About Us

Tanya Michele Amador

Based in London and Singapore, Tanya is a freelance art writer, independent curator, and researcher specialising in contemporary Southeast Asian art. She holds a Masters in Asian Art Histories from Goldsmiths University of London through LASALLE College of the Arts Singapore. In 2019 she was awarded the Winston Oh Postgraduate Research Grant in which she produced a short video on audience reception of Cambodian-American artist Anida Yoeu Ali’s performance, ‘The Buddhist Bug’.

Tanya has lectured at the Asian Civilisations Museum Singapore on contemporary Indonesian performance artist Melati Suryodarmo and in 2019 she was the Researcher-in-Residence for the event ‘performance plus’ by MoT+++ in Saigon. More recently she became a regional (APAC) nominator for The Sovereign Asian Art Prize and continues to write for several Southeast Asian contemporary art publications while working on curatorial projects in London and Bangkok with Peruke.


Sofia Coombe

Based in London, Sofia is an art consultant and independent curator who holds a Masters of Asian Art Histories from Goldsmiths University of London through LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore. In 2016, Sofia founded Art Locker, a Singapore-based art consultancy offering marketing, PR and curatorial advice, as well as artist representation. In 2019 she partnered with Amador Arts Projects on the production of a short video on audience reception of Cambodian-American artist Anida Yoeu Ali’s performance ‘The Buddhist Bug’.

With over a decade in Southeast Asia, Sofia was the Press and Media relations at STPI-Creative Workshop and Gallery for over 2 years and previously Co-Head of Student Programs for the Singapore Art Museum. More recently she was invited as a guest writer for a new editorial segment for S.E.A. Focus in Singapore, while also working on Art World Database, a newly launched online platform for Southeast Asian contemporary artists, and curatorial projects in both London and Bangkok with Peruke.

Image courtesy of Peruke Projects, 2022