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U is for Usha. Usha spent 12 years at the coalface of tax law in Singapore, before she returned to her first love, the arts.…

P is for Pauline. When her nose is not buried in a book, she can be found perpetually in beginner yoga class, taking long walks…

Michelle JN Lim is a writer and artist based in Singapore. She was Editor & Producer at Plural Art Mag from 2019 to 2021, and…

Stephanie Yeap is a writer based in Singapore and is currently Editor at Plural Art Mag. She holds an MA in History of Art from…

Sheryl Gwee is an undergraduate majoring in Art History and English Literature. She’s especially fascinated by how art creates realities of its own, offering us…

Naima Morelli is an art writer and curator specialising in contemporary art from Southeast Asia, with a focus on Indonesia, Cambodia, and Thailand. She has…

Everyone’s a critic, or so they say. But some actually take it up as a profession, and not just in London or New York, but…

Nicole loved to read Nancy Drew as a child. She would daydream she was a detective like Nancy, feeding her innate desire to ask questions…

Yun Teng is sometimes a curator, sometimes an artist, sometimes a writer, and sometimes an art manager. She doesn’t believe in choosing one, and that…

Mansi is a freelance writer with a love for contemporary and conceptual art. She completed her MA at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London and…

Alfonse is a perennial cynic with a seasonal bent for optimism. He writes compulsively and is finishing his Master's Degree in the Fine Art of…

Rachel Lim is Managing Editor of Plural Art Mag. Trained in literature and art history, she loves honing the craft of writing and communicating the…

Megan Miao is an artist, designer, ceramicist and educator based in Singapore. She loves designing beautiful learning experiences for future leaders, making pottery on the…

A former banker, currently a start-up ranger and forever an art lover, Yi Wen believes 42 is the answer to everything, and that the only…

Amanda Ariawan (b. 1993, Sydney) lives and works in Jakarta as an independent curator, cultural project manager, and art writer. She obtained her MA in…

As an artist and anthropologist constantly on the move between Jakarta and Yogyakarta, Bethany is curious about everything from noise bombing, performative intervention, alternative art…

Rachael Chong loves language, art and photography. After earning her degree in linguistics, she taught English and Literature at a secondary school for five years.…

Deborah Germaine Augustin is a fiction writer who has ventured into creative non-fiction, journalism, and cross-genre work. While her ambitions to be an art history…

Ng Hui Hsien is an artist, writer, and researcher. Her art practice uses photography as a medium to explore themes such as consciousness, the nature…

Jenson enjoys the occasional exhibition, as well as discourse on contemporary art. When not trying to play catch-up with the arts scene, he attends his…

Lizzie Wee is a multidisciplinary artist, curator, and writer based in Singapore. She has lived in many cities including KL, Hong Kong, Berlin, Boston, and…

Carla Castle is a Singapore-based art writer and aspiring curator. Previously based in Tokyo as a filmmaker & producer, Carla is fascinated by new media…

Dawn attained her Bachelor’s degree in Art History and Curatorship sometime during the pandemic. While still unsure of what she wants out of life, she…

Richard Horstman (b. 1964 Melbourne, Australia) has over twenty-four years of experience in Indonesia, mainly in Bali. He lives and works as a journalist, art…

Carla Bianpoen has been a freelance arts journalist of contemporary art since 1990, contributing to various local and international print media, such as The Jakarta…

Eric Goh is an art writer, critic, and curator from Kuala Lumpur who is committed to the eco-critical turn in art history. He is interested…

Based in Singapore, Stacy Huang identifies herself as an artist, educator and mediator who combines her various passions into her practice. She adopts the language…

Shidah is the Nicollò dell'Arca of playdough, a glorified clown, an on-demand storyteller and toilet-humourist to her 2 indefatigable and demanding boys. When she is…

Joyce has never known how to introduce herself in a few short lines because she’s better at tangents. She graduated from the University of Glasgow…

Catherine Kausikan is an undergraduate student studying English and Art History. She is interested in museum critique and access, Southeast Asian regionality, and art at…

Tanya recently relocated to London after 11 years in Singapore and has hopes of becoming a famous writer by the ripe old age of 80.…

