​Join us for Shui Tit Sing and Trans-Asia Art History, a panel discussion moderated by Mr. Kwok Kian Chow featuring art historians and scholars from Singapore and China. Part of the exhibition (Re)discovering Shui Tit Sing, the panel looks at Shui Tit Sing biographically and his art practices in different and some overlapping cultural contexts. Over different geographies, from the wartime relocation of the China Art Academy—where Shui studied alongside his classmate Zao Wou-ki and teacher Lin Fengmian—to Shui’s eventual move to Singapore, where he became a citizen in 1957, and his travels throughout Southeast Asia, constituting an inroad into a trans-Asia art history.

Moderator

​Kwok Kian Chow – Art historian and curator; formerly Senior Curator at the National Museum Singapore, Director of Singapore Art Museum, and Director/Senior Adviser of National Gallery Singapore.

​Panelists

​Koh Nguang How – Artist and independent researcher on Singaporean contemporary art. Between July 2014 and January 2015, he was Artist-in-Residence at NTU CCA Singapore, where he presented his long-term Singapore Art Archive Project (SAAP). For over 30 years, Koh has documented the local art scene, building an extensive collection of exhibition materials, publications, photographs, and audio recordings he produced himself.

​Jeffrey Say – Art historian specialising in Singapore and Southeast Asian art history; Programme Leader, MA Asian Art Histories, LASALLE College of the Arts | University of the Arts Singapore. Co-editor of major anthologies on Singapore modern and contemporary art; currently writing on the history of sculpture in Singapore.

​Dr. Hu Chao – Research Associate Professor, Center for New Art Museum Studies, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. Research focuses on Southeast Asian art, global art and politics, and Chinese contemporary art. Artist and curator, with works exhibited internationally and fiction published in Chinese.

​Dr. Nan Zhi Guo – Adjunct Professor at Singapore Centre for Chinese Language (NTU), Central China Normal University, and Guangxi University. Author/co-author of 20 books and 40+ research papers. Accomplished calligrapher with nine solo exhibitions in Singapore, China, and Indonesia.

​Audrey Zhang – Former BBC documentary director with a passion for storytelling through art. The Gallery owner of Prestige Gallery that connects collectors, artists, and art lovers, fostering the Southeast Asian art ecosystem.