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The Other Art Fair London 2018
4th - 7th October 2018
For the very first time, exhibiting at The Other Art Fair in London in the beautiful Victoria House and The College, Old Central Saint Martins Building - with over 140 other amazing artists.
Details:
The Other Art Fair
Victoria House WC1A 2QP
The College, Old Central Saint Martins Building WC1A 4AP
Opening Night: 5 - 9:30pm Thursday 4th October
Opening Hours:
12 - 9pm Friday 5th October
11am - 7pm Saturday 6th October
11am - 6pm Sunday 7th October
The Secret Art Prize and Moniker International Art Fair with Curious Duke
4th - 7th October 2018
This year I had the great pleasure and privilege to be the winner the Secret Art Prize 2018! It came as a complete surprise and I am happy to be working with Curious Duke Gallery at the Moniker International Art Fair 2018 - the beginning of great things!
Details:
Moniker International Art Fair
The Old Truman Brewery
E1 6QL
Opening Night: 5 - 10pm Thursday 4th October
Opening Hours:
12 - 10pm Friday 5th October
11am - 9pm Saturday 6th October
11am - 6pm Sunday 7th October
ArtGemini Prize 2018
25th - 29th October 2018
Really honoured to be part of a group of finalists for the ArtGemini Prize for the first time, also the debut of Bidjigal, the shortlisted work!
Details:
Menier Gallery
SE1 1RU
Opening Night: 25th October
Opening Hours: 11am - 6pm 26th - 29th October
Rise Art Prize 2018
9th - 28th February 2018
Really excited to have been shortlisted for the inaugural Rise Art Prize, with 26 other finalists out of 16,000 applicants worldwide! The top prize was £10,000 and the judging panel includes Gavin Turk, Fiona Banner and David Bailey.
Details:
House of Vans
Arches, 228 - 232 Station Approach Rd
Lambeth, London SE1 8SW
www.riseartprize.com/finalists
Manchester Buy Art Fair 2017 with Gallery & Barrow
27-29 October 2017
Exhibited for the first time with Gallery & Barrow!
Details:
Manchester Central Convention Complex
Windmill Street
Manchester M2 3GX
VIP Night: Friday 27th October 5 - 9pm
Saturday 28th October: 10am - 6pm
Sunday 29th October: 10am - 5pm
Trelex Artist Residency, Switzerland
January - March 2018
This residency, at the gorgeous Trelex manor in Switzerland, was the single longest residency I have ever undertaken - the natural fresh Swiss air, walking through the natural (snowy) trees, and focusing on all things art in the amazing studio shared with one other artist and the incredible Nina, founder of the Trelex residencies, were just a few of the things that I experienced for which there is no price tag.
NYAT Charity Auction Fundraiser with Grayson Perry
13th September 2017
Extremely excited to have been part of this amazing event, a charity auction hosted by Grayson Perry, and including the works of Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro and Marc Chagall just to name a few! My work Li Arising was part of the silent auction and all art auctioned will raise funds for the National Youth Arts Trust, supporting young people from disadvantaged backgrounds pursue the theatrical arts. The event was organised and supported by The Furniture Practice and Rise Art.
Details:
Vitra, 30 Clerkenwell Road
London EC1M 5PG
Wednesday 13th September (by invitation only)
New Artist Fair, Truman Brewery, London
8th - 10th September 2017
Excited to have participated in this art fair promoting new and emerging artists, held in the iconic Truman Brewery! A great experience in vibrant East London.
Details:
New Artist Fair
Truman Brewery
London E1 6QR
Private View: 6 - 9pm Friday 8th September
Opening Hours: 10am - 6pm 9th - 10th September
The Other Art Fair, Arnolfini, Bristol
1st - 3rd September 2017
The Other Art Fair Bristol 2017 was the fair's 3rd edition in Bristol, their sixth year in operation and my first time exhibiting with them! Presented and supported by Saatchi Art, I was excited to be part of the buzz and excitement of what is one of the leading artist fairs in the world, in the beautiful Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol.
Details:
The Other Art Fair Bristol
Arnolfini Gallery, 16 Narrow Quay
Bristol BS1 4QA
Opening Night: 5-9pm 1st September
Opening Hours: 10am: 5pm 2nd - 3rd September
Beyond The Borders, The Crypt, London
3rd - 5th August 2017
Beyond The Borders: Joseonjok's Ambiguous Identity was an ambitious exhibition about the ethnographic minority group of the Joseonjok people, with a particular focus on the community which has migrated to London. I am not of Korean descent but as a second generation Australian with Chinese Mauritian heritage, I was one of a few artists who contributed to this exhibition drawing upon our own experiences of cultural and geographical dislocation, and our attempts and responses to reconcile this.
Details:
The Crypt Gallery (St Pancras Church)
Euston Road, Bloomsbury, London NW1 2BA
Private View: 6 - 9:30pm Friday 3rd August
Opening Hours: 10am - 5pm 4th - 5th August
beyondtheborders.myblog.arts.ac.uk
#beyondtheborders2017
Exhibition with Julie Brixey-Williams, East London
22nd - 26th June 2017
Reoriented: A Conversation Of Different Geographies was my first collaboration with the inspiring and versatile artist Julie Brixey-Williams, after a chance encounter in her studio and months of conversation afterwards. In this exhibition, held at the newly relocated A-side B-side Gallery in East London, we amalgamated our different approaches to the composition and handling of the "landscape" in Asian art. Combining the techniques of drawing, painting, photography and sculpture, the exhibition explored the relationship between physical and cultural heritage within the context of personal experience.
