Biography
1977 Born Xiamen, China1999 Bachelor of Social Sciences (Major in Sociology), University of Hong Kong2000 Worked on Poverty Alleviation Project in Rural China2003 Master of Philosophy in Sociology, University of Hong Kong2003-2007 Worked on NGO projects in China and Asia2007-2009 Program La Seine, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Lives in Beijing
KO SIU LAN
Solo Shows
2010 Dont Think Too Much , Paris Beijing Gallery 2008 Blue Sky and White Clouds Forever, AFIAC, Tarn, France 2008 Interartion, La Bellone, Brussels
Selected Group Shows
2010Weekend de Sept Jours, ENSBA, ParisIlluminations (After Arthur Rimbaud) - Sculpting the light from the East, LTMH Gallery, New York Street Biennale, Sao PauloPeformance Art in Asia, Hong Kong
2009Women Perform, La Bellone, BrusselsOpen Festival, Open Art Center, BeijingPorte Ouverts, ENSBA, ParisLive Action, World Culture Museum, Gotenburg, SwedenInfraction, Swedish Cultural Centre, ParisFrom 54 to 64, Jockey Club Creative Centre, Hong KongDe Le La, La Salle College of Arts, Singapore
2008Encounter, Lab +, MuricaThe Third Biennale of Architecture, 751 Art District, BeijingOpen Festival, Open Art Center, BeijingInfraction, Sete, FranceZaz Festival, Performance Art Platform, IsraelGiswil 08, Luzern, SwitzelandNavinki Festival, Weld, StockholmJune Art Action, Times Square, Hong Kong Troubled, Les Halles de Scheaback, Brussels Undisclosed Territory, Solo, Indonesia 2007 Interartion, PétaHertz Studio, Paris Dadao Live Art Festival, Osage Gallery, Hong Kong EPAF, Centre for Contemporary Art 'Ujazdowski Castle', WarsawMade in China, Louisiana Museum, Copenhagen Interakcje, Galaria OFF, Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland Tupada Media and Action Art Festival, Manila
2006Cattle Depot Book Fair, Cattle Depot, Hong Kong New Wave, Videotage, Hong Kong, Guangzhou 14th Performance Art Conference, Blu Space Gallery, Hochimin June Art Action, Parasite Art Space, Hong Kong Da Dao Live Art, Dashanzi International Art Festival, 798 Time Space Gallery, Beijing Hermes Ear ‘Hermovo Ucho’, Nitrianska Gallery, Slovakia
2005The Body Project, Cattle Depot, Hong Kong Macau International Performance Art Festival, Macau Art Museum, Macau Pochean Asian Art Biennale, Pochean Art Museum, Korea Nippon International Performance Art Festival, Morishita Studio, Tokyo June Art Action, Kubrick Bookstore, Hong Kong Transborder Language, Dashazi International Arts Festival, BTAP Gallery, Beijing Hong Kong On the Move, Parasite Art Space, Hong Kong Onandon Theatre Sister’s Show, On and On Theatre, Hong Kong Natya Chetna Community Theatre Festival, Orissa, India
2004Taiwan International Performance Art Festival, Confucius Temple, Tainan Double Happiness, BTAP Gallery, Beijing Open Art Festival, Taihu Artspace, Beijing DaDao LiveArt Festival, Soho, Beijing KIPAF International Performance Art Festival, Bucheon, Korea
2003 SARS International Art Festival, Fringe Club, Hong Kong Open Art Festival, Northeast Normal University, Changchun Asiatopia, Bangkok Concret House, Chiangmai University Art Center, Thailand A Space Art Festival, Nagano, Japan Academic Qualifications
10/07-06/09 Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris Program La Seine
10/01-07/03 University of Hong Kong Master of Philosophy in Sociology (M. PHIL.)
09/96- 05/99 University of Hong Kong Bachelor of Social Sciences in Sociology (Hons)
Residency
02/09 Lasalle College Of Arts, Singapore 10/07-09/08 Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris03/08 National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India
Forum/ Public Lecture
01/10 University of Rennes03/09 La Salle College of Art Singapore11/08 Beaux-Arts, Paris09/08 Navinki Festival, Stockholm11/07 Beaux-Arts, Paris10/06 Asia Art Archive 10/06 14th Performance Art Conference at Blu Space Gallery, Vietnam 04/06 Future Of Imagination Performance Art Festival at Singapore Art Museum, Singapore11/05 Asiatopia Southeast Asia Performance Art Symposium at the Queens Gallery, Bangkok
Blibiography (Selected)
Pearlmen, Ellen. Conversations, Ko Siu Lan at Paris Beijing Gallery, Red Box Review, 9 Jul 2010
Ko Siu Lan: Don't Think Too Much at Galerie Paris Beijing, Art Daily Newspaper, 15 Jul 2010
Aujourd’hui la Chine. Ko Siu Lan, un jeu avec les mots, 7 Jun 2010
Gold, Michael. You’re thinking too much, don’t, Global Times, 9 Jun 2010
Eboko, Stéphane. Ko Siu Lan: la civilisation a débuté avec un « pourquoi », Tout Ca Magazine 24 Feb 2010
Allen, Jennifer. Chinese Artist’s Work Reinstalled At Paris Beaux-Arts After Censorship, Art Forum 22 Feb 2010
Pfeiffer, Alice. Siu Lan Ko Critiques the French Work Day, Art In America 17 Feb 2010
Lyons, William. French Culture Shock Over 'Work Less' Art, The Wall Street Journal 17 Feb 2010
Allen, Jennifer. Chinese Artist Censored in France, Art Forum 15 Feb 2010
Guerrin, Michel. Les bannières de l'artiste chinoise Ko Siu Lan flottent à nouveau sur les Beaux-Arts, Le Monde 15 Feb 2010
Monnier, Pascale. L'art contemporain chinois comme rébellion, Quest- France 14 Feb 2010
Desplanques, Erwan. Une artiste chinoise censurée… à Paris, Telerama 13 Feb 2010
Todd, Tony. Culture minister calls for re-installation of 'censored' art work, France 24, 13 Feb 2010
Chinese artist blasts French college censorship, CBC, 13 Feb 2010
Mitterrand fait raccrocher "travailler moins/gagner plus", TF1, 13 Feb 2010
Davis, Lizzy. Chinese artist's work removed from Paris gallery in censorship row, The Guardian 12 Feb 2010
Pineau, Elizabeth. A Chinese artist has accused French art school (ENSBA) of censorship, Reuters 12 Feb 2010
Chinese artist slams 'censorship' of Sarkozy installation AFP 11 Feb 2010
Grangereau, Philippe. Travailler moins... censurer plus, Liberation 11 Feb 2010
Verney-Caillat, Sophie. Une artiste chinoise censurée par les Beaux-Arts de Paris, Rue 89 11 Feb 2010
To grow rich is [redacted], Democracy in America Blog, The Economist 15 Jan 2010
Desplanques, Erwan. Humour noir contre puissance rouge, Telerama 28 Sep 2009
Catalogue
Don’t Think Too Much, Galerie Paris Beijing, 2010
Weekend de Sept Jours, Ecole Nationale Superiruer des Beaux-Arts, 2010
India Laseine, Ecole Nationale Superiruer des Beaux-Arts, 2009
Asian_ DO(CK)S, Akenaton/Doc(K)S, 2009
Interakcje 07, 2008
Made in China, Louisiana Museum, Copenhagen, 2007
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