BIOGRAPHY
1966 born in Pekan Baru, Indonesia
lives and works in Amsterdam
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
• Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria. Mit der anderen / With the other hand. (31 October 2020 – 21 February 2021)
• Krems Kunsthalle, Krems, Austria. Mit der anderen / With the other hand. (21 November 2020 – 14 February 2021)
• Peter Freeman, Inc., New York. Archive / Ruins. (9 January – 22 February)
2019
• Samstag Museum, Adelaide, Australia. Ascent. (18 October – 6 December)
• Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany. Goraiko. (21 September 2019 – 12 January 2020)
• GoMA, Glasgow, United Kingdom. Fiona Tan: Disorient. (14 June 2019 – 26 January 2020)
• Borch Editions Butik, Copenhagen, Denmark. Fiona Tan: Ideas of Utopia. (8 June – 18 July)
• Ludwig Museum, Cologne. GAAF. Curated by Fiona Tan. (4 May – 11 August)
• MAC’s Le Grand Hornu Belgium. L’Archive des ombres. (14 April – 1 September)
• Samstag Museum, Adelaide. Fiona Tan. (15 September – November)
• Le Grand Hornu, Belgium. Fiona Tan. (14 April – 1 September)
2018
• Frith Street Gallery, London, United Kingdom. Elsewhere. (16 November 2018 – 19 January 2019)
• Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía, Spain. Tiempo y Memoria.
Fiona Tan y Haris Epaminonda. (two-person exhibition) (7 July 2018 – 24 March 2019)
2017
• IMA, Brisbane. Nellie. (1 April – 29 April)
• Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv. Geography of Time. (17 February – 24 June)
• De Pont Museum, Tilburg. Ascent. (11 February – 11 June)
2016
• Mudam, Luxembourg. Geography of Time. (20 February – 28 August)
• Izu Photo Museum, Shizuoka-ken. Ascent. (18 July – 18 October)
• Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt. Geography of Time. (16 September 2016 – 15 January 2017)
• Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao. Disorient. (22 December 2016 – 19 March 2017)
2015
• Frith Street Gallery Golden Square & Soho Square, London. Ghost Dwellings. (1 May – 31 July)
• Frith Street Gallery Golden Square & Soho Square, London. Inventory. (1 May – 26 June)
• Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead. Depot. (10 July – 1 November)
• Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo. Geography of Time. (25 September 2015 – 31 January 2016)
2014
• Rabo Kunstzone, Utrecht. Options & Futures. (8 April – 19 September)
• Wako Works of Art, Tokyo. Nellie. (30 May – 28 June)
• Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia. Inventory. (14 December 2013 – 11 May 2014)
• Metropolitan Museum for Photography, Tokyo / National Museum of Art, Osaka. Terminology. (20 July – 23 September)
2013
• MAXXI, Rome. Inventory. (27 March – 8 September)
• 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. Ellipsis. (3 August – 10 November)
• Benesse Art Site, Inujima. Cloud Island I, Project for the Venice Architecture Biennale 2010.
• Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen / Koldo Mitxelena, San Sebastian. Point of Departure. (6 July – 27 October)
2012
• Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art. Disorient. (7 June 2012 – 24 February 2013)
• The Photographers Gallery, London. Vox Populi London. (15 – 30 September)
• Centro Andaluz de Arte Contempraeneo, Sevilla. Point of Departure. (22 March – 22 July 2012)
2011
• Wako Works of Art, Tokyo. ‘Rise and Fall’ and New Works. (10 September – 15 October)
• Galerie de L’UQUAM. Rise and Fall. (25 February – 2 April)
• Sackler Gallery, Washington D.C., Catalogue with texts Okwui Enwezor, Bruce Grenville, Michael Newman, Irit Rogoff, Madeline Schuppli. (23 September – 16 January 2011)
• Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris. Vox Populi, Switzerland (17 June – 17 July)
2010
• Freer Sackler: The Smithsonian’s Museum of Asian Art. Fiona Tan: Rise and Fall. (25 September – 16 January)
• 29th Bienal de São Paulo. Participating Artist. (25 September – 12 December)
• Frith Street Gallery. Fiona Tan: Cloud Island and other new works. (17 September – 29 October)
• Vlaams Bouwmeester, Brussels. A Fools Paradise. (2 – 17 July)
• Peter Freeman Inc., New York. Fiona Tan Provenance and other works. (13 May – 10 July)
• The Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada. Fiona Tan: Rise and Fall (8 May – 6 September). Exhibition traveled; Montreal Galerie de l’Université du Québec à Montréal (2011)
• Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem. Disorient and other works. (27 March – 20 June)
• SCAF Foundation, Sydney. Coming Home. (19 March – 12 June)
• Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland. Fiona Tan: Rise and Fall. (30 January – 18 April 2008)
2009
• Dutch Pavilion, 53rd Venice Biennale, Venice. Italy. Disorient. (7June – 22 November)
2008
• Map Birger Jarlsgatan, Stockholm. Island. (3 – 26 October)
• Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown. Fiona Tan: Countenance. (20 September – 11 February 2009)
• Chapelle du Genêteil Centre d’Art Contemporain- Le Carré Scène Château-Gontier. Fiona Tan. (5 April – 1 June)
• Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Provenance. (27 August – 10 October)
2007
• Lunds Konsthalle, Sweden. Time and Again. (24 November – 27 January 2008)
• Firth Street Gallery, London. A Lapse of Memory. (10 – 30 October)
• Royal Institute of British Architects, London. A Lapse of Memory. (12 – 30 October)
• Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich. 80 Days. (21 September – 6 January)
• Wako Works of Art, Tokyo. News from the Near Future. (4 April – 10 May)
2006
• Firth Street Gallery, London. Short Voyages. (14 September – 27 October)
• Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark. Mirror Maker. (25 February – 21 May). Exhibition travelled: Landesgalerie, Linz; Kunstmuseum, Bergen, Norway; Pori, Finland.
