Acclaimed contemporary visual artist and Senior Lecturer in Fine Art in the School of Music and Fine Art, Adam Chodzko, is preparing to open Design for a Fold at the Sidney Cooper Gallery. Funded by the Arts Council England and The Elephant Trust, it is a new installation incorporating many of Chodzko’s works made locally since his move to Kent in 2001.

Mapping his particular engagement with places, times and communities around where he lives and works in Whitstable, the exhibition seeks to root, or fold, the idea of the local within another, apparently remote, alien and distant place; Beppu, Japan. It will expand, compress and twist an understanding of Kent into a new form, questioning who, what, when and where we might be within its landscape and communities.

Chodzko’s art explores the interactions and possibilities of human behaviour. Exhibiting internationally since 1991, Chodzko works across media, from video installation to subtle interventions, with a practice that is situated both within the gallery and the wider public realm.

After studying the History of Art at the University of Manchester and Fine Art as a Masters at Goldsmiths College London, Chodzko has exhibited at numerous venues around the world. These include the Tate Britain, Venice Biennale, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Istanbul Biennial and locally at the Folkestone Triennial.

Adam Chodzko has been shortlisted for the prestigious Jarman Award.

Design for a Fold opens at the Sidney Cooper Gallery on Thursday 15 October with an exclusive evening with Adam Chodzko and Dr. Andy Birtwistle, Director of The Centre for Practice-Based Research in the Arts at Canterbury Christ Church University, from 5.30-6.30pm. Please contact the gallery for further details and to book a place.

The exhibition will run until Saturday 21 November and admission is free.

Opening times:
Tuesday to Friday 10.30am – 5pm
Saturday 11.30am – 5pm

The Sidney Cooper Gallery
St Peter’s Street,
Canterbury CT1 2BQ
Tel: +44 (0) 1227 453267
Email: gallery@canterbury.ac.uk

 

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