Bio
Born 1975, Singapore. Lives and works in Tokyo.
Tan’s practice unfolds through research-through-making and site-responsive interventions. His work explores impermanence, vernacular construction, and the blurred boundaries between art and life.
Educated in art and architecture, he studied at LASALLE College of the Arts (Singapore), the University of Tasmania (Australia), and the University of Western Australia. Working with found objects, provisional structures, and performative labour, Tan’s approach remains grounded in material experience.
He has exhibited internationally, including at the Singapore Biennale (2019), the Yokohama Triennale (2020), and the NUS Museum (Singapore).
Selected CV
Education
Master of Architecture, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, 2013
Bachelor of Environmental Design, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia, 2003
Diploma in Fine Arts (Painting), LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore, 2000
Selected Exhibitions & Projects
2023
Re-connect / Centre / Converge, The Substation Arts Festival, Singapore
2022
For the House; Against the House: Life Imitates Art, Gilman Barracks, Singapore
2020
The Case of Ringing Bell, Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama, Japan
2019
Many Waters To Cross, Singapore Biennale, Singapore
2016–2017
There Are Too Many Episodes of People Coming Here…, NUS Museum, Singapore
2016
Four Practices: Artist Resource Platform – The Lab, NTU Centre for Contemporary Art, Singapore
2012–2013
Bricolage Series, site interventions and objects, Perth, Australia
Selected Publication
Yokohama Triennale 2020: Afterglow
Editions: English and Japanese
Singapore Biennale 2019 catalog
Every Step In The Right Direction
Place.Labour.Capital.
Published by NTU CCA Singapore and Mousse Publishing, 2018
Edited by Ute Meta Bauer and Anca Rujoiu, Design by H55, © 2018 by NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore and Mousse Publishing
A Guide to Mental Sculpture, 2000
Published with Grant from National Art Council
