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Suzon Fuks is a multidisciplinary 'artivist' whose award-winning work investigates the impact of technology on humanity and environment, water, the status of women, and people seeking asylum.

Suzon was born in Brussels, where she trained in performing arts and completed her Masters in Visual Arts at La Cambre (1979–1984). She moved to Australia in 1996, where she has worked as an Artistic Director of the multi-arts organisation Igneous (1997-2024).

Since early 2000, Suzon has created performances on the Internet, becoming internationally recognised as a pioneer in this field. Suzon was awarded the 3-year Australia Council for the Arts Fellowship (2009-2012), which enabled her to conceive and undertake Waterwheel, a collaborative art-science online venue about Water. This project included 1,500+ artists, scientists, activists, teachers & youth from 34 countries & 81 locations. In 2021, Suzon collaborated with Annie Abrahams and Helen Varley Jamieson, to make the video compilation “Before The First”, which retraced some of the internet’s performance history.

Since 2019, Suzon has been developing a body of work that uses locally sourced electronic waste. This includes: creating artist books relating her experience of the passage from analogue to digital technology; designing wearables that repurpose electronic parts; performing and activating installations, at human and miniature scale, and which are used in videos.

In recognition of her talent and expertise, Suzon Fuks has also been awarded a Copeland Fellowship at the Five Colleges, Massachusetts, a Fellowship at the Australian Choreographic Centre, and an Asialink Residency in India.