Berny Tan (b. 1990) is an artist, curator, and writer based in Singapore. Her interdisciplinary practice explores the tensions that arise when she applies systems to – and unearths systems in – her subjective experiences, complicating the false binary between rational and emotional. Her projects are attempts to reframe this space of ambivalence as generative rather than paralytic.

Tan’s strategies reflect a fundamental interest in language as it is read, written, and spoken by her. She sees language itself as a system through which her subjectivit(ies) can be simultaneously articulated and encoded, allowing her to interweave the confessional with the analytical, the affective with the critical.

As an independent curator, Tan has developed a practice built on principles of empathy, sensitivity, and close collaboration with artists. Her projects are accompanied by poetic, approachable writing that illuminates the processes and materialities of art-making.

Tan holds an MA (Dist) in Contemporary Art Theory from Goldsmiths, University of London, and a BFA (Hons) in Visual and Critical Studies from the School of Visual Arts. She has exhibited her work in Singapore, New York, and the United Kingdom.