Germaine Koh reference site
Contents
- Selected art projects - best option for a quick introduction
- Extensive chronology of artwork - much longer view
- Curriculum vitae
- Bibliography with links to some texts
- Small selection of high-resolution images for publication
Germaine Koh — Canadian, born 1967 in Malaysia.
- Germaine Koh is a Canadian visual artist based in Vancouver. Her conceptually generated work is concerned with the significance of everyday actions, familiar objects and common places. Her recent schedule has included shows at the BALTIC Centre (Newcastle), De Appel (Amsterdam), Martin-Gropius-Bau (Berlin), Ottawa Art Gallery, and le Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Künstlerhaus Bethanien (Berlin), Para/Site Art Space (Hong Kong), Frankfurter Kunstverein, Bloomberg SPACE (London), the Seoul Museum of Art, Artspace (Sydney), The British Museum (London), The Power Plant (Toronto), the Contemporary Art Gallery (Vancouver), Plug In ICA (Winnipeg), Ex Teresa Arte Actual (Mexico City), the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), and Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions. She has participated in the Liverpool Biennial 2004, 1998 Biennale of Sydney, and La Biennale de Montréal 2000, and she was a finalist for the 2004 Sobey Art Award. Formerly Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art at the National Gallery of Canada, she is also an independent curator and partner in the independent record label weewerk. Koh is represented by Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver. URLs: www.germainekoh.com, www.catrionajeffries.com, www.weewerk.com
New, upcoming, recent
- Broken Arrow (with Ian Verchere), installation at Luminato Festival, Toronto, 5-14 June 2009
- Candelabrum, public art commission for Vancouver Convention Centre Expansion, opening 3 April 2009
- "Checks and Balances" essay about roller derby in Art Lies, issue 61, Spring 2009
- Fair-weather forces (sun:light) in "How Soon is Now" at Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, 8 February to 3 May 2009
- Fallow at Charles H Scott Gallery, Vancouver, 3 February to 8 March 2009
- Call in "Here Now or Nowhere", organized by Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie, January-February 2009
- Fair-weather forces (water level) in "Schematic" at [space], Vancouver, 8 November - 20 December 2008
- Fair-weather forces (water level) in "Untethered" at Eyebeam, Vancouver, 24 September - 25 October 2008
Germaine
Koh is represented by Catriona
Jeffries Gallery
274 East 1st
Ave., Vancouver V5T1A6 Canada
telephone 1 (604) 736-1554, fax 1 (604) 736-1054
email cat_jeffries_gallery(a)telus.net
Email the artist at website(a)germainekoh.com
Updated
June 2008
Text and photos on these pages are
copyright Germaine Koh unless otherwise noted.
