Simryn gill biography samples

Singaporean artist

Simryn Gill (born 1959) is a Singapore-born artist who specializes in sculpture, photography, drawing, printmaking, writing, and publishing.^[1][2] Throughout her career, Gill has presented her art at several significant events, including Germany's Documenta art show and the Venice Biennale, and is one of Australia's most famous contemporary artists.^[3] Gill lives between Sydney, Australia, and Port Dickson, Malaysia.^[4]

Early life and career

Although she was born in Singapore, throughout her childhood her family moved to Malaysia, India, and the United Kingdom, the latter being where she remained throughout her young adulthood.^[3] There, she met her future husband, a social anthropologist named Souchou Yao, with whom she would go on to have two children with.

In 1987, the family settled in Australia, where she would attend the South Australian School of Art to pursue her interest in arti