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Fiona Tan

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Fiona Tan
Born1966
Pekanbaru, Indonesia
NationalityIndonesian
Alma materGerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
Known forvideo art and film installations
Websitewww.fionatan.nl

Fiona Tan (born 1966 in Pekanbaru, Indonesia)[1] is a visual artist primarily known for her photography, film and video art installations. With her own complex cultural background, Tan's work is known for its skillful craftsmanship and emotional intensity, which often explores the themes of identity, memory, and history.[2][3] Tan currently lives and works in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.[4]

Early life and education

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Fiona Tan was born in 1966 in Pekanbaru, Indonesia, to an Indonesian Chinese father and Australian mother.[5] Tan spent her early childhood in Melbourne, Australia.[5] In 1984 she moved to Europe, where she has resided since. Between 1988 and 1992 Tan studied at Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.[4][6] Between 1996-1997 she also studied at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunst.[7][8]

Artistic practice

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In 2019, Tan completed a photography/film project titled L'archive des ombres/Shadow Archive during her residency at the Mundaneum, a repository created by Belgian visionary Paul Otlet with the goal of cataloging all human knowledge. An exhibition of the same name was staged at the Musée des Arts Contemporains[9] Grand-Hornu, Belgium in 2019.

In 2009, she represented The Netherlands at the Venice Biennale with the solo presentation Disorient.[10] She has also participated in Documenta 11, the Yokohama Triennale, the Berlin Biennale, São Paulo Biennial and also at the Istanbul Biennial, the Sydney Biennial and Asian Pacific Triennial. Her work is represented in many international public and private collections including the Tate Modern, London, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Schaulager, Basel, the New Museum, New York, and the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.[11][better source needed]

She has been guest lecturer at many art institutions including professor at the postgraduate program De Ateliers, Amsterdam (2006–2014) and Kunsthochschule Kassel (2014–15).[citation needed]

In 2003 Tan created a poster, Lift, for Transport for London.[12] In 2016 she directed her debut film, History's Future.[3[broken anchor]] Her second feature film Ascent premiered at the 2016 Locarno International Film Festival.[13][14] During this year she was also the artist in residence at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, California.[15]

Tan participated in established international residencies, including IASPIS grant and residency, Stockholm (2003) and DAAD scholarship and residency, Berlin (2001).[citation needed]

Exhibitions

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Tan has had solo exhibitions in museums and galleries worldwide including the New Museum, New York, Vancouver Art Gallery, Sackler Galleries, Washington DC, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland, Akademie der Künsten, Berlin, Kunstverein Hamburg, Konsthal Lund, Landesgalerie Linz, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Montréal, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, and the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.[11]

Solo exhibitions

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Group exhibitions

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Awards

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Publications

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  • Tan, Fiona (2015). Fiona Tan : geography of time. London: Koenig Books. ISBN 9783863358396. OCLC 923727690.
  • Tan, Fiona (2006). Fiona Tan. Heidelberg: Kehrer Verlag. p. 384 pages. ISBN 9783936636895. OCLC 123470361.

