Amanda Heng — Singapore Pavilion. Courtesy of Singapore Art Museum and e-flux
Last updated: May 2, 2026
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The Singapore Pavilion presents A Pause, a new exhibition by pioneering interdisciplinary artist Amanda Heng, curated by Selene Yap (Singapore Art Museum). Commissioned by the National Arts Council (NAC) and organized by SAM.
At 73, Amanda Heng is the oldest artist and only the second woman to represent Singapore at the Venice Biennale. She emerged in the late 1980s and has played a key role in shaping Singapore's contemporary art and feminist discourse.
Heng is known for her body-centric work that interrogates gender roles, societal expectations, and lived memory. She is a founding member of The Artists Village (1988) and Women in the Arts (1999).
Major exhibitions include the First Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale (1999), Singapore Biennale (2006, 2019), and Bangkok Art Biennale (2024). She received the prestigious Benesse Prize in 2020 and was inducted into Singapore's Women's Hall of Fame in 2023.
For the Singapore Pavilion, Heng will explore the body as a site of memory, care, and encounter through performance, installation, and everyday gestures.
Selene Yap is a curator at the Singapore Art Museum, developing research and exhibitions in dialogue with artists whose work responds to the particularities of place, process, and memory.
Singapore's 12th participation at the Venice Biennale.