An archive of SGABF editions since 2018, the year in which the fair became independently organised and funded for the first time in five years. Besides our local exhibitors, SGABF has hosted exhibitors from Australia, China, France, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, USA, UK, and the United Arab Emirates, all of whom are listed below.
SINGAPORE ART BOOK FAIR 2024
The Singapore Art Book Fair (SGABF) celebrated its 10th edition from 25 – 27 October 2024 at the Singapore Art Museum at Tanjong Pagar Distripark.
Featuring 104 local and international exhibitors, the fair showcased a diverse range of artists’ books, zines, monographs, and other printed materials. This milestone edition marked SGABF's continued growth and cemented its position as Southeast Asia’s largest art book fair.
Apart from celebrating the 10 year anniversary, the 2024 edition of the Singapore Art Book Fair also featured highlights such as the SG Art Book Dialogue book launches, discussions & artist talks curated by the fair, commemorative festival merchandise, and more.
#SGABF2024
Featuring 104 local and international exhibitors, the fair showcased a diverse range of artists’ books, zines, monographs, and other printed materials. This milestone edition marked SGABF's continued growth and cemented its position as Southeast Asia’s largest art book fair.
Apart from celebrating the 10 year anniversary, the 2024 edition of the Singapore Art Book Fair also featured highlights such as the SG Art Book Dialogue book launches, discussions & artist talks curated by the fair, commemorative festival merchandise, and more.
#SGABF2024








Singapore Art Book Fair 2024
EXHIBITOR FLOORPLAN

AST99 Fruitcart [SG]
AST100 Ornate Gesture [AU]
AST101 EXTRA CREDIT [US/KR]
AST102 PEER [SG]
AST103 51 Personae [CN]
AST104 radioriotgrrrl [SG]
AST105 A Very Normal Collective [SG]
EXHIBITOR LIST
C01 Basheer Graphic Books [SG]
BASHEER GRAPHIC BOOKS is a specialized bookstore for design books and magazines related to Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Design, Graphic Design, Animation, Product Design, Fashion Design, Art & Craft, Typography, and Photography.C02 Hoxton Mini Press | GOST | SendPoints [UK & HK]
SendPoints is a publisher and leading distributor of art and design books. Hoxton Mini Press is an indie publisher from East London and their goal is to bring art and photography to a wider audience. GOST is an independent visual arts and photography publisher based in London.C03 Feelers [SG]
Feelers is a research lab focused on the intersections of art and technology. Their projects are invitations to think critically and empathetically about our world; and to build a community that learns and works together. Feelers is a bid for another world to come into being. Glimpses of it are found in how they sustain themselves, how they choose to listen instead of turn away, and how they question paradigms of acceleration and extraction.C04 SWELL x Faction Press [SG]
SWELL is a graphic design studio focused on delivering works in the printed matter format, namely from the arts and culture sector. The studio has a 12 year history of working with artists, writers, private galleries as well as institutions in producing publications and helping independent bodies produce books. This year, SWELL is joined by their collaborator Faction Press, an independent non-fiction micropress dedicated to bringing stories from Southeast Asia to the world. Founded in 2020, Faction Press seeks to bring together voices and narratives that shape our region and its diasporas.C05 Further Reading | RJ Paper [ID/SG]
Further Reading is an independent multi-format publishing platform with a production and distribution unit. They seek to engage in discourse within design practices by exploring the wider contexts through various programmed experiences, such as online publication, printed periodicals, pop-ups, and workshops on topics relevant to/within Indonesia, Southeast Asia, as well as globally. /RJ Paper has been the trusted partner for thousands of designers, creators, artists and makers since 1987. For decades, their personal touch to customers and attention to materiality have positioned them right at the heart of creative communities and their projects.
B06 TEAM COOK [SG]
Team Cook is a creative duo of Gian Jonathan and Astri Nursalim. The couple is working in advertising by day, but cooking things by night. Come hungry! On the menu there will be new books, random decoration objects, and many other unnecessary things!B07 Aaah House [SG]
Aaah is a nomadic creative practice helmed by Ryan Len and Ella Zheng, where pleasures carry no guilt and ideas aren’t talked down to.B08 The Slow Press [SG]
The Slow Press (est. 2021) is an independent food magazine based in Singapore that is fixated on the rich stories behind what we eat. Through longform journalism, design, illustration, and photography, the magazine seeks to bring Singapore’s vibrant food heritage to the foreground in an introspective, yet quirky and fun way. They hope to shed light on the ways of looking at food to help you truly appreciate the goodness that goes into your stomach.B09 LOST [SG]
LOST is a magazine about self-discovery through travel. It is a magazine that features real stories, personal reflections and epiphanies from people around the world. It believes that travel isn’t about fancy hotels or tourist destinations, but about immersing oneself in someplace entirely foreign to feel extremely uncomfortable so that one can learn from it. It believes that travel is a state of mind.B10 In Plain Words [SG]
In Plain Words is a Singapore-based editorial studio that examines everyday life through food and design.B11 ALL-BOOK-S [SG]
Inspiring print, empowering authors and creatives, sharing stories, spreading books worldwide — ALL-BOOK-S is an exclusive online bookshop by Allegro Print, offering a curated collection of books printed by them. Their selection features unique publications from independent publishers, artists, and designers, primarily in Singapore, often hard to find in mainstream bookstores.B12 OFFCUT [SG]
For every printed matter that is created, remnants from their make are inevitably left behind. OFFCUT was created to re-purpose these remnant papers into refreshed stationery, turning "waste material" into sustainable goods for everyday use. This is an initiative by Allegro Print to reduce paper waste and repurpose waste paper from our their print production process. They also utilize excess space within print jobs to minimise offcuts, allowing them to create their unique stationery designs.B13 Grey Projects/ Valiz [SG/NL]
Grey Projects (est. 2008) is a library, a residency apartment, a studio, and two galleries. Out of these spaces they generate curatorial and exchange activities. They make books, exhibitions, talks, residencies, reading groups, and workshops. Grey Projects is interested in new design practices, writing, curatorial research, and art propositions. / Valiz is an independent international publisher on contemporary art, theory, critique, design and urban affairs. Their books offer critical reflection, interdisciplinary inspiration, and often establish a connection between cultural disciplines and socio-political questions. Apart from publishing, Valiz organizes lectures, debates and other cultural projects in which certain topics in contemporary art are explored.C14 National Gallery Singapore and Singapore Art Museum [SG]
National Gallery Singapore is a visual arts institution which oversees the largest public collection of modern Singapore and Southeast Asian art. The Gallery publishes books on the visual arts of Singapore and Southeast Asia. Its core genres include exhibition catalogues, Southeast Asian art research, general titles and children’s books. / Singapore Art Museum has built one of the world’s most important public collections of Southeast Asian contemporary artworks, with a growing component in international contemporary art. Publishing on contemporary Southeast Asian art-making and art-thinking, the SAM imprint comprises exhibition catalogues, artist monographs, research publications and general titles.C15 Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore [SG]
NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore (NTU CCA Singapore) was founded as a national research centre. From 2013-21, NTU CCA engaged in knowledge production and dissemination through its threefold constellation of exhibitions, residencies, and research and academic education. Since closing its exhibition hall in 2021, NTU CCA Singapore has continued to serve as a space for critical discourse, encouraging new ways of thinking about Spaces of the Curatorial in Southeast Asia and beyond. Located within Singapore’s Gillman Barracks visual arts precinct, the Centre engages various audiences through its dynamic public programmes including lectures, workshops, open studios, film screenings, exhibitions, and stagings.C16 NUS PRESS [SG]
NUS Press publishes academic books and journals, art books, and high quality general non-fiction in the social science and humanities disciplines. They are particularly attentive to the priorities of writers and readers concerned with Singapore and Southeast Asia. NUS Press is highly competitive for book prizes in Asian Studies, discipline-based prizes, and local Singaporean book awards.B17 Street Report [SG]
Street Report is an ongoing project of accounts describing in detail situations or events on the street, usually from the result of observation and inquiry by a Street Reporter. Street Report reviews local and human-scale realities.B18 INFINITIF [BE]
INFINITIF is a Brussels based artists' book publisher that functions as a platform for creating, publishing and distributing artist publications. INFINITIF was founded in 2021 by Jelle Martens and Tim Bruggeman.B19 Catherine Hu + Roxanne Tingyi Wang [SG & CN]
Catherine Hu is an artist working primarily in sculpture and print media. Roxanne Tingyi Wang is an artist who works primarily in painting, print-making, design and self-published artist’s books.B20 Nung-Hsin Hu [TW]
Nung-Hsin Hu (胡農欣) is a Taiwanese interdisciplinary artist who interweaves time-based media, installation, performance, and artist’s books in her practice. Her work intends to reveal the invisible status, articulate the unconsciousness, and perform the vulnerability through a poetic and whimsical approach. Her current projects utilize analog film as the main medium, applying light-sensitive, nostalgic, and ephemeral features to address a sense of loss and touch on the subjects of time, memory, and mortality. Hu has also participated in various residencies including Arctic Circle Residency Program in Svalbard, the SÍM residency in Iceland, and the 18th Street Arts Center in Los Angeles.B21 1 and Half Atelier [CN]
1 and Half Atelier is a full-service design studio offering multidisciplinary services, including bookbinding and graphic design, from initial concept to final production. The studio was founded in 2016 by co-founders Zhong Yu and Bai Kui, who operate under the brand name "After Intermission" when collaborating on design projects. They believe there should be no predetermined boundaries and take an integrated approach to their work. This philosophy empowers them to fluidly adapt to various roles—whether as designers, editors, or bookbinders—seamlessly dismantling the barriers between art and technique.B22 cuspdot 卡斯普多特 [CN]
cuspdot is a non-profit space in Hangzhou, China that organizes exhibitions, workshops, and other activities.C23 dmp editions [TW]
dmp editions is a publishing label that involves a multidisciplinary approach to publishing, content editing, art direction and all things related to book-making. They work with artists, photographers, editors, and curators to develop an alternative perspective of the world portrayed through the pages of a book.B25 commune [JP]
commune is a gallery and bookshop founded in Tokyo in 2009. In 2013, the shop established their own independent press, “commune Press” to further their founding mission to introduce great and promising artists to as many people as possible all around the world.C26 Temporary Press [SG]
Temporary Press publishes books around design that are not necessarily considered design and relies on improvised and economical design and production methods, often with a black-only Risograph and simple tools. Based in Singapore since 2018, Temporary Press is run by design studio gideon-jamie and distributed internationally by Idea Books.C27 The Institute of Critical Zoologists [SG]
The Institute of Critical Zoologists is an organisation founded by Robert Zhao Renhui. Robert Zhao is an interdisciplinary artist who explores the complex and co-mingled relationships between nature and culture. Working in installation, photography, video and sculpture, Zhao is interested in the multifarious beings and objects that constitute the living world, and whose experiences and knowledge enrich our collective existence.C28 Atelier HOKO [SG]
Atelier HOKO (2002) is an independent research lab that focuses on the study of the growing disengagement between people, things and space. The atelier hopes to cultivate in people, an open-ness and ability to un-know, bringing about a heightened curiosity towards all phenomena by taking a fresh look at reality. Founded by Alvin Ho and Clara Koh.C29 Printed Matter, Inc. [US]
Printed Matter, Inc. is an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1976 by artists and art workers with the mission to foster the distribution, understanding, and appreciation of artists' books and related artists' publications. Through the NY and LA Art Book Fairs, two storefronts, an online catalog, and other distribution channels, Printed Matter circulates more than 45,000 publications annually on behalf of artists and independent publishers. Printed Matter also offers comprehensive free public programming, online resources, and educational initiatives for the medium.B30 art book in China & DREAMER FTY [CN]
Founded in 2015, abC is dedicated to promoting local artists’ books and independent publications in China as well as introducing excellent global publishers and institutions to establish a profound multilateral dialogue. As the most professional exhibition of artist’s books and expo of independent publications, abC Art Book Fair takes place in Beijing and Shanghai respectively. It has been developing a distinct influence in the fields of contemporary art, design, and publishing, welcoming thousands of publishers, media platforms, and visitors around the world. DREAMER FTY was founded in 2007. Publishing book as projects and collaborate with artists. Currently, DREAMER FTY acts as the independent publishing project of art book in China.C31 Hothouse & Progressive Disintegrations [SG]
Founded in 2020, Hothouse is a creative exchange platform shared by INTER–MISSION, Currency, and formAxioms. The collective fosters encounters that strengthen critical and longform creative practices, embracing speculation, excess, and ambiguity as part of its creative exchange with artists, creatives, businesses, and audiences. Today, Hothouse focuses on technological transdisciplinary work through its Internal Projects series, public programmes, and publications.Progressive Disintegrations is a collaborative group project that began in early 2020 out of the need to create a format that provides a space to exchange creative and artistic practices between Chua Chye Teck, Marc Gloede, Hilmi Johandi and Wei Leng Tay. The project aimed to open normally individual artistic and curatorial practices up to those of others, creating situations to explore and expand the participants’ notions of their own practices.
