Amanda Heng Liang Ngim is a contemporary artist, curator, and lecturer from Singapore, with a significant international presence.
12 Facts About Amanda Heng
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Amanda Heng is a co-founder of The Artists' Village, an art collective established in 1988, and Women in the Arts, Singapore's first artist-run women collective, founded in 1999.
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Amanda Heng graduated from LASALLE College of the Arts in 1988 with a diploma in printmaking.
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Amanda Heng has lectured at Nanyang Technological University and the National Institute of Education.
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Amanda Heng was awareded the Cultural Medallion in 2010 and held her first solo retrospective at the Singapore Art Museum in 2011, titled "Amanda Heng: Speak To Me, Walk With Me".
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In 2014, Amanda Heng featured in the TV series A Journey Through Asian Art.
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Amanda Heng introduced feminist discourse to the local art scene through provocative performance works addressing gender inequality and social identity.
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Amanda Heng utilized her studio as a venue for performances and other media.
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Amanda Heng's work sought to instigate conversations about women's artistic practices at a time when a feminist framework was virtually non-existent in Singapore.
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Amanda Heng and Her Dishcover is an installation featuring a table, table cover, mirror and dish cover.
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Amanda Heng explores how power is embedded in influences that continually encroach upon personal identity.
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Water is Politics is a performance in which Amanda Heng utilizes large basins of water and money.