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Practice Archive

Michael Suh

粟多壮
Curator | Writer
Founder of Time Commons

Since 1996, Michael Suh has maintained a long-term independent practice across art, public space, writing and research.

His work explores the relationships between time, everyday life, publicness and technology through curatorial practice, writing, research and spatial experimentation.

Time Commons has gradually emerged from this ongoing practice as a platform connecting living, making, research and public practice.

Fields of Practice

  • Curatorial Practice
  • Public Art
  • Contemporary Art
  • Kinetic Art
  • Writing
  • Interdisciplinary Research

Research Interests

  • Art and Time
  • Public Space
  • Living Commons
  • AI and Cultural Practice
  • Art, Technology and Society

Timeline

1996

Began an independent practice that continues today.

2003–2005

Conducted systematic research on Kinetic Art, proposing “time as visible structure” as an approach to understanding artistic practice.

2005–2008

Beijing Olympic Public Sculpture Programme.

2008

Participated in the Digital Stone Project.

2010–

Initiated vibrARTion™, an ongoing platform for international curatorial practice and cross-cultural collaboration.

2011–2016

Curated Forms of the Formless, a series of international contemporary art exhibitions presented in Germany, Denmark, Switzerland and China.

2013–2018

Served as Executive Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Beijing (MoCA Beijing).

2018–

Joined Vancouver Biennale as Senior Curator.

2020–

Founded the Asia Art Research Center (A-ARC).

2024–

Time Commons was formally articulated and launched as a long-term platform for practice.

Selected Practice

  • Yuzi Paradise
  • Kinetic Art and the Visible Structure of Time
  • Beijing Olympic Public Art
  • Digital Stone Project
  • vibrARTion™
  • Forms of the Formless
  • Museum of Contemporary Art Beijing (MoCA Beijing)
  • Vancouver Biennale
  • Asia Art Research Center (A-ARC)
  • Time Commons

Current Projects

  • Time Commons
  • Living Commons
  • Sealtan: A Growing Art History
  • Reclaiming Judgment: Art in the Age of Machine Symbiosis

Current Roles

Time Commons Founder

Asia Art Research Center (A-ARC) Director and Chief Curator

Independent Practice Curator and Writer

Education

University of Essex MA in Art Curating

Peking University

Guangxi Normal University

Languages

  • Chinese
  • English