B32 Studio150 [TH]
STUDIO150 is a Bangkok-based design studio that leverages graphic design as a core tool across all mediums, specializing in information interpretation, design research, and data visualization. Founded by Piyakorn Chaiverapundech and Pat Laddaphan, the studio bridges graphic design with contemporary art, focusing on observation, multidisciplinary research, curation, and storytelling. Their work transforms contemporary data and objects into diverse projects, including publications, exhibitions, and commissioned works. STUDIO150 co-founded the BANGKOK ART BOOK FAIR in 2017 and participated in Momentum 12, the 12th Nordic Biennale for Contemporary Art.C33 Copyright/Reserved [ID]
COPYRIGHT/ RESERVED Extensive Publishing is part of COPYRIGHT/ RESERVED, an experimental design studio based in Indonesia specializing in a diverse range of creative solutions and deliverables, the studio was established in 2018 and operates as a studio-based creative business committed to delivering editorial-quality branding and design. The Copyright/ Reserved Extensive Object and Publishing bureau was inspired by the extraordinary results of interdisciplinary collisions. In this bureau, they aim to explore the interpretation of "book" and "object" as a medium—an intervening substance, like air, through which a force acts or an effect is produced.B34 KULTRATED [SG]
A curator of chaos, a guardian of the underground's precious relics where shelves are a filled with riot colours and creativity. Each zine's a unique artifact, a snapshot of someone's unbridled imagination, a middle finger to the mainstream's stifling grip, a connoisseur of the unconventional, and a champion of the unapologetic. They find solace in the beauty of the lawless and the allure of the unknown beckons like a siren's call.B35 TRI.PAR.TITE [SG]
TRI.PAR.TITE also known as T.P.T is a design collective showcasing local works. They do prints, zines, shirts and nicknacks. They are a three men team that explores youth culture and design. They try our best to showcase external works from their friends in every physical booth we exist in.C36 Grafis Nusantara [ID]
Grafis Nusantara is a platform dedicated to archiving vintage Indonesian labels and stickers – presenting the archipelago’s lavish visuals and their significance as knowledge and reference materials.B37 Binatang Press [ID]
Binatang Press! is Jakarta-based small-scale independent publisher. They represent non-mainstream collaborators and bring them to a wider audience. They tell stories of what subculture is like in Indonesia, working mostly with independent creative communities around them.C38 Knuckles & Notch [SG]
Knuckles & Notch is a creative studio and Risograph press known for their manically colourful and often bizarre aesthetic. Their productions aim to reflect the fantastical in everyday life and reinterpret the mundane through its brand of morbid humour. Their love for art-making is rooted in the inimitable charm of the analogue medium. It believes in the unique quality of the hands-on process, where idiosyncrasies foster greater relatability between creators and their audience. In that spirit, it persists in creating art through analogue means while continually exploring innovative ways to harmonise traditional mediums with our ever-changing contemporary landscape.C39 Monster Workshop [CN]
Founded in Beijing in 2018, Monster Workshop is an indie art and graphic design studio with Letterpress and Risograph Printing. They aspire to MAKE GOOD THINGS HAPPEN and carry good things through to the end.C40 #girlswholift [SG]
Presenting #girlswholift. A creative collective of Illustrator, Designer & Visual Artist, HAFI (@hahahafi) & Illustrator & Tattoo Artist, Bee(@almostasthma). Both HAFI & Bee have had years of experience manoeuvring through the creative industry with touch points in multi-disciplinary work that is deeply rooted in illustration and imaginative fun. #girlswholift is an ode to their creative practice, balancing work and life; and making sense of their present world.B41 HOMOCATS [US]
HOMOCATS were created by Brooklyn artist J. Morrison in 2010, with a zine entitled "Fight the Power". HOMOCATS is a annual zine and visual art project that connects the modern popularity of the feline with social politics. We create a line of screenprinted apparel, and publish zines, artist books, and prints. We aim to fight phobias, propose equal rights, combat cultural stereotypes, question social norms, resist Trumpism, and to make the world a better place.C42 0rbit [SG]
0rbit is, above all, multidisciplinary and FLINTA focused. They're a circuit that seeks to set in motion the exploration of different artforms; for alternative perspectives to come together within a communal ecosystem where creatives thrive and imagine beyond limits. From zines, to art, to raves, to performances, to mutual aid and more.B43 x_x [AR]
x_x is the excuse to meet and exchange learning, travel, anecdotes and adventures among friends. It is a small publishing house that has its own riso and screen printing workshop, although due to its itinerant and unstable nature, it also works a lot in borrowed workshops, spaces for friends and reconfigured corners of hostels, borrowed houses, bars or squares. The idea is to tell in a fanciful, colorful and somewhat lying way our passage through this sick and sad world.C44 ODD ONE OUT [HK]
ODD ONE OUT is the first gallery in Hong Kong dedicated to illustration, graphic arts & printmaking situated in the Hong Kong. Opened in 2012, they have been exhibiting printmakers and illustrators around the world. Since 2014, they have started editioning and publishing limited edition art prints and artist books by local artists who have not traditionally worked in printmaking medium.B45 KALEIDOSCOPE [KR]
KALEIDOSCOPE is committed to providing a work-sharing platform for domestic and foreign art creators, and uniting artists to create unlimited possibilities for composite art spaces.C46 Tara Books [IN]
Tara Books is a collective of writers, artists and designers, based in Chennai, South India. Known for richly illustrated books, the collective offers a unique list that includes titles in children’s literature, photography, graphic novels, art and art education.C47 REDFOXPRESS & ANTIC-HAM [IE]
Redfoxpress is run by Francis Van Maele and Antic-Ham in Achill island, Ireland. In their silkscreen studio on the edge of Atlantic Ocean they work intensively in collaboration, publishing artist’s books and screen printed editions. Redfoxpress publishes an ongoing collection named “C’est mon dada” with works of visual poetry and Fluxus, with 202 titles so far.B48 Nadiia Zhelieznova [UAE]
Nadiia Zhelieznova is an artist and an illustrator based in Abu Dhabi. She works with analog and digital mediums, make graphics, zines, books, and sculptures. Fairy tales and humor are her sources of inspiration. She pays a special interest to shaping, textures, and naivety in order to explore the line between ugly and beautiful, between serious and funny.B49 yoon.miwon [KR]
Yoon Miwon creates animations, drawings, and self-published books from the images we repeatedly see in our daily lives. Suffering from this overabundance yet still being allured by it, Yoon Miwon contemplates and works on this thin border.B50 FancyToi [CN]
Toi(馬 小萌) is an artist and illustrator. In 2019, she began to explore a personal style and is now working on the "FancyToi" series. Her work consists of paintings, animations, and artist books. She is curious about the thickness of time and the shuttle state of space, and in her work, frames and frames burst into infinite possibilities in the gap of time.B51 Bird Pit [KR]
Bird Pit is an artist and self publisher that lives and works in Seoul. He humorously and satirically depicts various scenes of daily.B52 Corners [KR]
Founded in 2012, Corners provides graphic design services for publications/prints, digital images, websites, exhibition graphics, and signage. It also curates exhibitions, makes merchandise, and creates research-based publications. Corners runs a printing and publishing house that specializes in risograph printing presses and collaborates with friends and other creatives.B53 Aperture Brought Me Here [TH]
Aperture Brought Me Here is a self-motivated enterprise that investigates the relationship between photographic narrative and its conceptual documentary. It is a visual experiment with an attempt to take photography beyond itself, and use communication design to convey the intended narrative through the craft of publication design. The scope of work revolves around a prospect of how a book could interact with the readers through a series of photographs without an influence of words.A54 The Sandwich Club [UK/HK]
The Sandwich Club is a bookmaking studio/artist book publisher/risograph press. Based in London, the studio collaborates with and publish works for artists of different fields to share stories, visuals, and cultures across the world. The Sandwich Club also focuses on risograph printing and bookbinding, and all books are handbound and printed in-house.A55 ASIAN_FOOD_DESIGN [JP]
ASIAN_FOOD_DESIGN is a project initiated by graphic designer and illustrator Takako Masuki, focusing on Asian cuisine. It involves the creation of zines and paintings, other products using the risograph printing technique. Asian Food Travel won first place in the design category at the 2021 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.C56 NEUTRAL COLORS / PLANKTON [JP]
NEUTRAL COLORS is an independent publisher, it is also the name of the magazine it publishes, as well as the name of the bookbinding company. The three are organically connected. The publishing style of NEUTRAL COLORS is to have a small group of people getting together to handle everything from printing, and binding to distribution. The aim is to create an economically sustainable medium-scale publishing company that is somewhere between mass commercial printing and small-volume independent printing.B57 TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR [JP]
TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR started in 2009; the first book fair in Japan to specialize in art publications. Held annually, it gathers independent publishers, gallery presses, bookshops as well as individual artists and groups. The fair has seen constant growth in its scale and content over the years, and the event now gathers more than 350 participants from Japan and abroad and attracts more than 20,000 visitors every year. At the fair, visitors can communicate with and buy publications directly from hundreds of publishers and artists who create unique and innovative art publications; they can also enjoy various events including special exhibitions, talks/panel discussions and film screenings. As the biggest of its kind in Asia, TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR aims to champion and lead art publishing culture in the region, and create the ideal opportunity for visitors to experience the ever evolving, vibrant arena of arts publishing.B58 Aprilsnow Press [KR]
Aprilsnow Press initiated the publication of photobooks in 2013. Since then, the press has planned and published 24 photobooks. The press is helmed by design writer Kay Jun and book designer Jeong Jae-wan. With an aspiration that photobooks can serve as a gateway for young photographers, the dissemination of inexpensive yet high-quality photo book culture, and the interrogation of photographic chauvinism have become the motto of photobook publishing. Through their publishing activities, Kay Jun and Jeong Jaewan endeavor to stimulate critical reflection on the intersection between photography and the book.B59 Through The Roof + trisected [SG]
Through The Roof is a platform where we hope to encourage young creatives in their creative careers. They organise collaborative zine groups comprising of students, fresh graduates, and working professionals within the Singaporean creative industry. They also aim to create more avenues for creative expression for younger creatives learning how to finesse their craft more. / Trisected is the creative expressions of Joel Choong - through watercolour sketches, graphic design, and other forms of creative inspiration. Joel turns 35 this year, and the theme running through his creative work is "Losing My Youth", as youth are aged from 18-35.C60 BLUE PAGES ▶︎ NOTE Artbook project [JP]
BLUE PAGES ▶︎ NOTE Artbook project is a publishing project that presents "conceptual art books, each with a unique story" in Japan and internationally. In addition to selling art books, they offer workshops where participants can learn the entire process of creating art books, from mini books to more advanced productions. The project not only provides educational aspects of art book creation but also offers opportunities for cultural exchange, fulfilling a socially meaningful role.C61 Jom [SG]
Jom is a weekly digital magazine covering arts, culture, politics, business, technology and more in Singapore. Though the initial focus will be on long-form writing and photography, Jom is committed to a diversity of formats, from short-form video to audio podcasts.B62 applause [JP]
[applause] is the publishing label by the design studio 'ampersands'. They noticed that movies, concerts, and plays are applauded after the show, but great books don't get applause. The concept of the book is not to be applauded, but to send out a book that makes you want to give a small round of applause in your heart.C63 BOOK AND SONS [JP]
BOOK AND SONS are a specialist art and photo bookshop based in Tokyo and a distributor of Japanese art and photo books to the world. The bookshop aims to share feelings and knowledge about Japanese culture through Japanese art books.B64 Tall Poppy Press [AU]
Tall Poppy Press is an Australia-based publisher of photography books, workshops and merch with an aim to publish excellent Australian photography, or collaborations between Australian and non-Australian artists and bring these to the rest of the world. Tall Poppy believes in emerging artists, financially fair models of publishing and making books somewhere between a coffee table tome and a zine. They like imperfection, texture and things that are delightful and joyful. Founded in 2021, TPP is run by Matt Dunne and Morganna Magee.C65 Hopper&Fuchs [BE]
HOPPER&FUCHS is an independent publishing house based in Antwerp, Belgium. HOPPER&FUCHS started in December 2019 with the publication ‘For my Mother’ by Ren Hang, placing H&F on the art book publishing map. Since then, HOPPER&FUCHS have been creating a dynamic and high-quality portfolio of art books and photobooks. All books are printed by publisher Bruno Devos in Belgium. Bruno Devos has been working in the publishing and printing world for over thirty years and uses his expertise and knowledge to guide artists in creating one of the greatest objects in the world, an art book.B66 Perimeter Editions [AU]
Perimeter Editions is the award-winning publishing imprint of Melbourne-based bookstore Perimeter Books and distribution house Perimeter Distribution. Releasing its first publication in 2012, Perimeter Editions’ focus rests on publishing autonomous books in close collaboration with photographers, artists, curators and writers. Its publications exhibit a criticality and sensitivity to content and form.C67 SUPER LABO [JP]
SUPER LABO is a Tokyo-based publisher specializing in photo books. Founded in 2009 by Yasunori Hoki in Tokyo, SUPER LABO walks the line between art and culture (fashion & subculture) by expanding its own interpretation of art photography. Their projects involve various types of photographers who are energetically active in the world.C68 THEBOOKSHOW [SG]
THEBOOKSHOW is a platform for artists to showcase self-published art books in exhibitions and art festivals. It connects the arts community through showcases and activities centring the art book and its presentation, moving away from the conventional form and bringing upon renewed perspectives of the medium.A69 Rambutan [SG]
Rambutan is a tropical bunch of sweet friends coming together to produce produce produce thoughtful things amidst this world of steel and smog.A70 A Zine Thing [With Friends] - by ThinkSide [SG]
ThinkSide is a freshly bloomed independent zine label based in and out of Singapore. A zine thing with friends — a gathering of 10 invisible threads strung and tied to 1, will be showcasing a series of zines and publications at SGABF this 2024.A71 PPIPPIPRESS [SG]
PPIPPIPRESS is a press or lack thereof started by Bryan and Jamie who are nobodies but are really interested in pretty and interesting books, so they make books that are hopefully pretty interesting. Also, they dream of owning a risoprinter.D72 Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts [SG]
Established in 1938, the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) is Singapore's leading arts institution, known for its rigorous academic programmes, innovative teaching methods, and strong community engagement. Now a part of the University of the Arts Singapore (UAS), NAFA welcomes its inaugural intake in August 2024.The Faculty of Art & Design at NAFA fosters students' exploration of their artistic identities. Its dynamic, practice-oriented curriculum sparks creativity, enhances problem-solving skills, and refines technical expertise through hands-on studio work, industry partnerships, and real-world internships. Interdisciplinary learning deepens critical thinking, preparing graduates for success in a wide range of future-focused careers.
A73 Masala Noir [FR]
Masala Noir is an independent publishing house focused on visual archives related to design aesthetics and cultural movements of the 20th century. They compile captivating images on various themes, providing readers a unique glimpse into the aesthetics that have shaped the past century, providing a rich source of inspiration for design enthusiasts, historians, and those interested in exploring the tapestry of human creativity.A74 DEADWOODS [CN]
DEADWOODS is a self-publishing project launched by visual designers and content creators mainly from Asia. Books are the soul of dead woods, that's where the name comes from. Our works discuss public topics to private experiences based on paper, and explore the possibilities of mixed media.A75 Variegated [SG]
Variegated is a Singapore-based collective keen on producing books, publications, and objects rooted in design, research, and learning. Taking cues from the foliar variegation of plants, the members work across multiple disciplines with collaborators from diverse backgrounds to make each project a unique, surprising endeavour.A76 Holycrap.sg [SG]
RUBBISH FAMZINE (family zine) is an award winning annual editorial project by art collective Holycrap.sg. This family of 4 consisting of Claire, the 50 yr old mom, Renn, the 21 yr old son, Aira, the 18 yr old daughter & Pann, the 51 yr old dad believes that expression is a form of art. This is their platform for bizarre discussions & curious experiments in an attempt to compile all sorts of strange & not so strange absurdities that interest them as a family.A77 SHUIWONG [HK/SG]
Shuilam Wong, or simply Shui, is a wandering visual artist who grew up in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, China and the UK. She creates zines, illustrations, and animations using a graphic, reportage style. Often sketching on location at various places, she uses live drawing to capture and record people. From portraits of musicians and dancers to comics featuring animals in therapy, her self published works are a vibrant documentation of life and dreams.A78 Funky Zine Forest [CN]
Funky Zine Forest is a temp zine group made up of 4res and Handowin. 4res is a graphic designer from Hong Kong. Handowin HE is an award-winning author-illustrator based in NYC/Shanghai. Through Handowin’s visualized stories, an incomparable world outlook could be recognized. 4res’ unique viewpoint and critical thinking differentiate him from others. Their cooperation will definitely spur sparks.A79 Made By Beverley [SG]
Beverley Ng is an artist working with collage and illustration. She occasionally runs zine workshops and writes a newsletter, with the aims of helping others rediscover the joys of connection through visual art and printed matter.A80 Tico books [KR]
Tico books is an independent art book publisher created by graphic designer Hyoju Jung and artist Yiyoung Song who deals with painting and photography. Tico books creates publications that tell the stories of artists with various identities. By collaborating with artists, we want to become a bird whistle that fully preserves and conveys the essence of their work and visual culture.A81 林家夯 Lin Jaihang [TW]
林家夯 Lin Jaihang is a Kaohsiung native who graduated from National Taiwan University of Arts, and is now a graphic designer, living in Taipei. Claiming to be “an ambiguous style photographer", from the perspective of a gay man, he documents an intimate and loving relationship with a male partner in a private rental.A82 NOTHINGISREAL [KR]
NOTHINGISREAL, an artist-run space in Seoul, Korea, was established in 2021, originating from the simple idea of sharing a portion of an artist's studio to create an exhibition space for fellow artists. NOTHINGISREAL is committed to showcasing artists who have exhibited in the space by actively participating in book fairs to engage with broader audiences and foster artistic connections. In June 2024, NOTHINGISREAL expanded and relocated from Buam-dong to Hyehwa-dong, Seoul, allowing greater access to the community.A83 dienacht Publishing [DE]
dienacht Publishing is an independent photo-book publisher with the aim to showcase carefully selected photographers through a limited circulation of unique, beautifully produced and highly collectible books.A84 Editions JOJO [IN]
Editions JOJO is a publishing imprint, photobook library and artist led platform for photography operating out of Mumbai, India.A85 ampulets [SG]
ampulets was founded as a commercial design studio in 2006 by James Teo. Today, Yvonne Tham runs ampulets solely for independent and collaborative art and design projects that throw the spotlight on Singapore’s creatives. Small-batch art books are its current obsession.A86 backbonebooks & Oscar Salguero [DE/MX]
Claudia de la Torre founded Berlin-based backbonebooks in 2011 as an extension of her artistic practice serving as a platform for publishing and conceptualising artists’ books. Through a processual, conceptual and collaborative approach she aims to open new perspectives into what a book can be.Oscar Salguero is an independent curator, researcher, and archivist based in Brooklyn. In 2021 at Center for Book Arts, NY, he curated Interspecies Futures [IF], a survey of artists' books exploring the intersection of speculative fiction and new interspecies possibilities. Salguero founded Interspecies Library in 2019, the first archive of artists’ books exploring various subjects of interspecies research such as animal communication, plant intelligence, microbial cultures, queer ecology, animism, bioart, etc.
