Jason Lim

Jason Lim was born in Singapore in 1966. Jason Lim’s work is guided by the elements of nature; earth, water, air, fire, and space. Drawing inspiration from these elements, he proposes to unveil the complex inter-relationships between nature and the world around us. Lim’s work is focused on the interaction between body, matter and spirit.

He employs long meditative processes of repeated actions as a strategy to manifest works in the form of sculpture, photography, film, and performance art. Jason Lim has presented his works in various international festivals and exhibitions since 1994, including Toowoomba Relics, Craft Queensland Gallery, Australia (2003); Wolves in Winter, South London Gallery, UK (2006); 52nd Venice Biennale, Italy (2007); 4th World Ceramics Biennale, WOCEF, South Korea (2007); Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, Taiwan (2008); 1st Jakarta Ceramics Biennale, Indonesia (2009); Là- bas – Performance Art Biennale, Kiasma, Finland (2010); 1st Venice International Performance Art Week, Palazzo Bembo, Italy (2012); Roving Eyes – Contemporary art from South East Asia, Arter,Turkey (2014); JIWA: Jakarta Biennale, Indonesia (2017); Kjerringøy Land Art Biennale, Norway (2018); Indian Ocean Craft Triennale, Fremantle Arts Center, Australia (2021).

Jason Lim was organizer, co-Artistic Director and Artistic Director of Future of Imagination (FOI), an international performance art event held in Singapore from 2004 -2016. In 2021, he organised, directed and co-curated Singapore Ceramics Now 2021, creating a platform to showcase contemporary ceramics and survey current ceramics practices in Singapore. In 2024, he is co-artistic director of PingPong – Singapore and Vietnam Live Art Residency in Hanoi, Vietnam. Jason Lim’s artistic projects, residencies and travels have been recognized, supported and awarded with numerous grants and awards from the National Arts Council since 1994.