LAI YU TONG
b. 1996, SingaporeLai Yu Tong is an artist from Singapore who works across drawing, image-making, sculpture and sound. His practice is interested in creating adequate media to articulate the present, believing in the intrinsic need for humans to make images and tell stories. Recent works of his consider how art can evoke empathy in a world so damaged.
Lai has presented his work at group exhibitions in Singapore and abroad, most recently at Radio28 (MX), Plague Space (RUS) and Barely Art Fair (US); and held solo exhibitions in Singapore at Temporary Unit (2022), The Substation (2021), Comma Space (2020), and DECK (2019).
Besides his art, Lai regularly publishes books under Thumb Books, a self-founded press that makes children’s books for both children and adults. His recent curatorial projects include Frida (2023), an exhibition platform by his kitchen window; and Robin (2022), a series of group exhibitions held in camping tents around Singapore.
Text courtesy ShanghART.
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