Facts:     - birth date: 11 november 1983    - name: zihan loo -lrb- 罗子涵 -rrb-    - occupation: actor , film director and dancer    - birth place: singapore    - alma mater: school of the art institute of chicago    - yearsactive: 2007 -- present   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of zihan loo .
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zihan loo -lrb- , born 11 november 1983 -rrb- is a gay singaporean actor , film director , artist and dancer .he was a part-time teacher at school of the arts , singapore .he has been open about both his own homosexuality and depicting gay themes in his films , despite the subject being particularly taboo in southeast asian society .his first film , `` solos '' , was withdrawn from its début screening at the 20th singapore international film festival due to its explicit depiction of homosexual sex .instead it premièred at the 12th pusan international film festival in the city of pusan in south korea and became the first singaporean film to be selected for the american film institute festival in los angeles , going on to win the nuovo sguardi award in the 23rd turin gay and lesbian festival , in the city of turin in italy .it was awarded by the jury to the film which `` reflects the evolution of queer cinema '' .in february 2012 , as part of the m1 singapore fringe festival , loo staged a one-night only performance of `` cane '' , which re-enacted a performance art piece by singaporean artist josef ng that resulted in a 10-year no-funding rule for performance art .in december 2012 , loo organised his first solo exhibition `` archiving cane '' at the substation , which consisted of an installation of 12 artefacts to do with `` cane '' and loo 's artistic practice , along with a durational performance .from october to december 2013 , loo put on `` artists ' general assembly -- the langenbach archive '' , a durational performance-cum-installation as part of `` ghost : the body at the turn of the century '' group exhibition , a parallel event of the singapore biennale .the installation archived a selection of approximately 150 of dr. ray langenbach 's materials surrounding the artists ' general assembly and its peripheral events .loo will open the m1 singapore fringe festival 2015 with `` with/out '' , a performance installation based on the necessary stage 's `` completely with/out character '' -lrb-...