Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye, Could frame thy fearful symmetry? The Tyger by William Blake Award-Winning multimedia artist Robert Zhao Ren Hui blurs the line between fact and fiction with his concept photography in expounding new meanings, interpretations and context to known parameters. Much of his work is gleaned from feedback from his conservation biologist friend Yong Dingli. Since 2008, his pseudo museological research with a ‘Nature Museum’ has advanced new findings in his fictive Institute of Critical Zoologists (ICZ), which is touted as “an interdisciplinary centre dedicated to promoting critical zoological dialogue and research.” When mischief or irony ends, the sad truth of conservation, the lack or abuse of it, sets off undue concern. In this work, he used cameras placed at strategic spots over a period of time at the Penang Tiger Park, and using intervening in lighting or camouflaging to project the desired message. His pet themes are about rewilding and curbing of invasive species. He said: “Today, more tigers exist in captivity than in the wild. Conservationists have to work hard to keep invasive species from disturbing a ‘natural’ state.” His solos include: A Guide to the Flora and Fauna of the World, Centre of Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, 2015, and Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, 2014; The Nature Collector, ShangART, Shanghai, 2015; Flies Prefer Yellow, Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco, 2014; and Some Kind of Expedition (Art Stage Singapore, 2012). He had also taken part in the 20th Sydney Biennale in 2016. Robert Zhao won the UOB Painting of the Year Award in 2009, apart from the National Arts Council’s Young Artist Award (2010), Deutsch Bank Award in Photography (University of the Arts, London, 2011), the Sony World Photography Awards in 2010 and 2011. He received his BFA and MFA in Photography from the Camberwell College of Arts and the London College of Communication.