Artists from Singapore and Korea, features Tasek, Primary schools and SPED schools students

Exhibition opens from 18 - 20 October, 12pm - 6pm

INTRODUCTION: TEMENGGONG FOOD HERITAGE FESTIVAL 2026

ART EXHIBITION

How does food become heritage? What makes a dish representative of a culture?

In 2020, Hawker Culture in Singapore became the country’s first element inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The global recognition of Singaporean culture also invites us to consider how heritage resides in the meanings and practices of the everyday.

Heritage connects past and present, yet food heritage is often less a matter of origin than of shared practice. It resides not only in recipes, but in the spaces where food is produced, consumed, and shared, such as hawker centres, coffee shops, markets, and homes. Memories of taste and smell anchor senses of self and sustain social relationships. A dish may be closely identified with a particular community while carrying histories that extend far beyond it, shaped by migration, trade, and colonial encounters.

Tracing food heritage through the works of artists across generations and geographies reveals these layered histories and uncovers how meaning is continually negotiated and redefined.

Art Exhibition and academic panel led by Temenggong Artists-In-Residence with Dr Priya Jaradi and student interns from NUS FASS Art History Minor:

Abby Ng Tze Duan

Franco-regelio Felix Alexis

Karen Lie

Koh Yu-Fei

Lim Yi Min Lauren

Lim Zheng Wei Javier

Artists from Singapore and Korea

1. Dongho Kim
2. Jaekwang Park
3. Danny Kim
4. Sukbin Kwan
5. Sonny Liew
6. Shen Jiaqi
7. Yong Zi Hui Ploypahilin
8. Qalisha Fariq
9. Maya Ellena Binte Stephan Da Silva

Students from Tasek, Primary Schools and SPED Schools:

1. 1. Nur Ain Syifaa Binte Muhammad Rafi
   2. Lim En Ci
   3. Samiyyah Irsa Binte Mohamed Ismail
   4. Ang Xuan Rong
   5. Anis Natasya Binte Azmi
   6. Noah Nicholas Tan Yu Guang (Canossa Primary School)
   7. Suharzri Bin Suhairi (Katong School)
   8. Muhammad Nur Iman Bin Sirajdeen (AWWA School @Napiri)
   9. Nur Afreen Binte Sirajdeen (Anchor Green Primary School)
   10. Muhammad Firdaus Bin Muhammad Faisal (MINDS Lee Kong Chian Gardens School)