Eugenia Lim is an artist of Chinese-Singaporean ancestry who works across body, lens, social and spatial practice to explore how national identities, migration and capital cut, divide and bond our interdependent, planetary commons. An ongoing strand of her practice considers labour, collectivity, technology and ethics – and art and capital as strange bedfellows. Lim invents personas exploring the tensions of the individual within society, focusing on experiences of the alienation and belonging in a globalised world.
Lim has exhibited internationally and nationally in solo and group shows, including Lagos Photo Festival (2023); Kunsthal Charlottenborg Spring, Copenhagen (2022); Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne (2021); LOOP, Barcelona Festival (2019); 9th Festival Internacional de Videoarte, Buenos Aires (2019); The National 4: New Australian Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (2019); EXiS Seoul International Experimental Film Festival (2016); and Tate Modern, London (2008). Lim is a 2022 recipient of Sidney Myer Creative Fellow. She has been artist-in-residence with the Experimental Television Centre, New York; Bundanon Trust; 4A Beijing Studio; and Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne.
Sleep no more (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii)
2021
aluminium, steel, smelted Red Bull cans, Ritalin
200.0 x 60.0 x 60.0 cm
24/7
2021
installation view
Artificial Islands
2017
Installation view
Artificial Islands
2017
Installation and performance
ON DEMAND
2019
video still
ON DEMAND
2019
video still
The Ambassador suit
2015
custom gold lamé, textile
160.0 x 50.0 x 5.0 cm
Work Wear
2021
Poplin, reflective vinyl, thread
145.0 x 75.0 x 5.0 cm
Leisure Wear
2021
Poplin, reflective vinyl, thread, embroidered patches, polyester
145.0 x 75.0 x 5.0 cm
Olfactory
2021
Plastic, Red Bull, water, Amazon ‘Sleep Aid’ tablets
42.0 x 40.0 x 9.0 cm
Diurnal Nocturnal
2021
Two LED lights purchased off Amazon.com
22.0 x 9.0 x 10.0 cm
New Australians (Yellow Peril, 1980/2015); New Australians (Welcome Stranger 1869/2015)
2015
Screen print on mylar emergency blanket
210.0 x 160.0 cm
24/7
2021
installation view
24/7
2021
installation view
24/7
2021
installation view
24/7
2021
installation view
24/7
2021
installation view
24/7
2021
installation view
Sleep no more (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii)
2021
aluminium steel smelted Red Bull cans Ritalin
200.0 x 60.0 x 60.0 cm, detail
On Demand
2019
Installation view
On Demand
2019
Installation view
Leisure Wear
2021
Poplin reflective vinyl thread embroidered patches polyester
145.0 x 75.0 x 5.0 cm, detail
The Australian Ugliness (the leg)
2018
Digital C-type print
39.5 x 59.5 cm
The Australian Ugliness (selfie steps)
2018
Digital C-type print
39.5 x 59.5 cm
The Australian Ugliness (adhan)
2018
Digital C-type print
39.5 x 59.5 cm
The Australian Ugliness (Bondi sunbather)
2018
Digital C-type print
39.5 x 59.5 cm
The Australian Ugliness
2019
Installation view
Olfactory
2021
Plastic Red Bull water Amazon Sleep Aid tablets
42.0 x 40.0 x 9.0 cm
Leisure Wear
2021
Poplin reflective vinyl thread embroidered patches polyester
145.0 x 75.0 x 5.0 cm, detail
The Australian Ugliness
2018
Three-channel high-definition video, 33:58 mins
Women's Work
2017
Installation view
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
ON DEMAND
2019
single-channel video
14 mins
ON DEMAND
2019
single-channel video
14 mins