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    Catalogues & Books:

    2013

  • Kamloops Art Gallery (forthcoming),  Germaine Koh: Weather Systems, Kamloops, 2013. Author: Markus Miessen & Yulia Startsev, Sarah Cook.
  • 2012

  • ECU Press and Charles H. Scott Gallery,  Fallow, Vancouver, 2012. Author: Germaine Koh, Cate Rimmer & Lisa Robertson.
  • 2010

  • Gestalten,  Data Flow 2, Berlin, 2010. Author: Robert Klanten, Sven Ehmann, Nicolas Bourquin & Thibaud Tissot, eds.. Book info
  • 2009

  • Vancouver Art Gallery,  How Soon Is Now, Vancouver, BC, 2009. Author: Kathleen Ritter. PDF (PDF)
  • 2008

  • Artspeak and Presentation House Gallery,  Territory, Vancouver, BC, 2008. PDF (PDF)
  • 2007

  • Artists Space,  On Being An Exhibition: a Book of Quotations, New York, 2007. Author: Joseph del Pesco ed.. PDF (PDF)
  • Centre A,  Germaine Koh: Overflow, Vancouver, BC, 2007. Author: Clint Burnham. PDF (PDF)
  • 2005

  • "Hidden Rhythms", Museum Het Valkhof and Paraplufabriek,  Hidden Rhythms, Nijmegen, NL, 2005. Author: Hilde de Bruijn. PDF (PDF)
  • Künstlerhaus Bethanien,  Germaine Koh Works., Berlin, 2005. Author: Patrice Loubier, Ken Babstock, Gerrit Gohlke. PDF (PDF)
  • Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal,  L'envers des apparences, Montreal, QC, 2005. Author: Gilles Godmer with Nathalie de Blois.
  • "chronocidal citizens", Catriona Jeffries Gallery,  Germaine Koh: Shell, Vancouver, BC, 2005. Author: Monika Szewczyk. Read
  • 2004

  • "Stand Up and Be Counted: The Quotidian Work of Germaine Koh", Para/Site Art Space,  Germaine Koh: Stall, Hong Kong, 2004. Author: Dave Dyment. Read
  • 2003

  • "The Partial Architecture of Ruins", Artspace,  Germaine Koh, Homemaking, Sydney, AU, 2003. Author:  Adam Geczy. Read
  • 2002

  • McMaster Museum of Art,  Germaine Koh: Open Hours, Hamilton. ON, 2002.
    Author: Steve Reinke, Rosemary Heather.
  • "The Way the Wind Lies: Germaine Koh's Codes of Contingency", Catriona Jeffries Gallery,  Germaine Koh, Vancouver, BC, 2002. Author: Melanie O'Brian. Read
  • "phaino", Power Plant,  Bounce / IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR, Toronto, ON, 2002. P. 36-47, catalogue essay. Author: Xandra Eden. PDF (PDF)
  • 2001

  • "An introduction and interview", Gallery One One One,  Germaine Koh: Around About , Winnipeg, MB, 2001. CD-ROM publication. Author: Cliff Eyland. Link to essay PDF (PDF)
  • "Immanent Domain", Contemporary Art Gallery,  Germaine Koh, Vancouver, BC, 2001. Author: Laura U Marks. PDF (PDF)
  • 2000

  • Gendai Gallery,  Recollection Project, Toronto, ON, 2000. Author: Bryce Kanbara, Richard Fung.
  • 1999

  • Art Gallery of Ontario,  Waste Management, Toronto, ON, 1999. Author: Christina Ritchie.
  • 1998

  • Biennale of Sydney,  Every Day: 11th Biennale of Sydney , Sydney, AU, 1998. Author: Jonathan Watkins & Jo Spark eds.. PDF (PDF)
  • Reviews, Articles & Essays:

