British artist
Ghislaine Leung |
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| Born | 1980 (age 44–45)
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| 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]
Early life and education
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]
Career
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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