ABOUT THE ARTIST
Hoo Fan Chon (b. Selangor) is a visual artist based in Penang, Malaysia. His research-driven projects are often situated in local geographies and engage with class aspiration, cultural identity, informal histories, and colonial legacies. By reframing everyday life through irony and wry humour, his works observe the oscillations and assimilations between social classes, the official and the informal, the highbrow and the lowbrow.
Earlier in 2026, he participated in the Transmediale Festival – By the Mango Belt & Tamarind Road and Wan Hai Hotel: Singapore Strait (Rockbund Art Museum / ART SG). Last year, he was selected for Moving Narratives Cycle II, a programme organised by the Prince Claus Fund in collaboration with the British Council. His solo exhibitions include The World is Your Restaurant (Kuala Lumpur, 2021) and Let Them Eat Salmon (Singapore, 2023). Hoo graduated with a BA in photography from the London College of Communication, University of Arts London (2010) and co-founded the Run Amok art collective (2012–17) in George Town.