Gayle Chong Kwan
Artist's Statement
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Gayle Chong Kwan is a London-based artist, working with photography, video, sound, installation, and performance. Her work is often context specific or involves people in rituals of exchange, such as food or trade, to explore ideas of history, the senses and memory. The personal and global politics of food and tourism have been a major focus of Chong KwanÍs work to date. The artist has shown extensively in the United Kingdom and abroad. She recently returned from a five-month residency at Fondazione Pistoletto in Italy. In 2005 she received an Arts Council England Award to research and make new work in Mauritius, and a Pepinieres Europeennes Pour Jeunes Artistes Award.
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Images of work
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Brief CV
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EDUCATION
1997-2000
BA Hons Fine Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London
AWARDS
2005
P³pini²res Europ³ennes pour Jeunes Artistes Award, P³pini²res, EU
2004/5 Arts Council England Individual ArtistÍs Award, Arts Council England, UK
SOLO EXHIBITIONS/RESIDENCIES
2006
Solo Exhibition, Great Eastern Hotel, London
Solo Exhibition, MAC, Birmingham, UK
Exhibition / Residency, Platform for Art, London Underground, London
Residency, Venice Printmaking Workshop, Venice
Solo Exhibition, Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, UK
2005
Unidee Residency, Fondazione Cittadellarte, Biella, Italy
ïCockaigneÍ, Solo Exhibition, Globe Gallery, Newcastle , UK
2004
Commission, Autograph ABP, London
ïParadise PendingÍ, Residency, Bolwick Arts, Bolwick Estate, Norfolk, UK
2001 - 2
ïItÍs Going to Get WorseÍ, Residency at Speakers Corner, Serpentine Gallery, London
ïMappa MannaÍ, New Commissions, Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, UK
Connecting Culture Residency, Colchester Institute / Bromley by Bow Centre, London
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006
Life Choices, Artsway, New Forest, England
Sensory Material, Bonhams Contemporary, New Bond Street, London
Pique Nique, FRED, Cumbria, England
Blurring the Neatline, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh
Group Show, Alma Enterprises, London
ïAdoniaÍ, The Mothership Collective, South London Gallery, London
Climate Change, Globe Gallery, Newcastle
Fantasy Landscapes, Asia House, London
2005
ïA Mushroom out of its MyceliumÍ, San Salvario Mon Amour, Turin, Italy
Thy NeighbourÍs Ox, Space Station Sixty-Five, London
ïSognidoroÍ, Love Difference Festival, Cittadellarte, Biella, Italy
ïLa Cisterna dei Ricordi dellÍAcquaÍ, Love Difference Festival, Cittadellarte, Biella, Italy
Second Nature, Blythe Gallery, London
Be Ready Heart, For Parting, New Endeavour, Great Eastern Hotel, London
Summer Daze, South London Gallery, London
ResourceCITE, Situation Leeds, Leeds
ïWhat are we doing?(ƒ)Í, msdm/Protest Academy, Elastic Residence, London
Video Lounge, South London Gallery, London
2004
Art and Food, Tate Modern, London
Stuff Estrade, FEST, London
Entente Cordiale, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris
2002/3
Feast, VIA, Three Mills Island, London
ïVegetateÍ, Accommodation 2, Emerged, Edinburgh International Festival, Scotland
Gathering Momentum, Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester
Pause, Gallery Los 29 Enchufes, Madrid, Spain
ïDambustersÍ, GPS Gaming Dam Square, Netherlands New Media Institute, Amsterdam
ïTarantoÍ, Queen of Hungary / Norwich Arts Centre
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Contact
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Email: gaylechongkwan@hotmail.com
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