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SB2006 is curated by a team of young curators under the artistic direction of internationally recognised curator Fumio NANJO. With strong links in and around the Asia region, though by no means bound by it, the curatorial team is also working with a selection of internationally based networking curators with expertise in local art scenes or specialist areas of research.
BELIEF Exhibition
Roger McDONALD (JAPAN)
Roger Christopher McDONALD (b. 1971, Japan) was educated in the United Kingdom, studying International Politics (BA, Wales), Mysticism and Religious Experience (MA, Kent) and received a PhD in History and Theory of Art from the University of Kent in 2000. He has been based in Tokyo, Japan since 2000. He was assistant curator to Fumio Nanjo for The Yokohama Triennale 2001. He was a co-curator for the major Japanese contemporary art exhibition 'Mediarena', held at The Govett Brewster Art gallery, New Zealand in 2004.
He is Deputy Director of the Tokyo non profit arts collective AIT (Arts Initiative Tokyo) and co-organises its independent study school programme called MAD (Making Art Different), which amongst other courses, offers the first contemporary curating course in Japan. He also teaches on the arts management course of Musashino Art University, Tokyo, as well as is a visiting tutor at Zokei Art University.
Sharmini PEREIRA (SRI LANKA/UK)
Sharmini PEREIRA (b.1970, UK) graduated from Edinburgh University in 1992 with an MA (Hons) in Art History. She curated her first exhibition in 1994 called New Approaches in Contemporary Sri Lankan Art which was held at the National Art Gallery of Colombo. Between 1996-98, she completed an MA in Visual Arts Administration: Curating and Commissioning Contemporary Art at the Royal College of Art in London.
Since then, she has worked internationally as an independent curator, editor and curatorial consultant across the public and private sector, working with institutions and organisations such as the Queensland Art Gallery, the Imperial War Museum, eyestorm.com, The Royal Academy, The Japan Foundation, Albion, the Hayward Gallery, and the British Council. In 2004-2005 she was the first ACAPA (Australia Centre for Asia Pacific Art) scholar in residence at the Queensland Art Gallery. In 2005 she established the independent publishing organisation, Raking Leaves. She is a Trustee for Bookworks, London and an academic advisor for the Asia Art Archive (AAA), Hong Kong.
Eugene TAN (SINGAPORE)
Eugene TAN (b. 1972, Singapore) is an art historian, critic and curator. He received a BSc in Economics and Politics from Queen Mary College, London and a MA (Distinction) in Post-War and Contemporary Art from the Sotheby's Institute, London. He also holds a PhD in Art History from the University of Manchester.
He has written extensively for many exhibition catalogues as well as publications such as Art Review, Contemporary, Contemporary Visual Arts and Modern Painters. He has been a member of AICA (Association International des Critiques d' Art) since 1999. He was also the curator for the Singapore Pavilion at this year's 51st Venice Biennale.
He is currently the director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts
Networking Curators
In addition to the core team of curators, more than 35 networking curators from all over the world have also been invited to contribute information on artists. These networking curators were selected based on their expertise in specific geographical regions as well as in specific mediums.
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For profiles of the core curatorial team and full list of networking curators, please click here (pdf:199kb).
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'Telah Terbit' (Out Now): Southeast Asian Contemporary Art Practices During the 1970s
Ahmad MASHADI (SINGAPORE)
Ahmad MASHADI (b. 1966, Singapore) is currently Senior Curator at Singapore Art Museum. He curated Singapore's participation in the 49th Venice Biennale (2001) as well as the Singapore representation in the 26th S“o Paulo Biennial (2004) and 10th Triennale India (2000). Other exhibitions he curated include Modernity and Beyond: Themes in Southeast Asian Art (1996), Trimurti and Ten Years After (1998), Vision and Enchantment: Southeast Asian Paintings (2000), Landscapes in Southeast Asian Art (2001), President's Young Talents (2001), Highlights from the Singapore Art Museum Permanent Collection (2003), Seni: Art and the Contemporary (2004), Crossings: Philippines Art in the Singapore Art Museum Collection (2005), A Heroic Decade: Singapore Art 1955-1965 (2005) and Cubism in Asia: Unbounded Dialogues (2005-2006).
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