Ellen Lee is a writer and art worker based in Kuala Lumpur. She has a BA in Comparative Literature, and is interested in all forms…

Ashley contains an eclectic plethora of interesting but essentially useless facts (or so she's been told). She enjoys living vicariously through fictional characters in books…

Rachel Loh is a photographer, art director, food and set stylist. In her photography practice, she explores intimacy and movement in stillness within the confines…

Nadra Ahmad is a School of the Arts Singapore student who aspires to be an artist and writer someday. Her artistic practice currently consists entirely…

Adulaya Kim Hoontrakul is a Bangkok based art curator whose focus is on curatorial activism. She holds a graduate degree in the History of Art…

Ben Valentine has been working as an independent writer and curator for the last ten years and is currently based in Cambodia. Ben has published…

Dylan Chan is a Singapore-based artist who graduated from LASALLE College of the Arts with a Bachelors in Fine Arts (Hons). In his works, he…

Karlo Antonio Galay David recently saw one of his plays staged in Davao City in The Philippines, and he has a fiction collection scheduled to…

I like in-depth conversations over coffee or wine, and weaving soul into stories. I don't like referring to myself in the third person.

Born in 2006, Michelle Wang is currently studying at the School of the Arts Singapore (SOTA). As an aspiring painter and ceramicist residing in Singapore,…

Eva Wong Nava lives between two worlds. She reads copiously and writes voraciously. She holds an M.A in Art History from The Open University, a…

Plural Co-Founder Pauline and Plural Editor Michelle writing collaboratively.

Usha Chandradas and Nadra Ahmad writing collaboratively.

Wenxin Gao (Wendy) is an art history student currently based in Singapore. She enjoys working on causes related to art and heritage, and is a…

Aw Ker Wey is a junior college student studying Art in Singapore. She loves art, writing, music, and the people around her, and wouldn't know…

Born in Hanoi, Vietnam, Duong is a multi-disciplinary creative with a background in Theatre and Fine Arts. She explores the intersections between contemporary art and…

Toh Ee Ming is a freelance journalist in Singapore who writes about culture and society.

Clara Che Wei Peh currently lives and works in Singapore. She earned her BA in Economics at Yale-NUS College and MA in History of Art…

Hannah Jade is a writer and aspiring art curator based in Singapore. She is drawn to Southeast and East Asian artworks and antiquities, as well…

Elaine Chiew is the editor/compiler of Cooked Up: Food Fiction From Around the World (New Internationalist, 2015). She has won prizes for her short fiction…

Patricia is a writer with a camera who points it at a subject close to her heart : visual arts. She produces films on art…

Sean Carballo is an art writer based in the Philippines. He studies English literature at the Ateneo de Manila University. Outside art, Sean loves to…

With no art history background, Pei Ying writes about the visual arts as she sees and experiences it. When she’s not stringing sentences together, she…

Sumedhaa is a part-time contributor to and a full-time lover of the arts. When she's not attempting to be a somewhat competent traveller, she is…

Ang Kia Yee (b. 1996) is an artist, writer, performer, and arts organiser who lives and works in Singapore. Her practice spans text, image, theory,…

Lin Shiyun is the creative director of 3Pumpkins, a socially-engaged arts company that believes in creating inclusive arts-based platforms that build human relationships and community…

Our artworld insiders are a pool of anonymous writers and art industry workers, bringing you unvarnished stories and experiences right from the horse's mouth. Got…

Amanda is an editor and journalist, with extensive experience in writing for trade and features publications. Her particular focus is on arts, culture and social…

Cheryl wishes she had been raised in a circus. She is a theatre practitioner and circus student passionate about art and photography amongst other things…

Vanessa is a freelance art curator and writer with a keen interest in current Southeast Asian sculptural practices and intersections with political ecology. She holds…

Plural Co-Founder Usha and Plural Editor Michelle writing collaboratively.

