Anthony Key Artist's Statement

"Anthony Key is one of the most interesting sculptors practising in Britain today. His work playfully explores the many and varied ways in which Britain has created, perceived, and continues to perceive historical and contemporary 'Chinese' identities. His work is frequently poignant, always original and consistently daring in ways in which it unpicks and unpacks the racism and the absurdities of our 'Chinese' stereotypes. Yet there is much more to Key's work than this. It is, in its own decidedly modern way, celebratory of the mixed-upness which is 21st Century Britain, in particular, and the world in general. " E Chambers (2002)

Images of work

Brief CV

EDUCATION 2005 PhD Winchester School of Art, Southampton University 1997 MA Fine Art (Distinction), Brighton University 1995 BA Fine Art (Hons), WSCAD, Farnham EXHIBITIONS 2006 Bok Gwai/White Ghost, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth From South China to South London, Unit 2 Gallery, London 2005 White Ghost, Process room, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin Citizens, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland Citizens, Oriel Davis Gallery, Newtown, Wales Citizens, City Gallery, Leicester Contemporary Self-Portraiture, ICAS, Singapore Citizens, PM Gallery and House, London 2004 Strangers to ourselves, 201 St. John Street, London 2003 Entertaining Mr Soane, PM Gallery and House, London Strangers to ourselves, Whitstable Museum and Art Gallery Did you know?, Parasite art space, Hong Kong 2002 Small is Beautiful, Flowers East Gallery, London Walcot Chapel, Bath A&D Gallery, London 2001 Small is Beautiful, Flowers East Gallery, London Osaka Triennale 2001, Osaka, Japan The Self-Spacing & Transforming Exhibition, Oriental City, London 2000 Shanghai Arts Fair, Shanghai, China Nothing but the truth, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth Unframing Process, CAS gallery, Osaka, Japan

Contact

Email: anthony@anthonykey.net Website: www.anthonykey.net

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