What is Singapore’s current position as an arts hub? Is Singapore developing a local collector base? Who are the major players? Taking place a week before Singapore Art Week with the return of leading art platforms ART SG and S.E.A. Focus, join us with a panel of local experts hosted by Emi Eu, Executive Director of STPI – Creative Workshop & Gallery, as they share their insights.
Join us online at 9am UK / 5pm SGT time.
Speakers include:
Audrey Yeo - President of Art Galleries Association Singapore
Laura Peh - Collector, Writer & Publisher
Shubigi Rao – Artist/curator.
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Emi Eu is the executive director of STPI, a leading contemporary art space in Singapore that, since 2011, has pushed the boundaries of print and paper works. Its well-respected residency is one of the region’s best. Emi is also the driving vision behind S.E.A. Focus, a curated annual showcase bringing together the best contemporary Southeast Asian art in Singapore.
Audrey Yeo is the Founder of Yeo Workshop Contemporary Art, leads a gallery dedicated to Singapore and Southeast Asian art, championing exceptional artists in the region. Recognized for her contributions, Audrey was elected President of the Art Galleries Association Singapore in 2023. She also played a pivotal role as the project lead for the inaugural Julius Baer Next Generation Art Prize, focusing on digital artists in Southeast Asia, and she is a Red Club X Cartier member, collaborating with the Maison on their projects for entrepreneurs and art initiatives.
Laura Peh, is the founder and creative director of Cinnamon Art Publishing, an independent publishing house specialising in illustrated non-fiction books for children. Laura has been collecting contemporary art since 2019, and her collection primarily comprises artists of her generation of Southeast Asian, Middle Eastern and Latin American heritage, focusing on socio-political issues and cross-border cultural identity.
Shubigi Rao is an artist and writer who has worked on a decade-long project, Pulp: A Short Biography of the Banished Book is about the history of book destruction and the future of knowledge. In 2020 the second book from the project won the Singapore Literature Prize (non-fiction), while the first exhibition of the project, Written in the Margins, won the 2018 APB Signature Prize Juror's Choice Award. She has been featured in the 10th Asia-Pacific Triennial, 4th Kochi-Muziris Biennale, 10th Taipei Biennial, 3rd Pune Biennale, 2nd Singapore Biennale, and the Singapore Writers Festival (2013, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022). Rao represented Singapore at the National Pavilion in the Venice Biennale (Arte) in 2022. She was the Artistic Director for the 2022-2023 Kochi-Muziris Biennale.