Ho Tzu Nyen

Singaporean artist, filmmaker and curator Ho Tzu Nyen has earned international recognition for his explorations of Southeast Asian histories, identities and philosophies. Working across film, performance and visual arts, he draws on extensive research and experimental technologies to revisit complex, sometimes politically ambiguous subjects, resisting easy moral judgements while expanding the possibilities of artistic expression.

In 2026, Ho serves as artistic director of the 16th Gwangju Biennale, and is appointed associate artist of the Holland Festival 2027, joining a distinguished lineage of international creatives. He also received the Grand Prize at the 36th Fukuoka Prize, recognising his contributions to Asian culture, following his selection as a Chanel Next Prize winner in 2024. His mid-career survey Time & the Tiger, examining two decades of work on history, mythology and identity, debuted at Singapore Art Museum in 2023 before travelling internationally, with presentations in Seoul, New York, Luxembourg and Hamburg.

Central to his practice is an understanding of art as an increase in power—not through domination or authority, but through the capacity to affect and be affected. His experiments with artificial intelligence, algorithmic editing and immersive environments similarly seek new ways of addressing enduring questions of history, time and identity.

His forthcoming projects extend these investigations. T for Theatre, a new performance project inspired by Bali, explores the relationship between theatricality, power, ritual and statehood in Southeast Asia. For Singapore Art Week 2027, he is developing P for Power: Growing Up, a five-channel installation at T:>Works' 72-13 exploring manifestations of power through AI-generated imagery and algorithmic editing, and P for Proposition, an immersive audiovisual installation developed with Padimai Art & Tech Studio that examines technology, perception and audience engagement.

Ultimately, Ho hopes to leave behind a body of work that expands both what art can address and the forms it can take.