profile
As urban life in major metropolises moves on at a banal and accelerated velocity, Emil Goh captures the fleeting moments and details we see out of the corner of our eye. Through his photographs and video works, the mundane often becomes extraordinary, filled with whimsical humor or beauty. In his work, an empty but lighted office block at night is seen as a paper lantern harking back to the simple days of childhood, a rumpled futon becomes a dreamer’s igloo and an arcade mall becomes a playground as the artist tracks shoppers who are carrying or wearing red with his video camera. Born in Malaysia in 1966, Emil studied at Sydney College of the Arts and Goldsmiths College, London. He constantly moves through different urban centres in Asia, Australia and Europe. He has exhibited most recently at Factory, Seoul (2004), Copenhagen (2005), Jakarta Video Art Festival (2005), Open Letter, touring show (2005) and Busan Biennale (2004).

news
In May several of Emil Goh's videos were shown in London; at "Exposed" & "Artists vs Hollywood". He recently installed a 3m x 10m work called "A room with a view" in the Pangyo Public Art Project, and was part of the SUNDAE show at Zero One Design Centre which showed works from the mycy series.

Upcoming projects include the return performance of Umbrella Taxi in the upcoming Artist Forum International exhibition hosted by LOOP Alternative Space in September & a November group show at SSamziespace.

exhibition links

2005	You Are Here, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur click here »
	Singapore Art Fair, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur click here »
	Seoul Until Now, Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen click here »

biography

Born 1966 Malaysia
EDUCATION
1998	MA Fine Art Goldsmiths College, University of London
1997	BA Hons Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004	Entroducing, Factory, Seoul
2003	Remake, Artspace, Sydney
2002	Emil Goh 1996-2002, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide
	Emil Goh, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
	Recent videos, Penthouse & Pavement / Melbourne Fashion Festival
2001	Emil Goh, gallery 4a, Sydney
2000	between, Karen Hamilton Gallery, London
1997	The Couple (New Australia), 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005	Seoul: Until Now!, Charlottenborg Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen
	Jakarta Video Art Festival, Ruangrupa, Jakarta
	Slow Rushes, Artspace, Auckland
	Open Letter, Gallery 4a, Asia Australia Arts Centre, Sydney
2004	Busan Biennale, Busan Metropolitan Museum
	Episodes, Cheong Ju Art Centre Gallery
	Process, Gallery 4a, Asia Australia Arts Centre, Sydney
	Vacation: Projection series 7, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, NZ
	Slow Rushes, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
	Standing by 000, Gallery SUP, Seoul
	Interlace, Performance Space, Sydney
	Mix-Ed, Sherman Gallery, Sydney
	New Drawing…the line fell of the page, UTS Gallery, Sydney
	720 x 576, Phatspace, Sydney
2003	Jakarta International Video Art Festival, Galeri Nasional, Jakarta.
	Wish You Were Here, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
	Location, Location, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
	Housewarming, Parasite Art Space, Hong Kong
	minilab, First Draft, Sydney
	Creating Heaven on Earth, Casula Powerhouse, Sydney
	Fruits, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
2002	Still Life/The Lifestyle Channel, Scott Donovan Gallery, Sydney
	Deskjob, Mori Gallery, Sydney
	RE/MAP , Laforet Museum, Kokura, Japan
	European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany
	blinc, g39, Cardiff, Wales
	Problems in Paradise, Scott Donovan Gallery, Sydney
2001	Buddha: Past, Present, Future, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
	MAAP01, Brisbane Powerhouse for the Arts
	contagion ::, NZ Film Archives, Wellington, New Zealand
	New Releases, gallery 4a, Sydney
	Sunburn, Hamburg [k3] Kampnagel, Germany
2000	Grazing: Emil Goh & Lisa Cheung, The Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester
	The Palace of Exaggeration & Everything, Grey Matter, Sydney
	Flow, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
	Sydney!Vienna!, Akadamie fur Bildenden Kunst, Vienna
1999	Din, Studio 4x4, Amsterdam
	Perspecta, Museum of Sydney
1998	Star Projects No. 7, Kunstakademiets Udstillingssted, Copenhagen
	Ways of Being, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney (touring)
	The Bible of Networking, Sali Gia, London
1997	Forming the Line, Hales Gallery, London
	P. Brassington, M.Fairskye, E.Goh & H. Nankin, Stills, Sydney
	Emil Goh, Lindy Lee & Hou Leong , gallery4A, Sydney
1996	Hearsay , Australian Centre of Photography, Sydney.
1996-7	Above & Beyond, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne ; Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane; Contemporary
	Art Space of South Australia, Adelaide; Canberra Contemporary Artspace, Canberra; 24 HR Art, Darwin
	Serial Kids, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
	Modern Star Series, Next Wave Festival, Melbourne
1995	Anonymous/Rediscovered, Linden, Melbourne
	Fear Inc., First Draft, Sydney
1994	Extra Terrestrial, EXPERIMENTA 94, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne