Cai Heng, Forest of No Worries IV, 1999

Mixed media on paper
136 x 68 cm (visible), 138 x 70 x 2 cm (framed)
Condition: Good, slight warping of paper.

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Cai Heng (Singaporean, b. 1973) is an artist, art historian and curator. She holds a PhD in Art History and Theory from the University of Sydney, where her research focused on modern and contemporary ink art. She is currently a Senior Curator and Lead Curator for Ink at National Gallery Singapore, overseeing curatorial research and exhibitions related to modern Chinese and Southeast Asian ink practices.

Before her role as a curator, Cai Heng developed a personal art practice grounded in calligraphic abstraction and the expressive potential of ink. Her exhibitions include Chance Encounters in 1999, Ink Diffusion in 2002 and Clarity of the Heart in 2011, which explored the intersection between traditional Chinese ink aesthetics and contemporary expression.

At National Gallery Singapore, she has curated and co-curated several major exhibitions, among them Liu Kuo-sung: Experimentation as Method in 2023 and Wu Guanzhong: Learning from the Master (2015-2022). Her writing and research have contributed to the growing body of scholarship on modern and contemporary ink, modern Chinese art and the art of the Chinese diaspora.

(Photographed in October 2025)