Simon Soon (dia/he/him) is a lecturer who teaches in the Art History and Curatorship Program at the University of Melbourne. His research interest spans 19th and 20th century Southeast Asia. His practice is collaborative and focuses on the adaptive reuse of historical images that explore their myth-making and story-telling potentials. Soon’s works have been exhibited in Singapore, Hong Kong, Busan, Kathmandu, Warsaw, and Sydney, among others. He is the co-founder and editorial member of Southeast of Now: Directions in Contemporary and Modern Art in Asia, a peer-review journal published by NUS Press. Soon lives in Melbourne, Australia.

 

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