Simryn Gill b. 1959

  • Artist (Photographer)
Photographer, born in Singapore and moved to Australia in 1996. Has exhibited work in the Venice, Sydney, Berlin and Istanbul Biennales.
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Photographer, was born in Singapore, grew up in Port Dickson, Malaysia, to which she frequently returns (series, A Small Town at the Turn of the Century , 1999-2000 – 38 large colour photographs detailing members of the town with heads and faces represented by fruit). Educated in Jaipur, India and the UK, she is married to a Chinese-Australian, with whom she has had two children (Raffel interview): a son born in Kuala Lumpur and a daughter born in Adelaide. She also lived in Singapore before arriving in Sydney in 1996, where she now lives. She began exhibiting in 1991, first showing at the IMA in 1993. Outside Australia, she has had solo exhibitions in Finland, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, UK and USA and has shown in the Venice, Sydney and Berlin Biennales and the Istanbul Biennial. She has had residencies at the SAM, Artspace, San Antonio (Texas) and CCA Kitakyushu (Japan).

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Date written:
1999
Last updated:
2011

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References [<ExternalResource: Coop, Stuart (2002), 'The Wrong Head on the Right Body', Your Place or Mine? Fiona Foley and Simryn Gill, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Queensland.>, <ExternalResource: (1999), 'Simryn Gill', London, OVA, interview.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Raffel, Suhanta.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Coop, Stuart.>]