Biography

David Teh works at the National University of Singapore in the fields of critical theory and visual culture. His research centres on contemporary art in Southeast Asia. From 2005-09, he was an independent critic and curator based in Bangkok, where his curatorial projects included Platform (The Queen’s Gallery and The Art Center, Chulalongkorn University, 2006) and The More Things Change… (5th Bangkok Experimental Film Festival, 2008). More recently David was co-curator with Gridthiya Gaweewong of Unreal Asia (55. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany, 2009) and the convenor of Video Vortex #7 (Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 2011). His latest exhibition, TRANSMISSION, is currently on show at the Jim Thompson Art Center, Bangkok (through August 2014). David’s writings have appeared in LEAP magazine, Art Asia Pacific, artforum.com, Art & Australia and The Bangkok Post. His recent scholarly essays have been published in Third Text and Afterall Journal. David is also a director of Future Perfect, a new gallery and project platform in Singapore’s Gillman Barracks precinct.