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Lynn Lu received her BFA from Carnegie Mellon University with a major in Sculpture and a minor in Graphic Design. She studied with Christian Boltanski at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts Paris, then earned her MFA in New Genres at the San Francisco Art Institute. She then spent a year as a post-grad researcher in Kawamata Tadashi’s atelier at Tokyo National University of Fine Art and Music (Geidai), and subsequently completed a PhD (ABD) at Musashino Art University in Tokyo on a full scholarship from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2010 she was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by the University of Newcastle in Australia.
Among other honours, Lynn was awarded Southampton Solent University’s Research and Enterprise Grant, numerous Singapore National Arts Council International Development Grants, the National Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant, and the Lee Foundation Grant. She received the Lois Nellie Gill Award from the Ucross Foundation, and the Samuel Rosenberg Senior Art Award from Carnegie Mellon University. She has also been granted several prestigious artist fellowships, including residencies at the Ucross Foundation, Djerassi Resident Artist Program, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, and Dorland Mountain Arts Colony in the United States, Unitec in New Zealand, Floating Platforms in Finland, and CCLAP in the UK.
Lynn exhibits, performs, and lectures extensively worldwide. Recent venues include SFMOMA (2021), National Gallery Singapore (2021), Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden (2019), Framer Framed (2018), Science Gallery London (2017), Saatchi Gallery (2017), Palais de Tokyo (2015), The Barbican (2015), Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (2013), Tate Modern (2010), Beijing 798 Art Zone (2009), and Singapore Art Museum (2007).
Lynn is a Visiting Artist at London College of Communication, University of the Arts London, an Associate Lecturer at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, and an Associate Artist at ]performance s p a c e [.
t r a i n i n g
2014 Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
2010 The University of Newcastle; Newcastle, Australia. Doctor of Philosophy: School of Drama, Fine Art and Music
2008 Musashino Art University; Tokyo, Japan. PhD (ABD): Imaging Arts and Sciences
2004 Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music; Tokyo, Japan. Post-graduate Research: Intermedia Art, atelier of Kawamata Tadashi
2003 Kokusai Gakuyu-kai; Tokyo, Japan. Japanese Language studies
2002 San Francisco Art Institute; San Francisco, California USA. Master of Fine Arts: New Genres
1999 Carnegie Mellon University; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA. Bachelor of Fine Arts: Sculpture, minor in Communications Design, University Honors and College of Fine Arts Honors
1998 École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts; Paris, France. Ateliers of Christian Boltanski and Joel Fisher
1998 École Marchutz; Aix-en-Provence, France. Drawing and painting
a w a r d s / g r a n t s / s c h o l a r s h i p s / c o m m i s s i o n s
2021 Raisins in the Audience Dough, a 3-part project conceived in collaboration with Melinda Lauw, commissioned by National Gallery Singapore; Singapore
2021 Untitled, annual performance to camera commissioned by performingborders; UK
2021 a(t)tribute, durational performance for a single audience, Lois Keidan, commissioned by performingborders; UK
2018 Haumapuhia Rising, a durational performance commissioned by The Performance Arcade 2018 / Asia New Zealand Foundation; Wellington
2017 Performances for Kids, an interactive performance kit + installations + durational performance commissioned by National Gallery Singapore; Singapore
2015 Spill, a kinetic sculpture commissioned by Khairuddin Hori for Palais de Tokyo; Paris
2015 International Development Grant (France, Cyprus), National Arts Council; Singapore
2015 Travel Grant (France, Cyprus), Singapore Internationale Foundation; Singapore
2014 Ying Shui Si Yuan, a permanent sound installation commissioned by St Nicholas Girls’ School Alumni Association; Singapore
2013 International Development Grant (USA, Canada), National Arts Council; Singapore
2012 8th Research and Enterprise Grant, Southampton Solent University; UK
2011 International Development Grant (UK/Singapore), National Arts Council; Singapore
2010 International Touring Grant (USA, UK/Singapore), National Arts Council; Singapore
2009 International Touring Grant (New Zealand, Germany, Australia, China), National Arts Council; Singapore
2003–2008 Asia Japan Alumni International Post-Graduate Scholarship; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Japan
2008 International Touring Grant (Denmark, Belarus, Switzerland, Germany, Australia), National Arts Council; Singapore
