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Fiona Tan

Fiona Tan

Director · Born January 1, 1966 · Pekanbaru, Indonesia

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Biography

Fiona Tan is a visual artist and filmmaker. She is best known for her skillfully crafted video and film installations, in which explorations of memory, time, history, and the role of visual images are key. Her installations and photographic works have been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions in international venues. She has written and directed to date two feature-length films. Her work is represented in numerous international public and private collections including the Tate Modern, London, the Guggenheim Museum New York, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the Neue National Galerie, Berlin, and the MCA, Chicago.

Directed 17

2020s

  1. 2025

    Janine’s Room

    Director

  2. 2023

    Dearest Fiona

    Director

  3. 2022

    Footsteps

    Director

  4. 2020

    Gray Glass

    Director

2010s

  1. 2018

    Vertical White

    Director

  2. Vertical Red

    Director

  3. Vertical Wide

    Director

  4. 2016
  5. 2013

    Nellie

    Director

  6. 2012

    Inventory

    Director

2000s

  1. 2007

    A Lapse of Memory

    Director

  2. 2002

    Downside Up

    Director

  3. 2001

    Saint Sebastian

    Director

1990s

  1. 1999

    Facing Forward

    Director

  2. 1998

    Lin­naeus’ Flow­er Clock

    Director

  3. 1997

    May You Live in Interesting Times

    Director

No release date

  1. Rise and Fall

    Director

Produced 3

2020s

  1. 2023

    Dearest Fiona

    Producer

2000s

  1. 2007

    A Lapse of Memory

    Producer

Edited 2

2010s

  1. 2013

    Nellie

    Editor

1990s

  1. 1999

    Facing Forward

    Editor

Wrote 2

2020s

  1. 2023

    Dearest Fiona

    Writer

2010s

  1. 2016

Acted in 1

Appearances2

2000s

  1. 2007

    Here Is Always Somewhere Else

    Herself

1990s

  1. 1997

    May You Live in Interesting Times

    Herself