# Erika Tan
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{{short description|Singaporean contemporary artist, curator, and educator}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Erika Tan
| native_name = 陈丽可
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1967}}
| birth_place = [Singapore](/source/Singapore)
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| field = [Installation art](/source/Installation_art), [video art](/source/video_art), [film](/source/film)
| training = [BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) ([King's College, Cambridge](/source/King's_College%2C_Cambridge));
[BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) ([Beijing Film Academy](/source/Beijing_Film_Academy));
[MFA](/source/Master_of_Fine_Arts) ([Central Saint Martins School of Art](/source/Central_Saint_Martins))
| movement = [Contemporary art](/source/Contemporary_art)
| awards = '''2012''': Samsung Digital Art Plus Prize Nominee
'''2001–5''': ACME Fire Station Residency
'''1998''': Arts Foundation Digital Arts Fellowship
| website = https://www.erikatan.net/
}}
'''Erika Tan''' ({{zh|c=|p=Chén Líkě|s=陈丽可|t=}}; born 1967) is a [London](/source/London)-based [Singaporean](/source/Singaporeans) [contemporary art](/source/contemporary_art)ist and [curator](/source/curator) whose research-led practice emerges from her interests in [anthropology](/source/anthropology) and the [moving image](/source/Film).[{{Cite news|last=Said|first=Nabilah|date=16 May 2017|title=Singapore artists chart new waters at Venice Biennale|work=The Straits Times|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/arts/charting-new-waters|url-status=live|access-date=18 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017162122/https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/arts/charting-new-waters|archive-date=17 October 2020}}][{{Cite news|date=15 March 2021|title=Artist and researcher Erika Tan to create new work for Newnham's 150th anniversary|work=Newham College, University of Cambridge|url=https://www.newn.cam.ac.uk/newnham-news/artist-and-researcher-erika-tan-to-create-new-work-for-newnhams-150th-anniversary/|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429072011/https://www.newn.cam.ac.uk/newnham-news/artist-and-researcher-erika-tan-to-create-new-work-for-newnhams-150th-anniversary/|archive-date=29 April 2021}}][{{Cite news|last=黄|first=向京|date=10 May 2017|title=The 57th Venice Biennale Singapore Pavilion opens (第57届威尼斯双年展新加坡馆开幕)|work=Lianhe Zaobao (联合早报)|url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/singapore/story20170510-758615|url-status=live|access-date=18 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017164315/https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/singapore/story20170510-758615|archive-date=17 October 2020}}] Her recent research examines the [postcolonial](/source/Postcolonialism) and [transnational](/source/Transnationalism), working with archival artefacts, [exhibition](/source/exhibition) histories, received narratives, contested heritage, subjugated voices, and the movement of ideas, people and objects.[{{Cite news|last=Yusof|first=Helmi|date=12 May 2017|title=The weight of history in Venice|work=The Business Times|url=https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/lifestyle/arts/the-weight-of-history-in-venice|access-date=28 April 2021}}]
Tan's work has been exhibited internationally, including ''[Cities on the Move](/source/Cities_on_the_Move)'' at the [Hayward Gallery](/source/Hayward_Gallery), London in 1999, the 2006 [Singapore Biennale](/source/Singapore_Biennale), ''Thermocline of Art: New Asian Waves'' at the [ZKM Center for Art and Media](/source/ZKM_Center_for_Art_and_Media_Karlsruhe), [Karlsruhe](/source/Karlsruhe) in 2007, and ''Persistent Visions'' at [NUS Museum](/source/NUS_Museum), [Singapore](/source/Singapore), and [Vargas Museum](/source/Jorge_B._Vargas_Museum_and_Filipiniana_Research_Center), [Philippines](/source/Philippines) from 2009 to 2010.[{{Cite web|title=Erika Tan|url=https://www.arts.ac.uk/research/ual-staff-researchers/erika-tan#biography|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116221238/https://www.arts.ac.uk/research/ual-staff-researchers/erika-tan#biography|archive-date=16 January 2021|access-date=28 April 2021|website=University of the Arts London}}]