    2013

  • "Germaine Koh: Brewing Up Conceptual Art", Galleries West,  Galleries West, Kelowna, BC, 2013. Vol. 12, No. 1, Spring 2013, p. 31-33. Author: Beverly Cramp. Digital edition
  • 2012

  • "LIght Plain / Plain of Light", Border Crossings,  Border Crossings, Winnipeg, 2012. No. 121, p. 18. Author: Robert Enright. Online
  • "Maille après maille", Le Devoir,  Le Devoir, Montreal, 2012. Author: Marie-Ève Charron. Online version
  • 2011

  • "Light therapy", Uptown Magazine,  Uptown, Winnipeg, 2011. Author: Steven Leyden Cochrane. online
  • 2010

  • "Germaine Koh: Call and Relay", Video Pool,  annual publication, Winnipeg, MB, forthcoming. Forthcoming in annual publication. Author: Sarah Cook. Read
  • 2009

  • "Germaine Koh, Fallow", esse arts + opinions,  esse, Montreal, QC, Spring-Summer 2009. No. 66. Author: Kathleen Ritter. Online version PDF (PDF)
  • "Vancouver", Akimbo,  Akimblog, Toronto, ON, 12 Mar 2009. Author: Aaron Peck. Online version PDF (PDF)
  • "Q&A with Germaine Koh", Artsy-Dartsy.com,  Artsy! Dartsy!, Vancouver, BC, 17 Feb 2009. Interview. Author: Artsy! Dartsy! editors. Online version PDF (PDF)
  • "Pictures are out – experience is in", Globe and Mail,  Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON, 14 Feb 2009. Review of CH Scott and VAG shows. Author: Sarah Milroy. Online version PDF (PDF)
  • "Threshold", CJ Press,  essay, Vancouver, BC, 2009. Author: Samir Gandesha. PDF (PDF)
  • 2008

  • "Schematic: the Machine that Moves Us", [space],  exhibition essay, London, UK, Nov-Dec 2008. Author: Michelle Kasprzak. PDF (PDF)
  • "Germaine Koh paints layers of identity", Georgia Straight,  Georgia Straight, Vancouver, BC, 1 May 2008. Author: Robin Laurence. Online version PDF (PDF)
  • 2007

  • "Germaine Koh: Overflow", Georgia Straight,  Georgia Straight, Vancouver, BC, 8 Feb 2007. Review of "Overflow". Author: Robin Laurence. Online version Read on Web
  • "The art of remembering snow", Toronto Star,  Toronto Star, Toronto, ON, 7 Jan 2007. Article on art about climate change. Author: Leah Sandals. PDF (PDF)
  • 2006

  • "Law and Ordering: On Evaluating Recent Canadian Neoconceptualism", C Magazine,  C Magazine, Toronto, ON, Autumn 2006. No. 91, pp. 30-35. Author: Earl Miller. PDF (PDF)
  • "Postmark Berlin", Canadian Art,  Canadian Art, Toronto, ON, Spring 2006. P. 62-67, feature on Canadian artists in Berlin. Author: Sascha Hastings. PDF (PDF)
  • 2005

  • "Random acts of weirdness", Toronto Star,  Toronto Star, Toronto, ON, 24 Jun 2005. Article about interventionist artwork. Author: Murray Whyte. Read
  • "Germaine Koh, Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver", C Magazine,  C Magazine, Toronto, ON, Summer 2005. No. 86, p. 48. Author: Kyla Mallett. PDF (PDF)
  • "Koh's Work Focuses on Meaningful Details", Georgia Straight,  Georgia Straight, Vancouver, BC, 27 Jan 2005. Author: Christopher Brayshaw. Online version
  • "Sprache jenseits des Alphabets / Speech Beyond the Alphabet", Kunestlerhaus Bethanien,  Be Magazine, Berlin, 2005. No. 12, p. 122-127. Author: Vanessa Joan Müller. PDF (PDF)
  • 2004