• Art Gallery of York University, Toronto. Fiona Tan. (26 January – 26 March)
2005
• Musee d’Arte Contemporain, Montreal, Canada. Saint Sebastian. (12 May – 5 September)
• Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, England. Countenance (and other works). (5 April – 29 May)
• Baltic Art Center, Visby, Sweden. Fiona Tan. (21 May – 4 September)
• Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne. Saint Sebastian. (8 – 22 October)
2004
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Correction. (26 June – 16 October)
• IASPIS Gallery, Stockholm. Fiona Tan. (15 April – 16 May)
• Wako Works of Art, Tokyo. Linnaeus' Flower Clock / Roll I &II. (22 January - 21 February)
2003
• Firth Street Gallery, London. New and Recent Works. (30 January – 15 March)
2002
• Villa Arson Nice, Centre National d’Arte Contemporain, Nice. Fiona Tan- akte 1. (19 December – 15 February). Exhibition travelled: De Pont Foundation for Contemporary Art, Tilburg; Akademie der Kuensten, Berlin)
2001
• Galerie Michel Rein, Paris. Recent Works. (24 March – 12 May)
• Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut. Matrix 144. (19 May – 2 September)
• Wako Works of Art, Tokyo. Film and Video Works. (1 September – 13 October)
• Galerie der Hochschule fur Gestaltung und Kunst, Lucerne, Switzerland. May You Live in Interesting Times. (8 June – 29 July)
• Galerie Elisabeth Kaufmann, Zurich. Rain. (12 – 28 October)
2000
• Kunstverein Hamburg. Scenario. (14 April – 26 June)
• Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan. Linnaeus’ Flower Clock. (12 May – 18 June)
• Aussendienst, Hamburg. Carwreck Cinema. (1 – 30 July)
• Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam. Lift. (17 September – 31 October)
1999
• De Pont Foundation for Contemporary Art, Tilburg. Roll I & II. (5 November – 19 December)
• De Begane Grond, Utrecht. Elsewhere is a Negative Mirror. (11 April – 9 May)
• Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam. Cradle. (19 March – 25 April)
• De Balie, Amsterdam. Smoke Screen. (27 August - 30 October)
1998
• Stedelijk Museum Het Domein, Sittard, the Netherlands. Linneaus’ Flower Clock. (27 February – 21 March)
1997-1996
• Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunst, Amsterdam. Open Studio.
1995
• Montevideo/Time Based Arts, Amsterdam. Inside Out.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
• Fondazione Merz, Turin, Italy. Push the Limits. (7 September 2020 – 31 January 2021)
2019
• Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo. From the cave. (1 October – 24 November)
• Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany. Now is the Time: 25 Years Collection Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg. (24 March – 29 September)
• Historisches Museum, Frankfurt, Germany. A Lapse of Memory. (6 March – 14 July)
• Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, Netherlands. Vrijheid / Freedom – The Fifty Key Dutch Artworks Since 1968. (20 January – 12 May)
• Historisches Museum, Frankfurt. Black Holes. (6 March – 14 July)
2018
• Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada. The Metamorphosis. (24 November 2018 – 17 March 2019)
• TextielMuseum, Tilburg, Netherlands. Cultural Threads. (24 November 2018 – 12 May 2019)
• HOW Art Museum, Shanhai, China. Heteroglossia. (7 November 2018 – 17 February 2019)
• The Leopold Collection, Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria. Egon Schiele: The Jubilee Show. (28 September 2018 – 10 March 2019)
• Museum de Pont, Tillburg. Weerzien/ ReView. (16 September – 18 February)
• Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild, Paris. Fukami, plongée dans l’esthétique japonaise. (15 July – 18 August)
• Kunsthustorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria. The Shape of Time. (5 March – 8 July)
• French Cultural Center, Istanbul Turkey. Tribute –Filmor International Women’s Film Festival. (10 March – 17 March)
• Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, Canada. Landfall and Departure: Epilogue. (12 January – 10 March)
2017
• Whitechapel Gallery, London. ISelf collection displays. (27 August – 27 November)
• Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon. Sculpture on Screen: The Very Impress of the Object. (14 July – 2 October)
• Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France. Dioramas. (14 June – 10 September)
• Caen Museum of Fine Arts, Normandy, France. L’attention au reel. (19 May – 10 September)
• Belvedere, Vienna, Austria. Ageing Pride. (16 November – 11 March 2018)
• Pafos, Cyprus. Weaving Europe. (17 November – 31 December)
2016
• Audain Art museum, Whistler, Canada. Intersections:Contemporary Artist Films. (29 October – 6 February)
• Tasmania Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Australia. Tempest. (10 June – 20 November)
• Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, Canada. Trans-Pacific Transmissions. (4 June – 5 September)
• Centro Andaluz de Art Contemporáneo, Sevilla, Spain. Collecting, Classifying: The Archive, the Document and Beyond. (20 May – 7 May)
• Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway. Underway. (4 March – 2 July)
• Holden Gallery, Manchester School of Art, United Kingdom. Up/Down. (18 January – 4 March)
• National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan. Ecce Homo. (16 January – 21 March)
2015
• Rubell Family Collection, Miami. No Man’s Land: Women Artists from the Rubell Familly Collection. (2 December – 28 May 2016)
• Schaulager, Basel, Switzerland. FUTURE PRESENT. (13 June – 31 January 2016)
• FRAC Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur, Marseille, France. La figure de l’étrange/et…. (4 April – 23 May)
• Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid, Spain. Video-Régimen. (13 February – 11 May)
2014
• Frith Street Gallery, London. Silver. (17 October – 17 December)
• Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan. Go-Betweens. (31 May – 31 August)
• Centre for Contemporary Art, Singapore. Paradise Lost. (18 January – 30 March)
2013
• Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland. Play, Aesthetics of Technology. (4 December – 26 January 2014)
• Chambres des Canaux, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Chambres des canaux. (1 – 17 November)
• Museum Van Loon, Amsterdan, Netherlands. Suspended Histories. (5 October – 20 January 2014)
• Hala Umenia Kosice, Kosice, Slovakia. Triennale de l’image Contemporaine. (12 September – 3 November)
• Kirchner Museum, Davos, Switzerland. Kirchner’s Archers. (30 June – 17 November)
• Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada. Portraits in time. (29 June – 14 October)
• DAAD Galerie, Berlin, Germany. Inseldasein. (8 June – 27 July)
• MAC Musée d’art contemporain, Marseille, France. Le Pont. (25 May – 31 October)
• Unujima and Naoshima (Setouchi Triennale). Cloud Island I and Cloud Island. (20 March – 4 November)
2012
• Espace Culturelle Louis Vuitton, Paris. Autobiography. (23 March – 20 July)
• Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France. Insular Insight. (14 – 30 December)
• Futura Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czechia. Touch. (11 December – 24 February)
•The Barbican, London, United Kingdom. A night at the Museum. (11 – 12 December)
• Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia. Asian Pacific Triennial Contemporay Art. (8 December 2012 – 14 April 2013)
• Vienna Art Week, Vienna, Austria. Predicting Memories. (19 – 25 November)
• Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany. Privacy. (1 November – 3 February 2013)
• Städtische Galerie, Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany. Menschen des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts: August Sander und seine Nachfolge.
