Gayle Chong Kwan
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 Kwan ´s work to date. Chong Kwan has shown extensively in the United Kingdom and abroad. As well as a BA Fine Art from Central Saint Martins College of Art, she has a MSc in Communications from Stirling University and a BA in Politics and Modern History from Manchester University.
In 2005 she received a Pepinieres Europeenes Pour Jeunes Artistes Award and an Arts Council England Award. Recent residencies and exhibitions include: " Conversations ", Tate Britain, London; " Different Worlds ", National Portrait Gallery, London; UNIDEE at Fondazione Pistoletto, Italy; Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester; Opera North, Leeds; Great Eastern Hotel, London; Macroproyecto de Moravia, Colombia, and Venice Printmaking, Italy. Forthcoming exhibitions / events include: Solo exhibition, MAC, Birmingham; COAST Residency, A Foundation, Liverpool; Adventure Ecology, London; an exhibition at the European Forum Emerging Creation, Neumünster Abbey, Luxembourg; and a project with Fondazione Pistoletto, Italy.