A87 Set Margins' publications [NL]
Creatively applying the cultural politics of content, form, and style whilst critically dissecting these to spark literacy, Set Margins’ Publications enforces the voices of marginalized cultural agendas. As a support structure, a platform for production, a network and publisher, Set Margins’ frames current impulses with particular focus for communication, forms of cooperation, and involved politics.A88 te editions [CN/US]
te editions is an independent publishing house based in New York and Beijing that explores the intersection of the arts and humanities. te editions examine the historical and contemporary social landscape through a diversified and microscopic lens, focusing on how the cultures encounter, collapse and transform each other within the global cultural flow. Driven by "curatorial thinking on paper" in our editorial approach, the publishing house hopes to stimulate new discussions informed by a genuinely interdisciplinary perspective.A89 CAOZHE & KALMOND [CN]
KALMOND & CAOZHE employ their mutual passion for books and publications to envision a realm where reality and truth harmoniously converge. Drawing inspiration from philosophy, CAOZHE’s artistic endeavors center around conceptual communication, forging an unconventional trajectory within the realm of illustration. Meanwhile, KALMOND’s works delves into the profound interplay between time, space, materiality, and symbolism, harnessing the power of digital media and video as the primary means of creative expression.A90 Bluetaped [SG]
Bluetaped showcases the works of three Singaporean designers, Eng Geng, Isaac and Choon Wee, each contributing works surrounding the theme of building conservation in Singapore through unique book publications. Isaac's publication captures conservation through photography, documenting the exploration of Pearl Bank Apartments and Golden Mile Complex. Choon Wee's work conserves the memories and ephemeral qualities of buildings through scent, Eng Geng's publication encourages the process of upcycling furniture from these homes, transforming them into handcrafted mementos. Together, they have united their efforts to offer alternative perspectives on conserving en bloc buildings in Singapore.A91 Do Not Design [SG]
Driven by a constant curiosity of our surroundings and human behaviours and the ever-changing world, Do Not Design is in a continuous development to imagine, create emotionally-driven work. Part branding consultancy, part marketing agency, part thought-services, the studio harnesses the art of growth hack and creative strategy to solve business problems, and transform brands from great to extraordinary. Do Not Design also design and publish books. For the past decade, they have published Dear, Assembled: Portrait of a Space, Architecture and the Architect, worked with John Clang, Juliana Tan, Kathy Anne Lim, DECK, National Museum of Singapore, National Gallery Singapore.A92 narrativeforms. [SG]
narrativeforms is a multi-disciplinary studio for passions, curating a selection of lifestyle and object-based works, through an experiential brand approach. Narrating stories behind each unique form, the brand's growing repository aims to heighten the experience and emotional fulfilment for its patrons. Curated by Shawn Lee, narrativeforms is a collection of passions and experimentations exploring art and design, in conjunction with his architectural background.A93 Suburbia Projects [MY]
Suburbia Projects is an architecture books retailer and publisher based out in the suburbs of Petaling Jaya. Founded in 2020 by Ashran Bahari and Naadiya Hani, Suburbia Projects aims to fill the gaps in critical and meaningful publications in architecture with a strong focus on virtues and values over aesthetics.A94 Now & Again [SG]
Now & Again is an independent magazine that explores the potential for new ideas in the fleeting moments of our day-to-day lives. Each edition reflects on the many ways of interpreting a simple theme through a mix of individual projects and collaborations, reflecting our diverse personal perspectives. It's a platform for collaboration, creative discussion, and pushing the boundaries of what we know.A95 ArtReview [UK]
Founded in 1949, ArtReview is one of the world’s leading international contemporary art magazines, dedicated to expanding contemporary art’s audience and reach, and tracing the ways it interacts with culture in general. Aimed at both a specialist and a general audience, the magazine and its sister publications, ArtReview Asia (launched in 2013) and a quarterly Chinese edition of ArtReview (published in partnership with Yishu Shijie and launched in 2022), feature a mixture of criticism, reviews, commentary and analysis alongside commissioned artist projects, guides and special supplements.A96 Other People's Books [SG]
Other People's Books is a growing archive and collection of books produced by Ryan Lim Zi Yi, Kimberly Wee, Mingli Seet and Lu Yixin. The collection of titles features records of scrutinised, absurd, radicalised observations and documentations that capture the unspectacular of everyday life. Other People's Books has assembled the first set of books about a group of software engineers discussing mathematical accuracies; individuals lost at sea since the 1970s; an old friend who frequently took smoke breaks; and the gradual lapses in memory from a cherished trip to Japan.A97 Right, there is nothing. / sesamespace [JP]
“Right, there is nothing.” is the publishing label of artist duo “sesamespace” who create collages, photographs, installations and editor Yumi Ashida. The label curates exhibitions of contemporary art, showcasing the works of various groups or creators. This year, the artist duo is working as “Right, there is nothing. / sesamespace”, focusing on publishing art books and participating in art book fairs around the world.D98 COCKEYE [SG]
Sought under the loose banner of irreverent experimental project COCKEYE, this iteration comprises artists, filmmakers, office workers, and a stickman, from Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, Austria, Italy, and Mexico, bringing forth their zines, comics, and crafts with a sincere heart and an earnest attitude. Our specially designed booth invites patrons with non-discerning palates to dine in our no-Michelin-star establishment offering naïve literature and creations by ants chua, Bruno Ruiz, Chong Lingying, Hazel Koh, Lam Li Shuen and Mark Chua, Leo Cheng, Mike Chang, Pong, Rika Kojima, Tricia Lim, txting, Sophia Derweduwen, Viknesh Kobinathan, Yasmin Bernart, and The Yang One. Come hungry.ARTIST SUPPORT TABLE
The Artist Support Table is a financial support scheme that offers independent artists and student-run collectives a booth at a lower fee with the aim of cultivating an accessible environment for the artbook as a medium.AST99 Fruitcart [SG]
Fruitcart is your everyday street vendor of simple, vibrant joys. Presenting a vibrant collection of crafts and books in a range of mediums and styles, we strive to make physical design and art more sweet and authentic for all! As fresh as a ripe piece of fruit, picked just for you.AST100 Ornate Gesture [AU]
Ornate Gesture is the small-press practice of Australian-based designer Ed Hubber. The imprint self-publishes zines and books that explore big ideas in small ways and take a cheeky look at design culture. They also share publications from emerging makers through Ornate Other – where a community of care through small-press is being built. Recent publications have explored the rental crisis through monopoly, giddiness of friendship through vintage cake images, and the recycling of symbols in visual culture by documenting a large collection of lobster artefacts.AST101 EXTRA CREDIT [US/KR]
Extra Credit is an ongoing series of instructional books and zines by Jean Y. Kim. EC editions are explorations of book making, creative coding and RISO printing processes. Each zine plays with pedagogical formats and design to share unique and bright artifacts for readers to enjoy and learn something new.AST102 PEER [SG]
PEER is a collective of zine makers hailing from various backgrounds - from fine arts, community building, design, to policy - who crave a creative outlet. This gathering of different interests, skills, and perspectives play out in a supportive space for the discussion and development of ideas and new works.AST103 51 Personae [CN]
51 Personae is a collaborative art project, publishing initiative, and cooperative platform. It started as an off-site program of the 11th Shanghai Biennale, and has evolved into a self-sustaining independent art publishing project, believing that publishing is both an urgent and valid artistic practice. 51 Personae places special emphasis on life experiences in Asia and the Third World, as well as marginalized voices under suppression. It collaborates with individual artists, designers, translators, collectives and self-organized social forms in Asia and beyond; exploring the contemporary forms, possibilities and potential of "realism" in art as expressive actions.AST104 radioriotgrrrl [SG]
radioriotgrrrl (RRG) is Nadhirah Khalid and Mengju Lin, or Natto and MJ. RRG was born during their angsty art school years. Borrowing the ethos of the riot grrrl movement of the 90’s, RRG is about punk, intersectionality, and making a more hospitable and joyful world together.AST105 A Very Normal Collective [SG]
A very normal collective came together for the fair.FRINGE: THE SPINE
SHRUB [SG]
SHRUB is a store specialising in independent artist products. Located in a former locksmith store at Golden Mile Tower, SHRUB presents a melting pot of curated zines, prints, tees, and various odds and ends. Concurrently, the space is used as a base for people to come together, create, explore, discuss, and collaborate. In true D.I.Y spirit, the people at SHRUB believe that being self-taught and learning from our peers is an invaluable and sacred gift.SG ART BOOK DIALOGUE
SG Art Book Dialogue is a series of book launches, discussions & artist talks curated by and held at the Singapore Art Book Fair.
All programmes are held at the Engine Room at Singapore Art Museum, located beside the Exhibitor Hall.
* Presented in partnership with the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) Design Collection
SINGAPORE ART BOOK FAIR 2023
For the third time, the 2023 Singapore Art Book Fair (SGABF2023) was held at the Singapore Art Museum at Tanjong Pagar Distripark from 14 – 16 Apr.
This edition hosted a total of 104 Exhibitors, as well as a series of artist talks, book launches, and workshops including a drawing workshop with Painter Kok Choon Choo, an artist born with visual impairment, in collaboration with Unseen Art Initiatives.
The fair also presented an installation by US-based artist Tricia Treacy titled Scaffolding, a collection of printed grids, patterns and geometric frameworks from our constructed and natural environments.
An expansion of the Zine Room in SGABF2022, the inaugural Cut Copy Paste was hosted at Temasek Polytechnic. The zine fair was curated by Shrub and brought together 47 local and international Zine Exhibitors.
#SGABF2023
This edition hosted a total of 104 Exhibitors, as well as a series of artist talks, book launches, and workshops including a drawing workshop with Painter Kok Choon Choo, an artist born with visual impairment, in collaboration with Unseen Art Initiatives.
The fair also presented an installation by US-based artist Tricia Treacy titled Scaffolding, a collection of printed grids, patterns and geometric frameworks from our constructed and natural environments.
An expansion of the Zine Room in SGABF2022, the inaugural Cut Copy Paste was hosted at Temasek Polytechnic. The zine fair was curated by Shrub and brought together 47 local and international Zine Exhibitors.
#SGABF2023












Singapore Art Book Fair 2023
EXHIBITOR MAP

EXHIBITOR LIST
C01 NUS Press / NANG Magazine [SG]
NUS Press publishes high-quality general non-fiction, as well as academic books and journals, in the humanities and social science disciplines. They are particularly attentive to the needs and priorities of researchers, writers and readers concerned with Singapore and Southeast Asia.NANG (est. 2016) is an independent print-only magazine which covers cinema cultures in the Asian world. The aim is to publish, issue-by-issue, a rich and profound collection of words and images on cinema, for knowledge, inspiration, and enjoyment. Each issue is helmed by guest editors and structured around a theme. Only 1,500 copies of each issue are produced, without reprints.
C02 NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore [SG]
NTU CCA Singapore is a national research centre of the Nanyang Technological University. The centre positions itself as a space for critical discourse and encourages new ways of thinking about Spaces of the Curatorial in Southeast Asia and beyond.C03 National Gallery Singapore | Singapore Art Museum [SG]
National Gallery Singapore is a visual arts institution which oversees the largest public collection of modern Singapore and Southeast Asian art. The Gallery publishes books on the visual arts of Singapore and Southeast Asia. Its core genres include exhibition catalogues, Southeast Asian art research, general titles and children’s books.Singapore Art Museum has built one of the world’s most important public collections of Southeast Asian contemporary artworks, with a growing component in international contemporary art. Publishing on contemporary Southeast Asian art-making and art-thinking, the SAM imprint comprises exhibition catalogues, artist monographs, research publications and general titles.
C04 Checkpoint Theatre x Feelers [SG]
Established in 2002, Checkpoint Theatre is a company of multi-disciplinary storytellers focused on creating and presenting original and contemporary content with strong writing, performance and direction, across different media and disciplines. With honesty and humour, head and heart, we produce and develop vibrant and important contemporary Asian stories that connect with, challenge, and inspire both local and international audiences.Feelers is a multidisciplinary artist-run label which produces artworks, experiences, and programmes through cross-disciplinary collaboration & experimentation. We also offer art, technology and writing services for brands and artist projects. We are housed within Potato Productions.
