Above Installation view of Luke Willis Thompson’s exhibition, autoportrait, 2017. Photo: Andy Keate.

Right Opening of Yuri Pattison’s exhibition, user, space, 2016. Photo: Mark Blower.

Cover image Installation view of Hannah Black’s exhibition, Some Context, 2017. Photo Andy Keate.

Chisenhale Gallery commissions and produces contemporary art, supporting international and UK-based artists to pursue new directions and make their most ambitious work to date. For audiences the gallery provides opportunities to experience this process of art production through participation and critical reflection.

Chisenhale Gallery has an award winning, 36-year history as one of London’s most innovative forums for contemporary art. With a reputation for identifying new talent, the gallery is committed to engaging diverse audiences with a particular focus on young people.

The gallery was founded by artists in the 1980s in a former veneer factory and brewery building, located in the heart of London’s East End. The gallery continues to place artists at the centre of its activities, operating alternatively as a production agency, exhibition hall, research centre and community resource.

Chisenhale Gallery is a registered charity and part of Arts Council England’s National Portfolio. The gallery fundraises for the artistic programme and curatorial traineeships in their entirety, as well as more than half of all core costs, through trusts, foundations and individual donations. All exhibitions and the majority of events are free.

“Chisenhale Gallery continues to push beyond the parameters of convention, it does so in a manner that is both joyful and infectious. Whether at the point of urgent new discovery, or looking back to refresh more established positions, Chisenhale never wavers in its commitment to critical engagement and provocation.”Helen Marten, Artist and Chisenhale Gallery Trustee

At the heart of Chisenhale Gallery’s programme is a remit to commission and produce new work, supporting artists from project inception to realisation. Chisenhale Gallery produces four major commissions each year presented as exhibitions at the gallery and at partner venues, alongside intermittent offsite and online commissions, and residencies.

The programme represents an inspiring and challenging range of voices and art forms, based on extensive research and strong curatorial vision. Artists are chosen for their desire to explore pioneering new forms and discourses.

Chisenhale Gallery’s 2019 commissions programme comprises exhibitions by Ghislaine Leung, Mandy El-Sayegh, Ima-Abasi Okon and Sidsel Meineche Hansen. Working with painting, sculpture, sound and computer-generated animation these artists examine the influence of new technologies on the virtual, individual and social body. Through their work they contribute to new discourses on institutional critique, often producing self-contained systems and complete worlds.

Above right Installation view of Cornelia Parker’s exhibition, Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View, 1991. Courtesy of the artist and Frith Street Gallery. Photo: Hugo Glendinning.

Right Opening of Paul Maheke’s exhibition, A fire circle for a public hearing, 2018. Photo: Mark Blower.

Early exhibitions at Chisenhale Gallery included solo presentations by Chisenhale Studios artists and group shows including Ruins of Glamour and Beyond Structure, as well as Essential Black Art. In the 1990s Chisenhale Gallery produced first institutional solo exhibitions in the UK with artists such as Rachel Whiteread, Cornelia Parker, Gillian Wearing, Wolfgang Tillmans, Pipilotti Rist, and Thomas Hirschhorn.

More recently, the gallery has commissioned new works by Hito Steyerl, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Ed Atkins, Helen Marten, Jordan Wolfson, Camille Henrot, Jumana Manna, Maria Eichhorn, Luke Willis Thompson, Hannah Black, Lydia Ourahmane, Paul Maheke, Banu Cennetoglu and Lawrence Abu Hamdan.

Artists participating in the recent programme have been awarded the Turner Prize; the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize; the Arts Foundation 25th Anniversary Fellowship and the Jerwood/FVU Awards. Chisenhale alumni have also participated in major international exhibitions such as the Venice Biennale, the New Museum Triennial, documenta and the Berlin Biennale.

“The seeding ground of bright young artists.”Charlotte Higgins, The Guardian, November 2016

Commissions

Above Right Installation view of Banu Cennetoglu’s exhibition at Chisenhale Gallery, 2018 Photo: Andy Keate.

