iran. Lives in Tehran.
- City Hall

Shaarbek Amankul
* 1959 Kyrgyzstan. Lives in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
- South Beach

Alfredo Juan Aquilizan & Maria Isabel Gaudinez-Aquilizan
A.J. Aquilizan: * 1962 Cagayan Valley, Philippines.
M. I. Gaudinez-Aquilizan: * 1965 Manila, Philippines.
They live in Brisbane, Australia.
- Containart Pavilion, - South Beach

Nadiah Bamadhaj
* 1968 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. Lives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- City Hall

Shigeru Ban
* 1957 Tokyo, Japan. Lives there and in Paris, France.
- Containart Pavilion

Hans Op de Beeck
* 1969 Turnhout, Belgium. Lives in Brussels, Belgium.
- Containart Pavilion

Isak Berbic
* 1983 Bosnia. Lives in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
- South Beach

Luchezar Boyadjiev
* 1957 Sofia, Bulgaria; lives there.

Daniel Buren
* 1938 Boulogne-Billancourt, France. Lives in Paris, France.

Gary Carsley
* 1957 Brisbane, Australia. Lives in Sydney, Australia, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Containart Pavilion, - City Hall

Chaw Ei Thein, Richard Streitmatter-Tran & Aung Ko
Chaw Ei Thein: * 1969 Myanmar; lives there.
R. Streitmatter-Tran * 1972 Bien Hoa, Vietnam. Lives in Ho-Chi-Minh-City, Vietnam.
Aung Ko: * 1969 Myanmar; lives there.
- South Beach

Cheo Chai-Hiang
* 1946 Singapore; lives there.
- South Beach

Heman Chong
* 1977 Muar, Malaysia; raised in Singapore; lives there.
- South Beach

Lena Cobangbang
* 1976 Manila, Philippines; lives there.
- South Beach

Søren Dahlgaard
* 1973 Copenhagen, Denmark; lives there.
- South Beach

Desiree Dolron
* 1963 The Netherlands; lives there.
- City Hall

E-Chen
* 1966 Taiwan. Lives in California, USA.
- City Hall

Leandro Erlich
* 1973 Buenos Aires, Argentina. Lives there and in Paris, France.
- South Beach

Ryuro Fukuda
* 1975 Japan.
- City Hall

Tarek Al-Ghoussein
* 1962 Kuwait, Palestinian. Lives in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
- South Beach

Rachel Goh
* 1976 Singapore; lives there.
- City Hall

Rick Hadlow
* 1954 Australia; lives there.
- City Hall

Jong Geun Han
* 1971 Korea. Lives in Gwangju, Korea.
- City Hall

Jeppe Hein
* 1974 Copenhagen, Denmark. Lives in Berlin, Germany.

Layla Juma
* 1977 Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; lives there.
- South Beach

Ilya & Emilia Kabakov
I. Kabakov: * 1933 Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine.
E. Kabakov: * 1945 Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine.
They live in New York, USA, and Paris, France.
- Containart Pavilion

Deborah Kelly
* 1962 Melbourne, Australia. Lives in Sydney, Australia.
- Public Space

Willie Koh & Tang Ling Nah
W. Koh: * 1971 Singapore; lives there.
Tang: * 1971 Singapore; lives there.
- South Beach

Hans Peter Kuhn
* 1952 Kiel, Germany. Lives in Berlin, Germany.
- Public Space

Clare Langan
* 1967 Dublin, Ireland; lives there.
- City Hall

Dinh Q. Lê
with Tran Quoc Hai and Le Van Danh
Dinh Q. Lê: * 1968 Ha-Tien, Vietnam. Lives in Los Angeles, USA, and Ho-Chi-Minh City, Vietnam.
- South Beach

Jane Lee
* 1963 Singapore; lives there.
- City Hall

Lee Yong Deok
* 1956 Korea. Lives in Seoul, Korea.
- City Hall

Liew Kung Yu
* 1960 Jitra, Malaysia. Lives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- City Hall

Anthony McCall
* 1946, United Kingdom. Lives in the USA.
- Containart Pavilion

Isaac Montoya
* 1963 Burgos, Spain. Lives in Madrid, Spain.
- Public Space

Fujiko Nakaya
* 1933 Sapporo, Japan. Lives in Tokyo, Japan.
- Public Space

Marielle Neudecker
* 1965 Düsseldorf, Germany. Lives in London and Bristol, United Kingdom.
- City Hall

Leeroy New
* 1986 Philippines; lives there.
- City Hall

Nguyen Quang Huy
* 1971 Vietnam; lives there.
- South Beach

Charly Nijensohn
* 1966 Buenos Aires, Argentina. Lives in Berlin, Germany.
- City Hall

Sherman Ong
* 1971 Malaysia. Lives in Singapore.
- City Hall

Pham Ngoc Duong
* 1976 Vietnam; lives there.
- City Hall

Wit Pimkanchanapong
* 1976 Bangkok, Thailand; lives there.
- City Hall

Srinivasa Prasad
* 1974 Bangalore, India; lives there.
- City Hall

Sergio Prego
* 1969 San Sebastián, Spain. Lives in New York, USA.
- City Hall

Shubigi Rao
* 1975 Mumbai, India. Lives in Singapore.
- South Beach

Ki-Bong Rhee
* 1957 Korea. Lives in Seoul, Korea.
- City Hall

Faisal Samra
* 1956 Bahrain; familiy of Saudi Arabian origin. Lives in Bahrain.
- South Beach

Marie Sester
* 1955 France. Lives in Los Angeles, USA.
- City Hall

Lieko Shiga
* 1980 Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Lives in London, United Kingdom.
- City Hall

Suha Shoman
* 1944 Jerusalem; Palestinian. Lives in Amman, Jordan.
- South Beach

spell#7 & Evan Tan
spell#7: founded in 1997 by Paul Rae and Kaylene Tan.
Paul Rae: * 1973 United Kingdom.
Evan Tan: * 1971 Singapore.
Kaylene Tan: * 1973 Singapore.
They live in Singapore.
- Public Space

Kiran Subbaiah
* 1971 Sidapur, India. Lives in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Bangalore, India.
- South Beach

Paolo W. Tamburella
* 1973 Rome, Italy. Lives there and in New York, USA.
- South Beach

Truong Tan
* 1963 Vietnam; lives there.
- South Beach

Leonid Tishkov
* 1953 Ural mountains region, Russia. Lives in Moscow, Russia.
- South Beach

Tromarama
Founded in 2004.
Febie Babyrose: * 1985 Indonesia.
Herbert Hans: * 1984 Indonesia.
Ruddy Alexander Hatumena: * 1984 Indonesia.
They live in Indonesia.
- City Hall

Su-Mei Tse
* 1973 Luxembourg; lives there.
- City Hall, - South Beach

Rizki R. Utama (oQ)
* 1982 Indonesia; lives there.
- City Hall

Felice Varini
* 1952 Locarno, Switzerland. Lives in Paris, France.
- South Beach

Apichatpong Weerasethakul
* 1970 Bangkok, Thailand; lives there.
- City Hall

Joshua Yang
* 1974 Malaysia. Lives in Singapore.
- South Beach

Yuan Goang Ming
* 1965 Taiwan; lives there.
- Containart Pavilion, - City Hall

Ben-David Zadok
* 1949 Bayhan, Yemen. Lives in London, United Kingdom.
- City Hall

Zhan Wang
* 1962 Beijing, China; lives there.
- South Beach

Sima Zureikat
* 1978 Chicago, USA; Jordanian-American. Lives in Berlin, Germany.
- City Hall

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