{{Short description|Macau artist and curator}} {{Expand Chinese|郭恬熙|date=February 2022|topic=bio}} '''Alice Kok''' (born 1978) is a visual artist and curator from Macau. Her work has been nominated for the Hong Kong Independent Film and Video Award, and has represented Macau at the Venice Biennale. She is the president and a curator at Art for All, a non-profit organisation in Macau dedicated to promoting Macau artists. She has curated and exhibited several projects in Macau.

== Biography == Kok was born in Macau in 1978, and studied visual communication at the Macau Polytechnic Institute.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2020-06-17|title=Alice Kok: Contemporary Art & Meditation|url=https://macaulifestyle.com/culture/artist-spotlight/alice-kok/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220213/https://macaulifestyle.com/culture/artist-spotlight/alice-kok/ |archive-date=2022-02-13 |url-status=live|access-date=2022-02-12|website=Macau Lifestyle|language=en-US}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She later moved to France, earning a Bachelor's and a master's degree in Fine Arts from the Toulouse School of Fine Arts in 2002 and 2004, respectively.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Alice Kok, Macao Art for All Society President, Script Road Festival Executive Director|url=https://macaonews.org/people/alice-kok/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220213/https://macaonews.org/people/alice-kok/ |archive-date=2022-02-13 |url-status=live|access-date=2022-02-12|website=Macao News|language=en-US}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She has spent several years traveling in India and Tibet, and currently divides her time between Lhasa, in Tibet and Macau.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Alice Kok – Artfem|url=https://artfem.org/alice-kok/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220213/https://artfem.org/alice-kok/ |archive-date=2022-02-13 |url-status=live|access-date=2022-02-12|language=en-US}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> She has been active in supporting Tibetan refugees.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Special Report – "The Future is Feminist" * (1 – 5) {{!}} Macau Business|date=29 August 2020 |url=https://www.macaubusiness.com/the-future-is-feminist/|access-date=2022-02-12|language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Career == Kok won a grant from La DRAC Ile-de-France in 2006 to create the film ''Karabic OK''.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Alice Kok|url=http://www.mam.gov.mo/oldmam/photodetail.asp?productkey=2011060101005&lc=3|access-date=2022-02-12|website=Mobility and Memory - Exhibits from Macau}}</ref> In 2007, she made a second film, ''Yet in Exile: Family Script'', based on her travels in Tibet and India.<ref name=":0" /> The film was well-received critically, and was a finalist for the Hong Kong Independent Film and Video Award in 2009.<ref name=":3" /> ''Yet in Exile: Family Script'' was also selected for screening at the Gwanju Biennale, in 2010.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=ALICE KOK @ Sin Sin Fine Art {{!}} Hong Kong|url=http://www.sinsinfineart.com/alice-kok.html|access-date=2022-02-12|website=www.sinsinfineart.com}}</ref>

In 2011, Kok's art project, ''Passing-Green Island'', was selected to represent Macau at the Venice Biennale.<ref name=":2" /> She has since had five solo exhibitions in Macau.<ref name=":1" />

Kok makes video, installations, drawings, and writing in her art projects. She represents several themes, including multiculturalism, religious themes drawn from Buddhism, and post-colonial concerns of identity.<ref name=":4" />

Kok is the editor of a Chinese art magazine, ''CLOSER'', and also teaches as a visiting professor at the Macau Institute of Tourism, the University of St. Joseph, and the Macau University of Science and Technology.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=IFT displays reportage photography by Alice Kok and students – IFTM News Portal|url=https://www2.ift.edu.mo/NewsPortal/ift-displays-reportage-photography-by-alice-kok-and-students/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220213/https://www2.ift.edu.mo/NewsPortal/ift-displays-reportage-photography-by-alice-kok-and-students/ |archive-date=2022-02-13 |url-status=live|access-date=2022-02-12|language=en-US}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She has been the director of the Artists Association of Macau's Art For All Society, a significant non-profit organization dedicated to promoting local Macau art, since 2014, and was also the director for a literary festival in Macau named 'The Script Road'.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alice Kok {{!}} President Of Art for all society {{!}} 'Only with gov't resources can major art events be created'|date=28 July 2015 |url=https://macaudailytimes.com.mo/alice-kok-president-of-art-for-all-society-only-with-govt-resources-can-major-art-events-be-created.html|access-date=2022-02-12|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> She is a curator at the Women Artists International Biennial in Macau.<ref name=":0" />

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