Suzann Victor
Suzann Victor (born 1959) is a Singaporean contemporary artist based in Australia whose practice spans installation, painting, and performance art. Victor is most known for her public artworks and installations that examine ideas of disembodiment, the postcolonial, and the environmental in response to space, context and architecture.
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Suzann Victor performing Still Waters (between estrangement and reconciliation) in 1998 | |
| Born | 1959 (age 64–65) |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Education | Associate Diploma in Fine Art, Painting (LASALLE College of the Arts, 1990); BFA (University of Western Sydney, 1997); MFA (University of Western Sydney, 2000); PhD (University of Western Sydney, 2008) |
| Known for | Installation art, performance art, painting |
| Movement | Contemporary art |
| Website | https://www.suzannvictor.com/ |
Victor was the co-founder and artistic director of the significant Singaporean artist-run initiative and space, 5th Passage (1991-1994). She was one of four artists selected to exhibit at Singapore's first national pavilion at the 49th Venice Biennale in 2001, alongside Henri Chen KeZhan, Salleh Japar, and Matthew Ngui. She was the only woman artist to have represented at the Singapore Pavilion for the art biennale in Venice until 2022, with Shubigi Rao to represent Singapore then.
She has exhibited widely on the international circuit, participating in exhibitions such as the 6th Havana Biennale in Cuba, The 2nd Asia-Pacific Triennial (APT2) in Australia, the 6th Gwangju Biennale in South Korea, the 5th Seoul International Media Art Biennale in South Korea, ZKM's Thermocline of Art 2007 in Germany, and OÖ Kulturquartier's Hohenrausch 2014 in Austria.