Ivan David Ng is an artist from Singapore, presently based in the US. His practice investigates what it means to exist as human wedged between land and sky, drawing speculatively from the contested origins of the Hakka, also known as the "guest people". He attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and was awarded the Gold Award in the UOB Painting of the Year in 2020, one of the most recognized art accolades in Southeast Asia. He received his MFA in Drawing and Painting from The Ohio State University with research at the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts & Design and his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Notable exhibitions include Long Story Short NYC, Oolong Gallery San Diego, CHILLI London, Chan + Hori Contemporary and Richard Koh Fine Art Singapore.