Adam Chodzko
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Adam Chodzko is a contemporary British
multi-media artist, exhibiting internationally.
, England. He studied Art History at the University of Manchester
and then Fine Art at Goldsmiths College
in London.
Chodzko works in a range of media from video
, installation art
to performance
, to fly-posters and drawing
in a practice which combines the strategies of conceptualism
, documentary film
, anthropology
, and surrealism
. He has assembled owners of a particular jacket and organised a reunion of the children 'murdered' in a Pasolini film; staged a "god look-alike" contest; given a London gallery's archive to a group of Kurdish asylum seekers to edit; and created Design for a Carnival. This includes the legal purchase of a square foot of land as a gift to a stranger, Nightshift (a late night parade of nocturnal animals to the Frieze Art Fair
), and M-path (the collection and distribution of "appropriate" footwear for gallery visitors). A trilogy of video installations, Hole, Around and Pyramid has made a series of myths derived from the relationship between a community and its architectural ruins.
Since 1991, Chodzko has exhibited in Tate St Ives
; Venice Biennale
; Royal Academy
, London; Deste Foundation
, Athens; PS1, NY; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; Kunstmuseum Luzern; and Folkestone Triennial. His commissioners include The Contemporary Art Society, Frieze Art Fair
and Hayward Gallery
. In 2002, he received awards from the Hamlyn Foundation and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York, and in 2007 was awarded an AHRC
Creative Research Fellowship in the Film Department at the University of Kent
, Canterbury. His work is in the collections of the Tate
, The British Council, The Arts Council
and numerous international museums and private collections.
He lives and works in Whitstable
, Kent
.
United Kingdom
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multi-media artist, exhibiting internationally.
Work
Adam Chodzko was born in LondonLondon
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, England. He studied Art History at the University of Manchester
University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...
and then Fine Art at Goldsmiths College
Goldsmiths College
Goldsmiths, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom which specialises in the arts, humanities and social sciences, and a constituent college of the federal University of London. It was founded in 1891 as Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute...
in London.
Chodzko works in a range of media from video
Video
Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.- History :...
, installation art
Installation art
Installation art describes an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space. Generally, the term is applied to interior spaces, whereas exterior interventions are often called Land art; however, the boundaries between...
to performance
Performance
A performance, in performing arts, generally comprises an event in which a performer or group of performers behave in a particular way for another group of people, the audience. Choral music and ballet are examples. Usually the performers participate in rehearsals beforehand. Afterwards audience...
, to fly-posters and drawing
Drawing
Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...
in a practice which combines the strategies of conceptualism
Conceptualism
Conceptualism is a philosophical theory that explains universality of particulars as conceptualized frameworks situated within the thinking mind. Intermediate between Nominalism and Realism, the conceptualist view approaches the metaphysical concept of universals from a perspective that denies...
, documentary film
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
, anthropology
Anthropology
Anthropology is the study of humanity. It has origins in the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. The term "anthropology" is from the Greek anthrōpos , "man", understood to mean mankind or humanity, and -logia , "discourse" or "study", and was first used in 1501 by German...
, and surrealism
Surrealism
Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members....
. He has assembled owners of a particular jacket and organised a reunion of the children 'murdered' in a Pasolini film; staged a "god look-alike" contest; given a London gallery's archive to a group of Kurdish asylum seekers to edit; and created Design for a Carnival. This includes the legal purchase of a square foot of land as a gift to a stranger, Nightshift (a late night parade of nocturnal animals to the Frieze Art Fair
Frieze Art Fair
Frieze Art Fair is an international contemporary art fair that takes place every October in London's Regent's Park. The fair is staged by Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover, the publishers of frieze magazine...
), and M-path (the collection and distribution of "appropriate" footwear for gallery visitors). A trilogy of video installations, Hole, Around and Pyramid has made a series of myths derived from the relationship between a community and its architectural ruins.
Since 1991, Chodzko has exhibited in Tate St Ives
Tate St Ives
Tate St Ives is an art gallery in St Ives, Cornwall, England, exhibiting work by modern British artists, including work of the St Ives School. The three storey building, designed by architects Evans and Shalev, lies on the site of an old gas works, overlooking Porthmeor Beach. It was opened in...
; Venice Biennale
Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...
; Royal Academy
Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...
, London; Deste Foundation
Deste Foundation
Deste Foundation or Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art is an arts foundation in Athens, Greece. Housing the massive collection of Greek businessman Dakis Joannou, it organizes exhibitions by emerging and established international contemporary artists...
, Athens; PS1, NY; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; Kunstmuseum Luzern; and Folkestone Triennial. His commissioners include The Contemporary Art Society, Frieze Art Fair
Frieze Art Fair
Frieze Art Fair is an international contemporary art fair that takes place every October in London's Regent's Park. The fair is staged by Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover, the publishers of frieze magazine...
and Hayward Gallery
Hayward Gallery
The Hayward Gallery is an art gallery within the Southbank Centre, part of an area of major arts venues on the South Bank of the River Thames, in central London, England. It is sited adjacent to the other Southbank Centre buildings and also the Royal National Theatre and British Film Institute...
. In 2002, he received awards from the Hamlyn Foundation and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York, and in 2007 was awarded an AHRC
AHRC
AHRC can refer to:* Asian Human Rights Commission* Arts and Humanities Research Council* Association for the Help of Retarded Children* American Homeowners Resource Center* Australian Human Rights Commission...
Creative Research Fellowship in the Film Department at the University of Kent
University of Kent
The University of Kent, previously the University of Kent at Canterbury, is a public research university based in Kent, United Kingdom...
, Canterbury. His work is in the collections of the Tate
Tate
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, The British Council, The Arts Council
Arts Council of Great Britain
The Arts Council of Great Britain was a non-departmental public body dedicated to the promotion of the fine arts in Great Britain. The Arts Council of Great Britain was divided in 1994 to form the Arts Council of England , the Scottish Arts Council, and the Arts Council of Wales...
and numerous international museums and private collections.
He lives and works in Whitstable
Whitstable
Whitstable is a seaside town in Northeast Kent, Southeast England. It is approximately north of the city of Canterbury and approximately west of the seaside town of Herne Bay. It is part of the City of Canterbury district and has a population of about 30,000.Whitstable is famous for its oysters,...
, Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
.
Further reading
- Jane Rendell, Art and Architecture: A Place Between, I B Tauris & Co Ltd, pp 30, 32 –33, 2006, ISBN 978-1-84511-222-6
- Interview with John Slyce, "Looking in the Wrong Place", Dazed & ConfusedDazed & Confused (magazine)Dazed & Confused is a British style magazine, that was set up in 1992 and published monthly. Its founding editors were Jefferson Hack and Rankin...
. August 1999, no.57, p. 100-106.