AMANDA HENG LIANG NGIM 王良吟 Biography

Basic

1951	Born in Singapore
1988	Co-founded The Artists Village
1999	Founded the first artist-run women's collective in Singapore, Women in the Arts (WITA),

Education

1988	Diploma in Printmaking, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
1990	Research on Women’s Liberation Movement and Feminist Art, Central St Martins College of Arts and Design, UK
1993	Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art), Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia

Prize

2023	Singapore Women’s Hall of Fame, Singapore
2020	12th Benesse Prize, Singapore Biennale 2019, Singapore
2010	Cultural Medallion for Visual Arts, National Arts Council, Singapore
1993	The Watt’s His Name Award (Sculpture/Time-based work), Curtain University of Technology, Perth, Australia

Solo Exhibitions

(Selected

All)

2026	A Pause, Singapore Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition, Arsenale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
2017	Amanda Heng: We Are the World – These Are Our Stories, STPI Creative Workshop & Gallery, Singapore
2011	Amanda Heng: Speak To Me, Walk With Me, Singapore Art Museum @ 8Q, Singapore

Group Exhibitions

(Selected

All)

2026	Fear No Power: Women Imagining Otherwise, National Gallery Singapore, Singapore
2024	4th Bangkok Art Biennale, Nurture Gaia, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
	Connecting Bodies: Asian Women Artists, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
	Presentation of Works by Benesse Prize Artists, Benesse House Museum, Naoshima, Japan
2021	Nation, Narration, Narcosis, Collecting Entanglements and Embodied Histories, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2019	Singapore Biennale 2019, Every Step in the Right Direction, National Gallery Singapore; Gillman Barracks; Esplanade Tunnel etc., Singapore
2018	Awakenings: Art in Society in Asia 1960s – 1990s, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
2012	Women In-Between: Asian Women Artists 1984–2012, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
2008	The Artists Village: 20 Years On, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
2006	Singapore Biennale 2006: Belief, Singapore

Projects

(Selected

All)

2025	Let’s Chat Further and Retired Singirl, digital art commissions,, National Gallery Singapore, Singapore
2018	M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2018: Let’s Walk, Objectifs - Centre for Photography and Film etc., Singapore
2010	Future of Imagination 6, Sculpture Square, Singapore
2003	The HouseWORK Project, Singapore

Collections

	Benesse House Museum, Naoshima, Japan
	Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, The United Arab Emirates
	National Gallery Singapore, Singapore
	Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
	Okinawa Prefecture Museum, Japan, Okinawa, Japan
	Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan

2026	Fear No Power: Women Imagining Otherwise, National Gallery Singapore, Singapore
2025	Singapore Stories: Pathways and Detours in Art, DBS Singapore Gallery permanent exhibition,, National Gallery Singapore, Singapore
2024	Beyond Right or Wrong! Art & Me: An Educational Outreach Exhibition where there is NO Single Answer, Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum, Naha, Japan
	4th Bangkok Art Biennale, Nurture Gaia, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
	Connecting Bodies: Asian Women Artists, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
	Presentation of Works by Benesse Prize Artists, Benesse House Museum, Naoshima, Japan
2023	The Part In The Story Where Our Accumulating Dust Becomes A Mountain, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
	Ask Myself First, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
2021	Nation, Narration, Narcosis, Collecting Entanglements and Embodied Histories, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin, Berlin, Germany
	The Lines Fall Where They May, STPI Creative Workshop & Gallery, Singapore
	Wikicliki, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
2020	Shaping Visions, STPI Annual Special Exhibition, STPI Creative Workshop & Gallery, Singapore
2019	2219: Futures Imagined, ArtScience Museum, Singapore
	Singapore Biennale 2019, Every Step in the Right Direction, National Gallery Singapore; Gillman Barracks; Esplanade Tunnel etc., Singapore
2018	Awakenings: Art in Society in Asia 1960s – 1990s, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
2017	Radio Malaya: Abridged Conversations About Art, permanent exhibition, NUS Museum, Singapore
2015	Curating Lab: Phase 03, part of Curating Lab 2014, NUS Museum, Singapore
2014	Modern Love: LASALLE thirtieth anniversary exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
	Her Image, The Private Museum, Singapore
2013	Concept Context Contestation: Art and the Collective in Southeast Asia, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
	The Realm in the Mirror, the Vision out of Image - Singapore Contemporary Art Exhibition, Jinji Lake Art Museum, Suzhou
2012	Women In-Between: Asian Women Artists 1984–2012, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
	What do you mean, we?, Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, Auckland, Australia
2008	The Artists Village: 20 Years On, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
2006	Singapore Biennale 2006: Belief, Singapore
2001	Open Ends, a documentation exhibition of performance art in Singapore, The Substation, Singapore
	Channel N, Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto, Japan
	Women Breaking Boundaries 21, Tokyo and Osaka, Japan
	1st Women’s Performance Art Festival, Osaka, Japan
	Performance Art Festival, Spain
2000	One Closer to the Other, 7th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
	FEAST! Food in Art, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
	Names Changed to Protect the Innocent, The Necessary Stage, Singapore
	real[work], 4th Werkleitz Biennale, Werkleitz, Germany
1999	Womanifesto II – The 2nd International Women’s Art Exchange, Saranrom Park, Bangkok, Thailand
	The 1st Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 1999, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
	Rand — Festival of Regions, Kulturzentrum d'Zuckerfabrik, Enns, Austria
	The Third Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
1998	Urbanization, Bandung Institute of Art, Bandung, Indonesia
1997	Womanifesto I – An International Women’s Art Exchange, Bangkok, Thailang
	4th Asian Art Show, Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
	Cleveland Performance Art Festival, 克利夫兰，美国
	Women about Women, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
1996	Rapport, Singapore International Festival of Arts, travelling exchange exhibition, Singapore, Melbourne, Canberra and Brisbane, Australia
	Nippon International Performance Art Festival, Tokyo and Nagano, Japan
1995	Chiang Mai Social Installation, Chiang Mai, Thailand
	Missing, A&O Gallery, Berlin, Germany
	Part of the Whole, Black Box, Singapore; Pelita Hati Galeri, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Shift of Time, German School in Singapore (now called German European School Singapore), Singapore

2025	Let’s Chat Further and Retired Singirl, digital art commissions,, National Gallery Singapore, Singapore
2018	M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2018: Let’s Walk, Objectifs - Centre for Photography and Film etc., Singapore
2010	Future of Imagination 6, Sculpture Square, Singapore
2005	M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2005: Art & War, Esplanade Waterfront, Singapore
2003	The HouseWORK Project, Singapore
1999	Let's Walk, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
1996	Let's Chat, The Substation, Singapore
1995	S/he, NTU/NIE Artsfest, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
1994	Memories of Senses, The Substation and Very Special Arts Singapore, Singapore
1993	S/he, 5th Passage Art Space, Parkway Parade Shopping Centre, Singapore
	Between You & Me, Canberra School of Art, Australia
	In the Dark, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Australia

2026	A Pause, Singapore Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition, Arsenale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
2022	How do we..., Grey Projects, Singapore
2017	Amanda Heng: We Are the World – These Are Our Stories, STPI Creative Workshop & Gallery, Singapore
2011	Amanda Heng: Speak To Me, Walk With Me, Singapore Art Museum @ 8Q, Singapore