Academic Profile : Faculty
Assoc Prof Laura Miotto
Associate Professor (Practice), School of Art, Design and Media
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Laura Miotto, is an award-winning exhibition designer and educator. With 20 years of experience in the field of design, both as a creative director and an architectural designer, Miotto has worked on permanent and temporary exhibitions, focusing on spatial and sensorial design strategies in the context of museums, galleries, and public spaces.
At the School of Art, Design and Media (NTU) she currently co-directs the Master Programme in Museum Studies and Curatorial Practices.
Among her recent exhibitions: Nature Remixed at the LKC Natural History Museum (2024), the Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale (2024), To draw an Idea: retracing the designs of William Lim Associates – W Architects at the URA (2023); the Singapore Pavilion, 59th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale (2022); Batik Kita. Dressing in Port Cities at the Asian Civilisations Museum (2022); The Posthuman City at the NTU CCA (2020); and Guo Pei: Chinese Art and Couture at the Asian Civilisations Museum (2019).
She also directed the design of museums’ permanent galleries: the Borneo Cultures Museum, Malaysia (2022), the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (2015) and the History Gallery (2015) and the Living Galleries (2006) at the National Museum of Singapore.
A founding member of Sistrum, she collaborated on the sonic experiences Embroidered Landscapes, National Gallery Singapore (2024), Vel Vel. The Burden Dance, Asian Civilisations Museum (2022); If We Paused in Mid Thought..., Singapore Writers Festival (2020); Nature Remixed (2022-24) and Vel Vel: A Sonic Walk (2021).
In 2022 she received the Architectural Heritage Awards, URA Singapore for the Gallop Extension of Botanic Gardens. In 2019 she received Global Fine Art Awards, USA for the exhibition Guo Pei: Chinese Art and Couture and in 2010 she received the President Design Award in Singapore for the exhibition Quest for Immortality: The World of Ancient Egypt.
At the School of Art, Design and Media (NTU) she currently co-directs the Master Programme in Museum Studies and Curatorial Practices.
Among her recent exhibitions: Nature Remixed at the LKC Natural History Museum (2024), the Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale (2024), To draw an Idea: retracing the designs of William Lim Associates – W Architects at the URA (2023); the Singapore Pavilion, 59th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale (2022); Batik Kita. Dressing in Port Cities at the Asian Civilisations Museum (2022); The Posthuman City at the NTU CCA (2020); and Guo Pei: Chinese Art and Couture at the Asian Civilisations Museum (2019).
She also directed the design of museums’ permanent galleries: the Borneo Cultures Museum, Malaysia (2022), the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (2015) and the History Gallery (2015) and the Living Galleries (2006) at the National Museum of Singapore.
A founding member of Sistrum, she collaborated on the sonic experiences Embroidered Landscapes, National Gallery Singapore (2024), Vel Vel. The Burden Dance, Asian Civilisations Museum (2022); If We Paused in Mid Thought..., Singapore Writers Festival (2020); Nature Remixed (2022-24) and Vel Vel: A Sonic Walk (2021).
In 2022 she received the Architectural Heritage Awards, URA Singapore for the Gallop Extension of Botanic Gardens. In 2019 she received Global Fine Art Awards, USA for the exhibition Guo Pei: Chinese Art and Couture and in 2010 she received the President Design Award in Singapore for the exhibition Quest for Immortality: The World of Ancient Egypt.
• Exhibitions Design and Spatial Narratives
• Sonic/Digital Experiences
• Museum Studies
• Sustainability and Posthumanism
• Gender studies and Feminism
• Design and Architecture in Southeast Asia
• Sonic/Digital Experiences
• Museum Studies
• Sustainability and Posthumanism
• Gender studies and Feminism
• Design and Architecture in Southeast Asia
- Climate Transformation Programme - Cross-cutting theme 1 (Edson Tandoc Jr)
- Climate Transformation Programme - Cross-cutting theme 1 (Yong Ming Lee)
- Climate Transformation Programme
- Climate Transformation Programme - Cross-cutting theme 1 (Shirley Ho)
- Climate Transformation Programme - Cross-cutting theme 1 (Ute Meta Bauer)
- Climate Transformation Programme - Cross-cutting theme 1 (Laura Miotto)
- Vel Vel. A study of the cultural heritage of Singapore’s Thaipusam festival
- Climate Transformation Programme - Cross-cutting theme 1 (Community Engagement)
- Climate Transformation Programme ( PI: Thomas Schroepfer, SUTD)
- Climate Transformation Programme - Cross-cutting theme 1 (Sonny Rosenthal - SMU)