Singapore Art Archive Project (Koh Nguang How) in collaboration with David Lee
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Biography
Koh Nguang How (b. 1963) worked at the National Museum Art Gallery as a Museum Assistant/Curatorial Assistant from October 1985 to January 1992. His artistic practice began in 1988 and encompasses photography, collage, installation, performance, documentation, archiving, and curating. He has been associated with the art collective The Artists Village since 1989.
Koh began exhibiting art archives in 1992 during Performance Week at Gallery 21, Singapore, and initiated his Singapore Art Archive Project (SAAP) in 2005. Since then, he has presented more than 15 thematic works and exhibitions under the SAAP in Singapore and abroad.
Notable projects include Artists in the News during the 3rd Singapore Biennale (2011); Art Places at the Jendela Visual Arts Space (2015); On the Cusp: Early Contemporary Art Activities in Singapore (1976–1996), Documentation from the Koh Nguang How Archive Collection at SAM Curve, Singapore Art Museum; Artists Crossing Borders – from the Archives of Singapore Art Archive Project, part of Returns, an exhibition in the Gwangju Biennale (2018); and Time Show: Archiving Performance Art in the Singapore Art Archive Project, part of State of Motion 2020: Rushes of Time, Singapore Art Week 2020.