CHAZ LUCAS ART
TRANS RIGHTS xx
CHAZ.
A.LUCAS
Studying Fine Art at KSA, I am an artist currently working with a variety of mediums including instillation, textile/ clothing work and 35mm photography. My work explores queer theory and our relationships with the body and how it’s presented, with consideration of material and object placement. My garments and installations are intended to archive and memorialise mainly my friends and myself, as I think the history of queer people is too often written over. I have also facilitated performance evenings alongside art exhibitions at The Windmill in Brixton involving poetry, live music and performance.
Past Exhibitions
2014- A Fresh Eye, Aberystwyth Arts Centre
2018- The Grid, Knights Park Kingston upon Thames
- Man Made Man, Avionics Building Kingston upon Thames
2019- Something Tasty, The Windmill Brixton
2020- Queer Cabaret, The Windmill Brixton
2021- Reclaiming Intimacy, Not My Beautiful House Kingston upon Thames
2022- Out of the Pan, Not My Beautiful House Kingston upon Thames
- Alice in the Backyard, garden exhibition
-Queer Cabaret/ Windmill Nights
In March of both 2019 and 2020 myself and Florence McCarthy organised and hosted performance nights at The Windmill in Brixton. The first mainly involved live music with the smoking shed turned exhibition space filled with work found through open calls. The second event was a Queer Cabaret, a night platforming LGBTQIA+ poets, performance artists and musicians also with a small exhibition alongside.
-PHD Assessment installation
Assisted a PHD student in installing and uninstalling a small exhibition for their assessment.
-Trans Poetry Workshops
During the strikes at my university, I helped put on a teach out which involved bringing people together to read and share poetry, and opened up space for interesting discussions
-Life Drawing workshops
During my first year at university myself and some other students put on our own life drawing sessions once a week
-A Particular Reality collective
I am part of a collective at my university which works to dismantle racism within the institution and platform marginalised members of the artistic community, both within the university and outside of it.
