Sean Cham is a London-based Singaporean artist and researcher who works at the intersections of photography, performance, and site-specific installation. His practice is concerned with personal and institutional histories; particularly considering ideas around authorship, archival gaps, colonial legacies, and migration. He has a PhD in History of Art from Birkbeck, University of London in collaboration with London’s National Gallery.
Cham’s works were exhibited in Saatchi Gallery, London (2025), Fabrica Gallery, Brighton (2024), DECK, Singapore (2020, 2015), B-Part, Berlin (2020), CICA Museum, Gimpo (2018). He has and will be participating in the 2025 Guangzhou Image Triennial, 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale, 2018 Addis Foto Fest, and 2018 Landskrona Foto Festival. His works had been commissioned by Singapore Art Museum (2025), M1 Singapore Fringe Festival (2019), The Future of Our Pasts Festival (2019), and NUS Centre For the Arts (2019). Cham was shortlisted for several awards, including: 166th International Photography Exhibition Award; French + Singapore Photographic Arts Awards 2019; Invisible Photographer Asia Awards 2018. He was longlisted for Aesthetica Art Prize 2025, OD Photo Prize 2024; and a nominee for World Press Photo 6×6 Global Talent.
