Ho Rui An

Rooted in rigorous research and discursive inquiry, Ho’s work frequently explores themes such as labour, technocracy, surveillance, and the shifting conditions of neoliberalism in Asia and beyond. Through lecture-style performances and essay films, he interrogates the aesthetics of governance and the mechanisms of soft power, often recontextualising found materials and narratives to create new frameworks for understanding contemporary life.

His projects have been presented in major international biennials and institutions, including the Gwangju Biennale, Bangkok Art Biennale, Sharjah Biennial, Kochi-Muziris Biennale, and Jakarta Biennale, as well as Kunsthalle Wien, Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin), Van Abbemuseum (Eindhoven), and the Singapore Art Museum. His critically acclaimed work Student Bodies (2019), which examines postcolonial subjectivity through the lens of education and protest, exemplifies his deep engagement with history and ideology.

Ho was awarded a DAAD Artists-in-Berlin fellowship in 2018 and received the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2019 International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, affirming his influence at the intersection of contemporary art and critical thought.

Through his hybrid methodology that blurs performance, pedagogy, and politics, Ho Rui An offers a compelling voice in contemporary art—one that questions how narratives are constructed and invites audiences to think critically about the forces that shape the world around them.