(20 October 2012 – 6 January 2013)
• EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Expanded Cinema. (28 September – 2 December)
• Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Beyond Imagination. (23 September – 11 November)
• Rudolfinium, Prague, Czechia. Faces. (21 June – 16 September)
• Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland. Status. (9 June – 26 August)
• Galleria Dell’Accademia, Florence, Italy. Arte Torna Arte. (7 May – 4 December)
• Centro de Arte Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain. Once Upon A Time/Screen. (28 March – 2 June)
• National Museum, Oslo. Unfinished Journey. (16 March – 20 May)
• Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France. Asies: un choix d’oeuvres vidéo dans les collections. (17 February – 28 May)
2011
• De La War Pavilion, Bexhil on Sea. Moving Portraits. (January 22 – March 31)
• Galerie im Taxispalis, Innsbruck. Anonymous Sculptures. (February 26 – April 30)
• Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Temporary Stedlijk 2. (March 3 – May 5)
• Museum Kunst der Westkuste, Fohr, Ten Women Who Use Film
• MmoMA, Moscow. Expanded Cinema. (13 June – 3 July)
2010
• Venice Architecture Biennale 2010. Cloud Island 1. Project for the Venice Architecture Biennale, (August 29 – November 21)
• 29a Bienal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo. (September 25 – November 12)
• ZKM, Karlsrhue, Germany. Fast Forward 2. The Power of Motion. (June 18 – October 3)
• Centro de Artes Visuales Fundacion Helga de Alvear, Caceres. Margins of Silence. (June 6 – January 15)
• Glasgow. Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art. (16 April – 03 May)
• Argauer Kunsthaus, Aarau. Yesterday will be better. (13 May – 01 August)
• Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld. Anonymous Sculptures. (October 10 – February 6)
• Australian Center for Contemporary Art, Melbourne. Mortality. (October 8 – November 28)
• Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland, curated by Madeline Schuppli. Yesterday will be Better. (21 August – 7 November)
• Domaine de la Garenne Lemot, Getigne. Jeux de roles. (July 9 – October 31)
• Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany. Undeniably me. 1309 Faces / Ich, zweifellos. 1309 Gesichter. (21 November – 28 March)
• Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh. Artists Rooms. (March 27 – September 27)
• Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo. Yebisu International Festival of Art & Alternative Visions. (19 – 28 February)
• Glasgow, Glasgow International Festival for Visual Art. (April 16 – September 27)
• Tensta Konsthall, Sweden. Rethink Kakotopia. (20 February – 10 April)
2009
• Goteborg Biennial, Sweden. What a wonderful world. (1 – 31 December)
• Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany. Undeniably me / Ich, zweifellos. (21 November 2009 – 28 March 2010)
• International Festival of Arts, Yokohama, Japan. Cream. (31 October – 29 November)
• Kunsthallen Nikolaj, Copenhagen, Denmark. Rethink – Contemporary Art & Climate Change. (31 October 2009 – 5 April 2010)
• Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands. Beyond the Dutch. (17 October 2009 – 3 January 2010)
• Art Gallery of Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Photographer Unknown. (16 September – 28 November)
• OK Centrum fur Gegenwartskunst, Linz, Austria. Hohenrausch. (29 May – 31 October)
• Freer & Sackler Gallery, Washington, DC. Moving Perspectives. (14 March – 5 July)
2008
• Galerie Nelson-Freeman, Paris. Breeze, curated by Marja Bloem. (20 September – 21 October)
• Van Abbemuseum, Eidenhoven. Be(com)ing Dutch. (15 January – 29 March)
• New Orleans Biennial. Prospect 1. (03 – 18 November)
• Hiroshima Museum of Modern Art, Hiroshima. Dome. (1 December)
• Inelcom Collection, Madrid. Inaugural exhibition. (1 February – 1 March)
• Museìon, Bolzano. Peripheral Vision and Collective Body. (24 May – 21 September)
• Wako Works of Art, Tokyo. 15 Years/ Part III. (26 January – 26 February)
• Cinema du Reels 30th Anniversary, Centre Pompidou, Paris, Facing Forward.
• Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin. Greenwashing. (28 February – 18 May)
• KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin. Imprisioned. (28 September – 16 November)
2007
• Rotunde, Luxembourg. Global Multitude. (23 October – 25 November)
• Casino Luxembourg. L’oeil ecranou la nouvelle image. (24 March – 17 June). Exhibition travelled: National Museum of Contemporary Art of Bucharest, Romania
• Museum Prinsenhof, Delft. Contour. (4 March – 13 May)
• Geneva, Biennale of Moving Images. (12 October – 16 December)
• Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, Cine y Casi Cine 2007 (5 November – 3 December)
• BAC (Bâtiment d’art contemporain), Geneva. Culture hors-sol. (12 October – 16 December)
• The Photographers’ Gallery, London. Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 07. (9 February – 9 April). Exhibition travelled: C/O Gallery, Berlin; Neue Börse, Frankfurt.
• Mücsarnok, Budapest, Vetítés. The Projection Project. (23 June – 26 August)
• Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris. Les Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid. (23 – 30 November)
• Palazzo delle Papesse Centro Arte Contemporanea, Sienna. The Shadow. Exhibition travelled: Museo d’Arte Provincia di Nuoro; Compton Verney, Warwickshire.
2006
• Gardens of the Royal Pavilion. Brighton Photography Biennale. (6 – 29 October)
• Center for Contemporary Art, Warsaw. Touch My Shadows, New Media Works from the Goetz Collection. (1 December – 28 February)
• Sydney, 15th Biennale of Sydney. Zones of contact. (8 June – 27 August)
• Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Work Groups and Installations.
• Singapore Art Museum, Singapore. Home Productions. (9 September – 29 October)
2005
• The Gravity in Art, De Appel, Amsterdam (2 December – 22 January 2006)
• Center for Contemporary Art, Warsaw. Touch My Shadows, New Media Works from the Goetz Collection. (1 December 2005 – 28 February 2006)
• Musée Dar Si Said, Marrakech. Respect! Forms of community/ Formes de cohabitation. (15 November – 31 December)
• Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark; Kunsthalle Kiel, Germany; Landesgalerie, Linz. Shadow Play. (28 May – 28 August)
• Sala Alcala 31, Madrid, Spain. Unveiling the visible. (21 April – 5 June)
• Australian Center for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Melbourne Festival. (6 – 22 October)
• Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon, Leon, Spain. Sujeto. (10 September – 6 December)
• Art Basel, Basel. Art Unlimited. (14 – 20 June)
• Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid. Videocreación contemporánea. (1 April)
• Gem- Museum voor Actuele Kunst, The Hague. HXBXD Rabobank Kunstcollectie. (28 Februay – 8 May)
• Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam. Screen Tests.
• Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan. Ocean 1212-W. (4 February – 20 April)
• International Forum, Tokyo. Art Today Japan, the 8th Nippon. International contemporary Art Festival.
• Video from the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami. Indeterminate States. (30 November – 3 February 2006)
• 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan. Recent Acquisitions.
• Institut Francais, Casablanca. Oeuvre politique et politique de l’oeuvre. (25 November)
2004
• Tate Modern, London, Time Zones, Recent film and video. (06 October – 02 January 2005)
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. +Witness. (12 March – 16 May)
• National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens. Synopsis III (10 December 2003 – 14 March 2004)
• National Museum and Gallery of Wales, Cardiff. Artes Mundi, Wales International Visual Art Prize. (11 March – 06 June)
2003
• National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens. Synopsis III. (10 December 2003 – 14 March 2004)
• Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver. Home and Away. (23 October – 25 January 2004)
• Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Link. (4 October – 31 December)
• Istanbul, Istanbul Biennale. (20 September – 16 November)
• International Center of Photography, New York. Strangers: The First ICP Triennial of Photography and Video. (13 September – 30 December)
• Carré, Scène Nationale, Chateau-Gontier, France. Brèves révélations. (28 June – 5 September)
• Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin. Warum!. (28 May – 3 August)
• 8th Nippon International Contemporary Art Festival, Tokyo, Japan. Your Memorabilia. (4 – 6 April)
• Galleri Nils Stærk, Copenhagen. Yours Truly. (7 March – 26 April)
• Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Shine, Wensdroom en toekomstvisioen in de hedendaagse kunst. (22 February – 21 April)
• Le Quartier, Centre d’Art Contemporaine de Quimper, Quimper, France. Appel à témoins. (24 October – 4 January 2004)
• Bard College, New York. Split. (16 – 30 March)
• Nils Staerk Contemporary Art, Copenhagen. ID.
• Victoria Miro Gallery, London. Rijksakademie. (14 January – 8 February)
• International Film Festival, Rotterdam. Kingdom of Shadows.
• Mechelen, Belgium. Contour.
• Erasmus House, Jakarta. About Land, Sea and Faces.
2002
• Kassel, Germany. Documenta 11. (8 June – 15 November)
• MIT List Arts Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Telepathic Journeys.
• Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Selfexposure.
• Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, the Netherlands. On the Waterfront.
2001
• Venice. 49th Venice Biennale (main exhibition, “Platea dell’Umanità”). (7 June – 25 November)
• International Triennial of Contemporary Art, Yokohama, Japan (2 September – 11 November)
• Berlin. 2nd Berlin Biennale. (20 April – 20 June)
• Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Mobile Walls- Recent Acquisitions. (1 – 30 December)
• Villa Arson, Nice, France. Endtroducing. (30 March – 10 June)
• Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany. Futurland. (23 September – 6 January 2002) Exhibition travelled: Bommel van Dam, Venlo, the Netherlands
• Institut d’Art Contemporain, Lyon. Sculpture Contemporaine. (23 November – 20 January)
• Art Basel, Basel. Art Unlimited. (12 – 17 June)
• Castello di Rivoli, Turin. Nuove Scene dall’Olanda.
