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Born in 1953 and based in Quezon City, Roldan deploys found objects and images, combining them into traditional local craft and text to make assemblages. As amalgams of personal belongings, collective memories, history and everyday life, Roldan’s pieces present an alternative angle to see the entangled and multi-layered socio-political conditions in his surroundings. His recent participations in the exhibitions hosted by prominent institutions are No Country: Contemporary Art for South and Southeast Asia at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New […]

Movana Chen Movana Chen lives and works in both Hong Kong and Lisbon. Her multidisciplinary practice explores communication across cultures. Since 2004, she has been weaving people’s stories through KNITerature – a genre that involves deconstructing and reconstructing meanings by knitting books, maps, and dictionaries. She often shreds and repurposes printed materials in different languages to create sculptural installations that represent new forms of language. Chen studied at the London College of Fashion and received a BFA from the Royal […]

Formed by Kakio Yu and Tsukahara Yuya in 2006, contact Gonzo is currently based in Osaka. The current members are Tsukahara Yuya, Mikajiri Keigo, Matsumi Takuya and NAZE. The name of the performers/artists collective ‘contact Gonzo’ was inspired by ‘Gonzo journalism’, a form of journalism written in a highly personal writing style invented in the 1970s. The collective’s performance strongly emphasises improvisational interaction among performers that is often likened to fighting or martial arts, blurring the boundaries between violence and […]

Ade DARMAWAN Ade Darmawan lives and works in Jakarta as an artist and curator. He is also a co-founder and member of ruangrupa. His works range from installation, objects, drawing, digital print and video. He studied in the Graphic Arts Department at Indonesia Art Institute. In 1998, a year after his first solo exhibition at the Cemeti Contemporary Art Gallery, Yogyakarta, he attended a two-year residency at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. His past exhibitions include the solo […]

Born in 1980, Huang Po-Chih is now based in Taipei. Connecting his personal family history with the issues in global economy and industrialisation in post-war East Asia, Huang’s multi-faceted artistic practices range from writing fiction and documentary, to farming and social enterprise. In these artistic endeavours, he explores the possibility of microeconomics that allows us to recover autonomy in balancing between production and consumption. He participated in numerous exhibitions hosted by international institutions such as Taipei Biennale in 2014 and […]

Born in 1978 in Hubei, China, Liu is currently based in Shanghai. He has deployed different mediums and materials, from video to personal belongings to architectural design, in representing the transformation of public mindset, standard of living and urban landscape affected by the fast-paced process of industrialisation and modernisation in China. Liu recently participated in exhibitions including Building Code Violations III – Special Economic Zone at Long March Project in Beijing, China (2018), That Has Been, And May Be Again […]

Founded in 2010 by Rizo Leong, Jirum Manjat and Mc Feddy, Pangrok Sulap is based in the State of Sabah, Malaysia. ‘Pangrok’ is the local pronunciation of ‘punk rock’, while ‘Sulap’ refers to a hut which is usually used as a resting place by farmers in the Dusun language. Pangrok Sulap is a collective of artists, musicians and social activists whose purpose is to empower communities through making woodblock prints on fabric. With their slogan ‘Jangan Beli, Bikin Sendiri’ (Don’t […]

Born in 1969, Ormella is based in Canberra. Appropriating the form and style of the Australian flag and political banners, Ormella’s textile works are conceived as vehicles which examine the subjects of political power, the exploitation of natural and human resources and how it impacts the natural environment, particularly in the context of Australian society. Ormella has participated in various group exhibitions including the 1st Aichi Triennial in Nagoya, Japan (2010) and Asian Art Biennial at the National Taiwan Museum […]

Based in Urdaneta City, Quinto is a visual artist, educator and cultural worker whose works aim to empower downtrodden lives and heal broken dreams. Quinto was CHAT’s 4th residency artist in 2018. During her residency, she conducted a series of workshops, performances, film screenings and talk events in collaboration with Filipino domestic workers, and created artworks with them. Her works have been exhibited in international institutions, and she has been invited to various biennales and triennales, including the Kuala Lumpur […]

Born in 1980, Salvatus is based in Quezon City. Whilst serving as the co-founder and artistic director of the alternative art space 98B COLLABoratory and organising various artistic community projects, Salvatus has executed works using photography, videos and installations. Through his observations on everyday mundane objects, popular images, and mass behaviour, Salvatus extracts minute yet important connections between our subconsciousness and the manipulative socio-political environment. His work has been shown in a number of international solo and group exhibitions, including […]