Palette Scraps

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

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

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

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

Ongoing exploration of the materiality of paint and the throw away nature of the leftovers of a painting. 

January Self Portraits

Untitled Selfie (07/01/18), Chaz Howkins, 2018,
ink on paper

Untitled Selfie (12/01/18), Chaz Howkins, 2018,
ink on paper

Bear Selfie, Chaz Howkins, 2018, ink on paper

Spring Clock Selfie, Chaz Howkins, 2018,
ink on paper

A selection of self portraits from January 2018.

Palette Scraps

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

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

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

Ongoing exploration of paint as a material.

Life Hack

Life Hack For Joy, Chaz Howkins, 2018, ink on paper

Self Portraits

Untitled Selfie (26/11/17), Chaz Howkins, 2017,
ink on paper

Snake Hair Selfie, Chaz Howkins, 2017,
ink on paper

Coffin Selfie, Chaz Howkins, 2017,
ink on paper

A selection of recent self portraits.

Palette Scraps

Palette Scraps (series), Chaz Howkins, 2018, acrylic
 on paper

Palette Scraps (series), Chaz Howkins, 2018, acrylic
 on paper

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

Continuation of palette scraps series exploring the materiality of paint.

December Self Portraits

The Last Day Of It (selfie), Chaz Howkins, 2017,
ink on paper

Untitled Selfie (21/12/17), Chaz Howkins, 2017,
ink on paper

Untitled Selfie (12/17), Chaz Howkins, 2017,
ink on paper

Untitled Selfie (13/12/17), Chaz Howkins, 2017,
ink on paper

Untitled Selfie (7/12/17), Chaz Howkins, 2017,
ink on paper

A selection of self portraits drawn during December 2017.

Self Portrait

Selfie inspired by Rick and Morty, Chaz Howkins, 2018, fine liner on paper

A self portrait drawing while watching Rick and Morty, which inspired the bulging eyes.

International Postcard Exhibtion

Selfie (postcard), Chaz Howkins, 2018, fine liner on paper

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

Dear Nikki, Chaz Howkins, 2018, poem (ink) and watercolour on paper

Pigeon Panic Attack, Chaz Howkins, 2018, fine liner on paper

My artworks on display at the International Postcard Show at Surface Gallery, Nottingham.

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.

Self portrait painting

Take Me Home, Chaz Howkins, 2017, acrylic on paper

Another sad self portrait.

Self portrait

I'd Rather Die, Chaz Howkins, 2017, fine liner on paper

A self portrait depicting anxiety and depression.

Transphobia posters

Poster in situ 

Transphobia Poster, Chaz Howkins, 2017, digitally created poster

After adapting the sanitary bags to read "please dispose of transphobia in the bin provided" I felt this would be an appropriate slogan for a poster so created posters which I placed on the walls of public bathrooms.

Ladies Room

Ladies Room, Chaz Howkins, 2017, installation

Ladies Room, Chaz Howkins, 2017, installation

Ladies Room, Chaz Howkins, 2017, installation

Ladies Room, Chaz Howkins, 2017, installation

This interactive artwork encourages the audience to take a tissue from the toilet tissue dispenser and then either keep it or add it to the pile on the floor.  Each tissue has written on it a quote from real life experiences in a gendered space - the women's bathroom.  The quotes come from either my own experiences of presenting androgynously or the experiences of those who present themselves similarly to myself.

Are You A Boy Or A Girl?

Are You A Boy Or A Girl? (clip), Chaz Howkins, 2017, film

3 minute clip of a 30 minute film intended to be played on a loop.

Too often strangers feel that the way I look gives them the right to ask me “are you a boy or a girl?”.  I created a durational performance film of myself repeating this phrase because when people ask me this, it’s a one off experience for them, but it’s something that stays with me and continues to happen, so the idea is that the film plays continuously and the audience will dip in and out of this interrogative experience.