2000
• Landesmuseum Johanneum, Graz, Austria. Hers, Video as Female Terrain. (28 October – 10 December)
• Kunstprojecte in Offentlichen Raumen, Hamburg, Germany. Aussendienst. (1 – 30 July)
• IAC, Institute d’Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne, France. Et l’art se met au Monde. (23 June – 29 October)
• Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Exploding Cinema. (27 January – 7 February)
• Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum. Shanghai Spirit.
• Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Cinema Without Walls.
• Centre d’Art Contemporain, Fribourg. Etat des lieux #2.
• Palazzo delle Pappesse, Pisa. Finsternis/Finsterre.
• Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto. Still/Moving.
• International Documentary Filmfestival, Amsterdam. Kingdom of Shadows.
1999
• Witte de With, Rotterdam. Stimuli. (21 November – 13 February)
• Galerie fur Zeitgenossische Kunst, Leipzig. Life Cycles. (24 October – 5 December)
•Museum Kurhaus kelve, Germany. Zug (luft). (11 September – 26 December)
•Royal College of Art, London. Go Away: Artists and Travel. (5 March – 22 August)
•Centro de la imagen, Mexico City. International Biennale of Photography.
•Centre pour l’Image Contemporaine. 8e Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement. (5 November – 12 December)
•Gemeentemuseum Helmond, the Netherlands. The Power of Beauty.
1998
• S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium. Rineke Dijkstra, Tracey Moffatt, Fiona Tan. (29 October – 29 November)
•Gemeentemuseum Arnhem, the Netherlands. Power Up. (12 September – 15 November)
•Foundation De Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Unlimited.nl. (11 September – 29 November)
•Het Trippenhuis, Amsterdam. Traces of Science in Art. (14 May – 20 September)
•Museum voor Modern Kunst Arnhem, Arnhem, Netherlands. Power Up, Tussen ervaring en verwachting.
•Centre d’Art Contemporain Reuil-Malmaison, France. Entrè-fiction.
•E.N.S.B.A., Paris. Biennale de l’image Paris ’98.
•Artist Space, New York. Scope.
•Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. World Wide Video Festival.
•Galerie Anton Weller, Paris. Déplacements.
1997
• Johannesburg. 2nd Johannesburg Biennale (12 October – 12 December)
• Wiener Secession, Vienna; PS1 Contemporary Art, New York; CAPC Musee d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux; Hayward Gallery. Cities on the Move.
• Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Museo Del Chopo, Mexico City; Fine Arts Museum, Taipei; ICC, Toronto. The Second-Time Based Art from the Netherlands (25 January – 09 March)
1996
Kunsterlhaus, Dortmund. hARTware- Dutch media in the 90s.
1995
• Nederlands Filmmuseum, Amsterdam. Beyond the Bridge.
• Palazzo delle Belle Arti, Turin. Arslab- I sensi del virtuale.
1994
• Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam. Totenklage/Lacrymosa.
AWARDS
2007
• Deutsche Borse Photography Prize, Nominee
2004
• ICP Infinity Award for Art, New York
• Artes Mundi Prize, Cardiff, Wales, Nominee
2003
• IASPIS grand and residency, Stockholm
2001-2002
• DAAD scholarship and residency, Berlin
1998
• J.C. Van Lanschot Prize for Sculpture, Belgium/the Netherlands, First Prize
1997
• Prize for the best national debut film, the Netherlands Filmfestival
1996
• Prix de Rome, Film/Video
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland
Bergen Kunstmuseum, Norway
The British Museum, London
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
De Pont Museum for Contemporary Art, Tilburg, Netherlands
Deutsche Bank Collection, Frankfurt, Germany
Don Rubell Family Collection, Miami
Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection, Miami
ETH Zurich, Graphische Sammlung
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris
FRAC Lorraine, Metz, France
FRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Marseille, France
FRAC Rhône-Alpes, Villeurbanne, France
Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands
Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Inelcom Collection, Madrid
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany
LVMH Collection, Paris
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
Museion- Museum of Contemporary Art, Bolzano, Spain
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Spain
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
Museum Kunst der Westkuste, Fohr, Germany
Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, Netherlands
Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo
Naoshima Fukutake Art Museum, Kagawa, Japan
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
National Museum of Modern Art, Osaka, Japan
Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
New Museum, New York
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania
Rabobank Nederland, Utrecht, Netherlands
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Sammlung Goetz, Munich
Schaulager, Basel, Switzerland
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Stedelijk Museum Het Domein, Sittard, Netherlands
Stortinget (Norwegian Parliament), Oslo
Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taiwan
Tate, London
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2012
• Diaz Guardiola, Javier, “Fiona Tan: Tendemos a olvidar nuestro origen,” ABC.es, April 10, 2012
• Defining Contemporary Art: 25 Years in 200 Pivotal Artworks, Phaidon, 2012
• Jarque, Fietta, “Quien aguanta la mirada a Fiona Tan?” El Pais Cultura, March 21, 2012
vMonlina, Margot, “Un busca de la propia identidad,” El Pais Andalucia, March 21, 2012
2011
• Cumming, Laura, “John Stetzaker: Moving Portraits,” The Observer, January 30, 2011
• Essays, Fiona Tan with texts by Lynne Cooke, Bruce Grenville, Saskia Bos, Wako Works of Art, Tokyo
2010
• Fiona Tan, Location, Inujuma. Artists Book, Amsterdam, 2012
• Fiona Tan: Coming Home. Catalogue publication, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney, 2010.
• Fiona Tan, Vox Populi - Switzerland, artists book with a text by Madeline Schuppli, Book Works, London, 2010.
