Biography
David is a writer, curator, art advisor and researcher based at the National University of Singapore, specializing in Southeast Asian contemporary art. He is currently director of Future Perfect, a new gallery and project platform in Singapore. Before moving to Singapore, he worked as an independent curator and critic in Bangkok, Thailand (2005-09), and has since realised projects in Germany, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore, and include 'The More Things Change..', 5th Bangkok Experimental Film Festival (2008); Unreal Asia, 55, Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany (2009); Itineraries, VWFA, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2011); and Video Vortex #7, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (2011); Afterall ‘Artist as Curator’ Symposium, presents ‘Where Monsoons Meet: Curatorial Currents in Southeast Asia’ (2013). His writings have appeared in Third Text, AFTERALL Journal, LEAP Magazine, Art Asia Pacific, artforum.com, Art & Australia, Broadsheet and The Bangkok Post. In 2015 David is a jury member of Celeste Prize, 7th edition.
