Zai Kuning

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Singaporean | 1964

Zai Kuning is a Singaporean Asian Modern & Contemporary artist who was born in 1964. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Ota Fine Arts, Singapore have featured Zai Kuning's work in the past.Zai Kuning's work has been offered at auction multiple times. Among the artist's sold works is "Bercerai Kasih", which realized 1,099 USD at SBI Art Auction in 2020Zai Kuning has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for Forbes in January 2025.

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Bercerai Kasih ,2014

By Zai Kuning

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Untitled ,1988

By Zai Kuning

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Bercerai Kasih ,2014

By Zai Kuning

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Untitled ,1988

By Zai Kuning

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Current Exhibitions

Zai Kuning: We are Home and Everywhere

Ota Fine Arts, Singapore

Singapore | Singapore

08 Nov, 2025 - 20 Dec, 2025

Past Exhibitions

Figure

Ota Fine Arts, Singapore

Singapore | Singapore

31 May, 2025 - 12 Jul, 2025

In Dialogue

Ota Fine Arts, Singapore

Singapore | Singapore

11 Jan, 2025 - 01 Mar, 2025

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Articles

Collector Linda Neo On The Impact of Art SG Art Fair in Singapore

Forbes 13 Jan, 2025

Known for her commitment to championing Southeast Asian contemporary art, Singaporean art collector Linda Neo, together with her husband Albert Lim...

Zai Kuning and Azizan Paiman Illuminate Invisible Borders

Ocula 21 Dec, 2022

It was tempting to see the title as an attempt to needle at long-standing cross-border tensions between Singapore and Malaysia.

Intriguing Artist-Made Films, the Rise of the Art Influencer, and a Showcase of NFTs at S.E.A. Focus 2022

Art Asia Pacific 15 Jan, 2022

As the world continues to deal with the pandemic, S.E.A. Focus 2022鈥攖he anchor event of Singapore Art Week 2022鈥攊s one of the handful of art fairs globally that is pushing ahead.

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鈥� ..Zai's thoughts about trees have been expressed since the early stage of his art practice... 鈥�
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Ota Fine Arts, Singapore

鈥� ..Having worked with an array of sculpture, installation, painting and drawing, experimental sound and music, video, film, performance art, dance and theatre for more than two decades, Kuning resists convenient... 鈥�
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Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo

鈥� ..After an extended break with the visual arts, Kuning returns to present a new body of work informed by his ongoing research on the Orang Laut -- "sea gypsies" or nomadic indigenous fishermen living in... 鈥�
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Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo

鈥� ..Kuning comments on how these groups have been dictated by external circumstances beyond their control, have lost their homes, and are in search of a place of rest where they can rebuild their lives... 鈥�
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Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo

鈥� ..Through his presentation of sculptures made of wood, Zai attempts to provide alternative ways of looking at the lives of trees... 鈥�
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Ota Fine Arts, Singapore