B05 Basheer Graphic Books [SG]
Specialised Bookstore for design books and magazines related to Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Design, Graphic Design, Animation, Product Design, Fashion Design, Art & Craft, Typography, and Photography.B06 Tara Books [IN]
Pushing the boundaries of the physical book in an age writing its obituary, Tara Books is a collective of writers, designers, and bookmakers, based in Chennai, south India. They publish illustrated books for children and adults, particularly known for their pioneering work with the rich traditions of Indian folk and tribal art, as well as their range of books made completely by hand. Contemporary design and experimenting with the form of the book is a Tara trademark, where narrative, art, and artisanship come together to create a unique cultural object.C07 (OFFCUT + ALL-BOOK-S) by Allegro Print [SG]
OFFCUT is an initiative by Allegro Print to reduce paper waste and repurpose waste paper from our print production process. Excess space within a print job is utilised to minimise actual offcuts in production, creating our own stationery designs. Inevitable paper waste is repurposed into refreshed stationery.ALL-BOOK-S is an online bookshop by Allegro Print that brings together an exclusive collection of books only printed by us.
C08 Further Reading & RJ Paper [ID & SG]
Further Reading is an independent multi-format publishing platform, as well as a production and distribution unit for the independent. They seek to engage in discourse within design practices by exploring the wider contexts through various programmed experiences, such as printed periodicals, residencies, pop ups, and online activities.RJ Paper is the trusted partner for thousands of designers, creators, artists and makers since 1987. For decades, their personal touch to customers and attention to materiality have positioned them right at the heart of creative communities and their projects.
C09 Studio SWELL & prypress [SG]
STUDIO SWELL is a design practice based in Singapore that delivers printed matter, analogue and digital concepts with an objective and honest approach. They work extensively within the arts and have been long time collaborators with various arts institutions, publishers and artists.Prypress is an independent publisher and project space, collaborating with artists and designers to produce limited edition zines, books, prints, multiples, objects and ephemera.
C10 ampulets X studios [SG]
Ampulets produces independent art and design projects. The projects explore the relationship between text and image, and hope to encourage a supportive community of creative folks in Singapore.C11 Theseus Chan [SG]
WERK Magazine is an avant-garde publication that has garnered international acclaim and is collected by galleries and museums. Conceived by Theseus Chan in 2000, the art publication is in its 30th edition.B12 Aaah House [SG]
Aaah is a travelling creative practice and experimental concept store that offers creative services, and curates design objects and experiences focused on raising the value of creativity for everyday life.C13 Daily Report [ID]
Created in 2018, Daily Report is a project by a bunch of design geeks outlining studio life as well as the highs and lows of working as creatives. Their zines include photos, illustrations and accounts of extraordinary events in our fairly ordinary lives.B14 Death of Typography + Huruf [SG & MY]
Death of Typography (DOT) is a young local type collective that practices, researches and explores type. DOT holds workshops to encourage type appreciation and exploration, as well as to further discourse of the local design scene amongst like-minded young designers. DOT is also a foundry hosting fonts by local designers.Huruf is a type and design collective that seeks to encourage awareness of and discourse on typography in Malaysia. Huruf has developed projects that investigate vernacular typography, local typographic heritage and multilingualism. Working at the intersection of design and pedagogy, Huruf organises events to facilitate knowledge exchange among type enthusiasts.
C15 Copyright/Reserved [ID]
Copyright/Reserved is a studio-based creative business and experimental design studio established in 2018, Bandung, Indonesia. The studio takes great pleasure to create quality branding and designs, and deliver the project in an engaging manner that is authentic and best highlights the client's skills, character, and expectations.C16 Almostfresh.co [SG]
AF is a brand that captures the “almost-moment”, reimagines and transforms them into fashion, design & art.B17 Aperture Brought Me Here [TH]
Aperture Brought Me Here is a co-independent photography zine publisher that investigates the relationship between photographic narrative and its conceptual documentary. Taking photography beyond itself and using communication design to inspire and visually convey an intended narrative without the influence of words, Aperture Brought Me Here showcases how readers can interact with photographs through the medium of books.B18 Annaarrrrrt Design [TW]
Annaarrrrrt Design is a digital record of the concept of "days" drawn in circles; of how soft and tender the days could be, of the days which are memorable, or even of days that are just no more than ordinary. Trying to portray the image the artist has in their mind about what they saw, heard or felt. These circles are the reflection of themselves.B19 Meantime [SG]
Meantime is an independent magazine documenting Singapore stories lost to time. Published annually, each issue uncovers our past through personal stories.B20 CHEAT CODE [SG]
The Cheats are fun and creative – it doesn’t follow the rules, it creates its own; it isn't something you should be embarrassed about because it's just harmless fun.Cheat Code is a creative space for a group of friends who enjoy design and art but are bounded by their daily 9 – 5. Creating zines, print matter, multiples, and objects, covering topics that range from daily life, personal encounters to interests.
B21 Geraldine Lim [SG]
Geraldine Lim is an artist based in Singapore who is interested in the psychological context of social alienation, the threats of the non-conforming, and the strange. Working primarily with soft sculpture and drawing, she explores ideas of the in-between and the transgressive within objects and forms. She enjoys combining influences from science fiction, fantasy and myths to create drawings of stills in her ideal phantasmic world and writing short stories of them.B22 Pik Gaand [TH]
Pik Gaand is a freelance illustrator from Bangkok, Thailand. In his daily life, he enjoys sketching and journaling things around him and random ideas that cross his mind. He appreciates all kinds of music and art, including accidental art. Pik Gaand believes that art should be for everyone. He tries to create work that is relatable so that even people with different interests and careers should be able to have fun with it.C23 Bedok Bandits [SG]
Not a collective but a super (not so) secret organization. They work and make art individually but have decided to unite and come together for this year’s art book fair. They are Mike, Ryan, Mengju, Xafiér, Michelle, Suzie, Rin, Wendy, Matisse, Project Coal... and they are the Bedok Bandits.C25 Grey Projects & Valiz Books [SG & NL]
Grey Projects is an art library for publication, curatorial & exchange activities.Valiz is a Netherlands-based, independent international publisher on contemporary art, theory, critique, design and urban affairs.
C26 cloud projects + Mynah Magazine [MY & SG]
cloud projects is a curatorial and publishing collective based in Kuala Lumpur. Working at the intersection of art, architecture, and history, they excavate knowledge networks and forge worlds of possibility.Mynah Magazine is a longform magazine about untold Singapore stories.
B27 LOST [SG/CN]
LOST is a magazine about self-discovery through travel that features real stories, personal reflections, and epiphanies from people around the world. It believes that travel is a state of mind and not about fancy hotels or tourist destinations, but about immersing oneself in someplace entirely foreign to feel extremely uncomfortable so that one can learn from it.C28 Thing Books [SG]
Thing Books (est. 2021) is an online shop for books, zines & things by artists.Dedicated to the promotion and understanding of the book as an artistic medium, Thing Books organises the annual Singapore Art Book Fair, and houses a catalogue of published print materials under the SG Art Book Library.
B29 Street Report [SG]
STREET REPORT is an ongoing project of accounts or statements describing in detail an event and situation(s) on the street by a Street Reporter, usually as the result of observation and inquiry. STREET REPORT was co-founded by Atelier HOKO, gideon-jamie, Faiz Bin Zohri, and Cathy Hang. Published by Temporary Press.C30 Temporary Press/Unit [SG]
Temporary Press is a small-scale publishing press producing content around art and design in collaboration with a small community of practitioners, educators, and researchers. Temporary Unit is an inconvenient bookshop and occasional workshop/exhibition space. Both are run by gideon-jamie, a design studio based in Singapore that develops critical responses through commissioned projects and independent work, in the form of writings, designs, ad-hoc exhibitions and workshops.B31 Atelier HOKO [SG]
Atelier HOKO (2002) is an independent research lab that focuses on the study of the growing disengagement between people, things and space. The atelier hopes to cultivate in people, an open-ness and ability to un-know, bringing about a heightened curiosity towards all phenomena by taking a fresh look at reality. Founded by Alvin Ho and Clara Koh.B32 THE INSTITUTE OF CRITICAL ZOOLOGISTS [SG]
The Institute of Critical Zoologists publishes books and presents exhibitions that documents environmental histories in the trash stratum.C33 THEBOOKSHOW [SG]
THEBOOKSHOW aims to become a mediator between the art world and the general public through the book medium. It acts as an avenue for artists to showcase self-published art books in exhibitions and art festivals in hopes to bring upon renewed perspectives of the medium.C34 Perimeter Editions [AU]
Perimeter Editions is the award-winning publishing imprint of Melbourne-based bookstore, Perimeter Books, and distribution house, Perimeter Distribution. Releasing more than 80 books since 2012, their focus rests on publishing autonomous books in close collaboration with photographers, artists, curators, and writers. Perimeter Editions’ publications exhibit sensitivity to content and form.C35 DECK Singapore [SG]
DECK is an arts organisation where all can gather through photography arts.DECK aims to be a leading platform that promotes visual literacy and champions diversity by showing all facets of contemporary arts and photography to the widest possible audience. DECK is the organiser of Singapore International Photography Festival (www.sipf.sg).
Today, DECK is fundraising for its permanent home dedicated to photography arts. Support the #BUILDECK campaign at build.deck.sg. DECK (DECK Photography Art Centre Ltd. | UEN 201215478E) is a registered Charity and Institution of a Public Character in Singapore.
C36 目彔事物 Mulu Office [TW]
Mulu Office is an artist collective and independent publisher, founded by Liu Chao-tze and Zhou Junsheng in 2021. Making books, not limited in sense of publishing; publishing, not limited in form of books.B37 commune [JP]
Founded in Tokyo in 2009, "commune" began as a gallery and shop. In 2013, their independent press "commune press" was set up to further the founding mission to introduce great and promising artists to a global audience.B38 TING5 [TW]
TING5 is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Taiwan. Her work is inspired by what she observes daily, including posters, zines, pottery, screen printing, printmaking, etc.B39 YeP YeP [HK]
YeP YeP is an experimental fashion and art magazine published in Hong Kong featuring commissioned works by a wide range of emerging local creatives.B40 KAPUTT+ [SG]
KAPUTT is a collective focused on reconnecting and celebrating lived human experiences in a time of isolation through a plethora of mediums. KAPUTT returns with a brand new moniker of KAPUTT+, showcasing a new roster of guest artists from all over the globe!B41 Canned Aqua [SG]
CANNED AQUA is a collective formed by Afiqah (@artfiqah), Grace (@gracehong.party), Joyce (@stxdiolei) and Yolanda (@yolanda.pdf). From making sillies to exploring emotions, traditional illustration to digital typography, abstract forms to human portraits, and everything in between. Canned Aqua will be sure to quench your thirst for genuine and unique self-expression; CANNED AQUA, the best thing since sliced bread.C42 Binatang Press [ID]
Binatang Press! is a small-scale independent publisher based in Indonesia. They work mostly with independent creative communities around them, and their mission is to represent their non-mainstream collaborators and bring stories of what subculture is like in Indonesia to a wider audience. Focusing on arts and visual culture, they are all about honest expressions and encouraging collaborators to voice their observations and personal experiences. Binatang Press! is part of the creative consultancy, The 1984 – a place where collaborations, experiments and creative thinking happens everyday.C43 Grafis Nusantara [ID]
A platform dedicated to archiving vintage Indonesian labels and stickers – presenting the archipelago’s lavish visuals and their significance as knowledge and reference materials. Grafis Nusantara caters as a space to give Indonesian vintage visuals a chance to be appreciated. Furthermore, easy access to social media and digital archives opens up new opportunities to collect Indonesian graphic artefacts through social curation. Grafis Nusantara currently possesses 300+ artefacts in their collection and is set to broaden their collection in the near future.B44 Den publishing group [TH]
Independent publisher and shop from Chiang mai, Thailand.B45 Shrub [SG]
Shrub is a store specialising in independent artist products. Located in a former locksmith store at Golden Mile Tower, Shrub presents a melting pot of curated zines, prints, tees, and various odds and ends. Concurrently, the space is used as a base for people to come together, create, explore, discuss, and collaborate. In true D.I.Y spirit, the people at Shrub believe that being self-taught and learning from our peers is an invaluable and sacred gift.B46 Throwaway Goods [SG]
Throwaway Goods is an international collective of art school rejects consisting of Australian artist Aaron Grech, Singaporean artist Yun, and cartoonists highnunchicken. Putting out a series of zines, art books, and collectables that would definitely get an 'F' at any art school worth their salt, Throwaway Goods will defo fit right at home in your collection of weird and wacky art. No refunds.B47 Parking Lot Press [TH]
Pull up neighbours! Parking Lot Press is a group of young designers from Bangkok that love creating print-based projects. They are here to share their passion and culture through the power of prints and publications.C48 Your Local Newsstand [SG]
Your Local Newsstand is an independent publishing group based in Singapore specialising in producing and publishing photography based imprints. Their goal is to provide a platform for photographers to explore photography through the medium of zines and other printed matters. By merging, colliding and making zines and photography exist with and within each other, it is well in their motto to keep prints in your hands.B49 KULTRATED [SG]
KULTRATED is a collection of hard to find zines, graphic novels and some other extreme stuff from around the world.C50 ODD ONE OUT [HK]
ODD ONE OUT is the first gallery in Hong Kong dedicated to illustration, graphic arts & printmaking situated in Hong Kong. Opened in 2012, they have been exhibiting printmakers and illustrators around the world. Working as a bridge to develop the appreciation of printmaking and encourage Hong Kong artists to explore other possibilities. Since 2014, they have started editioning and publishing limited edition art prints and artist books by local artists who have not traditionally worked in print mediums.C51 Knuckles & Notch [SG]
Established in 2013, Knuckles & Notch is a creative studio and Risograph press known for their maniacally colourful and often bizarre aesthetic. Their productions aim to reflect the fantastical in their everyday lives and reinterpret the mundane through their brand of morbid humour. Their love for artmaking is rooted in the inimitable charm of the analogue medium. They believe in the unique quality of the hands-on process, where idiosyncrasies lead to greater relatability between creators and their audience. In that spirit, they continue to create through manual techniques such as Risograph, Silkscreen, Zine Making, and other tangible art mediums.C52 mad.rioska [IT]
Niccolo Guido Riosa graduated from the Milano Art Academy in painting, later he started working as a freelancer, dedicating himself to graphic illustration, murals and self-productions. His works often represent a satire of current society, in other cases instead he takes on a pop-surrealist style and represents dreamlike situations.C53 GOOD EGG BAD EGG [SG]
GOOD EGG BAD EGG is a collective of 6 artists that not only eat eggs for breakfast, but also draw!With themes ranging from the bright and adorable (like sunny-side up eggs) to the dark and scheming (like deviled eggs), the group seeks to stray from the mundane and explore fun characters, strange stories, and bizarre worlds in various styles and mediums. Freshly served up from their own unique breakfast platters, GOOD EGG BAD EGG is banding together to offer a delectable spread of printed matter such as zines, prints, and merchandise.
