Executive Director, STPI Singapore & Project Director, S.E.A.Focus

Emi Eu has been an important member of STPI from 2001. Since becoming Director in 2009 and now Executive Director, she has led the organisation towards global expansion, introducing exciting collaborations with renowned artists both within Asia and from the West. Under her directorship, STPI became the first gallery from Singapore to participate in the prestigious art fair, Art Basel in Basel, back in 2013. To date, it is the only gallery from Singapore to participate in all three editions of the Art Basel fairs. She is a member of the Selection Committee for Art Basel Hong Kong. Since 2019 she has been heading S.E.A. Focus, an initiative led by STPI which brings together a curated selection of some of the finest artists and galleries from across Southeast Asia to showcase contemporary art in and of the region. Eu is also on the 2020 jury of the Queen Sonja Print Award, one of the most prestigious international prizes in the field of graphic art presented by the H.M. Queen Sonja Art Foundation, Norway. Eu previously held the position of Programme Director at Fondation d'entreprise Hermès Aloft in Singapore from 2007 to 2019. She also served as the Vice President and President between 2012 and 2018 for Art Galleries Association Singapore (AGAS). She was an Adjunct Faculty for the course Art History & Civilisation: East & West at the Singapore Management University from 2001 to 2017.