Details:
A-side B-side Gallery
352 Mare Street, Hackney, London E8 1HR
Opening Night: 7 - 9:30pm Thursday 22nd June
Opening Hours: 10am - 6pm Friday 23rd - Monday 26th June
Artist Talk: 3pm Saturday 24th June
Yami-ichi Art Auction, London
26th - 29th May 2017
How does one place a value on art? This is the question Yami-ichi (Japanese for "black market") asked to the audience, who placed non-monetary bids for artworks from five different artists with completely different practices. This was the second edition of Yami-ichi and the first one held in London and I was excited to be involved. I createda new piece through the duration of the exhibition which was auctioned off at the end of the event to the most imaginative bidder, who understood the intrinsic, not just monetary, value of art.
Details:
5 Hampden Close, Kings Cross, London NW1 1HW
Friday 26th - Sunday 29th May
Artist Residency at By Other Means, London
October 2016
My first artist residency in London, at the amazing By Other Means Gallery (formerly in Clapton, now in Bethnal Green), a new space promoting emerging artists. The gallery provides space for experimentation, conversation for growth and support in an industry which must increasingly support itself. I spent the entire month of October working and creating new works in the gallery, responding to everything from the decor to dancers.
Details:
By Other Means
(formerly Clapton)
13-19 Herald St, London E2 6JT
October 2016
Lacey Summer Exhibition 2016, London
3rd - 20th August 2016
My artwork Red Ghosts was selected as a finalist in the Summer Exhibition at the Lacey Contemporary Gallery in West London, alongside both emerging and established artists.
Details:
Lacey Contemporary Gallery
8 Clarendon Cross, London W11 4AP
3rd - 20th August
Mural at Drink, Shop & Do
1st March 2016
Finally got the chance to test my endurance and focus doing my first mural! I started on March 1st at the lovely cafe and function space Drink, Shop & Do in King's Cross with the theme of mandalas and meditation.
Details:
Drink Shop Do
9 Caledonian Road
London N1 9DX
From March 1st 2016
drinkshopdo.co.uk
Dot To Dot Public Art Exhibition
11th January - 28th February 2016
I was super excited to be involved with this great campaign with dotLondon promoting London as a city and the artworks of 20 London based artists and designers. A group exhibition of the digital works was open to the public at The Trunk, an exhibition space at The Artworks, Elephant and Castle from 12th - 17th January. Each 'dot' artwork was animated on our own personal dotLondon websites and a satellite exhibition and street posters promoted the artworks in various locations around the city.
www.michelleloakumcheung.london
domains.london/dot-to-dot/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvobXzqYnTI
#DotToDot #DotLondon
ARTROOMS2016
22nd - 25th January 2016
An innovative form of an art fair - each artist exhibited their work not in a white walled stall but in a hotel room at the 4-star Melia White House. I was privileged to be one of the eighty artists selected from over thirty different countries to display and define their work in what is a strange fusion of a private and personal space. ARTROOMS2016 also supported Well Child Charity, donating 10% of all commissions made at the Private View on the opening night. A series of talks and conferences were held over the four days, including a talk between myself and the Bulgarian born London-based artist Paola Minekov, mediated by MTA founder Marine Tanguy.
art-rooms.org
wellchild.org.uk
marinetanguyart.com
Find a really great review of ArtRooms by Eddie Hewitt here:
connected-cultures.com
Details:
Melia White House
Albany Street
Regent's Park, NW1 3UP
Private View: Friday 22nd January 4 - 8pm
Saturday 23rd January 12 - 7pm
Sunday 24th January 12 - 7pm
Monday 25th January 10am - 1:30pm
Stour Collective Show 2015
3rd December 2015 - 1st February 2016
Stour Space holds an end of year group show for its studio residents and this year I participated in their 2015 edition. It is a beautiful space in Hackney Wick, with a gallery, conference room, cafe, art supplies store and two levels of studios filled with incredibly creative and talented people. This year there were 20 artists on show and was an amazing end to 2015 and beginning to 2016.
stourspace.co.uk
Details:
Stour Space
7 Roach Road
London E3 2PA
Opening night: Thursday 3rd December 6 - 10pm
Opening times: Monday - Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 11pm
Friday - Saturday 9am - 12 midnight
Sunday 9am - 10:30pm
Affordable Art Fair - Battersea 2015
22nd - 25th October 2015
New British Artists represented me at the Affordable Art Fair in Battersea! This was my first time in the Affordable Art Fair, and I was really grateful to New British Artists for inviting me to exhibit with them.
affordableartfair.com
newbritishartists.co.uk
Details:
Battersea Evolution
Battersea Park
London SW11 4NJ
Charity View: Wednesday 22nd October 5:30 - 9:30pm
Late View: Thursday 23rd October 5:30 - 9:30pm
Opening times: Thursday - Sunday, 10am-5:30pm
Solo Exhibition 'Studio Oriental' at Gaffa Gallery
19th - 30th March, 2015
I had a solo exhibition at Gaffa Gallery in Sydney, which I worked on while I was back in Australia in 2014 - 2015, centred on the Mauritian heritage of my parents.
Details:
Gaffa Gallery
281 Clarence St, Sydney
Opening Night: Thursday 19th March 6 - 8pm
Opening times: Monday - Saturday, 10am - 6pm
The Independent Artist Fair, London
15th - 19th October 2014
Details:
The Rag Factory
16-18 Heneage St, London E1 5LJ
Opening times: Wednesday 6:30 - late
Thursday - Sunday 10am - 6pm