Shubigi Rao is an artist and writer whose fields of study includes libraries, archival systems, histories and lies, literature and violence, ecologies and natural history. Her art, texts, films and photographs look at current and historical flashpoints as perspectival shifts to examining contemporary crises of displacement, whether of people, languages, cultures or knowledge bodies. Since 2014, she has been visiting public and private collections, libraries and archives globally for her 10-year project titled 'Pulp: A Short Biography of the Banished Book'. Her awards include the Singapore Literature Prize 2020 (nonfiction) for 'Pulp II: A Visual Bibliography of the Banished Book', APB Signature Art Prize's Juror Choice Award (2018). Rao represented Singapore at the Singapore Pavilion in La Biennale di Venezia (Arte) in 2022. She was also the Artistic Director for the 5th Kochi-Muziris Biennale (2022-2023), South Asia's biggest visual arts event.

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