A recipient of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) Singapore Foundation Culture Award 2007, Noor Effendy Ibrahim has served as a member of the Singapore National Arts Council Board from 2004 to 2006 (7th term) as well as on several other consultative panels and committees on arts and culture in Singapore. Currently the Artistic Director of The Substation since 2010, Singapore’s first independent contemporary art space, Effendy has also served as the Artistic Director of Teater Ekamatra, a Singapore-based contemporary Malay Theatre company, from 2001-2006. An interdisciplinary artist, Effendy has created solo and ensemble art projects and performances, and has worked with arts groups such as Teater Kami, Teater Ekamatra, Cake Theatrical Productions, spell#7, and Maya Dance Theatre. Having completed his ‘O’ Levels at Raffles Institution (1989; Singapore) and ‘A’ Levels at Victoria Junior College (1991; Singapore), Effendy went on to obtain a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2000; IL, US), and a Master of Arts in Contemporary Practice from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts-University of Huddersfield (2007; Singapore).

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