2007 International Touring Grant (Indonesia, Philippines, Germany, Poland, Austria, Australia), National Arts Council; Singapore
2007 Word of Mouth Commission, a video essay commissioned by Heman Chong for the Singapore Art Show; Singapore
2006 International Touring Grant (USA, UK, Germany, Poland, Vietnam), National Arts Council; Singapore
2006 Alamak! Adelphi Commission, a video compilation commissioned by Eliza Tan for the National Arts Council; Singapore
2003 National Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant (trikho- exhibition); Singapore
2003 Lee Foundation Grant (trikho- exhibition); Singapore
2000 Lois Nellie Gill Outstanding Young Artist Award; Ucross Foundation; Wyoming USA
1999 Samuel Rosenthal Senior Art Award for Outstanding Accomplishment, Carnegie Mellon University; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA
1999 Best of Show Award, Study Abroad Show, Carnegie Mellon University; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA
1999 University Honors, Carnegie Mellon University; Pennsylvania USA
1999 College of Fine Art Honors, Carnegie Mellon University; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA
1999 Lambda Sigma Honor Society, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh; Pennsylvania USA
t e a c h i n g
2018-present Visiting Artist at London College of Communication, University of the Arts London; London
2017-present Associate Lecturer at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts; Singapore
2016 Visiting Artist at Plymouth University, School of Art and Media; Plymouth
2015 Visiting Artist at LASALLE College of the Arts; Singapore
2015 Visiting Artist at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts; Singapore
2015 Visiting Artist at School of the Arts; Singapore
2014 Visiting Artist at Sverigefinska folkhögskolan; Haparanda
2010-2014 Associate Lecturer at Southampton Solent University; Southampton
2013 External Marker at Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London; London
2013 Visiting Artist at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts; Boston, Massachusetts
2012 Visiting Artist at IPA Summer (International Performance Association); Istanbul
2012 Visiting Artist at Sverigefinska folkhögskolan; Haparanda
2012 Visiting Artist at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts; Singapore
2011 Visiting Artist at Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London; London
2011 Visiting Artist at Carnegie Mellon University, School of Art, College of Fine Arts; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2011 Visiting Artist at School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Chicago, Illinois
2011 Visiting Artist at Columbia College Chicago; Chicago, Illinois
2011 Visiting Artist at Nanyang Technological University; Singapore
2011 Visiting Artist at National University of Singapore; Singapore
2009 Associate Lecturer at LASALLE College of the Arts, Fine Arts Department; Singapore
2009 Associate Lecturer at Nanyang Technological University, School of Art, Design & Media; Singapore
2009 Panelist at Post-Graduate Symposium “Articulating Differences in Practice” at LASALLE; Singapore
2009 Visiting Artist at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts; Singapore
2009 International Visiting Researcher at Massey University, College of Creative Arts, Performance Design; Wellington
2009 Reviewer for the Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies; Copenhagen
2008 External Examiner (MFA) at LASALLE College of the Arts, Fine Art Department; Singapore
2003 Associate Lecturer at LASALLE College of the Arts, Fine Art Department; Singapore
2003 Associate Lecturer at National Institute of Education, Visual and Performance Arts Department; Singapore
2002 Teaching Assistant to conceptual artist Nayland Blake, New Genres Department intensive, San Francisco Art Institute; San Francisco, California
2002 Teaching Assistant to performance artist Tony Labat, New Genres Department intensive, San Francisco Art Institute; San Francisco, California
t a l k i n g
2021 Arts and health collaborations conversation with Prof Carmine Pariante at Southbank Centre; London, UK. Invited by Daniel Regan.
2021 Visiting Artist talk at Carnegie Mellon University, School of Art, College of Fine Arts; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Invited by Prof Bob Bingham.
2021 Panelist at Structures of Care, a roundtable conversation part of A New Season of Care digital programme; London, UK. Invited by Annie Jael Kwan.
2021 Panelist at New Performance Turku & Friends: SURVIVAL, a discussion series between artists and curators of NPT; Turku, Finland. Invited by Leena Kela.
2021 Panelist at Formations: Milk, part of a year-long programme of events in response to Black History Month, Black Lives Matter, and the Decolonisation agenda; Nottingham, UK. Invited by Dr Jenni Ramone.