  • "Making the mundane remarkable", Halifax Herald,  Halifax Herald, Halifax, NS, 29 Sep 2004. Artist profile for 2004 Sobey Art Award. Author: Elissa Barnard. Read
  • "5 Questions for Germaine Koh Relating to Conceptual Art", unpublished,  interview, Guelph, ON, Feb 2004. Author: Chantal Rousseau. Read
  • 2003

  • "The we of weewerk", Lola,  Lola, Toronto, ON, Spring 2003. No.15, article about weewerk. Subject: Derek Sullivan, Kelly Mark, Phil Klygo, Bob Wiseman, Bruce laBruce, Scott Treleavan. Author: Catherine Osborne. PDF (PDF)
  • "Arty House Party", Globe and Mail,  Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON, 28 Jan 2003. Article about weewerk. Author: R.M. Vaughan. PDF (PDF)
  • 2002

  • "Small Gestures and Acts of Grace: An Interview with Germaine Koh", Women: a cultural review,  Women: a cultural review, Oxfordshire, UK, Winter 2002. 13:3, p. 356-369. Author: Pennina Barnett. PDF (PDF)
  • "Fresh Eyes", TIME Magazine, Canadian edition,  TIME Magazine, Canadian edition, Toronto, ON, 14 Oct 2002. P. 58-65. Author: Marc Mayer, Christopher Brayshaw et al. PDF (PDF)
  • "Meaning Blows in on Wind", Georgia Straight,  Georgia Straight, Vancouver, BC, 9-16 May 2002. P. 56, review of Catriona Jeffries Gallery exhibition. Author: Robin Laurence. PDF (PDF)
  • "Germaine Koh: Around About", Border Crossings,  Border Crossings, Winnipeg, MB, Spring 2002. P. 81-83, reprint of catalogue essay. Author: Cliff Eyland.
  • 2001

  • "The Best of the Rest", Globe and Mail,  Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON, 3 Nov 2001. P. V7. Author: Sarah Milroy. PDF (PDF)
  • "Life at the new Contemporary Art Gallery: Germaine Koh & Ken Lum", Vie des Arts,  Vie des Arts, Québec, QC, Summer 2001. No. 183, p. 78. Subject: Ken Lum, Germaine Koh. Author: Joan Richardson. PDF (PDF)
  • "Artists Give New Meaning to BBs and Banal Signage", Georgia Straight,  Georgia Straight, Toronto, ON, 24-31 May 2001. Subject: Ken Lum, Germaine Koh. Author: Robin Laurence. PDF (PDF)
  • "Work and Words Go Up in Smoke", Globe and Mail,  Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON, 19 May 2001. P. R8. Author: Robin Laurence. PDF (PDF)
  • "Signals - an Interview with Germaine Koh", Rhizome.org,  Rhizome.org, New York, 30 Jan 2001. Author: Mathew Kabatoff. Read
  • Centre des arts actuels SKOL,  Les commenseaux : Quand l'art se fait circonstances / When Art Becomes Circumstance , Montreal, QC, 2001. P. 156-165. Author: Rosemary Heather with Luis Jacob, Sandy Plotnikoff, Adrian Blackwell, Germaine Koh, Lucy Pullen, Instant Coffee. PDF (PDF)
  • 2000

  • "Placecards", Mercer Union,  brochure, Toronto, ON, 2000. Subject: Chris Sollars, Katherine Harvey, Jennifer McMackon, Amy Wilson, Arthur Kleinjan. Author: Stacey Lancaster. Online version Read
  • "Smoke and Buttons", Canadian Forum,  Canadian Forum, Toronto, ON, Mar 2000. P. 29-31. Author: Catherine Osborne. PDF (PDF)
  • "Waste Management", Fuse,  Fuse, Toronto, ON, 2000. Vol. 22, no. 4, p. 49-50. Author: Dana Samuel. Read
  • "Germaine Koh", Centre international d'art contemporain,  Tout le temps / Every Time: Biennale de Montréal 2000, Montreal, QC, 2000. Artist entry. Author: Laura U Marks. Read
  • 1999

