Chooc Ly Tan

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Born: La Roche sur Yon, France
Lives: London

Education
2009-11 Goldsmiths, Master of Fine Art, London
2003-6 Central Saint Martins, BA honors in Fine Art (Sculpture), London

Solo Exhibitions
Coming soon

Group Exhibitions
2011
Attempts to get inside the World, exhibition and symposium, Lewisham Arthouse, London
'Selected', touring screening. CCA, Glasgow; Whitechapel gallery, London; Picture This, Bristol; Cinecity, Brighton; Star and Shadow cinema, Newcastle; Showroom cinema, Sheffield
'Beyond Ourselves - In the spirit of scientific enquiry', Royal Society, London
2010
'Uncertain Ratio', Imperial College, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, London
'Beyond Ourselves', Lace Market Gallery, Nottingham
‘Gesamtkunstwerk 2012 Debut Salon Show’, Hackney Rose, London
‘I was there’, performance event at the Stedefreund gallery, Berlin
'Parlour Ecole Loqueteuse', Ragged School Museum, London
2009
KNSTHS FMR # 2, Ybl Palace, Budapest, Hungary
PAUSE AND EFFECT (1.5) RART Manifesto Series, Work Dalston, London
2008
Optica Festival, Gijón, Madrid and 'Nuit Blanche' Paris
One Minute Film & Video Festival, Aarau, Switzerland
'Drawing Affinities', Menier Gallery, London
'Persisting uncertainties', Showroom Gallery, Berlin
'The Third floor video experience', The Winter Light Festival, Reykjavik
2007
The Lost Horse Gallery at Sequences Real-Time Festival, Reykjavik
Reyfi, The Nordic House, Reykjavik
'Follow me and do not think about the ending', Gallery Ljósifoss, Ljósifoss, Iceland
East@Westwing festival, Slough, UK
'Xtend-Dance For Camera', South Hill Park, UK
'Portrait: New Trends', Primo Piano LivinGallery, Lecce, Italy
2006
'Grotto', Studio 1.1, London
700 IS Reindeerland Video and Experimental Film Festival, Egilsstaðir, Iceland
'Direction', Lethaby Gallery, London
2005
'Just visiting', Camberwell Arts Festival, London
2004
'55', WLTM Audience,London
2003
'Planted', Cottage Garden, London


Bibliography
'Britart's new wave...', Laura McLean-Ferris, The Independent, 22 jully 2011
'Artists revel in questions and leave answers to the scientists', Gia Milinovich, The Times, Eureka magazine, 2nd June 2011
'Selected', Steve Rose, The Guardian, Saturday 14 May 2011
'Wonders of the Universe', Bethany Rex, Aesthetica online, Wednesday, 6 April 2011



Grants/Awards
2011 Selected to represent Goldsmiths at the Starpoint Prize, Brno, Czech Republic
2007 PAD Scheme, Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester
2006 Shortlisted for the 'Alcoa' prize, Iceland


Projects
2010 - ∝ IMS project, collaboration with a group of researchers from Imperial College, London
2009 Skaftfell residency, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland
2008 Galtarviti residency, The Westfjords, Iceland
The Independent Film Fest., video art homage to F. Truffaud, Tjarnabíó, Reykjavík
2007 'Monkey King', a modern Beijing Opera. Preparation of drawings for Chi2, London

Publications
2011
'Mucaca Mulatta', 2011 MFA Fine Art Goldsmiths publication
'Beyond Ourselves', exhibition catalogue
2010
'Dialogues', 2010 MFA Curating Goldsmiths publication
2007
‘Somethinginterestingkit (SIK)’, Issue 2, by Veronica Kavass
PAD Scheme artists, Chinese Arts Centre
2006
Central Saint Martins Degree Show catalogue