2020 Visiting Artist talk at Carnegie Mellon University, School of Art, College of Fine Arts; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Invited by Prof Bob Bingham.
2020 Panelist at Engage…conversations conceived across performance studies and the maternal Performance and the Maternal, web event; London, UK. Invited by Dr Emily Underwood-Lee, Georgina Biggs, Dr Lena Simic.
2019 Visiting Artist talk at Sotheby's Institute of Art; London. Invited by Viv Lawes.
2019 Visiting Artist talk at University for the Creative Arts; Canterbury. Invited by Conor Kelly.
2018 Visiting Artist talk at London College of Communication, UAL; London. Invited by Joel Karamath.
2018 Guest Artist at ]performance s p a c e [, Folkestone. Invited by Charlotte Bean & Benjamin Sebastian.
2018 Project presentation in collaboration with Prof Carmine Pariante (KCL) at psychART Conference, David Game College; London. Invited by Dr Rosie Sedgwick.
2018 Visiting Artist talk at Sotheby's Institute of Art; London. Invited by Viv Lawes.
2018 Visiting Artist talk at Sotheby's Institute of Art; London. Invited by Dr Eliza Tan.
2018 Visiting Artist talk at School of the Arts; Singapore. Invited by Tan Wee Lit.
2017 Visiting Artist talk at Sotheby's Institute of Art; London. Invited by Viv Lawes.
2016 Visiting Artist talk at Plymouth University, School of Art and Media; Plymouth. Invited by Dr Anya Lewin.
2014 Visiting Artist talk at Plymouth University, School of Art and Media; Plymouth. Invited by Dr Anya Lewin.
2014 Visiting Artist talk at Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts; Richmond, VA. Invited by Prof Shannon Castleman.
2013 Visiting Artist talk at L'Université du Québec à Montréal; Montréal.
2013 Visiting Artist talk at York St John University, Faculty of Arts; York. Invited by Dr Matthew Reason.
2013 Visiting Artist talk at University of Illinois, School of Art and Design; Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. Invited by Prof Deke Weaver.
2013 Visiting Artist talk at School of the Arts Institute of Chicago; Chicago, Illinois. Invited by Dr Nora Taylor.
2013 Visiting Artist talk at Carnegie Mellon University, School of Art, College of Fine Arts; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Invited by Prof Bob Bingham.
2013 Visiting Artist talk at Vanderbilt University, College of Arts and Science; Nashville, Tennessee. Invited by Amelia Winger-Bearskin.
2013 Artist talk at ]performance s p a c e [; London. Invited by Bean.
2013 Visiting Artist talk at School of the Arts; Singapore. Invited by Tan Wee Lit.
2012 Paper presentation at Performance & New Technologies Annual Conference, University of Kent; Canterbury.
2012 Paper presentation at Performance Studies International #18, University of Leeds; Leeds.
2011 Visiting Artist talk at Carnegie Mellon University, School of Art, College of Fine Arts; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Invited by Prof Jon Beckley.
2011 Visiting Artist talk at School of the Arts Institute of Chicago; Chicago, Illinois. Invited by Dr Nora Taylor.
2011 Visiting Artist talk at Columbia College Chicago; Chicago, Illinois. Invited by Prof Sabina Ott.
2011 Visiting Artist talk at Chatham College; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Invited by Dr Prajna Parasher.
2011 Visiting Scholar talk at Minerva Foundation; Berkeley, California. Invited by Tamia Marg Anderson.
2011 Paper presentation at Open Engagement conference, Portland State University; Portland.
2011 Paper presentation at LAPSody – 3rd International Conference & Festival for Live Art and Performance Studies, Theatre Academy; Helsinki.
2011 Visiting Artist talk at University of the Arts London, Camberwell College of Arts; London. Invited by Prof Rebecca Fortnum.
2011 Visiting Artist talk at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton; Winchester. Invited by Dr Beth Harland.
2011 Visiting Artist talk at Nanyang Technological University, School of Art, Media and Design; Singapore. Invited by Dr Michael Tan.
2011 Visiting Artist talk at National University of Singapore, Tembusu College; Singapore. Invited by Dr Margaret Tan.
2011 Visiting Artist talk at LASALLE College of the Arts; Singapore. Invited by Hazel Lim.
2010 Visiting Artist talk at Southampton Solent University, Fine Arts Department; Southampton.
2010 Visiting Artist talk at LASALLE College of the Arts; Singapore. Invited by Dr Ian Woo.
2009 Visiting Artist talk at Massey University College of Creative Arts, Performance Design; Wellington. Invited by Sam Trubridge.
