John Clang
WORKS EXHIBITIONS PROFILE
The practice of Singaporean visual artist John Clang (b. 1973, Singapore) often straddles dual realities of global cities, unfettered by confines of time and geography. A double-sight navigator of a world in constant flux, he absorbs seemingly mundane and banal external stimuli and conveys his internal observations and ruminations through the mediums of photography, film and performance.
Clang earned his Master of Arts Fine Arts from LASALLE College of the Arts, conferred by Goldsmiths, University of London, UK in 2015. He has staged solo exhibitions both locally and internationally, presenting works in FOST Gallery, Singapore (2023, 2016); Bergdorf Goodman New York, USA (2015); Pekin Fine Arts, Hong Kong (2014) and Beijing (2012); National Museum Singapore, Singapore (2010); The Substation, Singapore (2007); Bank Art Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (2007); and the 5th Passage Gallery, Singapore (1993).
He has also participated in numerous group exhibitions, including The Lie of the Land: Sediments, FOST Gallery, Singapore (2025); Artist’s Proof: Singapore at 60, ArtSpace @ HeluTrans, Singapore (2025); Dalam Southeast Asia: Figuring A Scene, National Gallery Singapore (2025); Sharjah Biennial, Bait Hussein Makrani, Sharjah, UAE (2025); family affairs: family in current photography, House of Photography/Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany (2021); Margins: drawing pictures of home, ArtScience Museum, Singapore; Singapore Unseen, Pera Müzesi, Turkey; as well as numerous other presentations in Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, CCC Strozzina, Florence, National Museum of Singapore and the Singapore Art Museum. In 2010, he garnered the Designer of the Year award at the President’s Design Award, and remains the first and only photographer to receive this distinguished accolade.
In 2017, he made his first foray into film with Their Remaining Journey, which premiered at the 2018 International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) and garnered a nomination for the festival’s Bright Future Award. He released his second feature, A Love Unknown, in 2020, and most recently his third film Absent Smile, in a world premiere at the Singapore International Film Festival in 2022.
Clang lives and works in New York and Singapore.