B54 HAFI [SG]
HAFI is an illustrator, designer and visual artist currently based in Singapore. She makes visual interpretations through drawings that are rooted in ancestral memories. Her works dissect themes of identity and cultural narratives via image making. She runs an independent magazine on food and culture called SEASONINGS.B55 The Pickled Paper [HK]
Established in Hong Kong since 2021, THE PICKLED PAPER is an indie press of comics and zines with a focus on subcultures. Their mission is to preserve the print culture, a bit like pickling, but they don't really sell pickles.A56 RUBBISH FAMzine [SG]
RUBBISH FAMzine is an annual family zine started by art collective Holycrap.sg. Claire, the 48 yr old mom along with Renn, the 19 yr old son, Aira, the 16 yr old daughter & Pann, their 49 yr old dad decided together almost ten years ago to express their hearts & voices while sharing their views through printed pages. This is also their endeavor to compile precious memories & forgotten moments which the family have shared with each other. They have published 10 famzines to date and are currently working on their 11th.A57 Foreign Policy Design & Friends [SG]
Foreign Policy Design & Friends is a branding and design studio bureau.A58 Masala Noir [FR]
Masala Noir is a publishing house that specialises in visual archival compilations. A testament to the rich history of design and visual art, particularly in relation to countercultures and graphic movements that shaped the 20th century, Masala Noir features and curates a range of images from varying sources to showcase the ingenuity and creativity of these movements in order to provide readers with a unique glimpse into the past and the artistic movements that influenced our present.A59 Team Cook [SG]
Cooking up a storm are Gian and Astri who are advertisers by day, but secret chefs by night. Come hungry! Order some recipe books, stickers, random decoration objects and some groceries.A60 The Two Islands Club [SG]
The Two Islands Club is a group of artists and designers who were students from Rhode Island School of Design now based in Singapore. This eclectic collection of creatives, spanning different generations and nationalities, found common ground in their love for art and their shared experience from living in Providence, Rhode Island. From the smallest state in North America to the smallest city-state in Southeast Asia, The Two Islands Club is a community for its members to collaborate, offer critique, seek advice, and to share in the joys of their passion.A61 APOB PRESS [MY]
As a creative effort from Jeffry Lai and Ying Lii, APOB Press is a small self-publisher based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. APOB Press makes zines and prints limited-run publications. A-P-O-B stands for "A Piece of Book" which means one page, one story, one zine, and one book.A62 WILD PRESS [CN]
WILD PRESS is an independent publishing studio founded by two paper publishing fanciers. Chen Zeqiang is a graphic designer and Shiva is a cultural creative. They hope to present a diversity of life and inclination and try to explore the possibility of book design.A63 ASIAN_FOOD_DESIGN [JP]
ASIAN_FOOD_DESIGN is a zinemaker featuring Asian food illustrations. It was established by Takako Masuki, a graphic designer, based in Japan.A64 The Slow Press [SG]
The Slow Press (est. 2021) is an independent food magazine based in Singapore that is fixated on the rich stories behind what we eat. Through longform journalism, design, illustration, and photography, the magazine seeks to bring Singapore’s vibrant food heritage to the forefront in an introspective, yet quirky and fun way. Sip on it.A65 Plates Magazine [MY]
Plates Magazine is an independent food culture journal that seeks out underreported human stories that are hyperlocal yet globally relevant. There are no celebrity chefs or restaurant reviews. Instead, meatier issues, such as social justice and intangible cultures, are replated for readers to chew on and digest at their own pace. Each issue is themed after an everyday ingredient: Rice, Durian, Water and Seeds. Plates seeks to inspire tastemakers, perhaps on the verge of apathy, to wander beyond mainstream narratives. To wonder, whose voices are overlooked while exploring ways to create and hold space for them at the table.A66 Now & Again [SG]
Now & Again is an independent magazine that serves as a sort of sketchbook, where each edition reflects on the many ways of interpreting a simple theme through a mix of individual projects and collaborations — showcasing how multiple ideas can be interpreted from just one starting point.A67 Laskar NAFA [SG]
Laskar NAFA is an Indonesian student organisation based in Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA). ‘Laskar’ comes from the Indonesian word for ‘troop’ — honour, resilience, determination, and persistency are the values that laid the foundation of Laskar, in hope of birthing troops of respectable and accomplished new generations of Indonesian arts practitioners. Since its inception in 2014, Laskar NAFA serves to promote interest in Indonesian heritage and culture as well as strengthening the bond between Indonesian students in NAFA.A68 Suburbia Projects [MY]
Suburbia Projects is an architectural book retailer, gallery space and publisher based in the suburbs of Petaling Jaya. It was founded in 2020 by architects, Naadiya Hani and Ashran Bahari, to fill the gaps of insightful and critical architectural texts in Malaysia and Southeast Asia.A69 Live Art Studio [SG]
Art Now - Live Art Studio brings together artists from around the world and promotes performance arts by facilitating festivals and events. The studio will be presenting books on performance arts as well as documents and prints of the studio's past events.This time, they specially launched new documents compiled during the pandemic in recent years, including online activities and realised live art.
A70 Everything's Fine [PH]
Everything's Fine is a small independent press based in Manila, Philippines, focused on developing publishing practices which are kind and sustainable to authors and creators. Founded in 2019, Everything’s Fine produces books and projects that provoke critical thought and push the field of writing and publishing.A71 Gerimis Art [MY]
Gerimis Art is a collaborative artistic and archiving initiative that co-creates cultural content with Orang Asli artisans and contemporary artists. It is a collective of creatives from various backgrounds, from writers to designers to researchers, working primarily with Orang Asli who are already leading their own efforts in promoting and preserving their arts, culture, and traditions.A72 Mediabus / The Book Society [KR]
Mediabus is a small publishing house based in Seoul, Korea. It was founded in 2007 by independent curators with the collaboration of designers. Mediabus publishes zines & books, produces and distributes, organises exhibitions & events, directs a workshop, and carries out project or book commissions for companies & institutions.A73 Spector Books [DE]
Spector’s publishing practice is settled squarely in the intersection of art, theory, and design. Based in Leipzig, Germany, the publishing house explores the possibilities offered by an active exchange between all parties involved in the book production process: artists, authors, book designers, lithographers, printers, and bookbinders. The book as a medium is turned into a stage, a site of encounter for productive exchange. Finding innovative approaches to the medium today calls for a well-considered interplay between the content, design, and materiality of a book.A74 NEUTRAL COLORS [JP]
NEUTRAL COLORS is an independent publishing house that produces books in their own unique style, incorporating manual work into the printing process, such as Risograph and silk-screening. Handling the entire process from planning, editing, production, printing, binding, and sales, NEUTRAL COLOURS digs up talents who have not yet come out into the world and creates a unique publication through close communication with the artist.A75 PLANKTON [JP]
PLANKTON is a publishing label by artists for artists. By taking complete charge of the production process, each book is assembled with thought. Their aim is for art books to be acknowledged not just as a book but an art piece carefully constructed by artists.A76 Tall Poppy Press [AU]
Tall Poppy Press is an Australian publisher of photobooks. They aim to publish the best Australian artists' photography books, with a commitment to emerging artists' first books. Tall Poppy will be presenting 4 photobooks on climate change, human and nature and an anthology on photography exhibitions.A77 KIM SUNIK [KR]
Born in 1986, Sunik Kim is a photographer based in South Korea. He uses photography as a way to constantly remind himself “how to live today” and what he can achieve with his own artistic practice.A78 The Sandwich Club [SG]
The Sandwich Club is a group of interdisciplinary artists and practitioners bound by the love of book sandwiches. Together, they search for the freshest print ingredients to serve delicious layers of ingredients and publications with disparate ideas. The Sandwich Club intends to exchange thoughts, create conversation and collaborate with artists in discovering new recipes for juicy content.A79 MFYG Books [SG]
MFYG Books explores ideas of gender and feminism using fashion and pop-culture through magazine and paraphernalia.A80 林家夯 | Lin Jaihang [TW]
Lin Jaihang | 林家夯 is a Kaohsiung native who graduated from National Taiwan University of Arts, and is now a graphic designer, living in Taipei. Claiming to be “an ambiguous style photographer", from the perspective of a gay man, he documents an intimate and loving relationship with a male partner in a private rental.A81 sesamespace [JP]
sesamespace is founded by S and M, and based in Tokyo, Japan. Their work ranges from photography, visual work, collage, zines, drawing, video, feature stories, and installations.A82 DAMNSEL [SG]
Created by a team of local creatives passionate in fashion styling, fine arts and photography. DAMNSEL is their first ever publication, an elevated documentary that showcases Strength and Power in young women through their Style and Self-expression.A83 TRIPARTITE [SG]
3 dudes showcasing multiple creations!A84 phrawgcraft [SG]
Claire Boon, also @phrawgcraft online, designs out of a passion for self-expression and her enjoyment for maximalism. Armed with strong colours and music as her inspiration, Claire experiments out of the box to present design in a challenging but friendly manner to the youth of today. After taking six years to discover her personal style, Claire hopes to create works that bring a smile to faces and pass on the energy of unserious playfulness through posters, zines, and more.A85 Untitlebutgood [TH]
Untitlebutgood is founded by graphic design students from Thailand. Untitlebutgood is a melting pot of each member's contrasting styles that they constantly experiment with together to gain fresh results.A86 Creatures of Habit [SG]
Creatures of Habit (CoH) is a young art collective currently based in NTU, creating art books, zines, other forms of short-form publications, prints and also stickers. By working together with up-and-coming creators, CoH hopes to spotlight young local voices, especially those who aren't afraid to experiment with the zine format. Their works covers macro issues and current affairs such as LGBTQ+ in Singapore to micro subjects such as the little lives of neighbourhood cats.A87 Summer Summit [SG]
A collective of three friends looking down from the summit of escapism, seeking to dump their everyday ups and downs into their creative narratives — think Taylor Swift hunching over an iPad on the train after a stressful meeting at Jalan Besar. Summer Summit invites all into their collective daydream.A88 Variegated [SG]
Variegated is a Singapore-based collective keen on producing books, publications, and objects rooted in design, research, and learning. Taking cues from the foliar variegation of plants, the members work across multiple disciplines with collaborators from diverse backgrounds to make each project a unique, surprising endeavour.A89 Rambutan [SG]
A longing for nutritious togetherness and tender separateness through narratives of connection and disconnection.A90 Passo House [TH]
Passo House is a group of friends who love telling stories from ordinary subjects and making new perspectives from them through illustrations and printed works.A91 Humana x Jiaern [MY]
Vanissa and Jiaern are Kuala Lumpur-based graphic designer and illustrator. Vanissa tells stories through the lens of “Humana”, a character of her own creation that allows her to freely explore the creative fantasies living in her mind. Jiaern observes everyday life with her unique perspective, and translate her feelings into visual with sentimental touch.A92 Donespiracy [TH]
Formed by a group of friends consisting of a monster maker, a visual designer, and an illustrator, Donespiracy takes inspiration from their everyday life, turning them into fun creative output with humour and imagination. Their work ranges from zines, stickers, paper goods, and stationery.A93 This Bakery [HK]
Fascinated by the power of imagination and freedom, the works of Eunice Lai (b. 1993, Hong Kong) often engaged in the creation and exploration of her own mystical world which one may not encounter in reality. Stories happen in forms including but not limited to comics, story-telling, illustrations, oil paintings and maybe soon animation. Lai received her BA(Hons) in Visual Arts from Hong Kong Baptist University in 2017 and studied in Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna as an exchange student in 2015-2016.A94 canwegrowup4ever [SG]
canwegrowup4ever is a collective of four artistically-inclined Singaporean youths who grew up together. Amidst the turmoil and confusion of change and adulting, they held onto one another, and every so often, daydream about their futures together. One day, as they were lazing around, they decided to make something for themselves for once, and take a step towards the future they so often dream about.A95 AKIRA NISHITAKE [JP]
Experimental comic artist Akira Nishitake expands the language of comics in various genres such as paintings, animation, typography, ceramics, character design and Augmented Reality. Nishitake has participated in exhibitions and art book fairs in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Taipei, Seoul, Shanghai, Wien, and Berlin, as well as solo shows in the Nanzuka and ondo galleries. He is the chief editor of CHOJIN CLUB, and currently residing in Matsuyama, Japan.A96 HOLE IN THE WALL [HK]
HOLE IN THE WALL is a creative duo who document the underground culture through live drawing and interviews. Started in Beijing by illustrators Jinna and Shui, they were largely inspired by the alternative music and art scene. Having since relocated to Tokyo and Hong Kong respectively, they continue to create zines and illustrations, hoping to capture people and places across the various cities they visit.A97 Robineggpie [KR]
Robineggpie is a narrative-based illustrator who tells the story of 33, the protagonist, through the medium of cartoons and using the technique of printmaking. Each episode has a picaresque composition, and each book centered on keywords such as birth ([Pear Drop], 2015), dream ([33, The Dream Anatomy], 2016), choice ([Pizza or Chicken?], 2022), faith ([Pizza Saver], 2022), and sin and punishment ([The heaven and the sinner], 2023).A98 Ediciones El Fuerte [AR]
Ediciones El Fuerte is a small self-publishing project from Buenos Aires, Argentina, that makes zines and posters using Risograph. Based on illustration, graphic stories, abstraction and concepts about science, travel, cosmos, cultures and obsessions, they make zines and books where analogue and handcraft are the main characters.A99 Stolen Books [PT]
Stolen Books is not a database of stolen or missing books, but an independent publisher based in Lisbon, Portugal. They steal (with the agreement of the authors) and publish works whose absence constitutes an offence to the international book market. Working with established names alongside up and coming talents, Stolen Books reproduces copies of visual projects, purposely designed for the book format.A100 Tiny Splendor [US]
Tiny Splendor Press publishes zines, art books & prints from artists all over the world primarily through Risograph printing. Through self-publishing, they hope to give a bigger audience to incredible artists in their communities in an accessible, approachable, and affordable way without compromising print quality. Based in L.A. and Berkeley, CA.A101 EXTRA CREDIT [US]
Extra Credit (EC) is an ongoing series of instructional books and zines by Jean Y. Kim. EC editions are explorations of book binding, creative coding and RISO printing processes. A computer science teacher by day, Jean uses zine-making as a way to play with topics related to first-generation cultural artifacts, pedagogy, and tasty treats.A102 Ivy Zheyu Chen / UPON [US]
UPON is a New York-based art and publishing studio founded by Ivy Zheyu Chen, with one simple brief — Explore Anything for Fun and Experience. With exposure at various art book fairs, their zines have been collected by institutions such as The Metropolitan Museum Library, Whitney Museum, Yale University Library, Jameel Arts Centre Dubai, and many more.A103 dotdotdot [HK]
dotdotdot is a design and Risograph printing studio based in Hong Kong. Through illustration, designs and prints, dotdotdot explores the creation of, and embodies their love in Risograph creation.A104 LINE PER INK STUDIO [TH]
LINE PER INK STUDIO is a graphic design and Risograph studio from Chiang Mai, Thailand. All the artwork that comes through LINE PER INK STUDIO are printed through Risograph with the colour selection that best outlines the artist’s character and artwork for the most exciting visual results.A105 scong [SG]
SCONG is a Singaporean illustrator by night who sees doodling as a creative outlet and pushback against the drudgery of his day job.SG ART BOOK DIALOGUE
SG Art Book Dialogue is a series of book launches, discussions & artist talks curated by and held at the Singapore Art Book Fair.
