Approaching Ellen Pau

Please join us on June 3rd for an introduction to Ellen Pau’s work by the artist herself, presented at Asia Art Archive in America in conjunction with the survey exhibition Ellen Pau: She Moves at SculptureCenter. The exhibition is Pau’s first-ever solo in  the United States. Following Pau’s artist lecture (provisionally titled Approaching Ellen Pau) will be a conversation with exhibition curator Freya Chou.

Asia Art Archive is proud to host Pau’s extensive digital archive. To access the materials and learn more about the artists’ practice, please visit the archive page here. 

The exhibition Ellen Pau: She Moves will be on view at SculptureCenter from May 28 - August 16, 2026. For more information please visit www.sculpture-center.org.

Bios:

Ellen Pau (b. 1961, Hong Kong) is an artist, curator, and educator who has played a major role in the development and promotion of Hong Kong’s art scene. She co-founded Videotage, an influential Hong Kong media arts organization, in 1986, and founded the related Microwave International New Media Arts Festival in 1996. Her work has been shown in film festivals and exhibitions worldwide, including the first Kwangju Biennale (1995); the second Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (1996); the Liverpool Biennial (2003); Para Site, Hong Kong (2018); Taipei Biennial (2023); and Sharjah Biennial (2025). In 2001, Pau exhibited in the debut Hong Kong Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Acknowledging Pau’s contribution to the development of video art in Hong Kong, Asia Art Archive (Hong Kong) holds a comprehensive archive dedicated to her work.

Freya Chou is a Taiwan-born curator, writer, and editor. Her curatorial work, showcasing global contemporary art from the perspective of East Asia, demonstrates a commitment to bringing together diverse publics and foregrounding the rich interconnections between visual, performing, and literary arts. She is co-curator of “New Visions 2027” –  the forthcoming Henie Onstad Triennial of Photography and New Media in Oslo. From 2015 to 2019, she worked at Para Site in Hong Kong as the institution’s inaugural Curator of Education and Public Programs. Her notable curatorial projects include “Small World” Taipei Biennial 2023, co-curated with Brian Kuan Wood and Reem Shadid; Curatorial Council member of the 58th Carnegie International (2022); Hong Kong’s participation at the 59th Venice Biennale (2022); and the 10th Shanghai Biennial (2014), among others.

SculptureCenter leads the conversation on contemporary art by supporting artistic innovation and independent thought highlighting sculpture’s specific potential to change the way we engage with the world. Positioning artists’ work in larger cultural, historical, and aesthetic contexts, SculptureCenter discerns and interprets emerging ideas. Founded by artists in 1928, SculptureCenter provides an international forum that connects artists and audiences by presenting exhibitions, commissioning new work, and generating scholarship.

Light refreshments will be provided.

Image credit: Film still of She Moves, 1988. Courtesy of the artist. 

The event is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Ruth Foundation for the Arts, and other foundations and individuals.