The practice of visual artist Hoo Fan Chon (b. 1982, Pulau Ketam, Selangor) explores food consumption as a constant negotiation between nature and culture. His incisive and humorous works investigate value systems surrounding taste as social and cultural constructs. Growing up in Pulau Ketam, a fishing village off the coast of Klang, Hoo has an affinity with fish, which has become a recurring motif in his artwork. His most recent solo exhibition was The World is Your Restaurant at The Back Room, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2021); in 2023, he re-presented some works from this exhibition in the group show Table Manners at Appetite, Singapore, curated by Tan Siuli. He was selected for the 3rd edition of the Makassar Biennale, and participated in the SEA-AiR Studio Residencies organised by NTU CCA Singapore and the European Union in Helsinki, Finland (2022) as well as Nusantara Archive’s No Man’s Land Residency, Taiwan (2017–2018). Additionally, he was the co-founder of the art collective Run Amok Gallery (2012– 2017).