Insider Series | Panel Discussion: Can a Machine Be an Artist? [Members Exclusive]

Kathleen Ditzig

Kathleen Ditzig is Curator at National Gallery Singapore. She received a PhD from Nanyang Technological University with a dissertation titled, “Exhibiting Southeast Asia in the Cultural Cold War: Geopolitics of Regional Art Exhibitions (1940s–1980s).” She obtained her MA from the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College.

Inspired by her experience in cultural policy, Ditzig studies modern and contemporary Southeast Asian art in relation to global histories of capitalism, technology and international relations. As a curator and researcher, she is invested in advancing and interrogating art as an exceptional site and system of speaking to power. She won an IMPART Curatorial Award in 2021. Her writing has been published by Southeast of Now (NUS Press), Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia (NUS Press), Afterall (University of the Arts London), post: Notes on art in a global context (MoMA), Art Agenda and Art Forum, among others.

Vignesh Sundaresan

Vignesh Sundaresan, aka Metakovan, is a blockchain architect. He is the Founder-Director of Padimai Art and Tech Studio in Singapore. As an art collector and one who commissions artistic productions, he is interested in new media practices and digital immersive experiences. His artistic cultural collaborations are efforts to shape linkages between expanded notions of art production and technology.  He conceives NFTs as time and knowledge stamps that register crucial artistic processes functioning as documents and ethical chronicles, and operating as critical data markers.

His endeavours in seeking art and related world building experiences in the digital sphere shape his practice. In attempting to understand art's social function and various ways of artistic dissemination, he has ventured into identifying new channels for perceiving knowledge assemblages embedded in artistic and research-based processes.

Wenhui Lim

Wenhui Lim, also known as niceaunties, is a Singapore-based artist and designer whose practice reimagines the cultural figure of the “auntie.” Through speculative storytelling, she places ageing women at the centre of everyday life, exploring themes of food, beauty, care, and environmental awareness through AI, digital art, and mixed media. Her work combines surrealism, kawaii culture, architecture, and critical tenderness. Her ongoing world building project, Auntieverse, was presented in a TED Talk and has been exhibited internationally, including at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark and the AI Action Summit in Paris. Her work has been featured in Forbes and The Guardian, and she has collaborated with global brands such as Swatch and L’Oréal.

Usha Chandradas

Usha Chandradas is a lawyer and tax advisor with 20 years of experience across private practice, government, academia, and the creative sector, advising high-net-worth individuals, families, and corporates on tax-efficient wealth structuring, disputes, and cultural philanthropy. A former partner at a leading law firm and ex-Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore counsel, she also served as a Panel of Experts member at the IMF's Legal Department. She holds Master's degrees in Professional Accounting and Asian Art Histories, and is an Accredited Tax Specialist and Chartered Accountant. Beyond her practice, Usha is co-founder of Plural Art Mag, a Nominated Member of Parliament for the arts sector, Adjunct Associate Professor at Nanyang Business School, and an independent director on the boards of two listed entities — bringing a rare blend of legal, financial, and cultural fluency to clients navigating complex, cross-border legacies.