Artesan Gallery + Studio

Artesan is an art gallery and studio based in Singapore, specializing in Contemporary Pan-Asian Art. Since its inception in 2005, its main emphasis has been Southeast Asian artists, and has since commenced to showcase artists from other areas such as Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan and Malaysia. For the past eight years, Artesan Gallery + Studio has engaged in major collaborations with the National University Museum, National Arts Council of Singapore, The Lee Foundation in Singapore, LASALLE College of The Arts ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts), The National Center & Community for the Arts in the Philippines, INSEAD Singapore, the Singapore Tyler Print Institute, the Nanyang Technological Institute, and the prestigious Ateneo Art Gallery in Metromanila. Artesan is also the founder of REAP (Residency & Exchange Art Program) in Singapore, as well founder of Art-on-Tour, the first roaming gallery in Asia. In June 2012, Artesan opened its second gallery at the famed Raffles Hotel Arcade located in the heart of Singapore to elevate the perception of the thriving Asian art community both locally and internationally. Two years later, Artesan made a radical move to re-think its space … citing "after all, a fixed space is a mindset. Nothing could be more incongruous than Art, and a mindset". On August 2014, Artesan launched its floating gallery concept.