Kachun Lay
(He/him)
Address: Startblokka, Østre Aker vei 90, bygg 4, 0596 Oslo
Floor: 3.
The studio is open Saturday 26 April from 12-17
Kachun Lay is a Chinese-Norwegian artist from Lillesand, currently working between Oslo, Norway and Melbourne, Australia. Lay works process-oriented in the fields of sculpture, drawing, installation, and performance. His practice is considered a transdisciplinary field that is inspired by Personality Psychology, Ecopsychology, and Geology. Lay works in layers, both in meaning and material. His work investigates our relationships towards human individuals in comparison with nature, and the social communities that these relationships create. Through material exploration along with physical interaction, Lay makes work that seems to be in a hybrid state between the natural and artificial realm. Through his practice,
Through his artistic practice and mediation, Lay encourages the audience to examine the connection we have to life, non-human agents, and our relationships towards individuals, society, environment, and nature.
Lay has exhibited extensively in both group and solo shows in Melbourne, Oslo, Bergen, Kristiansand, Lillestrøm and Lillesand and was appointed “Local Artist of the Month” in June 2017 by Aust-Agder county. He holds a Master of Contemporary Art at Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts degree from Oslo National Academy of the Arts and a vocational degree in Visual Art from Bergen Art School.
Sculpture, Installation, Drawing, Performance Art.
Overview shot of "Geo Subjects Vol. ll", Solo exhibition at Agder Kunstsenter, Kristiansand 2023.
Foto: Istvan Virag.
Title: (Re)Source
Year: 2024
127 x 58 x 15 cm
Gypsum, lime, pigments, bone glue, vegetable oil, light.
Installation photo from exhibition at Skog Artspace, Oslo.
Title: (Re)Source
Year: 2024
127 x 58 x 15 cm
Gypsum, lime, pigments, bone glue, vegetable oil, light.
Installation photo from exhibition at Skog Artspace, Oslo.
Title: Folding Twisting Iron oxide Marble 1
Year: 2023
14 x 14 x 11 cm
Gypsum, bone glue, pigments, lime.
Foto: Istvan Virag
Planned projects and exhibitions
Outdoor video-performance: Wrestling with boulders.
Guerrilla Exhibition in the forest, outdoors and urban area. (Location TBC)
CV
Curriculum Vitae
Kachun Lay | Born: 26.07.1989 | Lillesand, Norway.
Upcoming shows:
January 2024: Skog Art Space, Oslo, Norway.
Upcoming events and activities
2023: November public artist workshop, Trafo Kunsthall, Asker.
2024: Field trip to Beitostølen/Valdres to record video-performance, “Non-human Grappling Partner” (working title).
2024: Field trip to Finse to record video-performance, Non-human Grappling Partner ǁ (working title).
2023: Production of the New Geo Specimen – series
2023: Production of the In a Different Light – series
2024: Production of the Geomorphing in the Void – series with 3D animation.
2021 ongoing: Researching the materials and methods for an ongoing Litho-Habitat (working title) sculpture-series.
Education
2019 – 2020: Master of Contemporary Art, Victorian College of Art (University of Melbourne), Melbourne. Supervisors: Lou Hubbard, Irene Hanenbergh.
2013 – 2016: Bachelor of Fine Arts, National Academy of the Arts, Oslo. Main advisor: Dirkjan van der Linde.
2015: PAS (Performance Art Studies) supervised by BBB Johannes Deimling, Oslo.
2011 – 2013: Bergen Vocational Art School (Visual Art), Bergen.
Solo Exhibitions
2023: “Geo Subjects Vol. 2” Agder Art Centre, Kristiansand S. Norway.
2022: “Geo Subjects 1.5”, Galleri Rustica, Holmeknappen, Alver Municipality.
2015: "Squeezed out pipeline» Open Academy, Gallery White Box, Khio, Oslo.
2015: Photo Exhibition at Kaffegram, Sagene Oslo, Norway.
2014: “FUCK THIS, I’M DONE”, Skylight Gallery, Oslo.
Group Exhibitions
2023: Annual summer exhibition “Habitat II”, Agder Art Centre, Kristiansand S, Norway. Curated by Joachim Aagaard Friis.
2020: Geo-morphing in The Void, Bulleke-bek Brunswick International Screen Marathon, Gallerygallery Inc., Melbourne.
2020: Geo Subjects, Victorian College of Art (University of Melbourne) Graduation Exhibition, Melbourne.
2019: Traces of Light #1, Photo exhibition, “PHOTOSTATS Redux” at George Paton Gallery, Melbourne. Curated by Dr Masato Takasaka.
2019: Principal’s Office, MCA 1st year exhibition, “Quarter Time” at VCA Art Space, Melbourne, Australia. Curated by Dr Kim Donaldson.
2019: Close-up study/ Excavation, group exhibition by VCA international students, “Gaping” at Art Space, VCA, Melbourne.
2019: Let’s Eat, as part of group exhibition, “The Prosumers”, Assembly Point, Creative Spaces, Melbourne, Australia. Curated by Dr Kate Just.
2017: “7 Sfærer / 7 Spheres”, HATCH 10th anniversary exhibition, X-huset, Kristiansand S, Norway.
2017: Varied work as part of the exhibition, “Historical Perspective”, Meta Hansen culture house, Lillesand, Norway.
2016, Fair Play II, HATCH 2016, Gallery ARTendal, Arendal, Norway.
2016: Tracks on Tracks, Drawing for Freedom, Akershus Art Centre (Nitja), Lillestrøm, Norway.
2016: Fair Play, The National Academy of the Arts Graduation exhibition in Oslo, Norway.
2015: Coexist, Collaboration with Martin Kolsrud, The National Academy of the arts, Oslo, Norway.
2013: Bergen Art School graduation exhibition, Laksevåg, Bergen, Norway.
Performances
2019: Let’s Roll Light, Victorian College of Art, Melbourne.
2018: “3 x 3”, Oslo Performance Art Festival, Galleri ROM, Norway.
2016: “Fættskit”, Gallery BOA, Oslo, Norway.
2015: Kung Fu Plane, PAO performance art festival, ANX Oslo, Norway.
2015: The Soldier, PAB OPEN performance festival, former Bergen assessment prison, Norway.
2014: Fixer’s Manifesto, Public Performance in Bogstadveien, Oslo, Norway.
2014: “Balancing on Beams” PI (Performance Inquisition): Live Laboratory, Performance at the Academy Room, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway.
Grants, Prizes, and Artistic Activities
2023: Children’s artist workshop, Trafo Kunsthall, Asker, Norway.
2022: Norwegian Arts Council (Kulturdirektoratet) Grant for newly educated artists recipient.
2022: Artist in residence at Gallery Rustica and Holmeknappen, Alver municipality (June – August).
2021: Panellist at Performance Art Oslo’s 7 years anniversary and book launch at Deichmann Library Grunerløkka.
2019: Appointed for VCA ACCESS Mentorship program for graduating Master students 2020, Mentored by Benjamin Armstrong.
2017: Artist of the Month, June 2017, appointed by the Aust-Agder Library and Culture Conveys.