Ho Tzu Nyen
1976
Introduction
Ho Tzu Nyen (Chinese: 何子彥; pinyin: Hé Zǐyàn; born 1976) is a Singaporean contemporary artist and filmmaker whose works involve film, video, performance, and immersive multimedia installations. His work brings together fact and myth to mobilise different understandings of Southeast Asia's history, politics, and religion, often premised upon a complex set of references from art history, to theatre, cinema, and philosophy.
Ho's mid-career survey, Time & the Tiger, opened at the Singapore Art Museum in November 2023 and has since traveled to the Art Sonje Center in Seoul, the Hessel Museum of Art in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, Mudam Museum of Modern Art in Luxembourg, and Hamburger Kunsthalle in Germany. In 2011, Ho represented Singapore at the 54th Venice Biennale at the Singapore Pavilion, presenting the work The Cloud of Unknowing. Ho has also participated in several international film festivals, such as the 41st Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival in France (2009) and the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah (2012).
In 2025, Ho was named Artistic Director of the 16th Gwangju Biennale, which opens in September 2026, and was placed 5th on the 2025 edition of the ArtReview Power 100 list, which charts the most influential individuals working in contemporary art internationally.
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