References

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  1. ^ "Exhibitions - Fiona Tan: Correction". New Museum. 2005. Archived from the original on 13 June 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  2. ^ van der Ley, Sabrina; Lunghi, Enrico; Gaensheimer, Susanne; Landau, Suzanne (2015). Fiona Tan: Geography of Time (Exhibition catalog). London: Koenig Books. p. 4. ISBN 9783863358396. OCLC 930766197.
  3. ^ "Brief Biography". fionatan.nl. Archived from the original on 13 November 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Fiona Tan [CV]" (PDF). Frith Street Gallery. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  5. ^ a b Guy Nichols, Matthew (7 September 2010). "Fiona Tan: Willing Subjects, Resistant Souls". Art in America. Archived from the original on 17 July 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  6. ^ Tan, Fiona (2015). Fiona Tan : geography of time. London: Koenig Books. pp. 118–119. ISBN 9783863358396.
  7. ^ Tan, Fiona (2010). Rise and Fall: Fiona Tan (Exhibition catalog). Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery. p. 103. ISBN 9781895442793. OCLC 468102961.
  8. ^ a b "Exhibitions - Fiona Tan. Geography of Time". Museum for Contemporary Art - National Museum of Norway. 2015. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  9. ^ "Fiona Tan. L'Archive des ombres" [Fiona Tan. The Archive of Shadows]. Musée des Arts Contemporains au Grand-Hornu (in French). 2019. Archived from the original on 13 November 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Works: Disorient". fionatan.nl. 2009. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  11. ^ a b "Fiona Tan biography" (PDF).[dead link‍]
  12. ^ Bownes, David (2018). Poster Girls. London Transport Museum. ISBN 978-1-871829-28-0. OCLC 1105586669.
  13. ^ "Signs of Life - Ascent - Netherlands, Japan - 2016". Locarno Film Festival. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  14. ^ "Locarno goes Dutch". Netherlands Film Festival. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  15. ^ "ASCENT: A film by Fiona Tan - Film Screening and Conversation". Getty Research Institute. 2017. Archived from the original on 30 April 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  16. ^ "Exhibitions: Fiona Tan - Rise and Fall". Vancouver Art Gallery. 2010. Archived from the original on 14 November 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  17. ^ "Fiona Tan "Rise and Fall" and New Works". ART iT. 9 September 2011. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  18. ^ Milliard, Coline (9 November 2012). "Image of a People: Fiona Tan Assembles an Intimate Portrait of London from Old Family Photos". Blouin ArtInfo. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  19. ^ "Exhibition – Live Cinema/Fiona Tan: Inventory". Philadelphia Museum of Art. 2013–2014. Archived from the original on 14 November 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  20. ^ Tran, John L. (31 July 2014). "No words can describe Tan's 'Terminology'". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  21. ^ "Exhibitions - Fiona Tan Terminology". National Museum of Art, Osaka. 2014. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  22. ^ "Fiona Tan: Nellie @ Wako Works of Art". ART iT. 11 August 2014. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  23. ^ "Fiona Tan: Options & Futures. Rabo Kunstzone". Frith Street Gallery. 2014. Archived from the original on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  24. ^ "Exhibition - Fiona Tan: DEPOT". Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. 2015. Archived from the original on 14 November 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  25. ^ "Exhibitions: Fiona Tan - Ghost Dwellings". Frith Street Gallery. 2015. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  26. ^ "Oslo: Fiona Tan. Geography of Time" (Press release). National Museum of Norway. 14 September 2015. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2024 – via Mynewsdesk.
  27. ^ "Exhibitions: Fiona Tan - Geography of Time". MUDAM. 2016. Archived from the original on 14 October 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  28. ^ "Past Exhibitions - Fiona Tan: Ascent". Izu Photo Museum. 2016. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  29. ^ "Fiona Tan - Geography of Time". Museum für Moderne Kunst (in German). 2016. Archived from the original on 3 March 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  30. ^ "Exhibitions - Fiona Tan: Disorient". Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. 2016. Archived from the original on 2 September 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  31. ^ "Exhibitions - Fiona Tan - Nellie". Institute of Modern Art. 2017. Archived from the original on 25 February 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  32. ^ "Exhibition - Fiona Tan - Ascent". De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art. 2017. Archived from the original on 14 November 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  33. ^ "Córdoba - Fiona Tan & Haris Epaminonda. Time and Memory". Women's Views Biennial 2018. 2018. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020.
  34. ^ "Exhibitions - Fiona Tan: Elsewhere". Frith Street Gallery. 2018–2019. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  35. ^ "Exhibitions - Fiona Tan - Archive / Ruins". Peter Freeman, Inc. 2020. Archived from the original on 14 November 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  36. ^ "Exhibitions, Installation - Fiona Tan: Footsteps". Museum of the Moving Image. 2024. Archived from the original on 30 May 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  37. ^ "Go-Betweens: The World Seen through Children - Participating Artists / Artist Groups". Mori Art Museum. 2014. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  38. ^ "Paradise Lost". NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore. 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  39. ^ "Exhibition – Future Present". Schaulager. 2015. Archived from the original on 14 June 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  40. ^ "Exhibition: NO MAN'S LAND: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection". Rubell Family Collection. 2015. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  41. ^ "Past Exhibitions – Ecce Homo: The Human Images in Contemporary Art". National Museum of Art, Osaka. 2016. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  42. ^ "2004 Infinity Award: Art - Fiona Tan is our 2004 honoree for Art". International Center of Photography. 3 April 2004. Archived from the original on 19 November 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  43. ^ "Getty Research Institute Announces 2016/2017 Scholars In Residence and Artist In Residence Fiona Tan". Getty Research Institute. 28 June 2016. Archived from the original on 19 November 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2018.

Further reading

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  • Mariska van den Berg; John Berger; Lynne Cooke; Heddy Honigmann; Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen; Dominic van den Boogerd (2001). Mariska van den Berg (ed.). Fiona Tan, Scenario. nai010. ISBN 9789056621827.
  • Francesco Bonami; Joel Snyder; Tessa Jackson (2004). Fiona Tan: Correction. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. ISBN 9780933856844.
  • Grosenick, Uta; Riemschneider, Burkhard, eds. (2005). Art Now (25th anniversary ed.). Köln: Taschen. pp. 304–307. ISBN 9783822840931. OCLC 191239335.
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