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Heman Chong (b. 1977 in Malaysia, raised in Singapore) is based in Berlin and Singapore. He received his M.A in Communication Art & Design from The Royal College of Art, London in 2002. His art practice involves an investigation into the philosophies, reasons and methods of individuals and communities imagining the future. Charged with a conceptual drive, this research is then adapted into objects, images, installations, situations or texts.

His current research dwells on the representation of imposed solitary situations within the genres of sci-fi and fantasy seen through the psychological characterizations of The Hide-away, The Cast-away and The Prisoner.

He has developed solo exhibitions at Hermes Gallery (Singapore), Vitamin Creative Space (Guangzhou), Art In General (New York), Project Arts Centre (Dublin), Ellen de Bruijne Projects (Amsterdam), The Substation (Singapore), Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien (Berlin), Sparwasser HQ (Berlin). His work has also been shown extensively in group exhibitions at insitutions including Kroeller-Muller Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Hamburger Bahnhof, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Kadist Foundation, Daejeon Museum of Art. He has participated in 2008 Singapore Biennale, 2006 SCAPE Christchurch Biennale, 2004 Busan Biennale, 2000 10th India Triennale.

The artist represented Singapore at the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003. Heman Chong works with Vitamin Creative Space (Guangzhou / Beijing).