Laurens Tan b. 1950

  • Artist
Tan worked as a sculptor and transdisciplinary artist. "His work linked sculpture, architectural and animated narrative space, graphics, industrial design, video and music." Always working in a trans-national setting and subject matter, he shifted his studio to Las Vegas, Nevada after 2012, also sharing a studio in Beijing (2009).
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Name
Laurens Tan
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist
Other Occupation
  • educator - Tianjin Academy of Fine Art , China
  • educator - LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Australia
Birth date
1950
Birth place
Den Haag, The Netherlands
Death date
20 January 2025
Death place
Las Vegas, Nevada
Initial Record Data Source
  • Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
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Other occupations
  • educator - Tianjin Academy of Fine Art , China
  • educator - LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Australia
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References [<ExternalResource: LAURENS TAN 谭思考>, <ExternalResource: obituary, Laurens Tan>]
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  • A craving for authenticity: an installation (exhibited at)
  • The minute you walked in the joint...... (participated in)
  • Australian Perspecta (exhibited at)
  • Just a memento (exhibited at)
  • Just a memento (exhibited at)
  • Adapt/enforce IV: an installation by Laurens Tan (exhibited at)
  • Super poke 1 (Lawyers, guns & money 3) (exhibited at)
  • Laurens Tan: adapt enforce IV (exhibited at)
  • Laurens Tan: adapt enforce (exhibited at)
  • Laurens Tan: re-sited references (exhibited at)
  • A craving for authenticity: an installation (exhibited at)
  • The minute you walked in the joint...... (participated in)
  • Australian Perspecta (exhibited at)
  • Just a memento (curator of)
  • Just a memento (curator of)
  • Just a memento (exhibited at)
  • Just a memento (exhibited at)
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