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Latitude
1.357107
Longitude
103.8194992
Start Date
1959-01-01
End Date
1959-01-01

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ID
tb9b48

Extended Data

DAAO URL
https://www.daao.org.au/bio/simryn-gill
Birth Place
Singapore
Biography
Photographer, was born in Singapore, grew up in Port Dickson, Malaysia, to which she frequently returns (series, A Small Town at the Turn of the Century , 1999-2000 – 38 large colour photographs detailing members of the town with heads and faces represented by fruit). Educated in Jaipur, India and the UK, she is married to a Chinese-Australian, with whom she has had two children (Raffel interview): a son born in Kuala Lumpur and a daughter born in Adelaide. She also lived in Singapore before arriving in Sydney in 1996, where she now lives. She began exhibiting in 1991, first showing at the IMA in 1993. Outside Australia, she has had solo exhibitions in Finland, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, UK and USA and has shown in the Venice, Sydney and Berlin Biennales and the Istanbul Biennial. She has had residencies at the SAM, Artspace, San Antonio (Texas) and CCA Kitakyushu (Japan). This entry is a stub. You can help the DAAO by submitting a biography. Writers: Staff Writer Date written: 1999 Last updated: 2011
Born
b. 1959
Summary
Photographer, born in Singapore and moved to Australia in 1996. Has exhibited work in the Venice, Sydney, Berlin and Istanbul Biennales.
Gender
Female
Died
None listed
Age at death
None listed