Linda Loh

Linda Loh is an Australian visual artist currently based in Naarm/Melbourne.

She holds a Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting/Expanded Studio) from RMIT University (Melbourne)  and a Master of Fine Art (Computer Arts) from the School of Visual Art, New York City.

Her video and digital 3D works have been exhibited worldwide, including NARS (NYC), Untitled Art, Miami, The Loop (Hobart), Bunjil Place (Melbourne), Kunsthalle Zurich, University of Porto, University of Victoria (Canada), and online, including a solo pavilion for The Wrong Biennale (invited) and Midnight Arboretum, a virtual 3D exhibition curated by Dina Chang. In June 2024 she was a resident artist at MAP mima, Lake Macquarie, and a presenting artist at ISEA2024 (International Symposium on Electronic Art) in Meanjin Brisbane.  Along with multiple group exhibitions in Melbourne, her video work featured in Wild Media: Wired Wilderness at iDMAa 2024 (International Digital Media and Arts Association), Winona Minnesota, and her digital 3d work was presented in Marais DigitARt 2024, an augmented reality exhibition part of the Traversées du Marais, Paris, France.

Artist Statement:

I am preoccupied by ideas around light-based phenomena. I’m curious about the relationship of light to altered states of consciousness, sensations of boundarylessness and infinity, and whether representation of things elusive and ephemeral can be a metaphor for experiences of transcendence. Digital media and projections are themselves like the slippery nature of mind. 

Using digital tools, I distort and transform photographs and videos that mostly originate from everyday sources of light. The results are abstract composites of indeterminate forms, perhaps slow moving, often colorful, and usually retaining their inherent luminosity. Little is obvious for the rational mind to grasp. 

I relate my work to the “technological sublime”, an extension of the romantic sublime period of art history, which has themes of awe and wonder.  Expanding this, I recently researched Neoplatonism, a lesser known corner of ancient philosophy, yet one that has influenced both Eastern and Western traditions. I was rewarded to unveil many of the above themes. It is validating that Western culture has, after all, long recognised ineffable experiences as an intrinsic part of human psychology, with positive results for humanity. That these ideas might be re-emerging feels like a fitting conversation to participate in while navigating this luminous, numinous digital space.