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Noted scholars and practitioners in the art world
Programmes are taught by some of the most knowledgeable and highly respected scholars in the field of art. The combination of academic faculty, visiting tutors,specialist lecturers and Sotheby's experts provides students with a wide breadth of knowledge and experience as well as an opportunity to develop a network of professional relationships.
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PHIL WHITTAKER
DIRECTOR, SOTHEBY’S INSTITUTE OF ART - SINGAPORE
Phil Whittaker joined Sotheby’s Institute of Art in February 2007 as the Director of Sotheby’s Institute of Art - Singapore.
Prior to joining Sotheby’s Institute of Art he spent 4 years at Ashridge, a UK based management development college, where is was primarily involved in teaching on the MBA course and designing leadership courses.
He also spent 6 years at the University of Strathclyde Graduate School of Business as a lecturer in Information Systems Strategy, and data management.
Phil holds two psychology degrees from the Open University, an MA in Management Learning from Lancaster University and an MBA from the University of Strathclyde Graduate School of Business.
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EUGENE TAN
PROGRAMME DIRECTOR, MA CONTEMPORARY ART
PhD in Art History, University of Manchester, UK.
An art historian, critic and curator, Eugene was previously the founding director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, LASALLE College of the Arts. Among exhibitions he has curated include the Singapore Pavilion at the 51st Venice Biennale in 2005, the inaugural Singapore Biennale in 2006 and Thermocline of Art: New Asian Waves at ZKM¦Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany.
His writing has also been published in many books and exhibition catalogues, as well as publications such as Art Asia Pacific, Art Review, C-Arts, Contemporary, Contemporary Visual Arts, Flash Art, Metropolis M and Modern Painters. He has been a member of the International Art Critics Association, or AICA (Association International des Critiques d' Art) since 1999 and was the founding president of the Singapore Section.
He has also been invited to lecture and participate in conferences on various aspects of contemporary art in Singapore, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Taiwan and United Kingdom.
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THOMAS J. BERGHUIS
CONSULTANT LECTURER, MA CONTEMPORARY ART
PhD, University of Sydney. Thomas Berghuis is currently Senior Project Curator at Casula Powerhouse - International Centre for Cultural Diversity, and the Postdoctoral Research Associate and primary Research Coordinator in the CCAP’s Linkage Project.
He was a visiting scholar at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing (2003-2004); the Associate Curator for the 6th Sharjah International Biennale, U.A.E (2003); curator for the 1st Dashanzi International Arts Festival at 798 Factory, Beijing (2004); and the Associate Curator
for the 3rd Israel Video Art Biennial, Tel Aviv (2006).
His book, Performance Art in China, was published in 2006. In recent years he has become actively involved with the contemporary art scene in Southeast Asia, with special attention on Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore.
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LEE WENG CHOY
CONSULTANT LECTURER, MA CONTEMPORARY ART
MA in English Literature from Mills College, California, USA.
Lee Weng Choy is an art critic and the artistic co-director of The Substation arts centre in Singapore. He has lectured on art and cultural studies, convened a number of international conferences, and written widely on contemporary art, including the essays: “The future was when: art criticism and the comparative tenses of Hong Kong and Singapore” in Journal of Visual Culture (2007); “Authenticity, Reflexivity & Spectacle; or, the Rise of New Asia is not the End of the World” in Theory in Contemporary Art since 1985 (Blackwell, 2005); “Just What Is it that Makes the Term Global-Local So Widely Cited, Yet So Annoying?” in Over Here: International Perspectives on Art and Culture (New Museum & MIT Press, 2004); “Biennale Time and the Spectres of Exhibition” in Forum On Contemporary Art & Society (2002).
He is currently President of the Singapore Section of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA Singapore), and also serves on the academic advisory board of the Asia Art Archive (Hong Kong).
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JOHN CLARK
CONSULTANT LECTURER, MA CONTEMPORARY ART
PhD, University of Sheffield.
John Clark is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and Professor
in Art History and Theory at the University of Sydney. In 2003 he was also awarded an Australian
Centenary Medal. He served as chair of the Department of Art History & Theory from 2000-2002, and acting director of the Power Institute, Foundation for Art & Visual Culture, from 2001-2002.
Ongoing work includes a comparative study of Chinese and Thai art during the 1980s and 1990s, and an examination of the functions of international biennales in Asia.
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PATRICK D. FLORES
CONSULTANT LECTURER, MA CONTEMPORARY ART
PhD in Philippine Studies, University of the Philippines.
Patrick Flores is Professor in the Art Studies Department, University of the Philippines. He holds a PhD in Philippine Studies following an MA in Art History. He has written extensively on art and popular culture for local and international publications. Publications include books on the humanities, colonial art, and cinema.
Flores was also the curator of the Arts Division at Philippine National Museum. Currently, he is researching curators of contemporary art in Southeast Asia.
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ARK FONGSMUT
CONSULTANT LECTURER, MA CONTEMPORARY ART
MA Art Administration & Curatorship, Goldsmiths College, University of London.
Ark Fongsmut is a curator at Bangkok University Gallery and teaches Visual Art Administrations at several leading universities in Thailand such as Chulalongkorn University, Mahidol University, Silpakorn University, and Thammasat University.
He began his career in curatorship in 1996 at Baan Chao Phraya Gallery, a non-profit art space in Thailand. His curatorial practices play with the diverse meanings of art space both inside the gallery and at public spaces.
His previous art projects include among others, The Month of Photography Bangkok 2, and the Thai-Filipino Artists Exchange Project. He is also a feature writer for many magazines, newspapers and art catalogues.
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CHARLES MEREWHETHER
CONSULTANT LECTURER, MA CONTEMPORARY ART
PhD in Art History, University of Sydney.
Charles Merewether was until recently Deputy Director of the Cultural District (Saadiyat Island) for the Tourism Development & Investment Co. in Abu Dhabi and is currently Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Hong Kong International Art Fair. He was the Artistic Director
and Curator of the Biennale of Sydney 2006.
He has taught at the University of Sydney, Universidad Autonoma, the Ibero-Americana, and University of Southern California and had been recipient of various Fellowships.
He has published widely on modernism and contemporary art. His most recent publications include Under Construction: Ai Weiwei (2008), and Art, Anti-Art, Non-Art: Experimentations in the Public Sphere in Postwar Japan 1950-1970 (2007).
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HO TZU NYEN
LECTURER, MA CONTEMPORARY ART
MA (by Research) in Southeast Asian Studies, National University of Singapore
An artist and critic, Ho Tzu Nyen writes on art and the cinema for a number of international journals such as Broadsheet (Australia), Inter-Asia Cultural Studies (UK/Taiwan), FOCAS (Singapore), as well as contributes the occasional essay for catalogues. Since 2005, he has been the Singapore Editor for Art Asia Pacific (US).
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EMILY PHILIPS
CONSULTANT LECTURER, MA ART BUSINESS
MFA, University of California.
Emily is employed as an Assistant Professor at the University of Notre Dame,
USA. She gained an MFA, from University of California at Los Angeles in 1994. She was a Fulbright Fellow; MA Georgetown/Sotheby’s Institute, 2007.
Her previous experience has included:Assistant Professor, Scenic Design, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, In 2003. Visiting Professor/Business and English Language
Trainer/ U.S., Europe, 1996-present. Freelance Scenic/Costume/Production Designer, Theater/Opera, U.S., Europe 1990-present. Senior Project Manager, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, 1990-91.
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