More recently, she has participated in exhibitions such as the ''Artist and Empire'' exhibition by [Tate](/source/Tate) and [National Gallery Singapore](/source/National_Gallery_Singapore) from 2016 to 2017, the Diaspora Pavilion at the [Venice Biennale](/source/Venice_Biennale) 2017, and ''As the West Slept'' at the [World Trade Center](/source/World_Trade_Center_(2001%E2%80%93present)), [New York](/source/New_York_City) in 2019.[{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Erika Tan|url=https://www.luxonline.org.uk/artists/erika_tan/index.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201017165411/https://www.luxonline.org.uk/artists/erika_tan/index.html|archive-date=17 October 2020|access-date=18 October 2020|website=Luxonline}}] This was followed by an Advanced Diploma in Film & Video and a [Master in Fine Art](/source/Master_of_Fine_Arts) at the [Central Saint Martins School of Art](/source/Central_Saint_Martins), [London](/source/London).[{{Cite book|last=Tan|first=Erika|title=Come Cannibalise Us, Why Don't You? / Sila mengakanibalkan kami, mahu tak?|publisher=NUS Museum|year=2014|isbn=9789810791285|location=Singapore}}] Emerging from an ongoing discussion between NUS Museum curators and Tan since 2009, the exhibition featured an installation re-visiting and adapting artefacts and writings from the exhibition ''Camping and Tramping Through The Colonial Archive: The Museum in Malaya'' (2011-2013) alongside newer film, sculpture, and works on paper developed by Tan.[{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=6 July 2015|title=Artist-in-residence: Erika Tan|url=http://ntu.ccasingapore.org/residencies/erika-tan/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201017164719/http://ntu.ccasingapore.org/residencies/erika-tan/|archive-date=17 October 2020|access-date=18 October 2020|website=NTU Centre for Contemporary Art}}]''[{{Cite web|date=14 July 2015|title=Erika Tan, Halimah-the-Empire-Exhibition-weaver-who-died-whilst-performing-her-craft|url=https://www.gillmanbarracks.com/ntu-cca-singapore/736|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427111131/https://www.gillmanbarracks.com/ntu-cca-singapore/736|archive-date=27 April 2021|access-date=27 April 2021|website=Gillman Barracks}}] ''The Lab'' at NTU CCA was utilised as an exhibition space, a film studio and the site of a live "broadcast" debate between two competing teams.''[{{Cite news|last=Kwan|first=Annie Jael|date=2016|title=Artist and Empire: (En)countering Colonial Legacies|work=ArtAsiaPacific|url=http://artasiapacific.com/Magazine/WebExclusives/ArtistAndEmpireEncounteringColonialLegacies|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429075752/http://artasiapacific.com/Magazine/WebExclusives/ArtistAndEmpireEncounteringColonialLegacies|archive-date=29 April 2021}}] Building on her research about the weaver Halimah, the installation featured digitally manipulated video, strips of textile and archival images.[{{Cite news|last=Said|first=Nabilah|date=17 August 2017|title=National Gallery launches digital extension to long-term exhibitions|work=[The Straits Times](/source/The_Straits_Times)|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/arts/national-gallery-launches-digital-extension-to-long-term-exhibitions|access-date=27 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018110045/https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/arts/national-gallery-launches-digital-extension-to-long-term-exhibitions|archive-date=18 October 2020}}] Taking from the physical site of the gallery, Tan filmed her work before the museum had opened to the public in November 2015, with scenes set in exhibition spaces while works were still being hung.[{{Cite news|last=Harris|first=Gareth|date=5 February 2018|title=The Diaspora pavilion—a hit at last year's Venice Biennale—is reborn in Wolverhampton|work=The Art Newspaper|url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/venice-biennale-s-diaspora-pavilion-is-re-born-in-wolverhampton|access-date=27 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201093822/https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/venice-biennale-s-diaspora-pavilion-is-re-born-in-wolverhampton|archive-date=1 December 2020}}] ''The "Forgotten" Weaver'' brings together two works dealing with the weaver Halimah, including ''Apa Jika, The Mis-placed Comma (I, II, III)'' and an installation taking the form of a [loom](/source/loom), with white threads forming a weave-like structure.