SF Ho
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S F HoRoles
Artist, WriterBiography
SF Ho is an artist living on the unceded Coast Salish territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. In the wake of the 1966–67, Hong Kong riots, Ho’s parents came to Turtle Island in the 1970s, eventually settling between the suburbs of Toronto and London, Ontario. In London, Ho attended South Secondary School, went to summer camp at Museum London, and participated in the early days of the Unity Project.S F Ho’s practice considers intersections of culture, history, and embodied experience from racialized, queer perspectives. Informed by a background in photography and performance art, they often incorporate language, sound, and gesture into their work. They also spend a lot of time thinking about math, plants, and perfume. They’re into community building, books, and being sort of boring. Ho has notably presented work through Simon Fraser University Galleries, Hangar (Lisbon), Art Metropole (Toronto), Galerie oqbo (Berlin), RAM Galleri (Oslo), the University of Toronto’s Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, and the Vancouver Art Gallery. Their creative and critical writing has been published through House House Press, SPEC/FIC, Modern Painters, c magazine, West Coast Line, INTER: art actuel, Dysfyction, The Capilano Review, Charcuterie, Western Front, VIVO Media Arts Centre, and the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery.
They founded Slow Wave Small Projects, a land-based art gathering that prioritizes low-income, disabled, BIPOC, and QTIPOC2S practices. They wrote a book about aliens and love called George the Parasite. Their chapbook Green Lines was shortlisted for the Expozine Alternative Press Awards.
Adapted from Embassy Cultural House, 2020