Ghislaine Leung | |
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Born | 1980 (age 43–44) Stockholm, Sweden |
Nationality | British |
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Ghislaine Leung is a British artist [1] who lives and works in London. [2] She was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2023. [3]
Ghislaine Leung was born 1980 in Stockholm, Sweden [1] to a mother from London and a Chinese father from Hong Kong. [4] Her father had moved to the UK in 1970 at the age 20, attending university in London. [5] Leung has German-Jewish maternal grandparents. [6]
Leung grew up in Reims, France and then London. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Fine Art in Context from the University of the West of England in 2002 and later a Master of Arts (MA) in Aesthetics and Art Theory from Middlesex University in 2009. [7]
Leung occupied various positions in art institutions including Tate. She began practicing art again in 2015, [6] before making her first major appearance in contemporary art in 2017. [1]
Leung's work focuses on institutional surroundings, and how people interact with and assess their surroundings and identity. [5]
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