Lai Yu Tong
Lives and works in Singapore | Born 1996
Lai Yu Tong is an artist from Singapore who works across drawing, image-making, sculpture and sound. His practice is interested in creating adequate media to articulate the present, believing in the intrinsic need for
humans to make images and tell stories. Besides his art, Lai regularly publishes books under Thumb Books, a self-founded press that makes children’s books for both children and adults. His recent curatorial projects include Frida, an exhibition platform by his kitchen window; and Robin, a series of group exhibitions held in camping tents around Singapore.
His selected solo ehxibitions include Tom’s Day Out, Temporary Unit, Singapore (2022); Cardboard Lamps & Adequate Images, Comma Space, Singapore (2021); and It’s strange I feel like I’ve seen this one before, DECK, Singapore (2019). Yu Tong has participated in numerous group exhibitions such as Restless Presences, Radio28cs, Mexico City, Mexico (2025); Lineage: The Winston Oh Travelogue Award 25 Year Anniversary, LASALLE Institute of Contemporary Art, Singapore (2024); Ode to Absense, ADM Gallery, Singapore (2024); and Time Present Time Past, DECK, Singapore (2022). Lai Yu Tong is one of the recipients of the Singapore Art Museum Arts Funds at the S.E.A Focus 2025, Singapore.
humans to make images and tell stories. Besides his art, Lai regularly publishes books under Thumb Books, a self-founded press that makes children’s books for both children and adults. His recent curatorial projects include Frida, an exhibition platform by his kitchen window; and Robin, a series of group exhibitions held in camping tents around Singapore.
His selected solo ehxibitions include Tom’s Day Out, Temporary Unit, Singapore (2022); Cardboard Lamps & Adequate Images, Comma Space, Singapore (2021); and It’s strange I feel like I’ve seen this one before, DECK, Singapore (2019). Yu Tong has participated in numerous group exhibitions such as Restless Presences, Radio28cs, Mexico City, Mexico (2025); Lineage: The Winston Oh Travelogue Award 25 Year Anniversary, LASALLE Institute of Contemporary Art, Singapore (2024); Ode to Absense, ADM Gallery, Singapore (2024); and Time Present Time Past, DECK, Singapore (2022). Lai Yu Tong is one of the recipients of the Singapore Art Museum Arts Funds at the S.E.A Focus 2025, Singapore.