All programmes are held at The Engine Room at Singapore Art Museum, located beside the Exhibitor Hall
14 April 2023, Friday
5:00PM — 6:30PM
[WORKSHOP]
Drawing through Touch: Charcoal & Pastel Workshop
with Painter Kok Choon Choo
In collaboration with Unseen Art Initiatives
Drawing through Touch: Charcoal & Pastel Workshop
with Painter Kok Choon Choo
In collaboration with Unseen Art Initiatives
Participants will learn how to draw self-portraits and a portrait of fellow workshop participants, or work on a unique animal mascot as they explore and discover their facial features through touch or sight. They will learn forms of mark-making using pastels and charcoal.
Workshop Features
Suitable for beginners • All materials included • Language: Mandarin with English Translation
Kok Choon Choo (Choon) is a painter based in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
His works are inspired by the German Expressionism and Japanese Pop Culture - creating vivid characters that bring his ideas of the society across. Choon has been given awards for his paintings. He also works as an arts educator in Malaysia, regularly conducting workshops. He is a National Art Gallery Malaysia member, PPM (Malaysia Artists Society) and Persatuan Senilukis Rekacipta Negeri Johor (SERUPA). He graduated from the University of Tasmania (UTAS @ Hobart Campus) and has a BFA (Bachelor of Fine Art) in Painting 2001-CAA Academy of Art (Johor Bahru Campus).
Unseen Art Initiatives is a Singapore-based arts platform that aims to evoke and harness the creative potential of people through the arts. Through arts-based interventions and curating art exhibitions and cultural programmes, we enable collaborations between professional and emerging disabled artists across creative industries, schools, community organisations and public institutions. Our projects include Edible Art Club, an intercultural collaboration with Aung Mental Health (Myanmar), Move For?ward (Unseen: Inside Out) 2020 - 2022, which premiered at the National Gallery Singapore's Light to Night Festival, Unseen: Constellations (2014 - 2016), a mentorship programme for visually-impaired youth and Unseen: Shift Lab (2015) a collaborative project with Dialogue-in-the-Dark Malaysia and artists from Kuala Lumpur. Our platform also developed research for the pilot Touch Art Collection for the Singapore Art Museum and National Gallery Singapore, researching accessibility practices for visually-impaired museum patrons.
unseenart.myportfolio.com • @unseensg
Born with visual impairment, painter Kok Choon Choo fell in love with drawing and painting when he was a child. Choon has been painting for over a decade, exploring human portraits and character design. His images are often provocative and explore multi-faceted aspects of our human psyche. A highly skilled and versatile painter, he is inspired by German expressionism and Japanese Manga. The process invites participants to develop unique approaches to materials and their aesthetics.
Workshop Features
- Introduction of Choon’s art practice as a visually-impaired painter;
- Understanding different approaches to portraiture and character creation;
- Building confidence through exercises that help you explore different types of mark-making.
Suitable for beginners • All materials included • Language: Mandarin with English Translation
Kok Choon Choo (Choon) is a painter based in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
His works are inspired by the German Expressionism and Japanese Pop Culture - creating vivid characters that bring his ideas of the society across. Choon has been given awards for his paintings. He also works as an arts educator in Malaysia, regularly conducting workshops. He is a National Art Gallery Malaysia member, PPM (Malaysia Artists Society) and Persatuan Senilukis Rekacipta Negeri Johor (SERUPA). He graduated from the University of Tasmania (UTAS @ Hobart Campus) and has a BFA (Bachelor of Fine Art) in Painting 2001-CAA Academy of Art (Johor Bahru Campus).
Unseen Art Initiatives is a Singapore-based arts platform that aims to evoke and harness the creative potential of people through the arts. Through arts-based interventions and curating art exhibitions and cultural programmes, we enable collaborations between professional and emerging disabled artists across creative industries, schools, community organisations and public institutions. Our projects include Edible Art Club, an intercultural collaboration with Aung Mental Health (Myanmar), Move For?ward (Unseen: Inside Out) 2020 - 2022, which premiered at the National Gallery Singapore's Light to Night Festival, Unseen: Constellations (2014 - 2016), a mentorship programme for visually-impaired youth and Unseen: Shift Lab (2015) a collaborative project with Dialogue-in-the-Dark Malaysia and artists from Kuala Lumpur. Our platform also developed research for the pilot Touch Art Collection for the Singapore Art Museum and National Gallery Singapore, researching accessibility practices for visually-impaired museum patrons.
unseenart.myportfolio.com • @unseensg
15 April 2023, Saturday
2:00PM — 3:00PM
[ARTIST TALK]
The Book as a Stage; Spector Books’ Publishing Practice
Presented by Spector Books
Moderated by Melvin Tan
The Book as a Stage; Spector Books’ Publishing Practice
Presented by Spector Books
Moderated by Melvin Tan
Spector Books’ publishing practice is settled in the intersection of the arts, theory, design and architecture. Based in Leipzig, Germany we explore the possibilities offered by an active exchange between all parties involved in a book production process: artists, authors, designers, lithographers, printers and bookbinders. The book as medium is turned into a stage, a site of encounter for productive exchange. Finding innovative approaches to the medium today calls for a well considered interplay between the content, design, and materiality of a book.
Robert Stürzl
Editor and Head of Production, Spector Books
Robert Stürzl is an editor with a background in architecture and urban design at Spector Books in Leipzig, Germany. He first joined the publishing house in 2013, today he is responsible for the production department.
Melvin Tan
Creative Lead at Currency and Co-Founder of Hothouse
Melvin is the creative lead at Currency, a branding and strategy design studio. He is also a co-founder of Hothouse, a prototyping collective that explores the intersections of art, design, and architecture.
Robert Stürzl
Editor and Head of Production, Spector Books
Robert Stürzl is an editor with a background in architecture and urban design at Spector Books in Leipzig, Germany. He first joined the publishing house in 2013, today he is responsible for the production department.
Melvin Tan
Creative Lead at Currency and Co-Founder of Hothouse
Melvin is the creative lead at Currency, a branding and strategy design studio. He is also a co-founder of Hothouse, a prototyping collective that explores the intersections of art, design, and architecture.
3:30PM — 4:30PM
[BOOK LAUNCH]
By The Moon and The Tides
Presented by The Slow Press
By The Moon and The Tides
Presented by The Slow Press
What could a foraging Singapore look like? What did a foraging Singapore look like?
By The Moon and The Tides is an exploration and reimagining of Singapore's relationship with the practice of foraging, perhaps the oldest subsistence pattern of man. Following The Slow Press Vol. 5: BITTERSWEET, this risograph zine will exclusively be launched at SGABF2023.
The team behind the zine will be sharing our conversations with three foragers: self-taught urban forager Esmonde Luo, Syazwan of Wan's Ubin Journal, and Firdaus of Orang Laut SG, as well as our design and editorial processes.
Tan Aik
Editor-in-Chief, The Slow Press
Aik moonlights as a writer. In his role as Editor-in-Chief of The Slow Press, he explores the intersections between food and culture. In his free time, he plays RPGs and eats noodles.
Christy Chua
Founder and Editorial Director, The Slow Press
Christy is a consumer of good food and drinks. She runs the magazine's day-to-day, and sneaks around kitchens and wet markets, after which she translates her findings into the colourful food stories and wonderful parties that you see at The Slow Press.
Jamie Png
Contributing Designer, The Slow Press
Jamie is a part-time photographer/designer and a full-time dugong wannabe. As the main designer of By The Moon and The Tides, she helped create a feast not only for the mind but also for the eyes, as The Slow Press always does.
By The Moon and The Tides is an exploration and reimagining of Singapore's relationship with the practice of foraging, perhaps the oldest subsistence pattern of man. Following The Slow Press Vol. 5: BITTERSWEET, this risograph zine will exclusively be launched at SGABF2023.
The team behind the zine will be sharing our conversations with three foragers: self-taught urban forager Esmonde Luo, Syazwan of Wan's Ubin Journal, and Firdaus of Orang Laut SG, as well as our design and editorial processes.
Tan Aik
Editor-in-Chief, The Slow Press
Aik moonlights as a writer. In his role as Editor-in-Chief of The Slow Press, he explores the intersections between food and culture. In his free time, he plays RPGs and eats noodles.
Christy Chua
Founder and Editorial Director, The Slow Press
Christy is a consumer of good food and drinks. She runs the magazine's day-to-day, and sneaks around kitchens and wet markets, after which she translates her findings into the colourful food stories and wonderful parties that you see at The Slow Press.
Jamie Png
Contributing Designer, The Slow Press
Jamie is a part-time photographer/designer and a full-time dugong wannabe. As the main designer of By The Moon and The Tides, she helped create a feast not only for the mind but also for the eyes, as The Slow Press always does.
5:00PM — 6:30PM
[WORKSHOP]
Drawing through Touch: Charcoal & Pastel Workshop
with Painter Kok Choon Choo
In collaboration with Unseen Art Initiatives
Drawing through Touch: Charcoal & Pastel Workshop
with Painter Kok Choon Choo
In collaboration with Unseen Art Initiatives
Participants will learn how to draw self-portraits and a portrait of fellow workshop participants, or work on a unique animal mascot as they explore and discover their facial features through touch or sight. They will learn forms of mark-making using pastels and charcoal.
Workshop Features
Suitable for beginners • All materials included • Language: Mandarin with English Translation
Kok Choon Choo (Choon) is a painter based in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
His works are inspired by the German Expressionism and Japanese Pop Culture - creating vivid characters that bring his ideas of the society across. Choon has been given awards for his paintings. He also works as an arts educator in Malaysia, regularly conducting workshops. He is a National Art Gallery Malaysia member, PPM (Malaysia Artists Society) and Persatuan Senilukis Rekacipta Negeri Johor (SERUPA). He graduated from the University of Tasmania (UTAS @ Hobart Campus) and has a BFA (Bachelor of Fine Art) in Painting 2001-CAA Academy of Art (Johor Bahru Campus).
Unseen Art Initiatives is a Singapore-based arts platform that aims to evoke and harness the creative potential of people through the arts. Through arts-based interventions and curating art exhibitions and cultural programmes, we enable collaborations between professional and emerging disabled artists across creative industries, schools, community organisations and public institutions. Our projects include Edible Art Club, an intercultural collaboration with Aung Mental Health (Myanmar), Move For?ward (Unseen: Inside Out) 2020 - 2022, which premiered at the National Gallery Singapore's Light to Night Festival, Unseen: Constellations (2014 - 2016), a mentorship programme for visually-impaired youth and Unseen: Shift Lab (2015) a collaborative project with Dialogue-in-the-Dark Malaysia and artists from Kuala Lumpur. Our platform also developed research for the pilot Touch Art Collection for the Singapore Art Museum and National Gallery Singapore, researching accessibility practices for visually-impaired museum patrons.
unseenart.myportfolio.com • @unseensg
Born with visual impairment, painter Kok Choon Choo fell in love with drawing and painting when he was a child. Choon has been painting for over a decade, exploring human portraits and character design. His images are often provocative and explore multi-faceted aspects of our human psyche. A highly skilled and versatile painter, he is inspired by German expressionism and Japanese Manga. The process invites participants to develop unique approaches to materials and their aesthetics.
Workshop Features
- Introduction of Choon’s art practice as a visually-impaired painter;
- Understanding different approaches to portraiture and character creation;
- Building confidence through exercises that help you explore different types of mark-making.
Suitable for beginners • All materials included • Language: Mandarin with English Translation
Kok Choon Choo (Choon) is a painter based in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
His works are inspired by the German Expressionism and Japanese Pop Culture - creating vivid characters that bring his ideas of the society across. Choon has been given awards for his paintings. He also works as an arts educator in Malaysia, regularly conducting workshops. He is a National Art Gallery Malaysia member, PPM (Malaysia Artists Society) and Persatuan Senilukis Rekacipta Negeri Johor (SERUPA). He graduated from the University of Tasmania (UTAS @ Hobart Campus) and has a BFA (Bachelor of Fine Art) in Painting 2001-CAA Academy of Art (Johor Bahru Campus).
Unseen Art Initiatives is a Singapore-based arts platform that aims to evoke and harness the creative potential of people through the arts. Through arts-based interventions and curating art exhibitions and cultural programmes, we enable collaborations between professional and emerging disabled artists across creative industries, schools, community organisations and public institutions. Our projects include Edible Art Club, an intercultural collaboration with Aung Mental Health (Myanmar), Move For?ward (Unseen: Inside Out) 2020 - 2022, which premiered at the National Gallery Singapore's Light to Night Festival, Unseen: Constellations (2014 - 2016), a mentorship programme for visually-impaired youth and Unseen: Shift Lab (2015) a collaborative project with Dialogue-in-the-Dark Malaysia and artists from Kuala Lumpur. Our platform also developed research for the pilot Touch Art Collection for the Singapore Art Museum and National Gallery Singapore, researching accessibility practices for visually-impaired museum patrons.
unseenart.myportfolio.com • @unseensg
SINGAPORE ART BOOK FAIR 2022
The 2022 Singapore Art Book Fair (SGABF2022) was held at the Singapore Art Museum at Tanjong Pagar Distripark from 29 Apr – 1 May.
As travel restrictions had not fully lifted, the fair once again hosted international exhibitors through our ‘Adopt-an-Exhibitor’ programme that allows local exhibitors to share their booths with an international exhibitor of their choice, or one who has been matched with them.
This edition hosted a total of 94 Exhibitors, and 6,500 visitors over one weekend, many of whom attended the fair for the first time. The SGABF2022 Zine Room, now known as Cut Copy Paste, has since expanded into its very own Zine Fair.
Over the weekend, we hosted a series of artist talks, book launches, as well as A Different Reading, a showcase initiated by THEBOOKSHOW that brings together nine young creatives under the mentorship of local designer Hanson Ho (H55) and artist Ang Song Nian, creating five new artist books through this collaboration.
During the weeks leading up to the fair, we presented a physical iteration of the Singapore Art Book Library at starch, an artist-run space located at Tagore Lane. Our collection of art books, artists’ books & zines that have been amassed over the past 8 years was made available for all to browse.
Finally, we introduced an online photo series called Knock Knock, which features artists, small presses, publishers and zinemakers in their workspaces, giving a behind-the-scenes look at their work processes and book-making practice.
#SGABF2022
As travel restrictions had not fully lifted, the fair once again hosted international exhibitors through our ‘Adopt-an-Exhibitor’ programme that allows local exhibitors to share their booths with an international exhibitor of their choice, or one who has been matched with them.
This edition hosted a total of 94 Exhibitors, and 6,500 visitors over one weekend, many of whom attended the fair for the first time. The SGABF2022 Zine Room, now known as Cut Copy Paste, has since expanded into its very own Zine Fair.
Over the weekend, we hosted a series of artist talks, book launches, as well as A Different Reading, a showcase initiated by THEBOOKSHOW that brings together nine young creatives under the mentorship of local designer Hanson Ho (H55) and artist Ang Song Nian, creating five new artist books through this collaboration.
During the weeks leading up to the fair, we presented a physical iteration of the Singapore Art Book Library at starch, an artist-run space located at Tagore Lane. Our collection of art books, artists’ books & zines that have been amassed over the past 8 years was made available for all to browse.
