Primo Marella Gallery is proud to highlight Robert Zhao Renhui's vast presence during Singapore Art Week 2026, emerging as one of the key artistic voices shaping the city’s expanded reflection on ecology, territory and the entanglement between humans and the natural world.
Beyond his presentation at SEA Focus 2026, the Singapore-based artist unfolds a constellation of parallel exhibitions across the city, transforming Singapore into a living field of investigation.
Zhao’s practice—long concerned with speculative research, pseudo-scientific archives, and environmental histories—finds fertile ground in Singapore Art Week’s broader vision of the city as a site of new cultural ecologies. His projects operate across institutions, hotels, public spaces, and art fairs, inviting audiences to encounter art beyond conventional exhibition formats.
At Art SG, Zhao participates in “Hampi, Red Rocks, and Hanuman: Atul Bhalla and Robert Zhao Renhui” (22–25 January 2026), presented by The Institutum. The exhibition brings his work into dialogue with Atul Bhalla, weaving together narratives of landscape, mythology, and environmental memory within the context of the art fair.
Moving into the public realm, “OH! Moonstone: Everything Changes, Everything Stays the Same (2026)” (18–25 January 2026) takes place along Moonstone Lane as part of an art walk experience. The project reflects on transformation and continuity, inviting participants to engage with the city through slow observation and embodied movement.
Zhao’s exploration of maritime histories and ecological borders continues with “Wan Hai Hotel: Singapore Strait” (20–31 January 2026) at The Warehouse Hotel. Here, the hotel becomes a temporary exhibition site, blurring the boundaries between hospitality, trade routes, and environmental storytelling.
Together, these exhibitions form a distributed narrative that mirrors Singapore Art Week 2026’s vision of the city as an interconnected cultural ecosystem.
Audiences are invited to trace Robert Zhao Renhui’s works across Singapore and experience how art, ecology, and urban life intersect before the week comes to an end.
January 20, 2026
