Gayle Chong Kwan (born 1973) is a London-based artist whose large-scale photographic, installation, and video work has been exhibited and published internationally. She is known for her large-scale mise-en-scene environments and photographs, created out of waste products, found materials and documentary sources, and which are often sited in the public realm.

Education

Chong Kwan is a Research Candidate in Fine Art at the Royal College of Art, London, (2012-). She holds a BA Hons Politics and Modern History, University of Manchester (1994), where she specialised in Post-Colonial Politics in Sub-Saharan Africa; an MSc in Communications, University of Stirling (1995); and a BA Hons Fine Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design (2000).

Awards

*Arts Council England International Fellow (2005) *Pépinières Européennes pour Jeunes Artistes Award (2005) *Vauxhall Collective Photography Award (2008) *Royal Scottish Academy Award (2013) *Refocus: the Castlegate mima Photography Prize, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (mima) and

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(2013). A commission to produce ""Arripare" *'Wandering Waste', Stills, Edinburgh, and Deveron Arts, Huntly,

Royal Scottish Academy The Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) is the country’s national academy of art. It promotes contemporary Scottish art. The Academy was founded in 1826 by eleven artists meeting in Edinburgh. Originally named the Scottish Academy, it became the ...

Award (2014) *FATHOM Award, Four Corners, London (2014) * British Council/

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International Artist Award - 'Photography in the Public Realm New York' (2015)

Personal life

Chong Kwan was born in Edinburgh to a Scottish mother and a Chinese-Mauritian father. She lives with her two sons (born in 2009 and 2015), in Leytonstone, London.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chong Kwan, Gayle 1973 births Living people British contemporary artists Photographers from London British women photographers Artists from Edinburgh