Above Installation view of Maria Eichhorn’s exhibition 5 weeks, 25 days, 175 hours, 2016. Photo: Andy Keate.

partnershipsPartnerships are central to Chisenhale Gallery’s activities, enabling the production of ambitious projects. Through collaboration with partner organisations, Chisenhale Gallery shares resources and develops new networks. Works commissioned by Chisenhale Gallery go on to be shown in new national and international contexts, extending the reach of the programme. Recent examples include Luke Willis Thompson’s 2017 commission, autoportrait, shown at The Photographers’ Gallery, London and the Berlin Biennial in 2018; and Camille Henrot’s 2014 commission, The Pale Fox, shown as part of her Carte Blanche exhibition at Palais de Tokyo, Paris in 2017.

Current and recent partners include: Liverpool Biennial; The Guardian; Tate Modern; Contemporary Art Museum, St Louis; Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam; Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane; EMPAC, New York; Create London; Spike Island, Bristol; and The Whitworth, University of Manchester. Chisenhale Gallery is a founding member of Common Practice, London an advocacy group for the contemporary visual arts sector in the capital. Chisenhale Gallery is also a member of Plus Tate, a network of museums and galleries across the UK, set up by Tate to strengthen the contemporary visual arts ecology by sharing resources.

The Engagement Programme at Chisenhale Gallery comprises a broad range of activities and attracts diverse audiences. The programme is built on three core strands: talks and events devised in collaboration with commissioned artists; a dedicated programme for young people; and community partnerships. The Engagement Programme also includes children’s workshops, seminars and visits from schools and higher education institutions. For audiences, the programme creates opportunities to discuss themes which recur across the gallery’s commissions programme, and to critically reflect on timely social, political and formal questions raised by artists’ work. For each exhibition, the gallery produces contextual material, including interviews with the commissioned artists, and a reading list of related books, articles and films, all expanding on ideas within the artists’ work. All of this material contributes to Chisenhale Gallery’s growing online archive. Please visit the Watch, Read, Listen section of our website to find out more.

Above right Milo van der Maaden and Imran Perretta’s 21st Century commission, Pale News in Victoria Park, London, 2016. Photo: Sam Nightingale.

Right Lydia Ourahmane and Hiba Ismail in conversation at the gallery as part of Lydia Ourahmane’s exhibition, The you in us, 2018. Photo: Sam Nightingale.

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“Very informative, thorough, generous… A fantastic resource.”Visitor feedback, 2017

“Chisenhale Gallery is really a space that allows an artist to go to another level of their practice or step out of it and renew it.”Camille Henrot, Artist

Left Installation view of Camille Henrot’s exhibition, The Pale Fox, 2014. Photo: Andy Keate.

Above Installation view of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s exhibition, Extracts and Verses, 2012. Photo: Marcus Leith.

“Working with Chisenhale Gallery was, quite frankly, wonderful […] it was my first institutional show, and I couldn’t have hoped for a more considerate working relationship, or a more serious and enthusiastic stage. Its impact has been inestimable for me.”Ed Atkins, Artist and Chisenhale Gallery Trustee

“My Chisenhale commission allowed me to bring to life an ambitious project without having to compromise on its complexities. It opened up new ways in my practice and enabled me to show all aspects of my research.”Paul Maheke, Artist

Above right Students from St Paul’s Way Trust School participating in Chisenhale Gallery Presents, delivered by Milo van der Maaden and Imran Perretta, 2016.

Right Wajahat Hussain, Last Look at Paradise, 2018. Film still.

Young PeopleChisenhale Gallery is committed to enabling greater access to contemporary art by engaging with new audiences, particularly young people. The gallery’s dedicated programme for young people places participants as decision makers and producers, opening the institution out to younger voices.

The gallery continues to be an essential resource for the local education sector. The Engagement Programme includes Chisenhale Gallery Presents, a series of artists’ presentations at local secondary schools, and a biannual Creative Careers Day, offering students the opportunity to hear from a broad range of creative professionals about pursuing a future in the arts and creative industries.

