Ghislaine Leung was born in 1980 in Stockholm, Sweden. Leung received a BA Fine Art in Context at the University of the West of England in 2002 and a Masters in Aesthetics and Art Theory at the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy at Middlesex University in 2009. Leung's practice takes a critical look at the socio-political and spatial conditions of art production, its presentation and re-presentation.
Read MoreLeung was nominated for her solo exhibition Fountains at Simian, Copenhagen. The exhibition consisted of several score-based works that are open to interpretation and performed by the gallery in discussion with the artist. The form of Leung's work is variable and closely connected to the context, as demonstrated by the artwork Fountains (2022). The score for this work simply states: a fountain installed in the exhibition space to cancel sound, which at Simian involved water pouring dramatically into the exhibition space through an opening in the ceiling. The architecture, location and cooperation of the organisation were defining factors in the performance of the work.
Text courtesy University of Sussex
