susan pui san lok is an artist, researcher and writer based in London. Projects range across installation, moving image, sound, performance and text, evolving out of interests in notions of nostalgia and aspiration, place and migration, translation and diaspora.
RoCH Fans & Legends at CFCCA, Manchester (2016) and Derby QUAD (2015); Lightness (2012), commissioned by Film & Video Umbrella (FVU) and De La Warr Pavilion for the Wellcome-funded exhibition, Everything Flows; Faster, Higher (2008), commissioned by FVU and BFI Southbank to coincide with the Beijing Olympics, with solo shows at the Gallery at Winchester Discovery Centre (2012) and MAI, Montreal (2014); DIY Ballroom/Live (2007-08), a Cornerhouse / BBC Bigger Picture national touring commission; and Golden (2005-7, ongoing), an Arts Council England and AHRC-funded project, including exhibitions, residencies, a publication, live events, and commissions for Beaconsfield, London, Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, and Guangdong Museum of Art (2015-16).
Group Exhibitions (International): Tactical Interventions: Diaspora Platform, 57th Venice Bienniale, and the 1st Asia Biennial & 5th Guangzhou Triennial. Also featured at Gallery 4a, Australia, Beijing 798 Space, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Shanghai Duolun MoMA, and SITE Sante Fe.Group Exhibitions (UK): 198 Gallery, Beaconsfield, Cafe Gallery Projects, Hanmi Gallery, Hayward Gallery, and SPACETriangle (London); Chinese Arts Centre, Cornerhouse and Holden Gallery (Manchester); De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill), Hatton Gallery (Newcastle).
Artist Books: RoCH Fans & Legends (ebook, forthcoming), RoCH Fan (2015), Faster, Higher(2009), Golden (Notes) (2007), and NEWS (2005).