“The sessions with Chisenhale Gallery are inspirational for the students. It helped them to think quickly and out of the box, and express thoughts and ideas in a way that they might not usually be able to.”Samantha Hill, Head of Art, St Paul’s Way Trust Secondary School

“It was the first experience for our members at the gallery and even to that part of their borough. The visit allowed them to meet new people, try something new, think independently and raise their confidence.”Nurull Islam, Mile End Community Project

“I felt part of the community at Chisenhale Gallery. Everyone gave me a lot of support and built my confidence in my work.”Wajahat Hussain, Stop Play Record programme artist, 2018

“My time at Chisenhale Gallery has been my most exciting and positively-challenging work experience. I have grown immensely through the invaluable mentorship that I have received, alongside the trust and responsibility placed on my practice.”Eliel Jones, Curatorial Assistant: Commissions Trainee, 2016–18, currently working as an independent writer, critic and curator

Left Curatorial Trainees 2016–18 Eliel Jones and Rachael Baskeyfield, introducing Luke Willis Thompson’s exhibition, autoportrait, 2017. Photo: Sam Nightingale.

Above Symposium, part of Maria Eichhorn’s exhibition, 5 weeks, 25 days, 175 hours, 2016. Photo: Mark Blower.

Curatorial Trainee Programme

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Chisenhale Gallery’s Curatorial Trainee Programme provides outstanding training, structured mentoring and professional development for emerging curators. The programme comprises two full-time, 12-month posts that are paid and open to all. Since 2013 the programme has supported ten emerging curators, who have all gone on to secure prestigious roles within arts organisations in London, nationally and internationally.

Research at Chisenhale Gallery encompasses a wide range of activity and is informed by the institution’s 36-year exhibitions history and the gallery’s current commissioning process. Chisenhale Research is a new strand of programming, which reflects on this rich history. This involves completing the historic archive, as well as commissioning researchers to investigate new approaches to this material.

Friends & Patrons Programme

Chisenhale EDITIONS

Programme SUPPORT

Chisenhale Gallery commissions and produces exclusive limited edition artworks, which are kindly donated by the artists. All funds raised make a direct contribution to the artistic programme, supporting the next generation of pioneering artists. Chisenhale Editions include works by Wolfgang Tillmans, Camille Henrot, Eddie Peake, Rosalind Nashashibi, David Noonan, Helen Marten, Lubaina Himid and Caragh Thuring. For more information and to buy an edition, please visit our online shop at www.chisenhale.org.uk/shop or email editions@chisenhale.org.uk.

You can also support particular commissions or projects by joining the Chisenhale Gallery Commissions Fund or becoming a Lead Supporter (from £10,000), Headline Supporter (from £5,000) or joining a Supporters Circle (from £2,500). For further information about how to support Chisenhale Gallery please visit our website or email Ioanna Nitsou, Development Manager: development@chisenhale.org.uk

How to SupportChisenhale Gallery is a registered charity and part of Arts Council England’s National Portfolio. The gallery fundraises for the artistic programme and curatorial traineeships in their entirety, as well as more than half of all core costs, through trusts, foundations and individual donations. All donations directly support the artistic programme, enabling the gallery to keep all exhibitions and the majority of events free. There are a number of ways you can support Chisenhale Gallery, from making a one-off donation, to joining as a Friend or Patron, or helping to fund an artist’s commission or programme. However large or small, all donations are greatly appreciated.

Chisenhale Gallery Friends and Patrons are a group of the gallery’s most committed supporters.We depend on the generosity of our Friends and Patrons to enable us to realise such ambitious commissions of new work by extraordinary artists. Exclusive benefits of joining the Friends and Patrons Programme include invitations to private viewings of exhibitions, curator-led tours and previews of all new Chisenhale Editions.

Chisenhale Gallery Friends and Patrons give an annual donation of:

Director’s Circle Patron: £2,500Patron: £900 Friend: £250

Above Chisenhale Editions, 2018. Photo: Mark Blower.

