Keng Sen Ong

Keng Sen Ong is a critically acclaimed artistic director creating work that is truly multi-cultural, crossing boundaries and borders to reach the essence of what culture and art mean today. Keng Sen graduated with a Ph.D. in performance studies from New York University Tisch School of the Arts. He is the artistic director of TheatreWorks and the art space 72-13 in Singapore. Best known for his intercultural productions of Shakespeare, Keng Sen founded the Arts Network Asia and the International Curators Academy. He was the Founding Festival Director of the Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) from 2014 to 2017 and he also co-founded the Young Curators Academy at the Maxim Gorki Theatre in Berlin.