2009 Visiting Artist talk at Unitec, College of Design; Auckland. Invited by Prof Marcus Williams.
2009 Visiting Artist talk at Hansung University; Seoul. Invited by Dirk Fleischmann.
2009 Visiting Artist talk at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts; Singapore. Invited by Dr Susie Lingham.
2009 Visiting Artist talk at National Institute of Education; Singapore. Invited by Dr Yow Siew Kah.
2009 Visiting Artist talk at LASALLE College of the Arts; Singapore. Invited by Prof Milenko Prvacki.
2009 Artist talk as part of “Schön. 30 Jahre Rathausgalerie”, Rathausgalerie; Munich.
2009 Artist talk as part of “Pro-Tribute” at 24HR ART NT Centre of Contemporary Art; Darwin.
2009 Artist talk as part of “10th OPEN Performance Art Festival”, 798 Art Zone; Beijing.
2009 Artist talk as part of “Performance Art Network Asia 09”, Zeroone Center; Seoul.
2008 Paper presentation at PSi #14 conference: INTERREGNUM: In Between States, University of Copenhagen, Department of Arts and Cultural Studies; Copenhagen.
2008 Artist talk as part of “X-change”; Taman Budaya NTB (Mataram City Art Centre); Indonesia
2007 Artist talk as part of “Artist as Activist” at Plan B; Tokyo. Invited by Yoshinori Niwa.
2007 Artist talk at “Rojak 09” at LASALLE College of the Arts; Singapore. Invited by Willie Koh.
2007 Artist talk as part of “Performancetage Linz” at 56 Herrenstrasse; Linz.
2006 Visiting Artist talk at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste München; Munich. Invited by Prof Wolfgang Ullrich.
2006 Visiting Artist talk at Carnegie Mellon University, School of Art, College of Fine Arts; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Invited by Prof Susanne Slavick.
2006 Visiting Artist talk at the San Francisco Art Institute, New Genres Department; San Francisco, California. Invited by Prof Charles Boone.
2006 Artist talk as part of “NIPAF 06” at Shinsyu; Nagano.
2005 Visiting Artist talk at LASALLE College of the Arts, Fine Art Department; Singapore. Invited by Dr Ian Woo.
2005 Artist talks as part of “NIPAF 05” at Morishita Studio in Tokyo and Shinsyu in Nagano.
2003 Visiting Artist talk at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts; Singapore. Invited by Dr John Low.
2003 Visiting Artist talk at LASALLE College of the Arts; Singapore. Invited by Prof Milenko Prvacki.
2003 Visiting Artist talk at National Institute of Education; Singapore. Invited by Colin Reaney.
g r o u p s h o w s + c u r a t o r i a l p r o j e c t s
2021 AFTERLUDE-PRELUDE : RESPONSES TO NAM JUNE PAIK (in collaboration with Melinda Lauw), National Gallery Singapore and SFMOMA; Singapore and San Francisco, USA (live and online)
2021 Departure Lounge, In Good Company; Derby, UK (live and online)
2021 A New Season of Care, Asia-Art-Activism; London, UK (online)
2021 The Distance Between Us, OH!; Singapore (online)
2020 Till We Meet Again IRL, Asia-Art-Activism; London, UK (online)
2020 SPIRALS, tba; London, UK
2020 Singapore Cultural Showcase, Centro Cultural Palacio de La Moneda; Santiago, Chile
2019 PASAR (Post-Asian School of Alternative Rites) at The Palace of Ritual, Palazzo Dona; Venice
2019 Oxytocin: Mothering the World, King’s College London; London
2018 Kinderbiennale, Staatliche Kunstsammlunger Dresden; Dresden
2018 UnAuthorised Medium, Framer Framed; Amsterdam
2018 Border STEW: De-colon-ising Art and Learning, Livestock at MART; Dublin
2018 Parlour Geometrique, Chiswick House; London
2017 START Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery; London
2017 Children's Biennale: Dreams & Stories, National Gallery Singapore; Singapore
2017 Waterways, Venice Biennale Diaspora Pavilion; Venice
2017 Sonic Soundings / Venice Trajectories (in collaboration with Annie Kwan), a sonic counterpart to the 57th Venice Biennale; Venice
2017 BLOOD: Life Uncut (in collaboration with Prof Carmine Pariante), Science Gallery London; London