Rachel Seah is a doctoral student at the Centre of Chinese Visual Arts in Birmingham School of Art researching on contemporary private photography in East…

Mary Friday Leadbetter is a perpetual student of Asian Cultures and Arts. Now residing in North Carolina USA, she spent 30 years living in Europe…

Gillian Daniel is Manager (Curatorial Programmes) at National Gallery Singapore. Her writing has appeared in The Business Times, Elephant Magazine, Blouin ArtInfo, Harper’s Bazaar, and…

A native of the art world, Alëna Rae Ong embraces a multidisciplinary lens exploring and learning about the world and life. She believes in the…

Pamela Ng is passionate about and actively engaged in the arts and social causes. She is a catalyst for deep healing and transformation by empowering…

Danielle is an art writer based in Phnom Penh. She was born in the pacific northwest of the United States and split most of her…

Tanya Singh is an art writer, historian as well as a practitioner. Currently, she works as a Project Coordinator for Gallagher & Associates Asia. She…

Sophie-Isabelle Tan is a final year English Literature and Art History student at Nanyang Technological University who is excited to graduate from the rigours of…

Malaysian-born Ooi Kok Chuen is the author of the novel, Mahsuri: A Legend Reborn. He has written more than 100 art books and catalogues, and…

Adrian Ang is a head of the FinTech, Public Policy and ESG Practice Groups of Allen & Gledhill LLP, as well as a member of…

Christy Zhang is currently an undergraduate studying English Literature and Art History. She thoroughly enjoys how art opens the doors to understanding the world and…

Cheong Kah Kit is a visual artist based in Singapore. Kah Kit was affiliated with p-10, a Singapore independent curatorial team (2003-2005). In 2016 he…

A big (over)thinker, Marcus fills up most of his time conceptualising ideas for work but mostly ends up executing 1 out of every 50 of…

Usha Chandradas and Marielle Descalsota writing collaboratively.

Katherine Tan Si is a History of Art and English Literature undergraduate, primarily interested in how art relates back to our community, and the dialogue…

Michelle JN Lim and Seet Yun Teng writing collaboratively.

Mae Anderson is a champion for philanthropy and visual literacy in Singapore. She serves as the Chairman of Art Outreach, an arts education non-profit established…

Luke is a compulsive bibliophile who is inexplicably drawn to every bookshop he comes across. He also loves art talks and lectures, and enjoys quiet…

I'm a lover of art in all its forms – from the emotions in Frida Kahlo’s visual biography to the hard-hitting lyrics in an Architects…

Stephanie Yeap and Seet Yun Teng writing collaboratively.

@sgmuseummemes is a human by day and goblin pretty much all the time. Since 2020, they have been roasting museums and the visual arts scene…

Making your fine art wishes come true. Sharing treasures from my personal collection and beyond. DM to find out more at @littleartgenie on Instagram.

Lourdes Samson believes a mid-life crisis pushed her to pursue a post-graduate degree in Asian Art History but she still has yet to regret it.…

Yvonne Wang is a Singapore-based art writer and publicist. In addition to researching and writing about contemporary art for leading publications, she also collaborates with…

Helmi Yusof is the lifestyle deputy editor of The Business Times. He writes on culture, lifestyle and business. This piece is written in his personal…

Editor Stephanie Yeap and writer Sheryl Gwee writing collaboratively.

Armed with a Master of Arts in Asian Art Histories, Yvonne discovered her artistic inclinations in recent years. A marketing and communications professional, she vivaciously…

Shrestha is better-known as ‘Shre’ amongst friends and people who simply cannot and will not say her name properly in any part of the world.…

Plural Editor Michelle and Plural Editorial Associate Nadra writing collaboratively.

Layla Duckett is in the final year of her undergraduate degree, studying History of Art at UCL. Her interests include modern and contemporary Southeast Asian…

Lee Weng Choy and Samantha Cheh, writing collaboratively. Samantha Cheh is an educator and writer based in Kuala Lumpur. Her journalism about the intersections of…

Syar S. Alia is a writer, facilitator and tarot reader based in Kuala Lumpur. She wants to tell impactful and engaging stories that matter and…

Kimberly Chan is an artist-curator with a Master of Arts in Museum Studies and Curatorial Practices from NTU. Her practice focuses on the intersection of…

Karin G. Oen is Deputy Director, Curatorial Programmes, at NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore, where she co-curated the sound project Free Jazz III. Sound.…

