Lavender Chang

Congratulations to Lavender Chang @lavchang for being part of Passion Is Volcanic: Desire In Southeast Asian Art at National Gallery Singapore @nationalgallerysingapore , curated by Dr Adele Tan and Dr Kathleen Ditzig. Across 70 artworks from Southeast Asia, the show examines how depictions of the body and pleasure have changed over time. Lavender Chang will be showcasing her series Dissolving into the Same Breath, featuring couples in China in acts of physical intimacy, abstracted by long exposure into ephemeral blurs of activity. These works touch on topics of human desire and surveillance, as well as the pressures of censorship. The exhibition is on view 24 April to 30 August. The exhibition is R18. Image 1 Lavender Chang Dissolving into the Same Breath 1 2024 Fine art archival print Image 2 Lavender Chang Dissolving into the Same Breath 2 2024 Fine art archival print Image 3 Lavender Chang Dissolving into the Same Breath 3 2024 Fine art archival print #lavenderchang #fostgallery #contemporaryart #contemporaryartsingapore #nationalgallerysingapore

🥳 Last but not Least: Presenting the final juror for the Youth category of SYPA 2026! Lavender Chang (@lavchang ) is a Singapore-based visual artist known for her conceptual, process-driven photography rooted in acute observations of everyday life. Her practice explores the imperceptibility and transience of time, memory, and mortality. Chang has presented solo exhibitions at FOST Gallery, Alliance Française de Singapour, and The Arts House, and participated in major group exhibitions at the Singapore Art Museum, ADM Gallery, The Private Museum, and the Bandung Photography Triennale. Her works are held in the collections of the National Museum of Singapore and the Peranakan Museum. An award recipient and active filmmaker, her directing and cinematography works have premiered internationally, and she has delivered TED talks that further affirm her multidisciplinary practice across visual art and cinema. As advice to SYPA 2026 participants, Lavender shares: 💬 “If time is a dancer, I long to hold its entire motion in one still breath. Photography becomes my way of revealing time’s hidden choreography, preserving what the eye alone can never fully see.” Explore the choreography of time, Register for SYPA 2026 via the link in our bio.

Art World Database recently interviewed me about my “Eldest Daughter” series, currently on view in ‘Mirrorball: Reflections on Portraiture’. In the conversation, I reflect on the lived experiences behind these works and how my practice has shaped me over time. Read the full interview via the link in my bio. If you are in Singapore, the exhibition continues at FOST Gallery until 14 March 2026. Seeing the works in person is something you have to feel for yourself 😌 #artworlddatabase #lavenderchang #photography #art #fostgallery

Mirrorball: Reflections on Portraiture Artist Focus: Lavender Chang Within traditional Asian family structures, the eldest daughter and the eldest son occupy different gendered roles. In contemporary society, the eldest daughter is no longer limited to traditional duties, yet she often assumes responsibilities once reserved for the eldest son. Financial support, emotional responsibility, and decision-making increasingly fall on her shoulders, while care and self-sacrifice persist. As the eldest daughter in her family, artist Lavender Chang instinctively strives to maintain harmony within the household, seeking to be reliable, capable, and attentive. Her experience is not unique. Many eldest daughters carry similar, often unspoken burdens shaped by family expectations and inherited cultural norms. This series gives form to the invisible pressure borne by eldest daughters. It challenges idealised images of family, portraying eldest daughters as quiet foundations, like mountains, sustaining the family through their steady and unacknowledged presence. Through this work, Chang reflects on how the identity of the eldest daughter is shaped by these forces, and how balance is negotiated between duty and selfhood. Over time, she has learned to loosen her grip on certain roles, lightening their weight in order to reclaim a sense of self beyond obligation. @lavchang View this series in our current exhibition, Mirrorball: Reflections on Portraiture, running until 14 March 2026. Eldest Daughter #1 2011 Fine art archival print Edition of 5 + 2 Artist's Proof H81.3 x W60 cm (image) Images by @lavchang #lavchang #mirrorballreflectionsonportraiture #contemporaryart #singapore #fostgallery

In the midst of a crowded, buzzing space, people were invited to sit, slow down, meditate, and be inspired. Every hour, the nine chairs turned to face a new direction. Some participants chose a direction by intuition, what they needed most in that moment. Some lingered, moving gently between chairs. Some returned day after day. These fragments of time, chance encounters, and shared energy came together to form “Nine Chairs” by John Clang. I’m deeply grateful to John Clang for inviting me to complete this four-day performance at ART SG. His practice is quietly powerful, work that stays with people and leaves a resonance long after the moment has passed. I listened to participants’ wishes and their unspoken prayers, and shared with them the chair that felt most aligned. During this period, we gathered in the same place, at the same time, for the same reason. It reminded me of my ongoing series, “The Temporary We”. This experience connects closely to my practice. What stays with me is the brief moment when you and I exist together at “Nine Chairs”. Photo credit: 1&5&9: @elintew 2&6: @art.sg 4: @dannyyeo_yangjunwei 7: @guoissues 8: @johnclang #artsg #singaporeartweek #performanceart #lavenderchang #johnclang

