Germaine Koh

Germaine Koh (born 1967) is a Malaysian-born internationally active Canadian artist. At the age of two she emigrated to Canada [http://www.germainekoh.com/timeprint.html] .

She is a conceptual artist working out of Vancouver, B.C., self-described as having "no fixed address" [http://www.umanitoba.ca/schools/art/galleryoneoneone/koh.html] whose art encompasses the use of everyday objects and familiar concepts into her work. Her work is known around the world and she has been shown at many galleries, including the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art in 2005, the Liverpool Biennial and the [http://www.artgalleryalberta.ca/ Art Gallery of Alberta] in 2004, [http://www.fkv.de/de/index.html Frankfurter Kunstverein] in 2003, [http://about.bloomberg.com/about/ourco/space/index.html Bloomberg SPACE] in 2003, and in many other renowned galleries across the globe.

Her work can be characterized by public interaction and everyday concepts. For example, one of her latest works, [http://www.germainekoh.com/call.html "Call"] , is an old telephone in a public space. When the phone is picked up it randomly dials a number of a participant that has agreed to have conversations with strangers at any time of the day [http://www.germainekoh.com/call.html] .

There isn't a typical "Germaine Koh" piece - she utilizes many different materials for every piece she creates, yet each piece encompasses an ideology, perhaps best said by Koh herself in a [http://www.germainekoh.com/kabatoff.html Rhizome.org interview] :

References

*cite web
last = Koh
first = Germaine
title = Germaine Koh Reference Site
url=http://www.germainekoh.com/
accessdate = 2006-09-03

*cite web
last = Epp
first = Robert
title = Germaine Koh: Around About Exhibition
url=http://www.umanitoba.ca/schools/art/galleryoneoneone/koh.html
accessdate = 2006-09-04

*cite web
last = Kabatoff
first = Mathew
title = Interview with Germaine Koh, January 1, 2001
url=http://www.germainekoh.com/kabatoff.html
accessdate = 2006-09-04

*Marc Mayer, Christopher Brayshaw et al., "Fresh Eyes," TIME Magazine Canadian edition, 14 October 2002, pp. 58-65 [http://www.germainekoh.com/pdf/timebw.pdf]