Adam Chodzko (1965 − )
Highlights
Adam Chodzko was born in London in 1965. He attended University of Manchester to study art history and later attended Goldsmiths College, London to pursue an MA in fine art. He now lives and works in Whitstable, Kent in the south of England.
Chodzko's work examines systems of meanings, highlighting their fundamentally arbitrary and absurd nature. Working in a range of mediums from drawing to sculpture, performance to film, he draws on the environment that surrounds him, often engaging and involving the viewer. His works often display an element of chance where outcomes are unknown and unpredictable.
Other works by the artist include M-Path (2006), which involves gallery visitors having to swap their shoes at the door for a pair of second-hand shoes for the duration of their visit, thus changing perception and taking literally the old adage 'walking in someone else shoes'. His most recent work Ghost was shown at the 2010 Whitstable Biennale. Chodzko designed a kayak that was paddled from Whitstable to the nearby Deadman's Island, a former burial site, with a member of the public lying in the back. The journey was recorded using a video camera providing a document for each passenger's unique experience.
As well as the Whitstable Biennale, Chodzko has exhibited extensively in both solo and group international exhibitions including his first major survey of work shown in the UK, at Tate St Ives in 2008. In 2002 he received awards from the Hamlyn Foundation and the Foundation for Contemporary Art, New York, and in 2007 was awarded an AHRC Research Fellowship in the Film Department at the University of Kent, Canterbury.
Made in Britain Contemporary Art from the British Council Collection 1980-2010,China federation of Literary and Art Circles Publishing Corporation 2010. ISBN 978-7-5059-7014-4.
Glossary (5)
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Contemporary
Existing or coming into being at the same period; of today or of the present. The term that designates art being made today.
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Drawing
The depiction of shapes and forms on a flat surface chiefly by means of lines although colour and shading may also be included. Materials most commonly used are pencil, ink, crayon, charcoal, chalk and pastel, although other materials, including paint, can be used in combination.
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Film
A transparent, flexible plastic material, usually of cellulose acetate or polyester, on which light-sensitive emulsion is coated, or on which an image can be formed by various transfer processes.
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Sculpture
A three-dimensional work of art. Such works may be carved, modelled, constructed, or cast. Sculptures can also be described as assemblage, in the round, relief, and made in a huge variety of media. Contemporary practice also includes live elements, as in Gilbert & George 'Living Sculpture' as well as broadcast work, radio or sound sculpture.
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Video
Images recorded on videotape or on optical disc to be viewed on television screens, or projected onto screens. The medium through which these images are recorded and displayed.
Work Themes (3)
Past exhibitions
MADE IN BRITAIN
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2012
- Albania, Tirana, National Gallery
- Greece, Athens, Benaki Museum
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2011
- China, Suzhou Museum
- China, Hong Kong Heritage Museum
- China, Xian Museum
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2010
- China, Sichuan Provincial Museum
ADAM CHODZKO PROXIGEAN TIDE
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2008
- UK, St Ives, Tate St Ives
PRINT THE LEGEND. THE MYTH OF THE WEST
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2008
- Scotland, Edinburgh, Fruitmarket Gallery
BEYOND THE COUNTRY PERSPECTIVES OF THE LAND IN HISTORIC AND CONTEMPORARY ART
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2007
- Ireland, Cork, Lewis Glucksman Gallery
BREAKING STEP DISPLACEMENT, COMPASSION AND HUMOUR IN RECENT BRITISH ART
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2007
- Serbia, Belgrade, Museum Of Contemporary Art
ARTIFICE
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2000
- Greece, Athens, Deste Foundation For Contemporary Art
