ABOUT THE ARTIST

Suzann Victor | Born in Singapore. Lives and works on the unceded traditional lands of the Dharug and Gundungurra Aboriginal peoples, Blue Mountains, Australia.

Suzann Victor prospects the contours of human sensorial experience, perception and phenomena by rekindling materials derived from the body, the physics of lenses, light, and water, alongside engineered components and the readymade. Through performances of vulnerability, collective labour and immersive installations, Victor conspires with sites, spaces, and architecture to draw awareness to the viewer’s own body as an investigative tool for apprehending the world at large.

The first female artist to represent Singapore at its inaugural presentation at the 49^th Venice Biennale (2001) and the first Asian section of the 6^th Havana Biennale, Victor was the concept-developer of 5^th Passage, one of Southeast Asia’s earliest feminist artist-initiative (1991-1996) that set the precedence of reaching out to the public long before “outreach” became a mainstay of local art institutions to come.

Victor’s works have been commissioned for presentation beyond Venice in notable exhibitions including the 6th Havana Biennial, the 2nd Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, the 6th Gwangju Biennale, the Sunshower Exhibition (National Art Center Tokyo & Mori Art Museum), the 4th Singapore Biennale, Shaping Geographies: Woman | Art | Southeast Asia (Gajah Gallery, Singapore) and Thermocline of Art (ZKM Center of Art and Media, Karlsruhe). She was awarded the New York-based Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship Residency (Umbria, Italy) in 2009 and two special artist residencies by the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum in 2017 and 2018. Victor received her MA & BA (First Class Honours) and completed her doctorate in 2009 at the University of Western Sydney, supported by the Australian Postgraduate Award & the UWS Top Up Award. Victor’s works reside in public and private collections worldwide.

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