ABOUT
All texts and images © susan pui san lok unless otherwise stated
susan pui san lok is an artist and writer based in London, England . Exhibition and publication projects range across installation, moving image, sound, performance and text, evolving out of interests in notions of nostalgia and aspiration, place and migration, translation and diaspora
Born in England, susan pui san lok lives and works in London. She graduated with a first in Fine Art from Bretton Hall, University of Leeds (1994), followed by an MA with distinction in Feminism and the Visual Arts, again from the University of Leeds (1996). She took up a doctoral research post with Aavaa (the African and Asian Visual Artists Archive) co-directed by David A. Bailey and Sonia Boyce, at the University of East London, going on to complete a combined practice/theory Phd in Fine Art (2004). She is currently Research Fellow in Visual Culture in the School of Arts and Education at Middlesex University.
Solo projects include Faster, Higher (2008, commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella and the BFI); DIY Ballroom/Live (2007, a Cornerhouse Bigger Picture national touring commission ); and Golden (2005-6), an exhibition/residency at Beaconsfield, London, and Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester). Her work has featured in group shows in the UK at 198 Gallery, Beaconsfield, Cafe Gallery Projects, Chinese Arts Centre, Cornerhouse, Hayward Gallery, SPACETriangle, and internationally at Gallery 4a, Australia, Beijing 798 Space, Hong Kong Arts Centre, and Shanghai Duolun MoMA. Public talks include conferences and events in London, Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Berlin, Hong Kong, New York, and Portland, Oregon. She has published three artist books: Faster, Higher (2009), Golden (Notes) (2007), NEWS (2005); a guest-edited issue of Journal of Visual Culture (v6, n3, 2007); and various book chapters, articles, and reviews.
