ARTIST

Blending myth, history, and cultural philosophy, Ho Tzu Nyen (b. 1976) creates immersive, multilayered works that explore the complexities of Southeast Asian identity. Drawing from Eastern and Western cultural references, his practice is deeply rooted in art history, theater, cinema, music, and philosophy; crafting narratives which question how history is written, interpreted, and transmitted. At the heart of Ho’s work is an ongoing investigation into Southeast Asia’s cultural plurality—a region so diverse in languages, religions, and influences that it defies any single historical or geographical definition. From documentary research to fantasy, his work combines archival images, animation and film in installations that are often immersive and theatrical. With a distinctive approach that fuses research with spectacle, Ho Tzu Nyen continues to shape contemporary conversations around history, memory, and cultural hybridity, offering viewers a new way to engage with the past and its lingering echoes in the present.

Ho’s major solo exhibitions have been held at the Hessel Museum of Art (2024), Art Sonje Center (2024), Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (2024), Singapore Art Museum (2023), Hammer Museum (2022), Toyota Municipal Museum of Art (2021), Crow Museum of Asian Arts (2021), Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media YCAM, Edith-Russ-Haus for Media Art (Oldenburg, 2019), Kunstverein in Hamburg (2018), Ming Contemporary Art Museum [McaM] (Shanghai, 2018), Asia Art Archive (2017), Guggenheim Bilbao (2015), Mori Art Museum, (2012), The Substation (Singapore, 2003). He represented the Singapore Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale (2011).