KV Duong (b. 1980, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam) has a transnational background (ethnically Chinese, born in Vietnam, raised in Canada, and now living and working in the UK) which informs his research into migration and cultural assimilation through intersections of queer identity, colonial legacy, and diasporic memory. Duong graduated from the University of Toronto (BA and MA in Engineering) and from the Royal College of Art - MA (Painting) - Vice Chancellor’s Achievement Scholarship). Recent exhibitions include: Hauser & Wirth Somerset (2025), Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery - West Palm Beach, USA (2025), Harlesden High Street and Museum of the Home, London (2023), and the Migration Museum, London (2022). Duong is currently exhibiting in a group show Talisman (2025), which explores queer spirituality—curated by Gemma Rolls-Bentley, and hosted by Cardion Arts in collaboration with the Museum of Transology. He is also artist at residency in Hanoi at Vietnam Art Collection (VAC) (Jul-Aug 2025). Duong’s work is in public and private collections including: the Vietnam Art Collection, Hanoi Vietnam; Spazio Almag, Bescia Italy; the London School of Economics; the Capital Group, London; and the Ashurst Collection, London.
Jay Ho (b. 1997, Singapore) graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore (Dip. Fine Art), the University of East London (BA Fine Art), and is completing his MFA Painting at the University of Fine Art Hamburg, Germany. He has exhibited in Singapore, the UK, Germany, China, Indonesia, amongst others, with solo shows including Oumuamua’s Tale, Chan+Hori Contemporary, Singapore (2022). He has also been invited to participate in Conversations on Lack and Excess - Gajah Gallery Singapore, and Jogjakarta (2018). Ho has received numerous accolades as the Linklaters Purchase Prize (London) Winner, the New Blood Art-Young Emerging Artist Award (London) Nominee, and he has been awarded grants including from the University of East London, the Business Times Budding Artist Fund, and the National Arts Council Singapore.
Htein Lin (b. 1966, Ingapu, Myanmar) trained in law and traditional Burmese theater (Anyeint), and studied visual art in a refugee camp whilst involved in the 1988 pro-democracy uprising. He recently had a major solo exhibition Htein Lin: Escape (2025) with IKON Gallery, Birmingham;participated in the 15th Gwangju Biennale - Heritage of the Golden Land: Mother’s Embrace (2024); and currently, is participating in the 13th Berlin Biennale - Passing the Fugitive On (2025) curated by Zasha Colah. His works are in private and public collections including: M+ Contemporary Art Museum, Hong Kong; ICRC Museum, Geneva; Singapore Art Museum; and Staatliche Museum Fünf Kontinente, Munich. Two of Lin’s paintings on cloth were purchased for the US Embassy in Yangon. Other works are in private collections in Belgium, France, Netherlands, India (including a specially commissioned piece, Night Shift, for Lekha Poddar, 2014), Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, the US and UK. Other commissioned pieces are in Rosewood Hotels in Yangon and Phnom Penh. Lin’s works are also included in the Artists’ Pension Trust–Beijing Collection.
Oliver McConnie (b. 1986, UK) studied Art at Canterbury UCA (BA Fine Art), Camberwell (MA Printmaking), and the Royal Drawing School (Postgraduate Degree Drawing), and participated in the Bloomberg New Contemporaries (2015). He has shown extensively including at the Royal Academy of Arts (2010, 2013), Somerset House (2014), the Institute of Contemporary Arts (2015), and the Sarabande Foundation (2018) where he was also artist in residence. His works have been collected in the UK and internationally.
Moe Satt (b. 1983, Yangon, Myanmar) graduated from the East of Yangon University (BSc), founded the Beyond Pressure International Performance Art Festival in Yangon, and has participated in live art festivals throughout Asia, USA and Europe including his recent performance f n f (face and fingers) (2024) at the Tate Modern, London. He has exhibited widely, most recently at the Bangkok Art Biennale (2024), his solo show Rest the Thumbs on the Cheekbones - Delfina Foundation, London (2024), The Spirits of Maritime Crossing - 60th Venice Biennale Collateral Event (2024), and documenta fifteen (2022). His works are in private and institutional collections including: Tate Modern, Singapore Art Museum, Kadist Foundation, and TBA21. Recent artist residencies include: Rijksakademie (2022 – 2024) and Delfina Foundation (2020).