Chiara Cassar Portfolio
Chiara Cassar (b.1993, Malta) Based in Malta About Chiara Cassar’s work reflects upon material agency and the significance materials and objects impact in our lives. She questions objects and things that surround us, and often repurposes them into being nonfunctional, leaving the sculptures have a recognisable features of the previous object, but morphed into a “thing-like” or alien object. Trying to provoke the understanding of agency that materials possess in have on our society. Chiara often portrays these objects in serine natural environments to communicate, the alienness, controlling “things” materials have on on humans.
Education M.A in Fine Art, Chelsea College of Arts, 2016-2017 B.A (Hons) in Fine Art, Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology, 2012-2015 HND in Fine Art, Kensington and Chelsea College, 2013-2014
Art jobs Gallery Assistant (Part-Time), Valletta Contemporary, 05/06/2018- Present Co-curator, Sweep~Landskip Curated by Ecko London, 01/03/2018-14/03/2018 Gallery Assistant (Part-Time), MOCA London, 21/10/2017-01/04/2018
_ Articles
Sue Arrowsmith And Mathew Weir-Subtle Intimate Mark Making-MOCA London by Chiara Cassar, Artlyst online, 1st April 2018-http://www.artlyst.com/reviews/sue-arrowsmith-mathew-weir-subtle-intimate-mark-making-moca-london/
Group exhibitions Ci chù jí bi chù, Private exhibition event, Taichung City, Taiwan, 2018 The Mother of all Vices, 5th Base Gallery, Aldgate East, London, UK, 2017 ALT, The Old Police Station Gallery, New Cross, London, UK, 2017 Chelsea College of Arts MA Summer Show, Chelsea College of Arts, London, UK, 2017 M.A Fine Art Interim Show, Cookhouse Gallery, Pimlico, London, UK, 2017 #hashtag, MAFA Gallery, Pimlico, London, UK, 2017 POP-UP, MAFA Gallery, Pimlico London, UK, 2016 Counter Practice, Cookhouse Gallery, Pimlico, London, UK, 2016 Divergent thinkers 05, The Maritime Museum, Birgu, Malta, 2016 Tikka, B.A Fine Arts Degree Show, Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology, Mosta, Malta, 2015 HIDDEN, Kensington and Chelsea College HND Show, The Crypt Gallery, London, UK, 2014
Curation Projects The Mother of all Vices, 5th Base Gallery, London, UK, 2017 ALT, The Old Police Station Gallery, London, UK, 2017 #hashtag, MAFA Gallery, London, UK, 2017
Press Delineating Boundaries, Objectifying Memories, Interview by Teodor Reljic for the Malta Today, 4th November 2016
_ Artworks
Not in use, 2018 Printed photograph on beach towel, 83x143cm
Outlast, 2017 Installation Photograph: Matte print on foam board, 118cm X 84.1cm Sculpture: Manipulated Bin-Liners approx 900cm
Encounters, 2017 Installation Sculpture: Polythene, 800cm Photograph: Matte print, 118.9 X 84.1 cm
Encounters, 2017 Photograph Matte print, 118.9 X 84.1 cm
Encounters, 2017 Photograph Matte print, 118.9 X 84.1 cm
Encounters, 2017 Photograph Matte print, 118.9 X 84.1 cm
Fragment, 2017 Approx 700xm H Mix of types of Polythene
Gesture, 2017 Sculpture: Melted and manipulated Bin-liners, 177cm X 69cm
Uncommon, 2017 Sculptures: Melted Bin-Liners (Starting from Left to right) 1. 75cmX62cm 2. 69.5cmX64cm 3. 65cmX65cm 4. 74cmX61cm
Uncommon, 2017 Site-Specific documentation
_ Curation Projects The Mother of all Vices, Exhibition ran from: 13th-14th December 2017, 5th Base Gallery, London, UK – 07/11/2017-14/12/2017 A collaborative exhibition by four female artists, taking inspiration from two texts by Mladen Stilinovic and Kazimir Malevic about art and labour, institution and freedom related to the idea that there is no art without laziness; a shared interest between the four participating artists. ALT, Exhibition ran from: 20th-23rd October 2017, The Old Police Station Gallery, London–25/09/2017-23/10/2017 ALT, a group exhibition consisting of 10 emerging artists working with digital media. The exhibition concept discussed human perception of reality and alternative realities taking inspiration from the space of the gallery. This was an old police station which still has all its original features. Exhibition organised and curated by myself, Anqi Zhao and Zilu Wang. #hashtag, Exhibition ran from: 2nd March 2017, MAFA Gallery, London, UK – 15/02/201702/03/2017 #hashtag was an exhibition curated by myself and Nicholas Yue. The MAFA Gallery was converted to a new type of art exhibition format. The show was a series of performances by a group of seven Chelsea College MA Fine Art students and other selected guest artists. The evening combined an interactive live-stream experience on Instagram, inviting the audience to see the show on their phones. The artists aimed to destabilise the current use of the traditional white gallery space by creating a new cyber reality whilst highlighting the ubiquitous preoccupation with our mobile phones and digital devices.
Mother of all Vices
ALT
#hashtag