Finally, we introduced an online photo series called Knock Knock, which features artists, small presses, publishers and zinemakers in their workspaces, giving a behind-the-scenes look at their work processes and book-making practice.
#SGABF2022





Singapore Art Book Fair 2022
SGABF2022 EXHIBITORS

CUT COPY PASTE
Zine Exhibitors curated by Thing Books
SG ART BOOK DIALOGUE
SG Art Book Dialogue is a series of book launches, discussions & artist talks held at the Singapore Art Book Fair.
29 APRIL, FRIDAY
4:30 - 5:30pm
The Engine Room @ Singapore Art Museum39 Keppel Road, Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Singapore 089065
Book Launch: open environments
(Presented by Leonorana)
Isabel Carvalho (Artist), Ang Kia Yee (Artist), Salty Xi Jie Ng (Artist), txting teo (Arts Practitioner), ila (Artist) and Lune Loh (Poet)
(Presented by Leonorana)
Isabel Carvalho (Artist), Ang Kia Yee (Artist), Salty Xi Jie Ng (Artist), txting teo (Arts Practitioner), ila (Artist) and Lune Loh (Poet)
Leonorana is an editorial project by Portuguese artist Isabel Carvalho, which takes the form of a magazine centred on artistic research. For its fifth issue, Leonorana gathers and dwells upon perspectives and approaches revolving around the theme of Environments. Born in part out of a remote residency at NTU CCA Singapore, this issue is co-edited by Isabel Carvalho and Ang Kia Yee, and features essays by contributors based in Singapore, Portugal, Brazil and Sweden. Moving across varied landscapes, these essays span seas, swamps and cities; intimacy and alienation; mermaids and cows; ancestry, innocence and anxiety — expanding our appetite for artistic research through writing, as well as our understanding of environments.
Following its launch in Portugal in December 2021, this is the issue’s (and, in fact, the magazine’s) first physical launch in Singapore. The two co-editors will be joined by Singapore-based contributors ila, Salty Xi Jie Ng, txting teo and Lune Loh in an open conversation between the worlds and environments of their respective essays.
Following its launch in Portugal in December 2021, this is the issue’s (and, in fact, the magazine’s) first physical launch in Singapore. The two co-editors will be joined by Singapore-based contributors ila, Salty Xi Jie Ng, txting teo and Lune Loh in an open conversation between the worlds and environments of their respective essays.
6:00 - 7:00pm
The Engine Room @ Singapore Art Museum39 Keppel Road, Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Singapore 089065
Artist Talk: Blood Sweat & Tears
(Presented by Holycrap)
Pann Lim (Father/Creative Director)
(Presented by Holycrap)
Pann Lim (Father/Creative Director)
Blood Sweat & Tears, presented by Pann Lim, stems from the simplest of reasons and there is absolutely no rocket science behind it. This book is just about looking back on and celebrating the ten years since Holycrap started with his wife Claire and children Renn and Aira. Within these printed pages lies every memory forged or new adventures embarked upon and he will be sharing some of those projects they have done together as a family since 2011 right up
till 2021.
till 2021.
30 APRIL, SATURDAY
1:00 - 2:00pm
The Engine Room @ Singapore Art Museum39 Keppel Road, Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Singapore 089065
Artist Talk: Remodeling Love Island: Reality Television and Experimental Publishing with Each and Every Press
(Presented by Brendan Page)
Brendan Page (Founder/Designer/Printer, Each and Every Press)
(Presented by Brendan Page)
Brendan Page (Founder/Designer/Printer, Each and Every Press)
Love Island is a reality television show in which British bodybuilders look for love and engage in complex conflict resolution. During a time when comfort can be found in ignoring one’s surroundings, shows like Love Island take on a new meaning for many, including artist Brendan Page.
In this talk, Page will discuss his project “The Villa”, a Risograph-printed book containing abstract 3D models of iconic moments from the show’s fourth season. He will speak to his work at Each and Every Press, experimental Risograph printing, and the making of “The Villa”.
3:00 - 4:00pm
The Engine Room @ Singapore Art Museum39 Keppel Road, Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Singapore 089065
Book Launch: Street Report
(Presented by Faiz Zohri, Gideon Kong, Atelier HOKO)
Faiz Bin Zohri (StableUnstable), Clara Koh (Atelier HOKO) and Gideon Kong (gideon-jamie)
(Presented by Faiz Zohri, Gideon Kong, Atelier HOKO)
Faiz Bin Zohri (StableUnstable), Clara Koh (Atelier HOKO) and Gideon Kong (gideon-jamie)
Street Report (publication series) is an ongoing project of detailed accounts or statements describing events and situations on the street by a Street Reporter, usually as the result of observation and inquiry. Initiated by Atelier HOKO, Faiz Bin Zohri, Cathy Hang, and gideon-jamie, published by Temporary Press.
The first two titles are Public Bins and Hooks and Holes (Sungei Road). The first one looks closely at behaviours surrounding the use of public bins and the other at the installation of improvised shop tentage. Housed in a compact form, both are generously illustrated with photographs, sketches, and annotations.
The first two titles are Public Bins and Hooks and Holes (Sungei Road). The first one looks closely at behaviours surrounding the use of public bins and the other at the installation of improvised shop tentage. Housed in a compact form, both are generously illustrated with photographs, sketches, and annotations.
5:00 - 6:00pm
The Engine Room @ Singapore Art Museum39 Keppel Road, Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Singapore 089065
Artist Talk: Making Books, Growing Up, and Other Things
(Presented by Lai Yu Tong, Moderated by Renée Ting)
Lai Yu Tong (Artist) and Renée Ting (Director, Singapore Art Book Fair)
(Presented by Lai Yu Tong, Moderated by Renée Ting)
Lai Yu Tong (Artist) and Renée Ting (Director, Singapore Art Book Fair)
Lai Yu Tong is a Singaporean artist who works freely across various mediums. His practice involves modest gestures of simplifying and rearranging the things around him. In this talk, he will be reviewing in chronological order the ten books he has made starting from his first zine published in 2014 when he was a teenager, to his latest book that will be launched at this edition of SGABF. These books were made in parallel to the works he has made, marking different stages in his practice and his life. He will be sharing the origins and processes behind them, and how he feels looking back on them now.
7:00 - 8:00pm
The Engine Room @ Singapore Art Museum39 Keppel Road, Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Singapore 089065
Book Launch: A Different Reading
(Presented by THEBOOKSHOW)
Woong Soak Teng (Artist), Catherine Hu (Artist), Lin Shiau Yu (Artist), Macarius Eng (Designer), Azelia Ng (Designer) and Ming (Designer)
(Presented by THEBOOKSHOW)
Woong Soak Teng (Artist), Catherine Hu (Artist), Lin Shiau Yu (Artist), Macarius Eng (Designer), Azelia Ng (Designer) and Ming (Designer)
A Different Reading is an initiative by THEBOOKSHOW that brings together 9 young creatives under the mentorship of local designer Hanson Ho (H55) and artist Ang Song Nian. Through this collaboration, A Different Reading serves to open up new dialogues and synergies between young creatives of varied background, training and knowledge through the process of creating a new artist book. In this talk, each pair of artist and designer be sharing more on their thought processes and approach in their collaborative creation of their artist book.
1 MAY, SUNDAY
1:00 - 2:00pm
The Engine Room @ Singapore Art Museum39 Keppel Road, Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Singapore 089065
Artist Talk: Talking About Nothing
(Presented by Atelier HOKO, Moderated by Stephanie Peh)
Alvin Ho (Co-founder, Atelier HOKO), Clara Koh (Co-founder, Atelier HOKO) and Stephanie Peh (Writer and Creative Producer)
(Presented by Atelier HOKO, Moderated by Stephanie Peh)
Alvin Ho (Co-founder, Atelier HOKO), Clara Koh (Co-founder, Atelier HOKO) and Stephanie Peh (Writer and Creative Producer)
In this informal discussion, Atelier HOKO uncovers how the close examination of everyday life can give us something, nothing and everything.
3:00 - 4:00pm
The Engine Room @ Singapore Art Museum39 Keppel Road, Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Singapore 089065
Book Discussion: Nonbinaryhood
(Presented by Aki Hassan)
Aki Hassan (Visual Artist)
(Presented by Aki Hassan)
Aki Hassan (Visual Artist)
Nonbinaryhood reflects on the artist’s experience of being nonbinary, and how to navigate the cisnormative structures they have grown up with. Across forty eight pages in deep blue, the project asks the reader to think about the systems we move around, and the allowances we make for ways-of-being imposed upon us.
5:00 - 6:00pm
The Engine Room @ Singapore Art Museum39 Keppel Road, Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Singapore 089065
Artist Talk: The ICZ is a Library
(Presented by Robert Zhao Renhui, Moderated by Berny Tan)
Robert Zhao Renhui (Artist) and Berny Tan (Artist and Independent Curator)
(Presented by Robert Zhao Renhui, Moderated by Berny Tan)
Robert Zhao Renhui (Artist) and Berny Tan (Artist and Independent Curator)
Robert Zhao Renhui is a multi-disciplinary artist and the founder of the Institute of Critical Zoologists (ICZ). His practice addresses humanity’s relationship with nature, and is characterised by a longstanding interest in investigating sites defined by the conflation of wilderness and urbanisation. Zhao’s research-oriented processes often culminate in publications accompanying each of his projects, richly illustrated with photographs shot or collected by him, and produced in collaboration with local design studios. In this talk, Zhao will discuss his work through the lens of these publications, and the important role they play in narrative construction and consolidation in his practice.
7:00 - 8:00pm
The Engine Room @ Singapore Art Museum39 Keppel Road, Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Singapore 089065
Book Launch: A Different Reading
(Presented by THEBOOKSHOW)
Marvin Tang (Artist), Hong Shu-ying (Artist), Gwendolyn Say (Designer) and Ming (Designer)
(Presented by THEBOOKSHOW)
Marvin Tang (Artist), Hong Shu-ying (Artist), Gwendolyn Say (Designer) and Ming (Designer)
A Different Reading is an initiative by THEBOOKSHOW that brings together 9 young creatives under the mentorship of local designer Hanson Ho (H55) and artist Ang Song Nian. Through this collaboration, A Different Reading serves to open up new dialogues and synergies between young creatives of varied background, training and knowledge through the process of creating a new artist book. In this talk, each pair of artist and designer be sharing more on their thought processes and approach in their collaborative creation of their artist book.
SGABF2022 TEAM
Renée Ting
Director
Director
Currency
Design
Design
SINGAPORE ART BOOK FAIR 2021
In light of COVID-19, SGABF is dedicated to presenting yet another successful – and safe – edition of the fair, and understands the challenges and constraints faced by exhibitors based outside of Singapore. Therefore, SGABF2021 features an ‘Adopt-an-Exhibitor’ programme that allows local exhibitors to share their booths with an international exhibitor of their choice, or who has been matched with them. This ensures that we will continue to showcase international publications, and provide a platform for collaboration between local and international participants.
Additionally, SGABF2021 returns as the Re:source Edition. In a world turning away from touch, we revisit the medium of the art book – its definitions, mechanisms, and creative possibilities. The Re:source Edition includes two video series. First, Art Books: A Beginner’s Guide introduces art book making in a 10-episode seminar and dialogue series. It is produced by Currency in partnership with SGABF. Second, we highlight the tactility of the art book in 10 short-form episodes of #ArtBookASMR, produced in collaboration with Melinda Lauw of Whisperlodge. Finally, the new Re:source page also collates Singapore-based businesses serving local creatives, providing a starting point for new local art book makers to source for materials, printers, and paper.
#SGABF2021
Additionally, SGABF2021 returns as the Re:source Edition. In a world turning away from touch, we revisit the medium of the art book – its definitions, mechanisms, and creative possibilities. The Re:source Edition includes two video series. First, Art Books: A Beginner’s Guide introduces art book making in a 10-episode seminar and dialogue series. It is produced by Currency in partnership with SGABF. Second, we highlight the tactility of the art book in 10 short-form episodes of #ArtBookASMR, produced in collaboration with Melinda Lauw of Whisperlodge. Finally, the new Re:source page also collates Singapore-based businesses serving local creatives, providing a starting point for new local art book makers to source for materials, printers, and paper.
#SGABF2021




Singapore Art Book Fair 2021
SGABF2021 EXHIBITORS — NTU CCA

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Lucy’s Dictionary of Femininity
Presented by A Stubborn Bloom, Lucy’s Dictionary of Femininity is an anthology of feminine objects and femininity. By assembling these objects into an alphabetical and curated system, this dictionary seeks to reframe domestically-feminine objects that are conventionally perceived as objects and signs of weakness, imbuing them with contemporary notions of strength. The showcase will be accompanied by a video, ‘Home Economics with A Stubborn Bloom’, that takes its cues from home economics textbooks used in secondary schools in Singapore in the 1970s and 1980s.ROOM F
SG Art Book Library
An initiative of SGABF, the SG Art Book Library is a growing catalogue of published print materials that explore the creative possibilities of art book publishing to generate meaningful discourse.Art Books: A Beginner’s Guide
An introductory series for creatives who are interested in making their own books or are looking to publish their own projects. Each episode contains a seminar on art book making, followed by a conversation with Singapore-based practitioners.ROOM G
Book Launches
Presented by NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore at the Single Screen.Culture City. Culture Scape.
Fri, 05.03.2021
5.00—6.30PM
This book documents a public art commission at Mapletree Business City II, featuring works by artists Dan Graham, Tomás Saraceno, Yinka Shonibare CBE, and Zul Mahmod. The curators’ reflective essays and conversations with the artists and the Chairman of Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd underscore the significance of art in public space.
SentAp!
Sat, 06.03.2021
2.30—3.30PM
This publication for the exhibition Campur, Tolak, Kali, Bahagi, Sama Dengan (Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide, Equals), a solo project by late and cherished artist Roslisham Ismail aka Ise, takes the format of a special issue of SentAp!, the magazine founded by curator Nur Hanim Khairuddin and Ise in 2005.
Engaging with Contemporary Art and Spaces of the Curatorial — A Resource Guide for Educators
Sat, 06.03.2021
4.00—5.00PM
Contemporary art is an excellent educational resource that lends itself to inquiry-based and experiential learning, and encourages creativity, self-expression, and critical thinking. By introducing the Centre’s past exhibitions and programmes, this guide helps educators explore cross-disciplinary subjects and pedagogical strategies while engaging with contemporary art and spaces of the curatorial.
Sat, 06.03.2021
2.30—3.30PM
This publication for the exhibition Campur, Tolak, Kali, Bahagi, Sama Dengan (Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide, Equals), a solo project by late and cherished artist Roslisham Ismail aka Ise, takes the format of a special issue of SentAp!, the magazine founded by curator Nur Hanim Khairuddin and Ise in 2005.
