Suki Chan (born 1977 in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

) is an artist and filmmaker whose work uses light, moving image and sound to explore our perception of reality. She is drawn to light as a physical phenomenon, and the role it plays in our constantly shifting daily experience of our environment, be it urban or rural. Her pieces vary from photography, film installation to mixed-media sculptures. Chan is based in London and is represented by Tintype Gallery. She is also a visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art.

Education

1996: Foundation in Art and Design- Winchester School of Art 1999: BA Fine Art- Goldsmiths 2008: MA Fine Art Chelsea

Commissions

Chan has been commissioned by various organisations to produce work for both galleries and public spaces; including Science Gallery Dublin, Film and Video Umbrella,

Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art The Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art is a contemporary art gallery based in Manchester, England. It is located on Thomas Street in Manchester's Northern Quarter in the renovated part of the Smithfield Market Hall. History Origins of the ...

, The Young Foundation,

Art on the Underground Art on the Underground, previously called ''Platform for Art'', is Transport for London's (TfL) contemporary public art programme. It commissions permanent and temporary artworks for London Underground, as well as commissioning artists to create ...

and

Aspex Gallery Aspex Portsmouth (also known as "Aspex") is a contemporary visual art gallery located in the Gunwharf Quays area of Portsmouth. Formed in 1981 as the exhibitions arm of Art Space Portsmouth in a converted chapel in Brougham Road, Southsea, the g ...

Collections

Chan's work is included in the collections of the

Museum of London The Museum of London is a museum in London, covering the history of the UK's capital city from prehistoric to modern times. It was formed in 1976 by amalgamating collections previously held by the City Corporation at the Guildhall, London, Gui ...

University of Salford , caption = Coat of ArmsUniversity of Salford , mottoeng = "Let us seek higher things" , established = 1850 - Pendleton Mechanics Institute 1896 – Royal Technical Institute, Salford 1967 – gained ...

Arts Collection, University of the Arts Art Collection,

David Roberts Art Foundation The Roberts Institute of Art, formerly operating as David Roberts Art Foundation (DRAF), is a non-profit contemporary arts organisation based in London. It commissions pioneering performance art, collaborates with national partners on exhibitions ...

and the Ingram Collection.

Honours

In 2008, she was nominated for the Northern Art Prize and in 2010, she was shortlisted for the Renaissance Art Prize. In 2009, Chan was one of the six young British artists featured in the BBC's series School of Saatchi. On the show,

Tracey Emin Tracey Karima Emin, Order of the British Empire, CBE, Associate of the Royal Academy, RA (; born 3 July 1963) is a British artist known for her autobiographical and confessional artwork. Emin produces work in a variety of media including drawi ...

who said that her work was better than some established artists. "The film's flipping brilliant," she said. "There's a few artists' names come to mind when I saw it but this knocks spots off them." Chan's work also received a positive review in The Guardian newspaper from the art critic Robert Clark who wrote "Suki Chan's art makes us wonder in more ways than one. It enables us to treasure the wonder of the world through daring to suggest the dreadful cost of the loss of such wonderful phenomena."

Residencies

In partnership with Bluecoat and

Arts Council England Arts Council England is an arm's length non-departmental public body of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. It is also a registered charity. It was formed in 1994 when the Arts Council of Great Britain was divided into three s ...

, Chan was invited to be one of the artists in residence at the Belong care village, Crewe. Chan interviewed residents which formed the basis of her project, CONSCIOUS. In 2005, Chan completed a residency at the Osteopathic Centre for Children, producing 1,000 origami cranes for their permanent installation at the charity's Manchester base.

References

External links

Official websiteSuki Chan at the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art Archive & LibrarySuki Chan at the Asia Art Archive
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chan, Suki 1977 births Living people British contemporary artists Hong Kong people Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London Alumni of Chelsea College of Arts English mixed media artists Conceptual artists Women conceptual artists English curators English people of Hong Kong descent 21st-century women artists