S. Chandrasekaran is a

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ist known for his pioneering work in

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in 1980s Singapore. He has held executive positions as

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at the

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and LASALLE College of Arts. He obtained his doctorate in cross-cultural studies in

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from

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in 2007. As Senior Research Fellow at Institute of Southeast Asia, NAFA, he initiated cross-disciplinary studies with an emphasis on Southeast Asian

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. He has served as Academic Advisor for Postgraduate programs with

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/NAFA and

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/LASALLE-SIA. He is a founder/artistic director for the Biological Arts Theatre (BAT); a new media experimental theatre for Life Science and Arts. His research interests are

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, Asian aesthetics,

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, and

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. His teaching interests are life drawing,

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, alternative drawing,

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, contemporary painting,

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, new media, and cross disciplinary studies.

Exhibitions

Chandrasekaran has been represented in major exhibitions, such as

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(

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), 1st

Asia Pacific Triennial The Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) is an art museum located within the Queensland Cultural Centre in the South Bank precinct of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The gallery is part of QAGOMA. Opened on 2 December 2006, the GOMA is Australia's l ...

(

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), Asia-Pacific Performance Art Festival (Canada), International Performance Art Festival(Poland),

49th Venice Biennale The 49th Venice Biennale, held in 2001, was an exhibition of international contemporary art, with 65 participating nations. The Venice Biennale takes place biennially in Venice, Italy. Prizewinners of the 49th Biennale included: Richard Serra a ...

and 8th Festival of Contemporary Art (

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). He has been commissioned to work on public artworks such as for the World Sculpture Park at

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, China in 2001 and MRT station (

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). The work titled Bioalloy and Body Performance was nominated for APBF Signature Art Prize (

), 2003. He has been invited to international conference and seminars such as Biennale of Electronic Arts (Australia), 3rd Asia-Pacific Arts conference (

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) and XIV International Congress for Aesthetics (Slovenia) and

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(Sydney).

Solo Exhibition

*LIVING STORIES, Substation, Singapore, 2012 *AKASA, Earl Lu Gallery. LASALLE-SIA, College of the Arts, Singapore, 2002 *ICONS, Fort Canning Gallery, Singapore, 1996 *MADRAS MADLEY, Lalit Kala Academy, Madras, India, 1994

Publications

*''Living Stories'', First Printers, Singapore, 2012 *''Locating Self through Performance Art'', LAP Lambert Academic Publishing AG & Co. KG, 2009 *''Man and Modern Myth: A Dialogue'', Yali Print Publications, India, 1994, Indran and S. Chandrasekaran.

References

External links

* http://www.schandrasekaran.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Chandrasekaran, S. 1959 births Living people Singaporean artists Singaporean installation artists Singaporean painters Singaporean performance artists