The local multi-disciplinary artist will receive €100,000 in funding from the House’s prestigious arts and culture prize
Chanel’s biennial culture fund “Next Prize” is a global initiative to accelerate the ideas that advance culture, extending the House’s century-long legacy of cultural patronage. Every two years, the prestigious prize honours ten international contemporary artists who are trailblazers in their respective disciplines.
This year’s honourees originate from six countries and span a variety of artistic mediums. “Each is a catalyst and a pioneer. Each is disrupting established practice across a multitude of cultural fields, from art and opera to cinema and game design. Watching their creative journeys will be thrilling,” says Yana Peel, global head of arts and culture at Chanel.
And among them is renowned Singaporean multi-disciplinary artist Ho Tzu Nyen.
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Ho’s deeply introspective practice encompasses animation, performance, and installation, and is often concerned with the ever-changing identity of the Southeast Asian region. He represented Singapore at the 54th edition of the Venice Biennale, and has held solo exhibitions at iconic institutions such as the Guggenheim Museum in Spain and the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo.
Most recently, Singapore Art Museum marked two decades of Ho’s illustrious artistic journey through a mid-career survey exhibition titled Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger. The show will tour to the Art Sonje Center in Seoul, and the Hessel Museum of Art in New York before travelling to the Mudam Contemporary Art Museum of Luxembourg next year.