Adrian Tan

Publications

Adrian Tan

Han Sai Por | Koh Nguang How | Lee Wen | Tang Da Wu | Vincent Leow

RUST: Echoes of Memory

ADRIAN TAN

Art & Everyday Life in Contemporary Singapore: Public Space & Memories

ADRIAN TAN

OPEN END: Resonate, Re-Read and Re-Trace The Substation Archive

Adrian Tan | PG LEE

Gravitas

Jennifer Burris | Adrian Tan

Questioning Museums: Art Institutions in Singapore

Research

My research is situated at the intersection of contemporary art, curatorial practice, archives and public space in Singapore.

Positioned between art history, curatorship, visual arts pedagogy, and artistic research, I examine the nature of contemporary art within institutional and independent frameworks, and how art histories are formed, remembered, and made public through exhibitions, archives, artist-led initiatives, and everyday encounters.

Curatorship

Cleanse

Long Decay

The Strange Archive

Rust: Echoes of Memory

OPEN END: Resonate, Re-Read and Re-Trace The Substation Archive

1 x 1 Metre Space

Teaching

My teaching approach is broadly interdisciplinary, shaped by my belief that contemporary art, visual culture, and curatorial practice are deeply connected to wider social, historical, political, and pedagogical contexts.

Adrian Tan

Adrian Tan is Assistant Professor of Visual Arts Education at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University. An artist–curator based in Singapore, he works across artistic research, writing, and exhibition-making, bringing an interdisciplinary approach to contemporary art, archives, and public engagement in Southeast Asia.

His projects and research are distinguished by a sustained engagement with archival histories, artist-led practices, public pedagogy, and curatorial experimentation across institutional and independent contexts.

Open to Conversations & Collaborations

Please do reach out if you have any questions about the works or my creative practice.