Kara Chin

Kara Chin (b. 1994, Singapore) Her practice—spanning animation, ceramics, sculpture, and installation—attempts to unravel our relationship with technology that has assimilated into every corner of the quotidian life. Working with different materials ranging from the organic to the synthetic, and even “digital manifestations,” Chin reexamines perception and deception in the increasingly virtualized world. By interweaving imagined future scenarios with primitive and esoteric events, her work reflects upon the psychology behind biohacking, wellness culture, and transhumanism. With injections of humor delivered through unconventional materials, chaotic compositions, and bizarre fabrications, Chin explores how the present is haunted by the future.

Chin’s solo shows feature Twisting the Air with Unseen Tendrils, 2024, Basel Social Club with LINSEED, Basel; Shh the Film Is Starting, 2024, Art Basel Hong Kong with LINSEED, Hong Kong; Concerned Dogs, 2023, Goldsmiths CCA, London; and You Will Knead, 2021, VITRINE, London. Her recent group shows include Bedrock, 2025, upcoming, Liverpool Biennale, Liverpool; life-bestowing cadaverous soooooooooooooooooooot, 2024, CCA Glasgow, Glasgow; and Bloomberg New Contemporaries, 2018, Liverpool Biennial 2018, Liverpool. Chin’s work is held in international private and public collections such as Arts Council Collection, UK; Government Art Collection, UK; and M Art Foundation, Singapore.