Last day to catch Where We Have Left Ourselves by Lavender Chang, be sure not to miss it! Where We Have Left Ourselves 15 November – 30 December 2025 Exhibition Essay written by Dominic Low @dom_inic_low Images by @lavchang #lavenderchang #wherewehaveleftourselves #photography #contemporaryart #art #exhibition #fostgallery #singapore

Looking back at 2025, I am giving myself a well earned pat on the shoulder😌 1 solo show, 2 film screenings, 6 group shows, and the highlight of my year: 3 series officially entering the national collections in museums. Something I am still smiling about😄 I am deeply grateful to everyone who supported me, collaborated with me, believed in the work, or simply spent time with me along the way. Your presence mattered more than you know❤️ Closing the year with gratitude and excitement for what lies ahead. Here is to 2026 and new beginnings. Wishing you all a wonderful year ahead 🤩

Last couple of days to catch Where We Have Left Ourselves by Lavender Chang. The show remains open today, tomorrow and next Tuesday 30 December 2025. Where We Have Left Ourselves 15 November – 30 December 2025 Exhibition Essay written by Dominic Low @dom_inic_low Lavender Chang Bedok North Street 2, Singapore #3 (April 29, 2025) 2025 Fine art archival print Edition of 3 + 2 Artist's Proofs H100 x W100 cm (image) Image 2 and 3 by @lavchang #lavenderchang #wherewehaveleftourselves #photography #contemporaryart #art #exhibition #fostgallery #singapore

FOST Gallery wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Please note FOST Gallery's Holiday Closure: 24 – 25 December 2025 31 December 2025 – 16 January 2026 We will reopen on 17 January 2026 with Mirrorball: Reflections on Portraiture, a group show featuring works by Bea Camacho, Jon Chan, Lavender Chang, Kray Chen, John Clang and Joanne Lim (more information coming soon). Be sure to also catch us at ART SG during Singapore Art Week next year! Image Lavender Chang Silent Knight #14-259 2018 – 2021 Fine art archival print Edition of 3 + 2 Artist's Proofs H81.45 x W100 cm (image) H100 x W122.7 cm (image) #lavenderchang #wherewehaveleftourselves #photography #contemporaryart #art #exhibition #fostgallery #singapore

Where We Have Left Ourselves 15 November – 30 December 2025 Exhibition Essay written by Dominic Low @dom_inic_low Lavender Chang Silent Knight (Singapore) 2018 – 2021 Fine art archival print Edition of 10 + 3 Artist's Proofs H20.3 x W25.4 cm (each; set of 25) #lavenderchang #wherewehaveleftourselves #photography #contemporaryart #art #exhibition #fostgallery #singapore

Each photograph functions as a portrait, with the sitters’ presences felt through the traces they leave behind: the arrangement of objects, the marks of use, the residue of daily life. Chang instructs them not to alter or clean their spaces, preserving what she calls “the essence of human presence” — an authenticity rooted in the ordinary and often overlooked. The living room, a recurring subject in the series, serves as a synecdoche for the home itself. It is a site of gathering, memory, and shared experience. Chang’s images echo our own experiences of inhabitation, yet keep the identities of each home at a distance. In this gap between knowing and unknowing lies the invitation to imagine and reflect. Where We Have Left Ourselves 15 November – 30 December 2025 Exhibition Essay written by Dominic Low @dom_inic_low Lavender Chang Silent Knight #20F 2018 – 2021 Fine art archival print Edition of 3 + 2 Artist's Proofs H81.45 x W100 cm (image) H100 x W122.7 cm (image) Image 2 by @lavchang #lavenderchang #wherewehaveleftourselves #photography #contemporaryart #art #exhibition #fostgallery #singapore

Just as impressions of individuals weave in and out of her images, Chang expresses the crowd as an unstable state of existence that momentarily coalesces around a convergence of desires, needs and interests. Collectivity is neither monolithic nor permanent — it lasts for only as long as its members share a common purpose, be it to shop at thrift markets, to attend lectures and political rallies, to partake in festive celebrations or to spend time at iconic landmarks in Singapore. Its contours are constantly shifting and its size fluctuating as some people arrive while others leave. Where We Have Left Ourselves 15 November – 30 December 2025 Exhibition Essay written by Dominic Low @dom_inic_low Lavender Chang Thomson Road, Singapore #1 (December 25, 2024) 2024 Fine art archival print Edition of 3 + 2 Artist's Proofs H100 x W100 cm (image) Image 2 by @lavchang #lavenderchang #wherewehaveleftourselves #photography #contemporaryart #art #exhibition #fostgallery #singapore