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Suzann victor

Since 1991, Suzann victor has been Artistic Director of
5th Passage Artists Ltd., a registered non-profit, public
company promoting visual art. A talented recepient of
different grants and scholarships, victor graduated from
the university of Western Sydney with both a bachelor
and Master of Arts, with First Class honours, following
her Associate Diploma of Fine Arts, from the LASALLe-
SiA College of the Arts in Singapore. She has
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participated in international art projects such as the
Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art in brisbane,
the Australian bicentennial, the World’s Women on-Line
internet Project and the united nations 4th World
Conference on Women in China.

Though currently residing and practicing in Australia,
Suzann victor has held several solo and group
exhibitions in Singapore. here her contributions to the
artistic community and climate have been rewarded
with the Singapore international Foundation Art Award
Matthew ngui in 1995, 2nd Prize for the Republic of Singapore
navy Competition, and the Outstanding Award from
A full-time artist since 1997, Matthew ngui orginally
the Ministry of Communications and information
graduated in Law with honours, at the national
Technology. Suzann victor’s work can be found in
university of Singapore. Following his bachelor of Arts
the collections of the Australian high Commission
with Distinction and Post-graduate Diploma (visual Arts)
in Singapore, the university of Western Sydney
at Curtin university of Technology in Western Australia,
in Australia, the Singapore Armed Forces Reservist
Matthew became a lecturer and tutor at various schools
Association, the Ministry of information and the Arts in
of sculpture, design and audio-visual arts in Australia
Singappore, the Takahasi Corporation in Japan and ernst
and in Singapore. he has been appointed, among other
Suzann victor, born in Singapore in 1959, lives and works in new South Wales, Australia
& Young, among others.
roles, Project Director for the Artists’ Regional exchange
(ARx) in Australia and, to the board of Directors at the
Perth institute of Contemporary Arts, Western Australia.
Matthew has sat on the John Curtin Centre gallery
Advisory board since 1997, and was recently engaged
to sit on the nokia Singapore Art Steering Committee
in Singapore as well as the Curatorial Committee for
Performance Art Project/biRDS.
As an artist, Matthew ngui has participated in numerous
international exhibitions and programmes such as the
23 bienal internacional Sao Paolo in brazil, the Secession
site specific exhibition in vienna, Austria and the La ......................................................................................................
Llama international Artists’ Workshop and exhibition
in Tacata Arriba and Caracas, venezuela. he has
collaborated with Theatreworks, a prominent
Singaporean drama group, to produce “Desdemona”,
a theatre performance that has travelled to Adelaide
in Australia, Munich and hamburg in germany, and
gained wide exposure in Singapore. With more than 25
large scale installations and exhibitions in his portfolio,
Matthew ngui was the first Singaporean artist to be
invited to display work at the prestigious Documenta x,
which was held in Kassel, germany, in 1997.
Matthew ngui, born in Singapore in 1962, lives and works in Singapore and north Perth, Western Australia

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