2017 #51%RememberHer, Tower Gallery; London
2017 OH! Open House, Holland Village; Singapore
2016 La Petite Mort, Wellcome Collection; London
2016 Parlour Dictionnaire, Dr Johnson’s House; London
2016 Parlour Arboretum, Hartcourt Arboretum, University of Oxford Botanical Garden; Oxford
2016 Homunculus, Asylum; London
2016 Krisis, Bonington Gallery; Nottingham
2016 Ghost on the Wire #2 (in collaboration with Tania De Rozario), Objectifs; Singapore
2016 Leonora Carrington / Lucy Skaer (in collaboration with Samantha Sweeting), Leeds College of Art; Leeds
2015 Kunstbanken Performance Festival, Town Square; Hamar
2015 Secret Archipelago, Palais de Tokyo; Paris
2015 From East to the Barbican, The Barbican; London
2015 Floating Platforms, Titanik Galleria; Turku
2015 CCLAP: Couldn’t Care Less (in collaboration with Prof Carmine Pariante), Deptford Lounge; London
2015 I’M Ten, IMT Gallery; London
2015 Syntheses, NorthArt Gallery; Auckland
2015 Cyprus International Performance Art Festival, Nicosia
2015 Mysterious Objects at Noon (in collaboration with Birgitta Hosea), Objectifs; Singapore
2015 Mysterious Objects at Noon #2 (in collaboration with Birgitta Hosea), ArtLacuna; London
2015 PLAY!, Lab451; London
2015 Future of Imagination 10, Zarch Collectives; Singapore
2014 Ghost on the Wire (in collaboration with Tania De Rozario), Bermondsey Project Space; London
2014 Art Now Live Tour, Contemporary Art Museum; Jinan & Beijing
2014 Future of Imagination 9 (in collaboration with Andrée Weschler), Goodman Arts Centre; Singapore
2014 The Third Print, TOTAL MUSEUM of Contemporary Art; Seoul
2013 Art Nomade: International Festival of Performance Art, Langage Plus, Alma; La Pulperie, Chicoutimi; Gallerie SAW, Gatineau; FADO, Toronto
2013 In Confidence: Reorientations in Recent Art, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA); Perth
2013 IN>TIME, DEFIBRILLATOR Gallery; Chicago, Illinois
2013 Panaromic Imprint, The Substation; Singapore
2012 Future Proof: New Contemporaries from Singapore, Singapore Art Museum; Singapore
2012 SPILL Festival of Performance: National Platform, Ipswich Art School Gallery; Ipswich
2012 LUPA 12, James Campbell House; London
2012 E n c o u n t e r (curatorial project), Southampton Solent University; Southampton
2012 IPA Festival, SALT Galata; Istanbul
2012 New Performance, Brinkkala Gallery, Gallery Berner, Titanik Gallery; Turku
2012 IKRA Performance and Dance Festival, Sverigefinska folkhögskolan; Haparanda
2012 Performance in Frames: Video Mobiles, Substation Gallery; Singapore
2012 P r o x i m i t y (curatorial project), Southampton Solent University; Southampton
2012 Parlour Jardin, Oxford Botanical Garden; Oxford
2012 Liminal Bodies, The Exchange Gallery; Penzance
2011 The Secret Language of Flowers, Andipa Contemporary; London
2011 TINA B Prague Contemporary Art Festival, The former Czech Museum of Fine Art; Prague
2011 Infr’Action ‘11, Open Space Gallery; Sète
2011 A Crossroads, Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA); Singapore
2011 ]PS[ +++ ArtEvict, ]performance s p a c e [; London
2011 OH! Open House, six private homes in Marine Parade; Singapore
2011 Etiquette 2011, The Substation; Singapore
2011 Future of Imagination 7, Goodman Arts Centre Gallery; Singapore
2011 2 Nights with 2 Gyrlz (in collaboration with Samantha Sweeting), ]performance s p a c e [; London
2011 LAPSody – 3rd International Conference & Festival for Live Art and Performance Studies, Theatre Academy; Helsinki
2011 Where Land Meets Water (curatorial project), Southampton Solent University; Southampton
2011 InterChange (in collaboration with Patrick Storey), Chan Hampe Gallery; Singapore
2010 No Soul For Sale: A Festival of Independents (for Post-Museum’s London Really Really Free Market), Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall; London
