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Dr ANTHONY KEY
www.anthonykey.net
Nationality
British
EDUCATION:
2005
PhD Winchester School of Art, Southampton University.
1997
MA Fine Art (Distinction), Brighton University.
1995
BA Fine Art (Hons), WSCAD, Farnham.
EXHIBITIONS:
2009
Pot Luck, PM Gallery, London
Pot Luck, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales
Foodprint, Stroom Den Haag, Netherlands
Pot Luck, The New Art Gallery, Walsall
English Lounge, Tang Contemporary, BeiJing
2007
Boutique, Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester
Dumplings and other stories, PM Gallery, London
Arrivals and Departures, URBIS, Manchester
2006
Bok Gwai/White Ghost, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
ANTHONY KEY/From South China to South London, Unit 2 Gallery, London
2005
White Ghost, Process room, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Citizens, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland
Citizens, Oriel Davis Gallery, Newtown, Wales
Citizens, City Gallery, Leicester
Contemporary Self-Portraiture, ICAS, Singapore
Citizens, PM Gallery & House, London
2004
Strangers to ourselves, 201 St. John Street, London
2003
Entertaining Mr Soane, PM Gallery & House
Strangers to ourselves, Whitstable Museum and Art Gallery
Did you know…, Parasite art space, Hong Kong
2002
Small is Beautiful, Flowers East Gallery, London
Walcot Chapel, Bath
A&D Gallery, London
2001
Small is Beautiful, Flowers East Gallery, London
Osaka Triennale 2001, Osaka, Japan.
The Self-Spacing & Transforming Exhibition, Oriental City, London
2000
Shanghai Arts Fair, Shanghai, China.
Nothing but the truth, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth.
Unframing Process, CAS gallery, Osaka, Japan.
1999
Rich Mix, Bishopsgate goods yard.
Artist of the Day, Flowers East Gallery.
to be continued... New Walsall Art Gallery.
Empire & I, Axiom Centre, Cheltenham.
Between Borders, Toyota City. Japan.
Between borders, Honen-In. Kyoto, Japan.
Empire & I, Pitshanger Museum & Gallery, Ealing.
Sauce, Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester.
1998
Lost & Found, Decima Gallery, London
Number Six, Trafalger Sq. 2000, Brixton.
Lost & Found, The Municipal Markets, Brighton.
Inaugurazione, Galleria Comunale D’ Arte, Cesenatico, Italy.
1997
Check Out, Waterman’s + Small Mansions Gallery.
Another Province, Brewery Arts, Cirencester.
-and what would be your one luxury item - Cable Street Gallery.
Wait & See, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne.
Ghosts, Gasworks Gallery, London
Another Province, Waterman’s Gallery.
1996
Grand Parade Gallery, Brighton.
Private View, Whitechapel Open: Cable Street Gallery.
1995
DNA, Whiteleys Gallery, London.
TEACHING
1999 - present
Lecturer, Winchester School of Art, BA/MA/PhD
Southampton University.
2004
Visiting Lecturer, Wimbledon School of Art
1999 - 2001
Visiting Lecturer, Brighton University, MA
1995 - 1998
Visiting Fine Art Lecturer, Wandsworth Adult Education, Battersea, & Putney School of Art.
1999 – present
Facilitating artists’ workshops / running one-to-one artist surgeries (London, Portsmouth, Dublin, Kyoto, Kobe, Osaka, Hong Kong)
ARTIST TALKS
2009
Curators Pot Luck tour, PM Gallery. London
Curators Pot Luck tour, The New Art Gallery, Walsall
Conference Speaker, The Spectre of China – contemporary Chinese art Identities in the British context, University of Westminster
2007
In Conversation with Sonia Boyce, PM Gallery, London
Artist Talk, PM Gallery, London
Artist Talk, URBIS, Manchester
2006
Artist Talk/cooking workshop, Raw Canvas, Tate Modern
Artist Talk. Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
In Conversation with Eddie Chambers, London Metropolitan University
2005
Artist talk, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Artist talk/visiting lecturer, NCAD, Dublin
Artist talk, City Gallery, Leicester
2004
Guest Speaker, Modernity and Identity in Non-Western Art, Seminar,
University of the Arts, London
Artist talk, Bath
2003
Guest Speaker, Emerging Voices Seminar, Dublin Castle & NCAD, Dublin
Artist talk, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
2002
Guest Speaker SOAS, London University
Artist talk, A&D Gallery, London
Artist talk, BCAA, Interchange Studios, London
2001
Guest Speaker, YiHuoQuan Exposure, Goldsmiths College
Guest speaker, Chen Zhen Exhibition, Serpentine Gallery
Paper presentation. PhD Research Meeting, Winchester
2000
Artist talk, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth, Gallery Go talks.
Guest Speaker, Kobe Design University, Japan.
Guest Speaker, Kyoto University, Japan.
Artist talk, CAS Gallery, Japan
1999-2001
Artist talks at Empire & I. PM Gallery & House.
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE
2009
Co – curator, Pot Luck , Art Circuit Touring Exhibitions
2005
Artist in Residence, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
1995 - present
Consultant, PM Gallery, Ealing
2003 - present
Consultant, Gunnersbury Museum
1998 - 2001
Studio assistant and collaborator to artist Ken Kiff
1997
Collaborator and Designer on 1997: Behind The Chinese Take Away, Yellow Earth Theatre, Institute of Contemporary Arts & Battersea Arts Centre
Curator of ---and what would be your one luxury item---,
Cable Street Gallery.
