Artists
Creating an integrated, welcoming, and accessible platform for new, emerging, and established contemporary artists that increases their visibility on both a regional and global scale Illustration.
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Institutions & Organisations
Accelerating links between Southeast Asian artists and the curatorial, mainstream, as well as academic worlds, AWDB seeks to facilitate consolidated accessibility for industry practitioners, the spirit and offerings of the region’s organisations and educational institutions, as well as event details.
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Collectors
Providing a quality database for Southeast Asian art that is both extensive and reliable, to increase knowledge for collectors, about the backgrounds, artworks, practices, and relevancies of artists and organisations.
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At present, AWDB is a boutique, self-funded team with great respect for the region, its histories, and its artists. An initiative of Peruke Projects, we hold a vision to do all we are capable of to promote accessibility to the region’s art scene through collaborative efforts with our peers. Data has been gathered, curated, and validated through our extensive Southeast Asian network of artists, galleries, research associates, and proprietary research. We are continually adding information as resources allow, with the objective of becoming the most comprehensive resource for Southeast Asian art.
Peruke Projects
Peruke Projects is a partnership between Tanya Michele Amador and Sofia Coombe with the principal goal of researching, promoting, and documenting contemporary art from Southeast Asia. Peruke’s three key areas of activity are an online database, the curation of art exhibitions, and collaborations. These undertakings are implemented and funded through partnerships with institutions and organisations which support the arts, culture, and activism.
Tanya Michele Amador – Co-Founder
Based in London, Tanya is an independent curator and freelance writer specialising in contemporary Southeast Asian art. Drawn to the nuances of artists living in the diaspora, she questions the elitism of established societal and political hierarchies, and is interested in the injustices of discrimination, racism, and class bias.
She holds a Masters in Asian Art Histories from Goldsmiths University of London through LASALLE College of the Arts Singapore. Tanya works with the Sovereign Art Foundation as a regional (APAC) nominator for the Asian Art Prize and as a judge for the Global Students Prize. She has written for several Southeast Asian contemporary art publications while working on curatorial projects with Peruke.
Sofia Coombe – Co-Founder
Based in London, Sofia is an art consultant and independent curator who holds a Masters inAsian Art Histories from Goldsmiths University of London through LASALLE College of the ArtsSingapore. With a passion for Southeast Asia, its histories and its artists, she is steadfast about promoting accessibility to the region’s contemporary art scene.
Sofia has lectured at the University of Washington | Bothell, USA, on the importance of documenting Southeast Asian art histories and has also contributed to the editorial segment of S.E.A. Focus in Singapore. Sofia works with the Sovereign Art Foundation as a regional (APAC) nominator for the Asian Art Prize alongside co-piloting a plethora of curatorial initiatives with Peruke Projects.
Isaac Hodgson – Research Assistant
Born and based in London, Isaac has always been exposed to and interested in the ever-changing contemporary art scene. He is currently an undergraduate Journalism student at UAL, London College of Communication.
As Research Assistant at Art World Database, he creates original content including interviews and features that reflect current movements in the art world. Through his research, Isaac is continuing to develop his understanding of Southeast Asian art with the objective of promoting an art scene that has perspective on all regions.