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Simryn Gill, Maria’s Garden (detail), 2021. Installation view, The National 4: Australian Art Now, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2023. Ink on paper. Image courtesy and © the artist. Photograph: Anna Kučera
Sydney-based Malaysian artist Simryn GILL's (b. 1959) diverse practice encompasses sculpture, photography, text, and experimental printing techniques, often influenced by her immediate surroundings. A close reading of her work reveals an acute and subtle awareness of art-making as a personal, cerebral and political activity. Through her work we become aware of the many forces-historical, political and natural-that shape and transform people across generations.
Throughout her career, Gill has presented her art at several significant events, including Germany's Documenta art show and the Venice Biennale. Recent solo exhibitions include The Sea is a Field, Singapore Art Museum (2024, Fall the, 1301PE, Los Angeles (2023), Simryn Gill: Midden Mother, 56 Henry, New York, NY (2021); Soft Tissue, Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai, India (2019); Works on Paper, Kohta, Helsinki, Finland. Recent group exhibitions include This is a Poem, Buxton Contemporary, Melbourne (2021); Down to Earth, Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany (2020); The Penumbral Age, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland (2020); and Among the Trees, Hayward Gallery, London, UK (2019).
Her work is included in major international collections including the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Centre Pompidou, Paris; Getty Center, Los Angeles; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; M+, Hong Kong; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; ; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; National Gallery, Singapore; and Tate Modern, London.
Throughout her career, Gill has presented her art at several significant events, including Germany's Documenta art show and the Venice Biennale. Recent solo exhibitions include The Sea is a Field, Singapore Art Museum (2024, Fall the, 1301PE, Los Angeles (2023), Simryn Gill: Midden Mother, 56 Henry, New York, NY (2021); Soft Tissue, Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai, India (2019); Works on Paper, Kohta, Helsinki, Finland. Recent group exhibitions include This is a Poem, Buxton Contemporary, Melbourne (2021); Down to Earth, Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany (2020); The Penumbral Age, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland (2020); and Among the Trees, Hayward Gallery, London, UK (2019).
Her work is included in major international collections including the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Centre Pompidou, Paris; Getty Center, Los Angeles; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; M+, Hong Kong; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; ; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; National Gallery, Singapore; and Tate Modern, London.