UKYA City Takeover - Nottingham

Don't Linger, Chaz Howkins, 2018, installation

Very excited that my toilet seat installation will be travelling to Nottingham to be exhibited as part of the UKYA City Takeover from February 7 - 13th 2019.

More info here:

http://www.ukyoungartists.co.uk/news/2018/9/10/artist-announcement-ukya-city-takeover-nottingham-2019

Collages

Words I Know (Bulgarian Collage), Chaz Howkins, 2018, collage

Untitled (Bulgarian Collage - Letters I Know), Chaz Howkins, 2018, collage

A series of collages created whilst in Bulgaria, using Bulgarian newspaper clippings.

Snek Neck Selfies

Untitled Selfie (snek neck & spots) , Chaz Howkins, 2018, ink on paper  

Untitled Selfie (Snek Neck Tabletop), Chaz Howkins, 2018, ink on paper

A series of self portraits involving snake-like necks.

Genderhouse Festival

Myself with my artwork - Are You A Boy Or A Girl?

Myself with my artworks - Gendered Space (series)

Myself with my artworks - Gendered Space (series)

Myself with my artworks - Gendered Space (series)

After the incredible honour of having an entire room in the Women's Museum dedicated to my work, I was even more thrilled to be informed that the Women's Museum have requested my film and photographic series to be added to their permanent collection.  The works will remain on show in the museum for an extended period of time.

Genderhouse Festival

Talking Genders Youth Exhibition - Genderhouse Festival - Women's Museum, Aarhus, Denmark

Talking Genders Youth Exhibition - Genderhouse Festival - Women's Museum, Aarhus, Denmark

Talking Genders Youth Exhibition - Genderhouse Festival - Women's Museum, Aarhus, Denmark

Talking Genders Youth Exhibition - Genderhouse Festival - Women's Museum, Aarhus, Denmark

Talking Genders Youth Exhibition - Genderhouse Festival - Women's Museum, Aarhus, Denmark

Talking Genders Youth Exhibition - Genderhouse Festival - Women's Museum, Aarhus, Denmark

The Genderhouse Festival was a month celebration of queer arts in Aarhus, with performances, workshops and exhibitions throughout the city throughout September.

I was thrilled to discover that an entire room of the Women's Museum had been dedicated to my work.  My film, Are You A Boy Or A Girl?, was projected large scale onto the walls, surrounded by my photographic series, Gendered Space.  The entire exhibition was beautifully curated, queering the walls of the gendered exhibition space.

Intents Drawings

Untitled (Intents Matt/Chaz Collab), Chaz Howkins, 2018, ink on paper

Untitled (Intents Chaz/Matt Collab), Chaz Howkins, 2018, ink on paper

Untitled (Matt The Astronaught), Chaz Howkins, 2018, ink on paper

A series of drawings created while in a tent on a surf holiday in Spain.  The first two were a collaboration with a friend - drawing each other and taking turns to add to the drawings, one drawn from each of our perspectives.

Selfie

Untitled Selfie (white on black), Chaz Howkins, 2018, pencil and acrylic on paper

White pencil on a black acrylic background. 

De-installation of Degree Show

Wall after toilet seats were removed

Toilet seats in bags

Partial vinyl left on the wall

The space, repainted and returned to its previous state

Some shots from the de-installation process after the Degree Show closed to the public.

Selfie

Degree Show Installation Selfie, Chaz Howkins, 2018, ink on paper

A self portrait drawn during the installation week for Degree Show, clearly the installation was weighing on my mind.

CWND Artists Residency

Residency activity outcome

Residency activity outcome

Outcomes from an 'introduce yourself/your practice' activity on the first day of CWND artists residency.

Selfies

Untitled Selfie (shapely body), Chaz Howkins, 2018, ink on paper

Untitled Selfie (Facemask), Chaz Howkins, 2018, ink on paper

Self portrait drawings.

Queer Art(ists) Now

Ladies Room, Chaz Howkins, 2017, installation (toilet tissue dispenser and ink on toilet tissue)

I'm very excited to finally have an opportunity to exhibit Ladies Room.  The work will be at the Rose Lipman Building from October 11-14th as part of the Queer Art(ists) Now exhibition.

The audience is invited to take a tissue from the toilet tissue dispenser, read it and then either keep it or discard it by adding it to the pile on the floor below.  On each tissue is written something which has been said in a public women's bathroom to an individual who presents themselves in a gender non-conforming manner.

https://www.facebook.com/events/442765912884481/

CWND Artists Residency

Experimentation with tape

Experimentation with tape

Experimentation with tape

Experimentation with tape

Over summer, I took part in a 3 week residency based in a construction site in Canary Wharf.  It was a great experience in terms of creating art in an unusual site and having the opportunity to collaborate and share ideas with more experienced artists with a variety of practices.

These images come from a workshop we did during the residency in which we explored the use of line as a 3D drawing tool.  I decided to incorporate my body into my outcomes.

Not Selfies

"Make Sure You Include My Mind-Reading Antennae",  Chaz Howkins, 2018, pen on paper

Untitled (The Foot Doesn't Mean Anything), Chaz Howkins, 2018, ink on paper

Circle of Sisterhood, Chaz Howkins, 2018, ink on paper

The wife suggested that I branch out from only ever drawing myself, so I began drawing her instead.

I am sad

I am sad #1, Chaz Howkins, 2018, ink on paper

I am sad #2, Chaz Howkins, 2018, ink on paper

I am sad #3, Chaz Howkins, 2018, ink on paper

I am sad #4, Chaz Howkins, 2018, ink on paper

I was sad when I made these.

Selfies

Untitled (Bionic Arm Selfie),  Chaz Howkins, 2018,
pen on paper

Untitled (Backwards Hat Selfie), Chaz Howkins, 2018,
pen on paper

Happy Birthday To MySelfie,  Chaz Howkins, 2018, pen on paper

A selection of self portrait drawings, including a birthday card to myself.

Chill With Bob Ross

Chill With Bob Ross (mini with lorry-insects), Chaz Howkins, 2018, acrylic on canvas

Another paint along with Bob Ross painting, featuring some objects in the foreground which are a cross over between lorries and insects.

Orbit UK Art Graduates Show

Myself with my artwork - Don't Linger

Myself with my friends and family and my artwork - Don't Linger

Audience interaction with Don't Linger  

Audience interaction with Don't Linger 

Orbit UK Art Graduates Show was an exhibition to showcase the talent of recent Fine Art graduates.  (One third of) Don't Linger was exhibited at OXO Tower Bargehouse in August and was very well received by the audience.

Genderhouse Festival

Genderhouse Festival Poster

The Genderhouse Festival is a month long arts festival in Aarhus, Denmark which addresses themes of genders, sexualities and identities today. It asks what's queer? Is it here? Are we used to it?

My film, Are You A Boy Or A Girl? and some photography is being exhibited at the Women's Museum as part of the Talking Genders Youth Exhibition.

www.thegenderhousefestival.com 

Multi-Face Selfies

Untitled (Multi-face selfie series),  Chaz Howkins, 2018, pen on paper

Ch9z,  Chaz Howkins, 2018, pen on paper

Some drawings which feature multiple self portraits.