• Fiona Tan: Cloud Island ~ Ossian Ward. Published in Time Out, October 2010
• Nichols, Matthew Guy. FIONA TAN: Willing Subjects, Resistant Souls. Published in Art in America. (September)
• Morrison, Alan. FIONA TAN: Tomorrow People. Published in The Herald. (April)
• Rise and Fall/Fiona Tan. Catalogue publication, with texts by Bruce Grenville, Madeline Schuppli, Irit Rogoff, Michael Newman, Okwui Enwezor, published by Vancouver Art Gallery and Aargauer Kunsthaus, 2012
• Zebrowski Rubin, Stefan. Fiona Tan in Sydney. Published in The Art Blog. (March)
2008
• Bezzan, C. “Fiona Tan,” Artpress 348 (September), pp. 81 82.
• Hochleitner, M. “Wir tragen alle Bilder in uns,” Kunst und Kirche 01, pp. 32 35.
• Lamoree. J. “Een echo van de zeventiende eeuw,” Het Parool (27 August).
• Malm, M. “Fiona Tan, Island,” exh. leaflet, (Mobile Art Production), Stockholm.
• Smith, R. “Kaleidoscopic Biennial for a Scarred City,” The New York Times (04 November).
• Vries, M. de. “Liever geen meesterwerken,” de Volkskrant (21 August).
• Yoshida, K. & B. Durrans (ed.). exh. cat. “Self and Other: Portraits from Asia and Europe,” (The Asahi Shimbun, Osaka), ill. pp. 250 251.
2007
• Hellweg, C. “Toekomstbeelden,” Museumtijdschrift 20, no. 1, (January February), pp. 48-49.
• Kwakkenbos, L. “Als film kunst wordt,” De Standaard (15 January).
• Beyfus, Drusilla, “Identity Parade,” Telegraph Magazine (20 January).
• Mac Giolla Leith, C. “Fiona Tan: ‘Photos are my Mirror,” exh. cat. Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 07, (The Photographers' Gallery, London), pp. 81 103, 124 129,135, cover.
• Michel, R. “Tan et la femme phallique,” exh. cat. (L'Oeil écran ou la nouvelle image), Luxembourg, pp. 70 75.
• Nordgren, I. “Poetisk Tan lyckas inte engagera,” Kristianstadsbladet (12 December).
2006
• AP. “Super hot videokunstner,” Alt for Damerne (20 April).
• Connarty, Jane & Lanyon, Josephine,eds. “Ghosting: The Role of the Archive within
• Contemporary Artists’ Films and Video,” Bristol, UK: Picture This Moving Image.
• Kent, Sarah. “Fiona Tan: Short Voyages.” Time Out (18 - 25 October).
• Kerek, Rowan. “Who’s who at London Firth Street Gallery,” bbc.co.uk (21 September).
• Coetzee, M. & L. Lagos, eds. “Fiona Tan. Facing Forward: Backwards into the future,” exh. cat. Memorials of Identity – New Media from the Rubell Family Collection, Miami, pp. 132 146.
• Cumming, L. “As exciting as daytime TV,” The Observer (September).
• Fauskanger, K. “Blikket utenfra,” Bergens Tidende (20 September), pp. 60 61.
• Field, M. “Films for people who don't like video art,” The Independent (October).
• Imanse, G, ed. Aanwinsten/Acquisitions 1993 2003 Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (cat. no. 879, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam), p. 262.
• Kent, R. Fiona Tan, Vox Populi, exh. cat. (2006 Biennale of Sydney, Zones of contact, Biennale of Sydney), pp. 266 267.
• Richter, M. “Fiona Tan: Mirror Maker,” Camera Austria 96, pp. 71 72.
2005
• Alphen, E. van. “Shooting images, throwing shadows,” in Art in Mind.
• Arkesteijn, R. Fiona Tan, Personal anthropology, exh. cat. (Respect! Forms of community/Formes de cohabitation, Musée Dar Si Saïd, Marrakech), pp. 98 105.
• Bonin, V. “L'emploi du temps: travail et désoeuvrement dans Countenance de Fiona Tan,” CV ciel variable 67 (June), pp. 14 15.
• Cumming, L. “Are you looking at me?,” The Observer (April).
• Dykstra, J. “Fiona Tan at the New Museum of Contemporary Art,” Art in America November).
• Flaconer, Morgan. “Contemporary art London,” The Burlington Magazine (February).
• Gefter, Philip. “Is That Portrait Staring at Me?,” The New York Times (10 April).
• Gregos, Katerina. “Moving images at the edge of the real,” Contemporary, no. 7.
• Godfrey, M. Doomed to Fail? Fiona Tan: Countenance exh. cat., (Modern Art Oxford).
• Hellman, M. “Rite de passage,” Le Devoir (28 May).
• Honigman, A.F. “Where do I belong?,” ArtReview 56 (April), pp. 78 81.
• MUSAC. cat. (Sujeto, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Léon, Léon) pp. 52 57.
• Noordegraaf, J. “Indië in de achteruitkijkspiegel,” Jong Holland 21, no. 4, pp.24 32.
• Quaroni, I. “Ocean 1212 W Raffaella Cortese,” Flash Art 38, no. 252, (June July), pp. 121 122.
• Searle, A. “Who are you?,” The Guardian (April).
• Simmons, L. “Are you looking at me?,” The Observer (10 April).
2004
• Allen, J. “Fiona Tan,” IASPIS Gallery, Stockholm.
• Anon. Cinéastes voyageuses des années 20 60, exh. cat., (Cinéma, Centre Pompidou, Paris), p. 33.
• Bak, S. “Kijken is maken,” Ons Erfdeel, (02 February).
• Bale, I. “Artes Mundi, the New Wales International Art Prize,” Planet (February).
• Baume, N. Fiona Tan: Towards the Negative Mirror, exh. cat., (+Witness, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney), pp. 58 65.
