
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
- 2025
Janine’s Room
Director
- 2023
Dearest Fiona
Director
- 2022
Footsteps
Director
- 2020
Gray Glass
Director
2010s
- 2018
Vertical White
Director
Vertical Red
Director
Vertical Wide
Director
- 2016
- 2013
Nellie
Director
- 2012
Inventory
Director
2000s
- 2007
A Lapse of Memory
Director
- 2002
Downside Up
Director
- 2001
Saint Sebastian
Director
1990s
- 1999
Facing Forward
Director
- 1998
Linnaeus’ Flower Clock
Director
- 1997
May You Live in Interesting Times
Director
No release date
Rise and Fall
Director
Produced 3
Edited 2
2010s
- 2013
Nellie
Editor
1990s
- 1999
Facing Forward
Editor
Wrote 2
2020s
- 2023
Dearest Fiona
Writer
2010s
- 2016
Acted in 1
2010s
- 2016
Appearances2
2000s
- 2007
Here Is Always Somewhere Else
Herself
1990s
- 1997
May You Live in Interesting Times
Herself