MAKING ART WORK Present:

ARTIST TALK with GAYLE CHONG KWAN

(Please note change of venue to No. 23 Union Street, Maidstone)

"Gayle Chong Kwan (b. 1973 in Scotland) is a London-based artist whose large-scale photographic works, installations, sound works and videos have been exhibited internationally. Chong Kwan works primarily with photography and installation to create fantastical mise-en-scene landscapes and environments out of disturbing arrangements of waste materials, sensory remains and documentary sources." (Taken from the artists' website)

We are delighted to be able to host a talk by Gayle Chong Kwan, on Thursday 4th July at No. 23 Union Street, Maidstone . This is the sixth in our programme of artist talks and we're doubly pleased to able to hold it back at No. 23 Union Street where we did our pop up project.

Gayle will be talking about her practice and her current research project, followed by a Q&A and a chance to chat over a glass of wine and nibbles.

Chong Kwan’s work was shown in the New Forest Pavilion, 54th Venice Biennale, 2011; Giphantie, Galerie Alberta Pane, Paris, 2011; The Obsidian Isle, Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow, 2011; Sensory Banquet, Artist in Residence, Samphire Hoe, UK; Green Flash, Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan, 2010; Save the Last Dance for Me, Whose Map is it?, Iniva, London, 2010; The eyes see more than the heart knows, Peckham Space, London, 2009; Memoryscape Moravia, Centro Cultural de Moravia, Medellin, Colombia, 2009; 5×5 Castelló 09 Award, Espai d’art contemporani de Castelló, Spain, 2009; Tales from the New World, 10th Havana Biennial, Cuba, 2009; Utopia, Museu Berardo, Centro Cultural do Belem, Lisbon, 2009. Awards include: Vauxhall Collective Award for Photography 2009; Pepinieres Europeenes Pour Jeunes Artistes Award; Arts Council England International Fellow. (Taken from http://gaylechongkwan.com/)

Image: Wastescape, 2012, Gayle Chong Kwan