2010 Cherry Blast, 1701 Florida Avenue; Washington D.C.
2010 Light Acts (in collaboration with Mitzi Pederson), Yinka Shonibare’s Guest Project space, Sunbury House; London
2010 Murmur, The Waterside Project Space; London
2010 R.I.T.E.S., Post-Museum; Singapore
2010 Time to Act, ASEF; Rome
2010 Pink Line Project, Washington Project for the Arts; Washington, D.C.
2010 Digital Capital Week, Blagden Alley; Washington, D.C.
2010 Child’s Play, Evil Empire; Singapore
2010 Future of Imagination 6, Sculpture Square; Singapore
2010 ArtEvict, 195 Mare Street; London
2010 Parlour Praxis, Christ Church Spitalfields; London
2010 Touch Village Liverpool, A Foundation; Liverpool
2010 ArtEvict, Abney Park Cemetery; London
2010 Feeding Ghosts, Kitsch Gallery; San Francisco, California
2010 Etiquette, The Substation; Singapore
2009 Schön 30 Jahre Kunst in der Rathausgalerie, Rathausgalerie; Munich
2009 Pro-Tribute, 24HR ART NT Centre of Contemporary Art; Darwin
2009 Blackout, Qsquare; Singapore
2009 The Air Conditioned Recession, Valentine Willie Fine Art, ARTSPACE @ Helutrans; Singapore
2009 10th OPEN Performance Art Festival; Beijing
2009 Off the Strip, CAC Gallery and Onyx Theatre; Las Vegas, Nevada
2009 Second International Festival On Performance Art OPA 0.2, Art Athina (Athens International Contemporary Arts Fair); Athens
2009 Performance Art Network Asia 09, Zeroone Design Center; Seoul
2009 OH! Open House, five private homes on Niven Road; Singapore
2008 X-change, Sekolah Dasar Negri; Sembalun Bumbung; Lombok
2008 Nishikawaguchi Project, Nishikawaguchi Open Space; Nishikawaguchi
2008 Asian Youth Imagination, Musuii Gallery; Nishikawaguchi
2008 Cancellation Festival (as part of PARASITE exhibition), Anita Beckers Satellite Gallery; Frankfurt/Main
2008 Hacia un arte del encuentro, Centro Cultural El Surco; Buenos Aires
2008 Beau•ti•fied Ta•boo, SuperDeluxe; Tokyo
2008 exist in 08: International Live Art Event, The Judith Wright Centre; Brisbane
2008 Future of Imagination 5, Sculpture Square; Singapore
2008 7a*11d: International Festival of Performance Art, XPACE; Toronto
2008 ART CLAIMS IMPULSE, Gallery Art Claims Impulse; Berlin
2008 Live Art Falmouth 08, University College Falmouth (incorporating Dartington College of Arts); Cornwall
2008 PSi #14 INTERREGNUM, University of Copenhagen, Department of Arts and Cultural Studies; Copenhagen
2008 7th International Performance Art Turbine Giswil 2008, Turbine; Giswil
2008 10th International Performance Art Festival Navinki 2008, Palac Mastactva; Minsk
2008 Matsushiro Contemporary Art Festival; Matsushiro
2007 INPORT: International Video-Performance Art Festival; Tallinn
2007 Singapore Art Show, Singapore Art Museum; Singapore
2007 Artist as Activist, Plan B; Tokyo
2007 9th International Art Action Festival: Interakcje, Galeria OFF; Piotrkow Trybunalski, Galeria Biealska BWA; Bielsko Biala
2007 15th International Performance Art Conference + Festival: Nyepi; Kyoto
2007 4th Tupada International Action Art Event ’07, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila, Botanical Gardens; Baguio
2007 Konsumprozession, Alter Hof; Munich
2007 Performancetage Linz, Herrenstrasse 56; Linz
2007 Interpositions: International Performance Art Project, 24HR Art – NT Centre for Contemporary Art, Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory; Darwin
2007 Word of Mouth, Vivocity; Singapore
2007 Future of Imagination 4, 72-13 TheatreWorks; Singapore
2006 100% Centennial: Wall-to-Wall CFA, Regina Gouger Miller Gallery; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2006 National Psyche: Pandora Box, The Lab; San Francisco, California
2006 13th Nippon International Performance Art Festival; Tokyo, Aichi, Maebashi, Nagano
