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Chan Ka Kiu

CHAN KA KIU

de Sarthe Artist Residency DE SARTHE 28 June–8 September 2023 Hong Kong
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de Sarthe is pleased to announce its seventh annual de Sarthe Artist Residency (deSAR) as well as its resident artist, Chan Ka Kiu (b. 1995 in Toronto, Canada. Lives and works in Hong Kong.) The artist will create new artworks using the gallery space as her studio, which will be open to the public for visitor interaction and dialogue throughout the duration of the residency. deSAR runs from June 28th to September 8th and will culminate in a 3-week exhibition opening September 9th.

During the residency, the artist will transform the gallery space into an immersive dialogue surrounding the topic of the notorious “27 Club” - an informal list of popular musicians, artists, actors, and other celebrities who died at age 27. To comprise a series of poetically crafted installations, videos, and wall works, the residency is the artist’s facetious yet pensive response to turning 27 years old herself.

Marrying the familiar with the bizarre, Chan Ka Kiu will create a living room setting within the gallery and fill it with fictitious inhabitants. An expression of both jealousy and gratefulness, the artist contemplates through the residency her conflicting desire for fame, fortune, but also the longevity to find her reason for being beyond the former.

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About the Artist

Chan Ka Kiu (b.1995 Toronto, Canada) is a Hong Kong based artist, graduated in 2021 from City University of Hong Kong, School of Creative Media (MFA). Chan’s previous exhibitions include solo presentation with Parasite, “Don’t come so fast, darling” (Art Basel 2019, Hong Kong), group shows “Very Natural Actions” (TaiKwun, Hong Kong, 2020), and “Tree Fall in the Woods and No One’s There” (Power Station of Art, Shanghai, 2018).

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DE SARTHE is a pioneering platform for boundary-pushing contemporary art from Asia. It has also contained an influential international presence in modern and post-war art since 1977.

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2/F, Block A of Vita Tower,
29 Wong Chuk Hang Road
Hong Kong
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Tuesday – Saturday
11am – 7pm
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Hong Kong 2/F, Block A of Vita Tower,, 29 Wong Chuk Hang Road
DE SARTHE contemporary art gallery in Hong Kong
DE SARTHE
2/F, Block A of Vita Tower,, 29 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
+852 2167 8896
http://www.desarthe.com

Opening hours
Tuesday – Saturday
11am – 7pm
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