BIO
Annie Lok (b. 1982 in Canberra, ACT/Ngunawal Country) is a collage artist, primarily constructing her pieces from personal and found photographic imagery, branching out from traditional cut and paste methods to digital technology.
Lok has an extensive education, in both practicing and theorising art and objects:
She obtained a Bachelors degree in Visual Art from the formerly known Australian National University Canberra School of Art from 2002 to 2004, then relocated to Melbourne in 2006 to find her creative voice through practice and exhibition. After moving to the Southern Tablelands regional in New South Wales, just outside of the Australian Capital Territory in 2015, Lok completed a Graduate Diploma of Studies in 2018, and Masters in Art History and Curatorial Studies, all from the Australian National University School of Art and Design, or ANU SOAD. During her time at the ANU SOAD, Lok deepened her interests in Digital Art and the artistic and theoretical constructs concerning the ‘gaze’, from both male and female perspectives. Her life though has not been without complications:
Partway through her Masters program Lok suffered physical injury due to a workplace accident, rupturing two discs in her lower back. Having undergone surgery in an attempt to correct the problem, as well as intensive physiotherapy and pain management programs, Lok still lives with both chronic pain and physical limitations. This has made permanent impressions on the artist – emotionally as well as physically – but more interestingly, on her art practice. Her ongoing Rabbit Holes series developed out of a need for distraction, forming part of her arsenal for coping with any daily challenges.
Lok is represented by fYRE Gallery, Braidwood, and lives in Mount Fairy, NSW with her p
artner and daughter.
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Education
February 2019 – October 2022
Masters in Art History and Curatorial Studies
ANU School of Art and Design, Acton
February – October 2018
Graduate Studies in Art History and Curatorial Studies
ANU School of Art and Design, Acton ACT
February 2002 – October 2004
Bachelor of Visual Arts (Majored in Painting; Minored in Printmaking)
ANU Canberra School of Art, Acton ACT
February – November 2001
Certificate IV in Graphic Design, Canberra CIT, Reid, ACT
Solo Exhibitions
March – May 2026, Chasing Alice
Belco Arts Centre, Belconnen ACT
July – August 2025, INTO THE VOID
M16 Art Space, Griffith, ACT
April 2024 – March 2025, Rabbit Holes
No Name Lane Open Air Gallery, Queanbeyan NSW
April 2023, RABBIT.DUCK.MIRROR.CAT: Nicole Crosswell and Annie Lok
fYRE Gallery, Braidwood NSW
May 2010, Self: Bare
Off The Kerb, Collingwood, VIC
April – May 2009, Self
Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy VIC
Group Exhibitions
November 2024, 20 Women Artists from 20 years at fYRE Gallery
fYRE Gallery, Braidwood, NSW
April - May 2014, Maternus
Forty Five Downstairs, Melbourne City, VIC
October – November 2013, Art for the Heart
Yarra Gallery, Federation Square, Melbourne City, VIC
October 2013, Lenakel Hospital Vanuatu, Fencing and Development Fundraising.
Darebin Arts and Entertainment Centre Gallery, Preston VIC
July 2008, Behind Closed Doors
Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy VIC
September 2007, Body
Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy VIC
November 2004, ANU Canberra School of Art Graduating Exhibition
ANU Canberra School of Art Gallery, Acton ACT
September 2003, 100 Days: Drawing Exhibition
ANU Canberra School of Art Foyer Gallery, Acton ACT
October 2001, Headspace
Former National Portrait Gallery, Old Parliament House, Canberra ACT
Awards and Acknowledgements
May – June 2025
QPRC Art Awards – Finalist
May – June 2024
QPRC Art Awards – Finalist
The Q Exhibition Centre, Queanbeyan, NSW
May – June 2023
QPRC Art Awards - Finalist
The Q Exhibition Centre, Queanbeyan, NSW
April – May 2022
Bendigo Art Show
Bendigo Town Hall, Bendigo, VIC
November 2021
M16 Art Space Drawing Prize - Finalist
M16 Art Space, Griffith, ACT
Publications
‘Artist Interview: Annie Lok’, Digital Art Blog, Jan 13, 2025. https://www.digitalartsblog.com/artist-spotlights/artist-interview-annie-lok
‘DeAnne Prosia: Taking a Line for a Walk; Retrospective Exhibition at fYRE Gallery’, Braidwood Bugle, No.182, Nov 1st 2023, 12
‘The World of Annie Lok: Meet Artist Annie Lok’, Fantasy Magazine, Spring Issue 2023
‘Exhibition Review: Colour in Print’, Braidwood Bugle, No. 134, 16th November 2022, 15
‘Drama and Poetry in Black and White: Exhibition Review of Olive Cotton and Max Dupain at fYRE Gallery’, Braidwood Bugle, No. 52, 21st April 2021, 8-10
‘Green: 2004 Graduating Students Catalogue’, ANU Canberra School of Art. Authored and published by Canberra School of Art, Canberra ACT.
Other Achievements
Artwork published in Bossy: The ANU Women’s Department Magazine, Edition 5, Semester 2, 2019,
Co-curator of Maternus, 2014
Forty Five Downstairs, Melbourne CitY, VIC
Private commission for University of Canberra, Nursing and Midwifery Department, Bruce ACT, 2014