Zoe Butt and Lêna Bùi writing collaboratively. Lêna Bùi is a visual artist based in Saigon, Vietnam. Her practice is deeply fascinated with intangible aspects…

Weng Choy and Team Plural (Pauline, Usha and Michelle) in conversation

Samantha Cheh is an educator and writer based in Kuala Lumpur. Her journalism about the intersections of technology, business and society has been published by…

Sacha Tan is an incoming medical student and freelance video producer, who has been doing a video production internship with Plural for the past few…

Victoria Hertel Velasco is a German-Venezuelan sensory installation artist based in Singapore. In her work, she constructs interactions between diverse material realms to expand our…

Paul Tan is Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Planning & Corporate Development), National Arts Council

Amber Lim is a Visual Arts student from the School of the Arts, Singapore. She finds great joy in language and literature, and likes to…

Like all Sabahans, Emily loves stories, both hearing and sharing. She likes to think of herself as a kaleidoscope, one that ranges around a spectrum…

Kwok Kian Chow (he/him) is the founding director of Singapore Art Museum and board member of Global (De)Centre. Shirlene Noordin (she/her) runs a PR consultancy…

Dr. Yanyun Chen (Singapore) is a visual artist, researcher, and professor. She received the prestigious Singapore National Arts Council Young Artist Award (2020) and ArtOutreach…

Sophie and Usha, writing collaboratively

Megan Miao and Sam Tan run Eastfield Ceramics, a Singapore-based pottery practice making functional pottery inspired by delicious food, flavour and home life. Sam loves…

Yasha dabbles in many crafts, but is a veritable master of none. Apart from writing, she enjoys illustrating, potting (at @yashaspots), and recently, basket-making. One…

Amirahvelda Priyono (or Velda) is an emerging art writer and researcher, focusing on Southeast Asia, war, and politics through photography. She is also interested in…

Michelle JN Lim and Sophie-Isabelle Tan writing collaboratively. Michelle JN Lim is a writer and artist based in Singapore. She is Editor at Plural Art…

Ho Yi Jian grew up on the edge ... of the Malay-speaking and Chinese-speaking lines of Cheras, KL. Harbouring an interest in board game design…

Nathalie Johnston fell in love with Myanmar at age 13 and it has pretty much defined the trajectory of her life ever since. After completing…

Estee Ho is a content creator with a background in digital marketing. Her interest in “all things Korean” led her to obtain Master’s Degree in…

On most days, she makes art. On some days, she sees art. @xiaocong.ge

Zedeck Siew is based in Port Dickson, Malaysia, and has been a journalist, editor, fiction writer, translator, and game designer. His first book, in collaboration…

As a junior reporter in Kuala Lumpur, Mae once asked the question, "Why do people invest in art?" Eight years later, it's been a mad,…

Nalina Gopal is an independent curator and researcher focused on social history and art, particularly of South Asia and its diaspora. She is founder of…

Jord Earving Gadingan thrives in the provinces and their communities as a development worker and biodiversity advocate. In between, he writes. Art, nature, and governance…

Usha Chandradas and Tanya Singh, writing collaboratively.

Edoardo is a writer currently residing in Singapore. He has Italian roots but has spent most of his life in Singapore. He mostly covers the…

The Director of Museum MACAN, Aaron Seeto, has a vast experience working to advance the goals of contemporary art organisations and curating significant exhibitions of…

Amanda Juico Dela Cruz is an art, creative, and academic writer. Regularly contributing for Art+ Magazine. Co-authored the “Pamana ng Buhay: The Living Heritage of…

Chong Jing, a writer based in Singapore, recently graduated from Brown University with a BA in Comparative Literature and East Asian Studies. Art is his…

Monika R is a creative writer and a loving cat owner. She is constantly thinking up alternative realities but only manages to pen down a…

Dewi loves all art but has a soft spot for Indonesian art. She studied history but has worked in film, arts management, in a bank…

Ben Valentine and Lee Weng Choy writing collaboratively. For the last ten years Ben has published, presented, and organised events around the world and is…

Jeremy, at an age where he should know better, often takes the path of greatest resistance. From rebooting a career to re-doing edits at 5am,…