Renan Laru-an is a theorist and curator.
Artistic director of SAVVY Contemporary in Berlin, founding member of the Philippine Contemporary Art Network (PCAN) at the University of the Philippines Vargas Museum, and founder of DiscLab | Research and Criticism (2012-2015), Renan creates exhibitionary, public, and research programs that study “insufficient” and “subtracted” images, subjects, and artistic works at the juncture of development and integration projects. Laru-an has been (co-)curator of the 2nd Biennale Matter of Art, Prague (2022); the 6th Singapore Biennale (2019); the 8th OK.Video—Indonesia Media Arts Festival, Jakarta (2017); and Lucban Assembly, Quezon (2015). He is the curator of Soil-beings, the Philippine Pavilion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia in 2025. Laru-an serves on several advisory committees, including the Istanbul Biennale (2024-2027) and esea contemporary in Manchester. Renan lives in Berlin.