Triangle Arts Trust

Oceania. China

Li Jiang [ Workshop ]

October 2003

The first Triangle workshop ever to take place in China was organised by Ye Yong Qing, the coordinator of the Upriver Loft studios in Kunming, and China-based critic Monica Dematte. The workshop took place in Li Jiang, a town in the Yunnan Province. Involving 12 Chinese and 11 international artists, it was one of the most talked-about independent art events in China and was reported on national television and art press.

Participants:
China:
Qiu Zhijie (Beijing)
Lin Tianmiao (Beijing)
Song Dong (Beijing)
He Yunchang (Beijing)
Shen Ligong (Hangzhou)
Yang Shu (Chongqing)
Wang Gongxin (Beijing)
Zhang Qiang (Chongqing)
Zhang Enli (Shanghai)
Xu Tan (Shanghai)
Jiao Jian (Hangzhou)
Jiang Jing (Kunming)
International:
Laura Lima (Brazil)
Goshka Macuga (Poland/UK)
Xu Zhongmin (China/UK)
Anita Dube (India)
Sonia Boyce (UK)
Anoli Perera (Sri Lanka)
Robb Kelly (Australia)
Huma Mulji (Pakistan)
Tran Ngoc Anh (Vietnam)
Osaria Muyale (Aruba)
Mahbubur Rahman (Bangladesh)

Plans for a second workshop so far have centred around possibilities in Chongqing or Shangri-La.

Coordinators:
Ye Yong Qing
Monica Dematte

The group

Yang Shu's work mid-installation

Song Dong with work

112A [ Residency]

Yunnan Province
112A, Wang Jing, Beijing, is a residency space run for both international and regional visiting artists. Functioning largely as an accommodation base, 112A's residency nevertheless allows artists from outside Beijing to make work within the city's much-vaunted scene. The residency is devised as a response to the need for both international exchange, as well as opportunities for Chinese artists living outside Beijing. In both cases the residency aims to facilitate artists own networking within Beijing and exposure within the capital, as well as the production of new and experimental work.

The inaugural residency was held in November 2006. Rachel Reupke, UK video artist and photographer, and painter Wang Xiaolu from Sichuan province, were invited to work on a residency which culminated in an exhibition.

Coordinators:
Xu Zhongmin
Angel Jing Jing

112A flat in Wang Jing, Beijing

Rachel Reupke and Angel Jing Jing

Gail Pickering, Hungary!, 2006

Upriver Loft [ Residency]

Upriver Loft, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China was set up in 2001 by Ye Yongqing and Zhang Xiaogang. It is a studio building and a gallery comprising 20 artists studios and a 2000 sq ft exhibition space. Its association with the Triangle Arts Trust started with Ye Yong Qing's three-month residency at Gasworks in 1999.

Resident artists since 1999 include: 1999 Mona Kher, 2000 Lisa Brice, 2002 Tomoko Takahashi, Ella Gibbs, Sebastian Lowsley-Williams, Marta Marce, Mia Fernandes, Diego Ferrari and Dan Hays. Residencies from the UK are arranged as part of the Arts Council England's International Fellowship Programme, a scheme which encourages professional development and cultural exchange through international residencies.

Marta Marce installing work, 2004

Tomoko Takahashi, 2002

Work by Diego Ferrari, 2002

Work by Dan Hays, installed at Upriver Loft, 2004