• Boerdner, S. “Reflexionen über die Ethiek des Schauens,” Märkische Allgem. Postdam, (12 January).
• Bonami, F. If I Was Them, Correction exh. cat., (Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago).
• Burghardt, T. “A new Perspective,” Associated Press (20 October).
• Clewing, U. “Zog der Ungewissheit,” Frankfurter Rundschau (14 January).
• Coetzee, M. & L. Lagos, exh. cat., (Memorials of Identity, Rubell Family Collection, Miami).
• Cook, L. ‘Thin Cities’, Synopsis III, exh. cat., (National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens).
• Fisher, L. “Screen Gems,” Time, (20 December).
• Hawkins, M. “Outsider's inmate prison videos challenge our assumptions,” Chicago Sun Times (22 October).
• Herbstreuth, P. “Review Fiona Tan: Akademie der Künste,” Flash Art 235, (March April).
• Jackson, T. “Reading the Visible and the Invisible,” Correction Exh. Catalogue, (Museum of Contemporary Arts, Chicago).
• Lind, I. “Bortomdrömmar att snärjas av,” Dagens Nyheter (24 April).
• Larsson, K. “Fiona Tan/ Iaspisgalleriet,” U-n-i-o-n (April).
• Orrghen, A. “Tan utforskar relationen mellan rörelse och tid,” Svenska Dagbladet (24 April).
• Muir, G. Chronochromie, exh. cat. (Time zones: recent film and video,Tate Modern, London) pp. 36 50 (esp. pp. 44 45), ills. 101 105.
• Mustroph, T. “Zauberei mit Licht und Schatten,” Neues Deutschland (13 January).
• Orrghen, A. “Tan utforskar relationen mellan rörelse och tid,” Svenska Dagbladet (24 April).
• Plateau, N. Le regard, la flèche..la cible- On S. Sebastian selon Fiona Tan, (Symposium at the Akademie St. Lukas, Ghent, Belgium), (12 August).
• Searle, A. “A very brief History of Time,” The Guardian (07 October).
• Smit, M. “Video art change your Time Zones,” This is local London (07 October).
• Snyder, J. Setting the Record Straight: Fiona Tans’ Correction’ exh. cat. (Correction, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago).
• Sperlinger, M. “Time Zones,” Art Monthly 282 (December January).
• Wahjudi, C. “Fiona Tan Akte 1"', Kunstforum International 169 (March April).
• Wallis, B. Fiona Tan, exh. cat. (Artes Mundi, National Museum and Gallery of Wales, Cardiff), pp. 75 85.
2003
• Anon. “Fiona Tan,” Flash Art (March April).
• Bronwasser, S. “Do not try to draw the bow with your arms. Draw it with your heart,” exh. cat. (Home and away, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver), pp. 29 36.
• Clewing, U. “Die Ruhe der Bogenschützin,” Zitty 26.
• Cooke, L., Thin Cities, exh. cat. (Synopsis III, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens), pp. 231 241.
• Dan, C. “Natürlich – Holland,” Springerin 8, no. 4, (December February), pp. 46 49.
• Hartog Jager, H. den. “Het spiegelpaleis,” NRC Handelsblad (14 February).
• Heingartner, D. “Reviews: Fiona Tan,” Frieze 75 (May).
• Keijer, K. “Buitenstaander,” Het Parool, PS van de Week (18 January), pp. 26 29.
• Kester, N. “Succesvolle Kunstenaars,” KRO Mikrogids (28 January).
• Kwakkenbos, L. “Gewone mensen uit Berlijn,” De Standaard, Kunst-stof (30 January).
• Meizner, C. “Bäcker, Künstler, Ofensetzer,” Berliner Morgenpost (28 December).
• Menin, S. & V. Sansone, “Focus video and film,” Flash Art (March April).
• Müller, K.B. “Treffsicher wie ein Pfeil,” Die Tageszeitung (27 December).
• Roelandt, E. “Zuiver observeren, gekleurd interpreteren,” Financieel-Economische Tijd, Belgium (8 February).
• Siebers, P. “Schone Traagheid,” Univers 18 (30 January).
• Van de Velde, P. “Fiona Tan verlangt niet meer naar heimwee,” De Telegraaf (23 January).
Van den Hoven, G. “De elleboogstootjes van Fiona Tan,” Brabants Dagblad (23 January).
• Verhiel, I. “Kijken en bekeken worden bij Fiona Tan,” Dagblad De Limburger (6 February).
• Volk, G. Fiona Tan, exh. cat. (Strangers: The First ICP Triennial of Photography and Video, International Center of Photography, New York / Steidl Publishers, Göttingen), pp.158 16.1.
2002
• Carels, E. “Photographer unknown,” A Prior (special on Fiona Tan), nr. 8, (September), pp. 37 62.
• Carrayrou, S. “Fiona Tan: des images qui respirent,” ArtPress 280 (June), pp. 40 44.
• Fietzek, G, ed. exh. cat. (Documenta 11_Platform 5: Exhibition, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern Ruit), pp. 512 513, 586.
• Pauw, J. de. “San Sebastian,” A Prior (special on Fiona Tan), nr. 8, (September), p. 112.
• Phillips, C. “Crosscurrents in Yokohama,” Art in America 1 (January).
• Seijdel, J. Car wreck cinema, Über Autos, Unfälle und Zeitreisen in einem Projekt von Fiona Tan, exh. cat. (Aussendienst, Kunstprojekte in öffentlichen Raümen Hamburgs, Modo Verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau), pp. 350 364.
• Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Fiona Tan, exh. cat. (Link. Voorstel tot Gemeentelijke Kunstaankopen
• Fotografie 2002 2003/Proposal for Municipal Acquisitions Photography 2002 2003, Nai Uitgevers/Publishers, Rotterdam, pp. 52 53.