2006 Double-Crossers (with Jekatarina Anzupowa), Die Pratze; Tokyo
2006 8th International Art Action Festival: Interakcje; Piotrkow Trybunalski, Bielsko Biala, Krakow
2006 Ryouiki no Yukiki, Waverly Gallery; Nottingham
2006 Misses (with Brian Patterson), Someth;ng Studios; London
2006 Live Evening, Raum 58; Munich
2006 OpenSEA, The Substation; Singapore
2006 Light and Lines, MICA Building, Singapore
2006 Dislocate, Art Laboratory Project Space; Koiwa
2006 14th International Performance Art Conference + Festival, Fine Arts Museum; Ho Chi Minh City, Dalat
2006 Flo-Union, Pink Cow; Tokyo
2006 Mind Vitamin, SuperDeluxe; Tokyo
2006 Live Streaming: Tokyo-Seoul-Kwangju, Musashino Art University; Tokyo
2005 Nippon International Performance Art Festival, Design Festa; Tokyo
2005 Live-Streaming: Toyko-Seoul, Musashino Art University; Tokyo
2005 12th Nippon International Performance Art Festival; Tokyo, Aichi, Matsumoto, Nagoya
2005 Bend++, Machida City Museum of Graphic Art; Machida
2005 New World Maps, Benisanpit; Tokyo
2005 Lib-Live, ICC Gallery; Tokyo
2005 Traversing Territories, SuperDeluxe; Tokyo
2005 7th Asiatopia Performance Art Festival &1st S.E. Asia Performance Art Symposium, Queen’s Gallery; Bangkok
2005 Nippon International Performance Art Festival, Kid Ailack Hall; Tokyo
2004 Artpath, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music; Toride
2004 Future of Imagination II: International Performance Art Festival, Sculpture Square; Singapore
2002 Gesture(s), 111 Minna Gallery; San Francisco, California
2002 Getherness, 49 Geary; San Francisco, California
2002 Cream, ArtsBenicia; Benicia, California
2002 Ephemera, Southern Exposure; San Francisco, California
2002 The Master of Fine Arts Show, Fort Mason; San Francisco, California
2002 Rethinking Pink, Diego Rivera Gallery; San Francisco, California
2001 Upsidedown Landscape, performance with, and set design for the Deborah Slater Dance Theater, Djerassi Sunday Salon Series; Djerassi Foundation, Woodside, California
2001 Home Spun, 23Thirteen, San Francisco, California
2000 Treasures and Pleasures, SFWA Gallery; San Francisco, California
1999 Desire Covenant Candy-Coated Couture (in collaboration with Mitzi Pederson), The Frame Gallery; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1998 Les Échanges, Gallerie Gauche, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts; Paris
s o l o s h o w s + p e r f o r m a n c e s
2022 Raisins in the Audience Dough: Second Movement (in collaboration with Melinda Lauw), National Gallery Singapore; Singapore
2022 Raisins in the Audience Dough: Final Movement (in collaboration with Melinda Lauw), National Gallery Singapore; Singapore
2011 la carte de tender: Lynn Lu + Andrée Weschler, Substation Theatre; Singapore
2008 PhD Thesis Exhibition: an idealized moment when everything is simple and secure, Musashino Art University GFAL; Tokyo
2007 still, Rathausgalerie Projektraum; Munich
2006 composite, Raum 58; Munich
2005 exposure (in collaboration with Kelly Sha), Piper’s; Tokyo
2004 kissing booth, Studio Specht; Tokyo
2003 trikho- (in collaboration with Margaret Tan), Gallerie Alliance Française; Singapore
2002 pool, Arthut; San Francisco, California
2002 hang, Kweejibo; San Francisco, California
2002 chirrr, Blackhole Gallery; San Francisco, California
2002 fil 2, Diego Rivera Gallery; San Francisco, California
2001 utsgay, Diego Rivera Gallery; San Francisco, California
2001 deerly elongated, Djerassi Foundation; Woodside, California
2000 what nice handwriting you have, mr tree, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology; Otis, Oregon
2000 bleu à la plage (in collaboration with Marty Schnapf), Sitka Center for Art and Ecology; Oregon
2000 unlovebites (in collaboration with Marty Schnapf), Sitka Center for Art and Ecology; Otis, Oregon
