Michelle Lim

Biography

Michelle Lim is a writer and curator based in New York and Singapore. She holds a PhD in art history from Princeton University and was a Curatorial Fellow in the Whitney Independent Study Program. Michelle has been involved with the art world since the early 2000s. She has worked on research and curatorial projects for institutions such as the Asia Society Museum in New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art, Princeton University Art Museum, Sculpture Square in Singapore, and the National Museum of Singapore. Exhibitions she has curated include Clang. A Self Portrait (2004) at the Jendela Gallery in Singapore, Visions & Illusions: Reconstruction of a City (2004) at the St James Power Station in Singapore and Undercurrents: Experimental Ecosystems in Recent Art (2011) at The Kitchen Gallery in New York. Michelle has taught at The Cooper Union and CUNY Graduate Center, and also guest lectured at Wellesley College, University of Oregon, Maryland Institute of Contemporary Art. Her writings have been published in Asian Art News, World Sculpture News, Ish magazine and various exhibition catalogues.

Research Interest

Contemporary Art, History of Exhibitions, Contemporary Curating, Sustainability and Communities in Urban Ecologies, Art History (East Asia).