International Postcard Exhibition

Myself with my artworks

First exhibition of the year - the International Postcard Show at Surface Gallery, Nottingham.

Interrogation #2

Interrogation #2, Chaz Howkins, 2018, toilet
seat and acrylic on canvas 

Interrogation #2, Chaz Howkins, 2018, toilet
seat and acrylic on canvas 

Interrogation #2, Chaz Howkins, 2018, toilet
seat and acrylic on canvas 

Another interactive work portraying a queer experience of using a public gendered space such as a bathroom.

Palette Scraps

Palette Scraps (series), Chaz Howkins, 2017, acrylic on canvas

A slightly larger than usual painting from my palette scraps series.

Interrogation in situ

Interrogation (in situ)

An experiment to see how the artwork would look placed atop a real toilet - perhaps in future I could create these portraits with slogans as stickers to be stuck under the lids of public toilets as a form of activism. 

Interrogation (detail)

Interrogation (detail), Chaz Howkins, 2017, acrylic on scratched toilet seat and lid 

Interrogation (detail), Chaz Howkins, 2017, acrylic on scratched toilet seat and lid

Close up shots of Interrogation showing the detail of the text scratched into the toilet lid.  The text is quotes from experiences of gender non-conforming people in public bathrooms.

Interrogation

Installation view

Installation view 

Interrogation, Chaz Howkins, 2017, acrylic on scratched toilet seat and lid

A self portrait painted on the underside of a toilet seat lid.  The artwork should be positioned closed on top of a plinth so that the audience has to interact with it to reveal the painting.  Once the lid is opened the audience should then notice the text scratched into the lid around the portrait which can only be seen up close.  The text is a series of phrases which have been said to myself or other gender non conforming people while using the women's bathroom.