1999 marché aux puces (in collaboration with Mitzi Pederson), Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts Loge; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1999 ersilia (in collaboration with Mitzi Pederson), Ellis Gallery; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1998 the great exfoliation, Pont-de-la-Tournelle; Paris
1998 octavia, Bois de Sainte Victoire; Aix-en-Provence
1997 helix, Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
a r t i s t r e s i d e n c i e s
2015 Floating Platforms; Turku, Finland
2015 Cross-Cultural Live Art Project (CCLAP); London, UK
2009 Unitec; Auckland, New Zealand
2008 X-Change (Appreroom); Sembalun, Lombok Island, Indonesia
2002 Dorland Mountain Arts Colony; Temecula, California USA
2001 Djerassi Foundation; Woodside, California USA
2000 Ucross Foundation; Clearmont, Wyoming USA
2000 Sitka Center for Art and Ecology; Otis, Oregon USA
bibliography
2016 “Empathy and resonant relationships in performance art”, In Experiencing Liveness in Contemporary Performance, edited by Matthew Reason and Anja Lindelof. Routledge.
2013 “Experiential knowledge, empathy and performance art”, essay for pani 1+2; Belfast, Ireland
2012 “Performing Relations in five Performance Projects in three years (2006-2009)”, text for Activate: Issue 1, Vol 2; London, UK
2009 “Un poing dans la ventre: La connaisance <<experientielle>>, l’empathie et l’art de la performance”, essay for Inter: Art Actuel (Hiver 2008-2009, 101); Quebec, Canada
2009 Schön. 30 Jahre Kunst in der Rathausgalerie, exhibition catalogue; Munich, Germany
2008 exist in 08: International Live Art Event, festival catalogue; Brisbane, Australia
2008 “Resonant relationships: The one-to-one performance”, essay for Future of Imagination 5 festival catalogue; Singapore
2008 Von Urs Bugmann, review in Zentralschweitz am Sonntag, September 7; Luzern, Switzerland
2008 Navinki 2008, festival catalogue; Minsk, Belarus
2008 Preoccupations: Things Artists Do Anyway, text and image contribution to book; Singapore and Hong Kong
2008 Hakase Kenkyuhappyoten, Musashino Art University exhibition catalogue; Tokyo, Japan
2008 Daigakuin Zoukeikenkyüka, Musashino Art University Journal; Tokyo, Japan
2007 Word of Mouth, exhibition catalogue; Singapore
2007 “Empathy and meaning in performance art”, essay for Future of Imagination 4 festival catalogue; Singapore
200 Interakcje 2007, festival catalogue; Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland
2007 What is your position as an artist?, text contribution to e-publication by Heman Chong; Singapore
2007 TUPADA Crossing: Social Contact, festival catalogue; Manila, the Philippines
2006 Interakcje 2006, festival catalogue; Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland
2006 NIPAF ‘06, festival catalogue; Nagano, Japan
2006 Malgosia Butterwick, write-up in Fort Sztuki, February 2006; Krakow, Poland
2006 Anita Wojtala, review in Tydzien Trybunalski, May 11; Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland
2005 7th Asiatopia 2005 and First S.E. Asia Performance Art Symposium, festival catalogue; Bangkok, Thailand
2005 NIPAF ‘05, festival catalogue; Nagano, Japan
2003 Jason Wee, review in Vehicle, Issue #10; Singapore
2003 Thomas White, write-up in The Straits Times, February 8; Singapore
2002 Silke Tudor, review in SFweekly, August 28; San Francisco, California USA
2001 Dennis O’Leary, review in Art Matters, Winter Edition; San Francisco, California USA
2000 Gail Kimberling, interview in The News Times, May 12; Newport, Oregon USA
collection
ArtsBenicia; Benicia, California USA
Kweejibo; San Francisco, California USA
Private collection of Patrick and Linda Wong; Hillsborough, California USA