Siew-Wai Kok

Siew-Wai Kok is a video-sound artist and a performer. She has exhibited widely in New York State, Malaysia, China and Europe. Siew-Wai has participated in numerous media art festivals including 2004 Improvised and Otherwise Festival(NYC), 25hrs International Video art Show (Spain), Science and Art International Digital Art Education Proseminar & Digital Art Exhibition (China) and more. She has received grants from New York Foundation for the Arts and The Arts Council in Buffalo. She is granted the Special Jury Commendation by the Thayer Fellowship In the Arts (SUNY) during her graduate study at Alfred University. Siew-Wai's sound works are included in the compilation album Out of Nowhere - Electronic Music from the Upstate New York Fringe (2003), produced by Aaron Miller & the Big Orbit Gallery (Buffalo, NY). Siew-Wai gained her BA in Media Studies at University of Buffalo and her MFA in Electronic Integrated Arts at Alfred University. Wearing many hats as an artist, Siew-Wai is also an independent curator who has produced several media art events in Upstate New York and in Malaysia with the support of local art organizations and educational institutions.