Self Portraits

Weed Advocacy Selfie, Chaz Howkins, 2018, pen on paper

I Heart MySelfie, Chaz Howkins, 2018, pen on paper

Selfie Featuring Egg, Chaz Howkins 2018, pen on paper

A selection of self portraits.

Portrait Drawings

Don't Linger - detail

Don't Linger - detail

Don't Linger - detail

Don't Linger - detail

Don't Linger - detail

A selection of the portrait drawings which can be found under the toilet seats lids of Don't Linger.

Collage selfie

Untitled (Voting Collage Selfie with Choklit), Chaz Howkins, 2018, collage and pen on paper

It's Okay, They're Men's Nipples - postcards

It's Okay, They're Men's Nipples - printed as postcard

I had a collage piece, It's Okay, They're Men's Nipples, printed onto postcards which were sold at the Degree Show shop and the Orbit Art Show shop and will be for sale again at future events.

Selfies

Untitled (Halves Selfie), Chaz Howkins, 2018, pen
on paper

Untitled (Spiralise Yoga Selfie), Chaz Howkins, 2018, pen
on paper

Untitled (Head Chop Selfie), Chaz Howkins, 2018, pen on paper

A selection of self portrait drawings.

Don't Linger - detail

Don't Linger - detail

Don't Linger - detail

Don't Linger - detail

Don't Linger - detail

Detail shots from Don't Linger while installed at Loughborough Fine Art Degree Show 2018.

Don't Linger detail

Don't Linger (close up pre-installation)

Don't Linger (close up pre-installation)

Don't Linger (close up pre-installation)

Some examples of the text elements of Don't Linger, which can be revealed by lifting up the lids of the toilet seats.

Interaction with Don't Linger

Don't Linger with audience 

Don't Linger with audience

Don't Linger with audience

Don't Linger with audience 

Don't Linger with audience

Public interaction with Don't Linger at Loughborough Fine Art Degree Show 2018.

Don't Linger

Don't Linger, Chaz Howkins, 2018, installation (toilet seats, pen, pencil on paper)

Don't Linger - Detail

Don't Linger - Detail

Don't Linger - Detail

Don't Linger - Detail

Don’t Linger is an interactive installation of 27 toilet seats mounted to a wall; the viewer can lift up the lids of the toilet seats to reveal portrait drawings and text.  The portraits are realistic pencil drawings of androgynous or gender non-conforming people and the text comes from their individual stories of anxiety or harassment they’ve experienced in public gendered spaces.

​Don’t Linger questions the difference between gender identity and gender expression as well as the difference between gender and sex while critiquing the rigid segregation of gender in public spaces.  The intention is to showcase the experiences of queer people navigating gendered spaces, particularly public bathrooms, in the hope of making a predominantly non-queer audience reconsider how they interact with members of the queer community within these spaces.

Degree Show Opening Night

Myself with my artwork - Don't Linger

Don't Linger with audience

Don't Linger with audience

The opening night of the Loughborough Fine Art 2018 Degree Show was a great success.  My work was very well received and had members of the public interacting with it all throughout the night.  A very satisfying end to my time spent studying in Loughborough.

Degree Show Poster

Degree Show flyer

Flyer for Loughborough University 2018 Arts Degree Show.

Degree Show set up

Some in progress shots of the degree show installation.

DD/MM/YY

Myself with my artwork

08/12/2017, Chaz Howkins, 2018, pencil on paper and pen on toilet seat

DD/MM/YY was an exhibition by students from Beuyce Studio as part of the inter-studio exhibition competition at The Welcome Mat.

Under lid experiments

Under lid experiment

Under lid experiment

Experimentation with alternatives to portraits under the toilet lids as a part of Don't Linger.

Text experimentation

Experimentation with text - printed and written directly on the wall.

Experimenting with backgrounds and surface qualities

With tile effect wall-paper

Text on tile effect wall paper

Finger print effect

Dirty seat effect on dark tile effect wall-paper

Various experiments involving tile effect wall paper as a background to transform the gallery space into a bathroom space.  I experimented with dirtying the lid to create a more realistic experience of using a public bathroom, but decided that this would put people off interacting with the work.  I also consider creating a finger print on the lid to encourage people to touch it, but felt that this was unnecessary and could also put people off interacting with the work.

Oil paint self portrait

Self Portrait in oil paint with fine liner text (under toilet seat)

At the beginning of the toilet seat project I experimented with different ways of creating the portraits, including oil paint.  I felt that my skills with pencil were much stronger than oil paint, so didn't take the oil paintings any further than one self portrait.

A Bad/Better Day Selfie

A Bad Day Selfie, Chaz Howkins, 2018, pen on paper

A Better Day Selfie, Chaz Howkins, 2018, pen on paper

A series of self portrait drawings, one day apart.

Men's Nipples

It's Okay They're Men's Nipples (abstract), Chaz Howkins, 2018, acrylic and photo collage on canvas

These are MEN's nipples, don't you worry, no need to censor.

Crap Art Auction 2.0

Myself with my artworks

I had the honour of taking on the role of auctioneer at the Crap Art Auction 2.0.  The auction was a fundraiser for the 2018 Loughborough Fine Art Degree Show.  Included in the auction were two of my pieces - a collage It's Okay They're Men's Nipples and a hand drawn meme Loughborough Towersposting.