Summary: Anthony was born in South Africa from Chinese origin. At the age of 23 he moved to England where he has established himself as a leading artist, exploring the concept of cultural identity. Having gained a distinction for his MA at Brighton University, Anthony went on to complete his doctorship at the Winchester School of Art. He has experience in lecturing, curating and organising exhibitions.

EDUCATION:

2005 - PhD Winchester School of Art, Southampton University.
1997 - MA Fine Art (Distinction), Brighton University.
1995 - BA Fine Art (Hons), WSCAD, Farnham.

EXHIBITIONS:

2007

• Arrivals and Departures, URBIS, Manchester
• From South China to South London, Unit 2 Gallery, London

2006

• Bok Gwai/White Ghost, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
• ANTHONY KEY/From South China to South London, Unit 2 Gallery, London

2005

• White Ghost (solo show) 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 and House, London

2004

• Strangers to ourselves, 201 St. John Street, London

2003

• Entertaining Mr Soane, PM Gallery and House, London
• 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.

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 :

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 :

2005

• Artist in Residence, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin

1995 - Present

• Consultant, PM Gallery, Ealing

2003 - Present

• Consultant, Gunnersbury Museum

1998 - 2001

• Artist talk, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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.

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.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY / REVIEWS / INTERVIEWS :

• 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.