Renan Laru-An

Born in Sultan Kudarat, Renan Laru-An is a researcher, curator, and the founding director of Philippine-based DiscLab | Research and Criticism. He has been the 2016 Encura curator-in-residence at Hangar Barcelona and the incoming Re-Directing: East curator-in-residence at the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw. Ongoing and recent projects include "From Bandung to Berlin" (with Brigitta Isabella), "Lightning Studies: CTCCCs," and "Herding Islands, Rats, and the Anthropocene." He completed psychology at the University of the Philippines-Diliman and is a member of SYNAPSE – The International Curators’ Network at Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin.