The Sixth Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

237 Kibong Rhee b.1957 Seoul, South Korea Lives and works in Seoul In the installations of Kibong Rhee, audiences encounter dreamlike scenarios in which everyday objects and images are made extraordinary through the illusion of movement and transformation. Using water and light to manipulate form and matter, Rhee plays on our expectations of the possible and impossible, offering metaphysical speculations that provide his work with a contemplative quality. He completed his Master of Fine Art in 1985 at Seoul National University, following the completion of his Bachelor of Fine Art there in 1981. Exhibitions (solo): Kukje Gallery, Seoul, 2008. Exhibitions (group): ‘Drawn in the Clouds’, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland, 2008; Singapore Biennale, 2008; ‘Thermocline of Art: New Asian Waves’, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2007. Hiraki Sawa b.1977 Ishikawa, Japan Lives and works in London, United Kingdom; and Kanazawa, Japan Hiraki Sawa’s video animations are subtle reflections on ideas of time and motion, travel and mobility, displacement and dislocation. Having lived in both London and Japan for many years, cultural mobility has formed a key reference for his work. From 1996 to 1997 he attended the University of East London, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Art, and in 2001–03 he completed a Masters of Fine Art (Sculpture) at the Slade School of Fine Art, London. An ongoing strand of Sawa’s work has been to explore the nature of fantasy, and his narrative sequences are often about journeying into real, subconscious or imagined worlds. Exhibitions (solo): Chisenhale Gallery, London, 2007; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2006; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC, 2005. Exhibitions (group): Busan Biennial, South Korea, 2008; Seoul International Media Art Biennale, 2006; Yokohama Triennale, Japan, 2005; Biennial of Valencia, Spain, 2005. Shirana Shahbazi b.1974 Tehran, Iran Lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland Shirana Shahbazi’s family moved from Iran to Germany in 1985. She completed studies in photography at the Fachhochschule Dortmund, Germany, in 1997, and later continued to study photography at the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Zurich, Switzerland, finishing in 2000. Shahbazi has extended her grounding in photography to produce work that is architectural in scale. She works across disciplines (photography, billboard painting, mural painting and weaving) and genres (portraiture, still life and landscape), drawing on the great cultural traditions of her native Iran as well as those of Europe. Exhibitions (solo): Barbican Art Gallery, London, 2007; Swiss Institute, New York, 2007; Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland, 2005. Exhibitions (group): Sharjah Biennial, United Arab Emirates, 2005; 50th Biennale of Venice, 2003. Shooshie Sulaiman b.1973 Muar, Johor, Malaysia Lives and works in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Susyilawati (Shooshie) Sulaiman’s installations, drawings, books and collages combine an interest in language, history and memory with a desire for personal communication and expression. She studied museum conservation in Malaysia and Australia, and has worked at the National Art Gallery in Kuala Lumpur as well as setting up her own gallery, called 12, in 2007. Her works constitute a kind of archive, infusing the social and artistic histories of Malaysia with her own responses and experiences. Exhibitions (group): ‘The Independence Project’, Galeri Petronas, Kuala Lumpur, and Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, 2007–08; ‘documenta 12’, Kassel, Germany, 2007; ‘Wahana’, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, 2003. Thukral and Tagra Jiten Thukral b.1976 Jalandhar, Punjab, India Sumir Tagra b.1979 New Delhi, India Live and work in Gurgaon, Haryana, India Jiten Thukral and Sumir Tagra have been working collaboratively since 2000. Thukral completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Chandigarh College of Art, India, and a Master of Fine Arts at the Delhi College of Art, India. Tagra completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Delhi College of Art, India, and later studied at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, India. Their multimedia practice encompasses painting, sculpture, installation and video; as well as fashion and product design, interior design and graphics under their ‘Bosedk’ label, blurring the boundaries between advertising, retail and art. Exhibitions (solo): Nature Morte, Berlin, 2009; Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney, 2008; Bose Pacia, New York, 2007; Nature Morte, New Delhi, 2007. Exhibitions (group): ‘Chalo! India’, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2008. Charwei Tsai b.1980 Taipei, Taiwan Lives and works in Paris, France; New York, United States; and Taipei Charwei Tsai’s practice draws on an interest in calligraphy and her study of Buddhist concepts, in particular the ideas of transience and emptiness that are at the heart of this philosophy. She produces Lovely Daze , an independent artist’s periodical that is released twice a year in limited editions. Tsai graduated from Industrial Design and Art and Architectural History at the Rhode Island School of Design, United States, in 2002, and is currently engaged in the postgraduate research programme at the L’École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Exhibitions (solo): Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney, 2009; Osage Gallery, Hong Kong, 2009. Exhibitions (group): ‘Traces of the Sacred’, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2008; ‘Thermocline of Art: New Asian Waves’, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2007; Singapore Biennale, 2006. Vanuatu Sculptors Freddy Bule b.c.1967 Fanla Village, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu Bongnaim Frederick b.c.1957 Newea Village, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu Chief Joachin Kilfan b.c.1963 Halhal Village, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu Mansak Family Lolipa Village, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu Newea Village, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu Chief Michel Marakon b.c.1950 Newea Village, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu Michel Rangie b.c.1981 Olal Village, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu Chief Louis Wunbae b.1951 Newea Village, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu Live and work in North Ambrym, Vanuatu These sculptures are representative of one of the most important forms of art-making in Vanuatu, and are made from breadfruit trees, tree ferns