Ko Siu Lan plays with the misunderstandings and contradictions when different cultures, languages and social systems co-exist, and is inspired by her experiences of living in China and the West. In 2010, Ko found herself in a controversy when she displayed a piece of work, which was a play on words from a slogan by President Sarkozy, at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Her piece was immediately censored and removed but unbeknownst exactly by whom or why. Since then, she has focused on using words to explore the themes of nostalgia and fear.

Born
in 1977 in Xiamen, China.
Lives and works in Beijing, China and Hong Kong.
EDUCATION
1999
Bachelor of Social Sciences, University of Hong Kong
2000
Worked
on Poverty Alleviation Project in Rural China
2003
Master
of Philosophy in Sociology, University of Hong Kong
2003-2007
Worked
on NGO projects in China and Asia
2007-2009
Program
La Seine, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Dont Think Too Much, Paris Beijing
Gallery, Paris, France
2008
Blue Sky and White Clouds Forever,
AFIAC, Tarn, France
2008
Interartion, La
Bellone, Brussels
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITONS
2011
RED,
10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong
Exposition Saint-Germain des Prés,
Institut Français de Chine, Beijing, China
We Are Watching You, Caochangdi
Photospring Festival, Beijing, China
In Memory of June Fourth, JCCAC, Hong Kong
2010
Le
Weekend de Sept Jours, curated by Claire Carolin, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts , Paris, France
Illuminations
(After Arthur Rimbaud), curated by Ashok Adiceam, LTMH Gallery, New York, USA
Street Biennale, curated by Jeremy
Planchon, Sao Paulo, Brazil
ActionScript, Asia Art Archive & CCCD,
Hong Kong
2009
Women
Perform, La Bellone, Brussels
Open Festival, Open Art Center, Beijing,
China
Porte Ouverts, ENSBA, Paris, France
Live Action, World Culture Museum,
Gotenburg, Sweden
Infraction, Swedish Cultural Centre, Paris,
France
From
54 to 64, Jockey Club Creative Centre, Hong Kong
De Le La, La Salle College of Arts,
Singapore
2008
Encounter,
Lab +, Murica
The Third Biennale of Architecture, 751
Art District, Beijing, China
Open Festival, Open Art Center, Beijing,
China
Infraction, Sete, France
Zaz Festival, Performance Art Platform,
Israel
Giswil
08, Luzern, Switzeland
Navinki
Festival, Weld, Stockholm, Sweden
June Art Action, Times Square, Hong Kong
Troubled, Les Halles de Scheaback, Brussels
Undisclosed Territory, Solo, Indonesia
2007
Interartion,
PétaHertz Studio, Paris, France
Dadao Live Art Festival, Osage Gallery, Hong
Kong
EPAF, Centre for Contemporary Art 'Ujazdowski
Castle', Warsaw
Made in China, Louisiana Museum, Copenhagen,
Denmark
Interakcje,
Galaria OFF, Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland
Tupada Media and Action Art Festival, Manila
2006
Cattle
Depot Book Fair, Cattle Depot, Hong Kong
New Wave, Videotage, Hong Kong, Guangzhou
14th Performance Art Conference, Blu Space
Gallery, Hochimin
June Art Action, Parasite Art Space, Hong Kong
Da Dao Live Art, Dashanzi International Art Festival, 798 Time Space
Gallery, Beijing, China
Hermes Ear ‘Hermovo Ucho’, Nitrianska Gallery,
Slovakia
2005
The
Body Project, Cattle Depot, Hong Kong
Macau International Performance Art Festival,
Macau Art Museum, Macau
Pochean Asian Art Biennale, Pochean Art Museum,
Korea
Nippon International Performance Art Festival,
Morishita Studio, Tokyo
June Art Action, Kubrick Bookstore, Hong Kong
Transborder Language, Dashazi International Arts Festival, BTAP
Gallery, Beijing, China
Hong Kong On the Move, Parasite Art Space, Hong
Kong
Onandon Theatre Sister’s Show, On and On
Theatre, Hong Kong
Natya Chetna Community Theatre Festival,
Orissa, India
2004
Taiwan
International Performance Art Festival, Confucius Temple, Tainan
Double Happiness, BTAP Gallery, Beijing, China
Open Art Festival, Taihu Artspace, Beijing,
China
DaDao LiveArt Festival, Soho, Beijing, China
KIPAF International Performance Art Festival,
Bucheon, Korea
2003
SARS
International Art Festival, Fringe Club, Hong Kong
Open Art Festival, Northeast Normal University,
Changchun
Asiatopia, Bangkok Concret House, Chiangmai
University Art Center, Thailand
A Space Art Festival, Nagano, Japan