Macau-based curator and creative producer

Founder of art group, MyLand Culture

Pal LOK Chok has extensive experience in cross-disciplinary artistic curation and practices. She founded the non-profit art organization "MyLand Culture" in 2013, through which she has consistently organized cross-disciplinary cultural and artistic projects which are community and socially engaged, and fostered international and local art exchanges. The organization has since become one of the most active art collectives in Macao.

The projects she initiated and curated manifest primarily through exhibitions, performances, and various independent art festivals. In recent years, her curatorial focus has revolved around local memories, urban spaces, human existential conditions and emotions etc, while site-specific and cross-disciplinary experimentation serve as her frequent curatorial approaches. Her curatorial works have been shown at the Macao Museum of Art, the Macao International Art Biennale, K11 Musea Hong Kong and various local or overseas professional art spaces, as well as in public and alternative urban settings.

Currently, Lok is a lecturer at the Faculty of Arts and Design of Macao Polytechnic University. Her writings have also been published in numerous cultural magazines, newspapers, and on digital platforms. In 2012-2013, she was awarded an overseas studies scholarship by the Macao Cultural Affairs Bureau to pursue a master's degree in arts management.  Later, she worked at the Cultural Affairs Bureau, participating in researches and implementations of public policies and funding programs for cultural and creative industries. She also served as the Head of Art Innovation at Artelli, a major art space in Macao, overseeing art content planning, curation, and exhibition production. During her time there, she contributed to curating art projects and solo exhibitions for internationally renowned artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat and Nobuyoshi Araki. Lok has also launched the independent art space project “MyLand Living Room”, offering a platform for exhibitions, experimental theater, and music performances etc.

澳門策展人、創意製作人

藝文組織「埋欄文化」創辦人

陸氏擁有多元的跨學科藝術策劃實踐經驗。她在2013年創辦非營利藝術機構「埋欄文化」,持續策劃社區、社群導向的跨領域文化藝術項目,推動國際與本地藝術交流,為澳門最為活躍的藝術團隊之一。

她發起及策劃的項目主要透過展覽、表演,以及多個民辦藝術節作為媒介呈現。近年策展興趣圍繞在地記憶、城市空間、人類的生存處境和情感等。特定場域、跨界實驗作為她常用的策展方法。她的策展作品於澳門藝術博物館、澳門國際藝術雙年展、香港K11 Musea和多地專業藝術空間展演,亦多見於城市中的公共和替代空間。

陸氏現時是澳門理工大學藝術及設計學院講師。她曾為多家文化雜誌、報紙及線上媒體供稿。她在2012-2013年獲澳門文化局赴外進修奬學金支持修讀藝術管理碩士。其後曾任職於文化局參與文化創意產業政策及資助計劃的研究和推行;亦於澳門大型藝術空間Artelli擔任藝術創新主管,負責藝術內容規劃、策展及展覽製作,曾參與策劃Jean-Michel Basquiat、荒木經惟等國際知名藝術家的藝術項目及個展;亦曾發起「埋欄客廳」獨立藝術空間計劃,為展覽、實驗劇場和音樂表演等提供平台。

Contact: pal.lokchok@gmail.com