Bi Rongrong (b. 1982, Ningbo, works Shanghai) received her MA in traditional Chinese landscape painting at Sichuan University in 2008, followed by an MFA in painting at the Frank Mohr Institute in the Netherlands. In recent years, her creative approach has involved collecting and extracting patterns from nature, architecture, and everyday objects. Working across various mediums, from painting and textile to animation and installation, Bi continually seeks new methods to forge organic connections between materials. She was a resident at TaDA – Textile and Design Alliance in 2024 and presented her work in the 4th Hangzhou Triennial of Fiber Art at the Zhejiang Art Museum in 2022.

Ho Rui An (b. 1990, Singapore, works Singapore) holds a BA in fine art and art history from Goldsmiths University and an MA in anthropology from Columbia University. Known for his lecture performances, Ho recently expanded his practice to installation and film, often mapping and tracing the forces that shape geopolitics, globalisation, and media production. He has held a solo exhibition at Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (2021), and his work has been presented at Centre Pompidou, Paris (2024); Centre for Heritage, Arts & Textile, Hong Kong (2024); 14th Shanghai Biennale (2023); and Singapore Art Museum (2022).

Hsu Chia-Wei (b. 1983, Taichung, works Taipei) graduated from Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains in 2016. As an artist, filmmaker, and curator, Hsu works primarily in moving image, exploring transregional history and memory as well as the connections between humans, materials, and places often overlooked in dominant history. In 2018, he held a feature screening exhibition at the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo. His work has been presented at Hong Gah Museum, Taipei (2024); 3rd Thailand Biennale, Chiang Rai (2023); 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane (2021); and esea contemporary, Manchester (2019).

Heidi Lau (b. 1987, Macau, works New York and Macau) received her BFA from New York University. Drawing inspiration from ancient mythology and Taoist philosophy, Lau proposes alternate configurations of time and space through her ceramic practice, channelling generative diasporic perspectives through ritual, grief, and memory. She has held solo exhibitions at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn (2022) and the Macau-China Collateral Exhibition at the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia (2019). Her works have been presented at the 14th Shanghai Biennale (2023); UCCA Dune, Beijing (2022); and Shanghai Museum of Glass (2020).

Pan Daijing (b. 1991, Guiyang, works Berlin) is an artist and composer whose artistic practice lies at the intersection of visual art and music. Informed by her background as a composer, musician and performer, Pan engages primarily with sound, film, performance, installation, and choreography. Pan has held solo exhibitions at Haus der Kunst, Munich (2024); Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong (2021); and Tate Modern, London (2019), with an upcoming exhibition at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, in 2025. Her work has been presented in Musée du Louvre, Paris (2023) and 13th Shanghai Biennale (2021).

Wong Ping (b. 1984, Hong Kong, works Hong Kong) received his BFA at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. An animator and graphic designer, Wong creates vividly coloured and dreamlike worlds that reflect modern society while alluding to social and political issues. He has held solo exhibitions at the Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna (2023); New Museum, New York (2021); and Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (2019). His work has been presented at Somerset House in London (2024) and Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul (2022).

Pauline J. Yao is an independent curator and writer based in Hong Kong. From 2017 to 2024, she was Lead Curator, Visual Art, at M+. Having joined the M+ curatorial team in 2012, Yao played an integral role in building the museum’s collection and acquiring works of art from East Asia, Southeast Asia, and internationally. She curated the first display of the visual art collection exhibition Individuals, Networks, Expressions (2021) and Antony Gormley: Asian Field (2021). Other exhibitions include In Search of Southeast Asia through the M+ Collections (with Shirley Surya, 2018) and Five Artists: Sites Encountered (2019), both presented at the M+ Pavilion. From 2008-2019, Yao helped run Arrow Factory, an independent art space in Beijing. She is a regular contributor to Artforum International and has published widely on contemporary Asian art in various catalogues, online publications, and edited volumes.

Ariadne Long is Associate Curator, Visual Art, at M+. She focuses on contemporary art practices in the Greater China region, which inform her museum acquisitions from the region and beyond. Since joining M+ in 2018, she has organised the ongoing M+ Sigg Prize, its jury meetings, and the M+ Sigg Fellowship programmes alongside curating the exhibitions The Dream of the Museum (2021), Ay-O: Hong Hong Hong (2023–24), Ho Tzu Nyen’s Night Charades (2025) M+ Facade commission, and the M+ Sigg Collection series. Long previously worked at the Hong Kong Arts Centre, UNESCO, and a private art foundation.