  • "Pour une sculpture qui disparaît / For a Disappearing Sculpture", Espace,  Espace, QC, Winter 1999-2000. No. 50, p. 6-11. Author: Patrice Loubier. PDF (PDF)
  • "8 for 2000", Globe and Mail,  Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON, 6 Nov 1999. P. F1, F10. Author: Diana Nemiroff et al.. PDF (PDF)
  • "Spotlight: Germaine Koh", Canadian Art,  Canadian Art, Toronto, ON, Spring 1999. P. 34-8. Author: Ihor Holubizky. PDF (PDF)
  • 1997

  • "Germaine Koh: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston", C Magazine,  C Magazine, Toronto, ON, Nov 1997-Jan 1998. No. 56. Author: Petra Halkes. PDF (PDF)
  • "Germaine Koh: getting personal", Art/Text,  Art/Text, Sydney, AU, Nov 1997-Jan 1998. No. 59, p. 50-1. Author: Jan Allen. PDF (PDF)
  • "The Stubborn Grace of the Particular", Agnes Etherington Art Centre,  Germaine Koh: Personal, Kingston, ON, 1997. Author: Jan Allen. PDF (PDF)
  • "Sightings of Germaine Koh", Agnes Etherington Art Centre,  Germaine Koh: Personal, Kingston, ON, 1997. Author: Wayne Baerwaldt. PDF (PDF)
  • Texts by Koh:

    2013

  • "League and the Elm Park Field House Artist Residency", Kerrisdale Playbook,  Kerrisdale Playbook, Vancouver, 2013. Author: Germaine Koh. Link
  • 2010

  • "Josée Dubeau: in Outline", Axe Néo-7,  Josée Dubeau, Gatineau, QC, upcoming 2010. Catalogue essay. Author: Germaine Koh.
  • 2009

  • "Building Berlin", Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery,  Building Berlin, Kitchener, ON, 2009. Subject: Jesko Fezer, Axel Wieder, Patricia Reed, Pia Fuchs, Daniel Seiple, Ingo Gerken, Daniela Brahm, Thom Kubli, Lars Ramberg, Karin Sander, Rui Calçada Bastos, Nevin Aladag. Author: Germaine Koh. Download PDF Read
  • "Checks and Balances", Art Lies,  Art Lies , Houston, TX , Spring 2009. No. 61, p. 22-23. Essay about sport. Subject: Terminal City Rollergirls. Author: Germaine Koh. Online version PDF (PDF)
  • 2008

  • "Talking to strangers, asking directions, acting out, and other civic duties", Artspeak and Presentation House Gallery,  Territory, Vancouver, BC, 2008. P. 15-18. Author: Germaine Koh. PDF (PDF)
  • 2007

  • "RSVP: Please Respond", Contemporary Art Gallery,  poster with essay, Vancouver, BC, Oct 2007. Subject: Tony Penikett, Tahmoh Penikett, JoannaTrail Blazer, Georges Joubert, Joanna Robinson, Maren Hancock, Sophie Dikeakos, Ian Verchere, Cynthia Verchere. Author: Germaine Koh. PDF (PDF)
  • 2004

  • Carleton University Art Gallery,  Prototype: Contemporary Art from Joe Friday's Collection, Ottawa, ON, 2004. Author: Germaine Koh. PDF (PDF)
  • 2003

  • "Jin-me Yoon: Welcome Stranger Welcome Home", Vancouver Art Gallery,  Home and Away, Vancouver, BC, 2003. Artist entry in exhibition catalogue. Author: Germaine Koh. PDF (PDF)
  • 2002

  • "Shinobu Akimoto: The House Rabbit Society Project Series / BACKYARD", YYZ Artists' Outlet,  YYZine, Toronto, ON, Spring 2002. Author: Germaine Koh. Read
  • 2001

