Karin Chan, Far away I came, 2016, Giclée print
KARIN CHAN
AIRMAIL
THE LITTLE GALLERY PROJECT SPACE
DATE & TIME: Opening SUNDAY 17 APRIL. Exhibition runs until Sunday 8 May
OPENING SPEAKER: ELLIE RAY, GALLERY DIRECTOR
ARTIST TALK: FRIDAY 29 APRIL, 12:30PM
COST: free
Karin Chan is an emerging artist based in Hobart. She completed her Bachelor Fine Arts with 1st Class Honours at the University of Tasmania, Hobart in 2010. Since that time, Chan has been exhibiting regularly in solo and group exhibitions in Tasmania and Victoria.
Chan’s practice reflects on her transiting cultural identity between Singapore and Tasmania. Through the use of creative costuming and objects, Chan represents journeys of transformation and cross-cultural references.
Airmail includes photographic works that represent the artist attired in ‘wearable sculptures’ within the Tasmanian landscape.
“[Air Mail] aims to deliver an intimate connection through exploring new ways of engaging sculpture objects to deliver empowerment, both using the reflection of my feelings and the experience of my transiting cultural identity.” – Karin Chan, 2015
Included in the exhibition will be a series of postcards from her overseas family and an interactive component inviting viewers to participate in a mailing exercise where they can reconnect with their own family members by writing on postcard size artworks. Viewers will be able to leave their addressed postcards for eventual postage to family members.
Ellie Ray, Dianne Sheehan, Devonport Regional Art Gallery