Curator of Ghosts, Gasworks Gallery.
1996
Founder member of Cable Street Gallery
Curator for Cable Street Gallery
1975 - 1992
Interior designer / furniture maker
AWARDS
2005
Bursary, Artist in Residence, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
1999 - 2002
Teaching Assistantship, Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton
1997
Conchita Moore award.
WORK HELD IN COLLECTIONS
The Irish Museum of Modern Art.
Arts Council, UK
Angela Flowers, Flowers East Gallery.
Private collection, Hong Kong.
Private collection, Japan.
Private collection, UK
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY / REVIEWS / INTERVIEWS
BBC Radio News Bites, October 2009
Sheila Dillon, The Food Programme, 13 December 2009
Gastronuts, BBC TV, January 2010
Sian Davis, Pot Luck: Food and Art, Artist Newsletter, 27 July 2009
Arts Newspaper, 4 June 2009
Emma Love, Food and Art: eat the meal of the film, The Independent, 6 October 2009
Take a shot at Pot Luck, West Midlands Metro, 26 May 2009
Terry Grimley, Capturing the flavour of art, Birmingham Post, 26 May 2009
Laura McLean-Ferris, The best art shows to see this week, The Guardian, 12 June 2009
Robert Clark, Pot Luck: Food and Art, The Guardian, 23 May 2009
http://www.artspy.cn/html/video/0/157.shtml , Artspy, Central TV, Beijing, 18.3 2009
Katie Hill, English Lounge, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing
Maev Kennedy, People, The Guardian, 27 September 2007
www.seattlepi.nwsource.com, 26 September 2007
Isabelle Uller, Romfolelse til a med hjem, Nettavisen, 27 September 2007
www.people.com.cn, 29 September 2007
www.bbcchina.com.cn, Life in the UK, 28 September 2007
Natalie Lim, Special Report-Anthony Key, EU Chinese Journal, Issue 101, 16 October 2007
Oriental art on show, Ealing Times, 3 October 2007
Jane Harrison, China in his hand, Ealing Gazette, 12 October 2007
Kay Carson, Arrivals and Departures marks Hong Kong handover at URBIS, 24 Hour Museum, 9 Feb.2007
Joanna Pitman, Between the lion and the dragon, The Times, 17 January, 2007
Citizen Manchester – Chinese, BBC Radio Manchester, 23 January 2007
Sally Taylor, BBC TV South Today (6.30), 1 February 2006
Richard Cartridge, BBC Radio Solent, 1 February 2006
Rosmary Shirley, What’s on previews, a-n Magazine, February 2006
Janice Hough, IMMA Process Room, press release, 2005
Rebecca Geldard, Time Out, October 13-20 2004
Judith Stewart, strangers to ourselves, Catalogue, 2003
Erik Burnett-Godfree, Decodemagazine Dec/Jan. 2003
Sally Jewel, The Weekend Show HTV, 11 October 2002
Michael Ribbeck, The Takeaway Buddha Western Daily Press, 5 September 2002
Amber Cowan, Best shows nationwide, Walcot Chapel The Times, 12 October 2002
Eddie Chambers, Anthony Key, Catalogue 2002
Grace Lau, Key’s Chips British Chinese Artists Newsletter, Spring 2001.
Diana Yeh. Ethnicities on the move: ‘British – Chinese’ art- identity, subjectivity, politics and beyond Critical Quarterly vol.42 no.2 Summer 2000.
Unframing process Pia 26 June 2000
Rebecca Farley. Rich Mix Foo Dog image Artist Newsletter, February 2000.
Gillian Nicol. Yan Huang 2000 Artist Newsletter, February 2000.
Anthony Key. New Moves Chinese Conference Report Artist Newsletter, February 2000.
Simon Web. to be continued Artist Newsletter, October issue 1999.
Paul Hinton. to be continued Express & Star, Walsall, 5 July 1999 (Front page Headline)
Andrew Parker. to be continued The Sun page 3 , 12 July 1999.
Six o clock news. to be continued Central TV, 15 July 1999.
Lunchtime and Six o clock news. to be continued BBC TV local, 19 July 1999.
Drive Time. to be continued. BBC Three Counties Radio, 12 July 1999.
Paul Ross. to be continued. London Talk Back Radio, 13 July 1999.
Juliette Brown. Between Borders. Catalogue, October 1999.
Stewart Martin. Empire and I Radical Philosophy (95) May/June 1999.
Martin Vincent. Sauce City Life (What’s On in Manchester) 17 Feb - 4 March 1999.
Robert Clark. Sauce. The Guardian Guide February 20-26 1999.
Susan Pui San Lok, Empire & I catalogue, Terra Incognita, 1999.
Neal Brown, ‘Wait and See (What’s For Dinner)’, Frieze, Issue 37, Autumn 1997.
Siobhan Dolan, ‘Good Enough to Eat’, The Independent, August 9 1997.
Laura Cumming, ‘Making a Meal of It’, The Guardian, August 19 1997.
‘The Art of Food’, The Pier (Meridian TV), 21 October 1997.
‘Kaleidoscope’, Radio 4 (BBC), 15 August 1997.
‘China Town UK’ Granada TV, Feb. 1997.