  • "Give aways: a partial account", MIX Magazine,  MIX Magazine, Toronto, ON, Fall 2001. Vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 24-29. Subject: Rirkrit Tiravanija, Cliff Eyland, Kim Adams, Christy Thompson, Stephen Ellwood, Adbusters, Surasi Kusolwong, John Marriott, Ron Terada, Mejor Vida Corp., Minerva Cuevas, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Yoko Ono. Author: Germaine Koh. PDF (PDF)
  • "Havana Biennial ", Frieze,  Frieze, London, UK, Apr 2001. No. 59, p. 106-7. Author: Germaine Koh. PDF (PDF)
  • "Private Thoughts / Public Moments", Fuse,  Fuse, Toronto, ON, Apr 2001. Vol. 23, no. 4, p. 43-44, review of AGO exhibition. Subject: Neena Arora, Asma Arshad Mahmood, Rchael KalpanaJames, Meera Sethi, Sutapa Biswas. Author: Germaine Koh. PDF (PDF)
  • "Slipping in and away", Centre des arts actuels SKOL,  Les commenseaux: Quand l'art se fait circonstances / When Art Becomes Circumstance, Montreal, QC, 2001. P. 30-33, essay/artist's project. Author: Germaine Koh. PDF (PDF)
  • 2000

  • "c/o la Ciudad", SAW Gallery,  exhibition folder, Ottawa, ON, 2000. Subject: Galia Eibenschutz, Daniel Guzmán, Jonathan Hernández, Gabriel Kuri, Mejor Vida Corp. (Minerva Cuevas), Yoshua Okón, Luis Felipe Ortega. Author: Germaine Koh. PDF (PDF)
  • 1999

  • "Stan Douglas", ETC Montréal,  ETC Montréal, Montreal, QC, Sep-Dec 1999. P. 54-57, review of VAG exhibition. Author: Germaine Koh. PDF (PDF)
  • "Artists", National Gallery of Canada,  Crossings, Ottawa, ON, 1998. P. 85-185, artist entries in exhibition catalogue. Subject: Cai Guo-Qiang, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Carlos Capelan, Jimmie Durham, Mona Hatoum, Alfredo Jaar, Ilya Kabakov, Kcho, Lani Maestro, Vong Phaophanit, Yinka Shonibare, Jana Sterbak, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Xu Bing, Jin-me Yoon. Author: Germaine Koh.
  • "Threshold", Parachute,  Parachute, Montreal, QC, Jan-Mar 1999. No. 93, p. 48-9, review of Power Plant exhibition. Subject: Ian Carr-Harris, Claude Leveque, Peter Kogler, Judith Schwarz, Ann Lislegaard, Mischa Kuball, Teresita Fernandez, Lyla Rye, Masato Nakamura, Louise Dompierre. Author: Germaine Koh. PDF (PDF)
  • 1998

  • "Chaos Theories", SAW Gallery,  exhibition esssay, Ottawa, ON, 1998. Subject: Anitra Hamilton, Adrienne Trent. Author: Germaine Koh.
  • 1997

  • "Miyajima: Thousand Road", National Gallery of Canada,  exhibition brochure, Ottawa, ON, 1997. Subject: Tatsuo Miyajima. Author: Germaine Koh. PDF (PDF)
  • 1996

  • "Lynne Cohen", Contact Sheet ,  Contact Sheet, Syracuse, NY, 1996. No. 89. Author: Germaine Koh. PDF (PDF)
  • 1995

  • "Geographies of Desire", C Magazine,  C Magazine, Toronto, ON, 1995. No. 46, review of Ottawa Art Gallery exhibition. Author: Germaine Koh.
  • 1993

  • "Kirsten Mosher: Sandra Gering", Flash Art,  Flash Art, New York, Jan-Feb 1993. Vol. XXVI, no. 168, p. 92. Author: Germaine Koh. Image (High-res)