• Wiarda, A. “Seeing, observing, thinking,” A Prior (special on Fiona Tan), no. 8, (September), pp. 94 103.
2001
• Ardenne, P. “Fiona Tan ,” Art Press 269.
• Baume, N. Fiona Tan, leaflet Matrix 144, (Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut).
• Bers, M. “Berlin Biennale: affect, not effect,” Tema Celeste 86, (Summer).
• Breerette, G. “Le journal intime de Fiona Tan, vidéaste,” Le Monde, (15 April).
• Cooke, L. Fiona Tan 1966, 49. exh. cat. (Esposizione Internationale d'Arte, La Biennale di Venezia), Platea dell'umanita, pp. 210 211.
• Durez, A. “Fiona Tan, Usage de la disparition,” Centre National de la Photographie, le Journal 15.
• Ermen, R. International Triennale of Contemporary Art 2001, Yokohama: "Mega wave" towards a new synthesis, (Kunstforum International 157), (November December).
• Fletcher, A. Fiona Tan: a conversation between Fiona Tan and Annie Fletcher, exh. cat. (Berlin Biennale 2, Oktagon, Cologne), pp. 250 253 (vol. 1), pp. 316 319, 434 437. (vol. 2.)
• Gioni, M. “Speaking in tongues, views from a distance,” Flash Art 221 (November December), pp. 74 77.
• Höller, C. “Video als Ausnahmemedium,” Texte zur Kunst (June).
• Kumagai, I. “Fiona Tan,” Bulletin of Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo 7, (31 March), pp. 22 27.
• Lequex, E. “A Venise, le salut par la quatrième dimension,” Les Arts, (04 -10 July).
• Müller, S. “Energie geben statt provozieren,” ART das Kunstmagazil (April), pp. 78 83.
• Psibiliskis, L. “Gesichter in der Optik einer Fixkamera,” Kunst Bulletin (October), pp. 18 21.
• Rollig, S. 'Hers, Video als weibliches Terrain, exh. cat. (Steirischer Herbst, Graz), pp. 124 129.
• Rosenberg, A. “Berlin Biennial,” Flash Art 34, (July September).
• Shiner, E.C. Fiona Tan's "Saint Sebastian": archers of the new age, exh. cat. (International Triennale of Contemporary Art, Yokohama), pp. 324, 325.
• Wulffen, T. “Biennale Venedig Plateau der Menschheit,” Kunstforum (August October).
2000
• Breidbach, O. & W. Lippert, eds. Die Natur der Dinge, Springer, Vienna/New York, esp. p. 110 111.
• Elsberg, J. van. “Fiona Tan: duizendpoot met vele gezichten,” Skrien 32, no. 9, November, p.66.
• Lemke, C. “Fiona Tan: "Scenario" im Rahmen der reihe "Ichmaschine"', Springerin 6, no. 2, (February), pp. 69 70.
• Monshouwer, S. “Een kinderdroom,” Kunstbeeld, no. 9, (September), p. 17.
• Schmidt Wulffen, S. & A. Könneke. Fiona Tan – Autokino/Ericusgraben, exh. cat. (Phase 1 (Aussendienst), Hamburg,) pp. 96 105.
• Stecker, R. “Fiona Tan im Kunstverein,” Kunst Bulletin (June).
1999
• Berg, M. van den & T. Wallroth, Fiona Tan, exh. cat. (Zug (Luft), Museum Kurhaus Kleve (also published in Rotation), pp. 3.04 3.05.
• Moukhtar, E. “Smoke Screen; Tussen beeld en blik,” Skrien 236, pp. 60 61.
• Steevensz, B. “Het absolute bestaat niet,” Metropolis M no. 1, (February/March), pp. 36 41.
• Süto, W. “Mijn tong is niet mijn beste vriend,” De Volkskrant (16 April).
1998
• Borg, L. ter. Fiona Tan, Linneaus' Flower Clock, exh. cat. (Sporen van wetenschap in kunst/Traces of Science in Art, Het Trippenhuis KNAW, Amsterdam), pp. 70 81.
• Bos, S. Framing is a Choice, exh. leaflet (J.C. van Lanschot Prize 1998, SMAK, Ghent).
• Carrayrou, S. “Entre fictions,” (Centre d'Art Contemporain, Rueil Malmaison/Actes Sud, Arles), pp. 70 71.
• Dercon, C. Fiona Tan, exh. cat. (De keus van de kenners/The choice of the experts, 11 museum directors choose a young artist, Internationaal Perscentrum Nieuwspoort, The Hague).
• Didier, M. “De tijd vangen,” De Groene Amsterdammer (16 September).
• Hanru, H. “Fiona Tan,” in: Cream – Contemporary Art in Culture, Phaidon Press, pp. 384 387.
• Lamoree, J. “Denken doet wonderen,” Het Parool (25 July), p. 14.
• Mooij, T. “De poëzie van een lome schildpad,” De Filmkrant (May).
• Roelandt, E. “Rokende baby's en "ravende" jongeren,” De Morgen (30 March).
• Sierksma, P. “Wim Beeren en het trage geluid van opspattend water,” Trouw (06 August).
• Smallenburg, S. “Fiona Tan vat herinneringen in video,” NRC Handelsblad (16 September).
1997
• Linssen, D. “Interessante tijden,” NRC Handelsblad (25 July).
• Linthorst, G. “Indrukwekkend portret van Chinese familie,” De Volkskrant, (26 July).
• Schwartz, I. “Time Stretcher laat lijf golven,” De Volkskrant, (09 April).
• Seijdel, J. Fiona Tan, exh. cat. (The Second Time based Art from the Netherlands, MonteVideo), pp. 48 51.