Engaging with Contemporary Art and Spaces of the Curatorial — A Resource Guide for Educators
Sat, 06.03.2021
4.00—5.00PM
Contemporary art is an excellent educational resource that lends itself to inquiry-based and experiential learning, and encourages creativity, self-expression, and critical thinking. By introducing the Centre’s past exhibitions and programmes, this guide helps educators explore cross-disciplinary subjects and pedagogical strategies while engaging with contemporary art and spaces of the curatorial.
SGABF2021 EXHIBITORS — 72-13

SGABF2021 TEAM
Renée Ting
Director
Director
Currency
Design
Design
SINGAPORE ART BOOK FAIR 2019
In its 6th year running, the Singapore Art Book Fair has well established itself as one of the leading art book fairs in Asia.
While the fair continues to grow in exhibitors and audience, it remains committed to building an environment of support for artists, small and/or independent presses, and publishers working in the medium.
The Singapore Art Book Fair serves to capture the energy and vision of artists, and believes in evolving and presenting the diversity of our community, as well as exposing the audience to new and innovative publishing practices.
The 2019 SGABF was held from 28 — 30 June at NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore.
While the fair continues to grow in exhibitors and audience, it remains committed to building an environment of support for artists, small and/or independent presses, and publishers working in the medium.
The Singapore Art Book Fair serves to capture the energy and vision of artists, and believes in evolving and presenting the diversity of our community, as well as exposing the audience to new and innovative publishing practices.
The 2019 SGABF was held from 28 — 30 June at NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore.
#SGABF2019
SGABF2019 EXHIBITORS
ZINE ROOM
PUBLISHED!
Organised by NTU CCA Singapore, the programme for Singapore Art Book Fair 2019 explores the medium of publishing as a research space. It brings together local, regional, and international publishers, writers, artists, and scholars who deal with what it means to publish about art as a knowledge-producing format and engage with its various discourses.
Friday, 28.06.2019
1.
Opening Address
7:15 — 7:30pm
Exhibition Hall, Block 43 Malan Road, Gillman Barracks
Speakers:
Renée Ting [SG], festival director
Renée Ting [SG], festival director
2.
Performances by
Bani Haykal [SG] & Ferry [SG]
7:30 — 8:30pm
Organiser:
Ujikaji [SG]
Ujikaji [SG]
The beat writer William Burroughs wrote: "Word begets image and image is virus." The opening performances will comprise musicians who work heavily with foundations of words and text, transforming them into viral images through sound, voice, instruments, and technology.
Saturday, 29.06.2019
*Registration at 10AM1.
On Publishing
Panel10:30am — 12:00pm
Speakers:
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Shauba Chang [TW], Founder and Chief Editor, Waterfall
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Victoria Hindley [US], Acquisitions Editor in Design and Visual Culture, The MIT Press
- Trasvin Jittidecharak
[TH], Founder Silkworm Books and Mekong Press
- Li Qi
[CN], Editor-in-Chief of LEAP, and Deputy Editor of The Art Newspaper China
- Mathieu Renard [FR], Lendroit éditions
Moderated by Ute Meta Bauer [DE/SG], Founding Director, NTU CCA Singapore and Professor, NTU School of Art, Design and Media
The conversation will revolve around the role of publishing art writing and cultural histories, with representatives from both established and relatively young imprints questioning the role institutions play in creating a discursive space for writing art histories.
2.
On Critical Writing
Panel2:00 — 3:30pm
Speakers:
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H. G. Masters
[US/HK], Deputy Editor and Deputy Publisher, ArtAsiaPacific
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Carlos Quijon, Jr
[PH], writer, curator
- Ema Tavola
[FJ/NZ], artist-curator
Moderated by Qinyi Lim [SG], Curator, National Gallery Singapore
This discussion will focus on the contemporary landscape of critical writing. How do writers, scholars, and artists understand, define, and practise critical writing? It will examine why such writing is needed and what influence and role it plays not only within the art scene, but also within a broader discourse.
3.
On Publishing Series
Panel4:00 — 5:30pm
Speakers:
- Dr Ana Bilbao [MX/UK], Editor, Afterall
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Helen Hughes [AU], Co-founder and Co-editor, Discipline
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Verónica Sanchis Becomo [VZ/HK], Editor, Writer, and Founder of Foto Féminas
- Peera Songkünnatham [TH], Aan Journal
- Moderated by Mark Rappolt [UK], Editor-in-Chief, Art Review & Art Review Asia
4.
Improvised Ambient Set
by Kin Leonn [SG/UK]
7:30 — 8:00pm
Organiser:
KITCHEN. LABEL [SG/JP]
KITCHEN. LABEL [SG/JP]
Utilising a palette of reverb-drenched guitar, synthesiser harmonies, and a system of MIDI-driven software triggers, Kin Leonn will construct a temporary world of immersive atmospheres using instinct and emotional response to sonic occurrence.
5.
The Official SG Art Book Fair Afterparty
8:30pm — Late
We are throwing a party for exhibitors and fairgoers! Enjoy some of Singapore’s underground music brought to you by local collective Good Times. Held on the second night of SGABF2019, there will be booze and food for sale accompanied by a line-up of underground DJs such as Itch, Reiki and Sadat with sounds that travel from jazz, city pop, 60s/70s garage, reggae, breaks to arabic funk and afropop.
Sunday, 30.06.2019
1.
Facebook Artist in Residence Program: Open Form
Panel12:30 — 1:30pm
Speakers:
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Jessica Shaefer [US], Art Programs & Partnerships Lead, Facebook
- Pey Chuan Tan [SG], Art Curator & Producer, Facebook
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Genevieve Chua [SG], artist
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Speak Cryptic [SG], artist
- Moderated by Melanie Pocock [UK/SG], Writer, Curator and Assistant Curator, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, LASALLE College of the Arts
This panel discussion invites members of the FB Art Department to speak on the collaborative decisions that put together Open Form, a publication which celebrates the Facebook Artist in Residence (AIR) programme’s recent five-year anniversary. Open Form traces the development of the AIR programme's from its roots in the counterculture of San Francisco Bay Area, to its integration within the company’s hacker culture. Featuring over 200 art commissions worldwide, the book serves to replicate immersive artistic experiences through the medium of the analog book. Local AIR artists will also be present to share their views on creating analog art in a digital world, and how the AIR experience has influenced their practice.
2.
Seenthesis: Visual Literacy through Singapore Photography
In Conversation2:00 — 3:00pm
Speakers:
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Ang Song Nian [SG], artist, Lecturer, NTU School of Art, Design and Media
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Guo Yixiu [SG], artist, educator
- Moderated by Gwen Lee [SG], co-founder and Director, DECK
This conversation is an attempt to put together a resource book for school educators on creating engaging classroom art activities. Across 168 pages, with over 100 works by 28 photo artists, the book provides a basic fundamental overview of the medium and the social history of photography in Singapore. The launch presentation will share the concept and process in developing content to complement the school arts curriculum, and how Seenthesis ultimately hopes to enable visual literacy among youths through photography from Singapore.
3.
The City as…The
City for…
Panel3:30 — 5:00pm
Speakers:
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Ute Meta Bauer [DE/SG], Founding Director, NTU CCA Singapore and Professor, NTU School of Art, Design and Media
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Calvin Chua [SG], Adjunct Assistant Professor, Architecture and Sustainable Design at the Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
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Woon Tien Wei [SG], artist/ curator.
The critical spatial discussions of this panel advances from an understanding of the built environments from regional perspectives and practices, that are situated within global discourse, focusing on regional bottom-up city planning that is informed by postcolonial heritages, tropical modernities, and global architectural approaches. Reflecting also the cultural formats of how we can engage in such questions, the discussion will offer a rich source of artistic/activist interventions and their imaginary of “art on a civic scale.”
Saturday and Sunday, 29—30.06.2019
1.
Featuring
Artists-in-Residence:
- Ang Song Nian [SG]
- Tanatchai Bandasak [TH]
- Wei Leng Tay [SG]
- Iris Touliatou [GR]
- Munem Wasif [BD]
- Zarina Muhammad [SG]
Residencies OPEN provides a rare insight into the often introverted sphere of artist studios by profiling the diversity of contemporary art practices from around the globe and the divergent ways artists conceive an artwork with the studio as a space for experimentation and research.
SGABF2019 TEAM
Renée Ting
Director
Director
Currency
Design
Design
SGABF2018 TEAM
Renée Ting
Director
Director
Currency
Design
Design
SINGAPORE ART BOOK FAIR 2018
The Singapore Art Book Fair (SGABF) is an annual event that champions both local and international art and print material. It is a platform for artists, publishers, and zine-makers to meet and interact with like-minded individuals as well as introduce their works to a new and interested audience every time.
SGABF2018 was held at NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore in Gillman Barracks. For the first time in five years, the fair is independently organised and funded. This year hosted a total of 67 Exhibitors, making it the largest edition yet, 21 of whom are international from countries like China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and the UK. SGABF2018 also featured a Zine Room and Zine Library curated by Squelch Zines, a community platform that has been supporting local zine-makers. In 2018, the fair saw more than 4,500 visitors over one weekend.
#SGABF2018
SGABF2018 was held at NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore in Gillman Barracks. For the first time in five years, the fair is independently organised and funded. This year hosted a total of 67 Exhibitors, making it the largest edition yet, 21 of whom are international from countries like China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and the UK. SGABF2018 also featured a Zine Room and Zine Library curated by Squelch Zines, a community platform that has been supporting local zine-makers. In 2018, the fair saw more than 4,500 visitors over one weekend.
#SGABF2018





Singapore Art Book Fair 2018
SGABF2018 EXHIBITORS
ZINE ROOM
The Zine Room was conceived by SQUELCH ZINES — a collective that aims to bring zine-makers into a space where they can buy, swap and inspire each other to broaden Singapore's zine culture.
The Zine Room focuses on the local scene through 2 avenues:
a spotlight for local exhibitors, and a Zine Library documenting submissions from local and international zinesters.
Presented by
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PUBLIC PROGRAMMES
PUBLISHING AS DISCOURSE was the title of the programme for Singapore Art Book Fair 2018, curated by NTU CCA Singapore, that explored the media of publishing as a discursive space.
This series of conversations, presentations, and workshops brought together international publishers, writers and scholars, curators and artists who adopt the field of publishing as a critical form to engage with the arts.
Singapore Art Book Fair 2018 was held in The Exhibition Hall, Block 43 Malan Road, Gillman Barracks, and all public programmes took place in The Single Screen, Block 43 Malan Road.
1.
PUBLISHING INDEPENDENTLY
Sunday, July 1, 2018
5:30 PM — 7:00 PM
Speakers:
- Ringo Bunoan (Philippines), artist and Co-founder, Art Book Philippines
- Savannah Gorton (Germany/Denmark), curator and Co-founder, Friends with Books
- Beatrix Pang (Hong Kong), Founder, Small Tune Press
- Moderated by Shubigi Rao (India/Singapore), artist
What is the potential of self-initiated publications as a form of artistic collaboration? What are the benefits and pitfalls of self-publishing versus traditional publishing, and how does it contribute to the cultural field? This panel will explore recent developments in self-publishing and what necessitates these forms of independent production.
2.
PUBLISHING ARTISTS’ BOOKS
CASE STUDY PRESENTATIONSSunday, July 1, 2018
1:30 PM — 5:00 PM
Presenters:
- 1.30 – 2.30pm: Ringo Bunoan (Philippines), artist and Co-founder, artbooks.ph
- 2.45 – 3.45pm: Beatrix Pang (Hong Kong), Founder, Small Tune Press
- 4.00 – 5.00pm: Savannah Gorton (Germany/Denmark), curator and Co-founder, Friends with Books
This event features case study presentations of artist-book projects selected by international and regional independent publishers. The speakers will introduce various collaborative projects between artists and publishers, providing insight into how artist books are conceptualised and how they develop into the final printed form.
3.
PUBLISHING GEOPOLITICS
Saturday, June 30, 2018
5:30 PM — 7:30 PM
Speakers:
- Chong Ton Sin (Malaysia), Founder, Gerakbudaya and Executive Director, Strategic Information and Research Development Centre
- Eileen Legaspi-Ramirez (Philippines), Editorial Board Member, Southeast of Now: Directions in Contemporary and Modern Art in Asia
- Moderated by Peter Schoppert (Singapore), President, Singapore Book Publishers Association and Director, National University Singapore Press
This session centres on the scholarly periodical and the role it plays as a discursive space for writing art and cultural histories. Representatives from both established and young journals will come together to critically examine its geographical and conceptual markers.
4.
PUBLISHING ARTISTS’ BOOKS
CASE STUDY PRESENTATIONSSaturday, June 30, 2018
1:30 PM — 5:00 PM
Presenters:
- 1.30 – 2.30pm: Christophe Boutin (France), Co-founder, onestar press and Three Star Books
- 2.45 – 3.45pm: Shyue Woon (Singapore), artist and architect
- 4.00 – 5.00pm: Wei Guan (China), Co-founder, Bananafish Books and Art Director, Shanghai Art Book Fair
This event features case study presentations of artist-book projects selected by international and regional independent publishers. The speakers will introduce various collaborative projects between artists and publishers, providing insight into how artist books are conceptualised and how they develop into the final printed form.
5.
PUBLISHING COMPLEXES
Friday, June 29, 2018
6:00 PM — 7:30 PM
Speakers:
- Kaye Cain-Nielsen (United States), Editor-in-Chief, e-flux journal
- Chloe Chu (Hong Kong), Associate Editor, ArtAsiaPacific;
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Robin Peckham (United States/China), Editor-in-Chief, LEAP magazine;
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Mark Rappolt (United Kingdom), Editor-in-Chief, ArtReview and ArtReview Asia
- Amy Sherlock (United Kingdom), Deputy Editor, frieze magazine
- Moderated by Shabbir Hussain Mustafa, Senior Curator, National Gallery Singapore
This session discusses some of the strategies art magazine publishers adopt to present a comprehensible outlook of current developments in contemporary art, as well as evaluates the magazine’s role in generating discourse in the arts. Magazine publishers have grown beyond producing conventional printed series to delving into, not only digital platforms, but also activities such as exhibition making, fair and festival initiatives, education programmes, and other forms of artistic production while maintaining their core business in publishing.
6.
PUBLISHING ARTISTS’ BOOKS
ARTIST TRADE BOOKFriday, June 29, 2018
4:00 PM — 5:00 PM
Speakers:
- Broy Lim (Singapore), artist
- Woong Soak Teng (Singapore), artist
- Moderated by Gwen Lee (Singapore), Co-founder and Director, Singapore International Photography Festival and DECK gallery
In Spring 2017, eight Asian recipients of Steidl Book Award were invited to make their books in Göttingen, Germany. Among them were Singaporean artists Broy Lim and Woong Soak Teng. With each concept, the artists translated their ideas and work into a book form, crafting, refining stories and visuals into book objects. This conversation will share the process, challenges, and constraints the artists had in order to arrive at the book they called their own.
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© Singapore Art Book Fair 2024. All rights reserved.
For further enquiries, please contact us at info@singaporeartbookfair.org.
Singapore Art Book Fair is organised by
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For further enquiries, please contact us at info@singaporeartbookfair.org.
Singapore Art Book Fair is organised by