Director’s Circle patronsSirine & Ahmad Abu Ghazaleh; Shane Akeroyd; Belmacz; Bistrotheque; Laura & William Burlington; Mariana & Adam Clayton; Alastair Cookson; Pilar Corrias; Jed Donnelly; Fletcher Galley Services; Emma & Fred Goltz; Stephanie & Andrew Hale; Dr. Martin Hatebur; Helen Randag Charitable Foundation; Mark Hix; Maja Hoffman; Edouard Malingue Gallery; Fabiana Marenghi Vaselli Bond; Keir McGuinness; Kamel Mennour, Paris/London; Pedro Barbosa & Patricia Moraes; Greene Naftali; Yana & Stephen Peel; Beatriz Quintella & Luiz Augusto Teixeira de Freitas; Frances Reynolds; Karl Richard; Erica Roberts; Sadie Coles HQ; Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo; Simon Lee; Matthew Slotover & Emily King; Sprüth Magers; Julia Stoschek; SUTTON; Maria & Malek Sukkar; White Cube; Worton Hall Studios; Lynette Yiadom-Boakye; Zabludowicz Collection; David Zwirner. PATRONS The Approach, Blackwell Green, Brian Boylan, Aisha Butt, May Calil, Nicolette Cavaleros & Christine Delivanis, Eleanor Congreve, Tamara Corm, Thomas Dane, Tom Dingle, Emalin, Stephen Escritt, Dr Paul Ettlinger & Raimund Berthold, Laurie Fitch, Found Art, Aphrodite Gonou, Taymour Grahne, Andrew Haigh, Herald St, Hollybush Gardens, Tracey Josephs, Kendal and Partners, Frith Kerr, Johann König, Katharine Kostyál, Kate MacGarry, Helen Marten, mother’s tankstation limited, Emily Oppenheimer, Francis Outred, Maureen Paley, Mathieu Paris, Emilie Pastor, Alexander V. Petalas, Andrea Phillips, Adam Prideaux, Carol & Stefano Rabolli Pansera, Alice Rawsthorn, James Richards, Libby & David Richwhite, Sibylle Rochat, Alex Sainsbury & Elinor Janz, Amanda Sharp, Robert Sheffield, Saadi & Zeina Soudavar, Southard Reid, Bina von Stauffenberg, Vassan & Jyoti Thavarajah, Caragh Thuring, Anna Touzin, Russell Tovey, Navann Ty, C J Warburton, Amanda Wilkinson, Sigrid Wilkinson, Tyler Woolcott, Burcu Yüksel. Friends Curt Marcus Gallery, Hymie Dunn, Sarah L Elson, James Green, Hauser & Wirth, Marcelle Joseph, Sonja Junkers, Priya Khanchandani, Gregorio Magnani, Zain Masud McGetrick, Jessica Morgan, Danae Mossman, David Noonan, Julie Oxberry, The Royal Inn on the Park, Anna Shields. And all those who wish to remain anonymous. Correct as of July 2018 Chisenhale Gallery is a registered charity no. 1026175

Chisenhale Gallery is grateful to the following individuals, organisations, trusts and foundations for their generous support. TRUSTEES Shane Akeroyd, Ed Atkins, May Calil, Mark Godfrey, Andrew Haigh, Andrew Hale, Helen Marten, Keir McGuinness, Andrea Phillips, Alice Rawsthorn (Chair). Development Committee May Calil (Chair), Milovan Farronato, Rodolphe von Hofmannsthal, Sonja Junkers, Sibylle Rochat. CORE FUNDER

PROGRAMME SUPPORTERSChisenhale Gallery’s Commissions Programme 2017–19 is supported by the LUMA Foundation.

Chisenhale Gallery’s Curatorial Trainee Programme 2016 –18 is supported by Sirine & Ahmad Abu Ghazaleh.

Chisenhale Gallery’s Friends’ Events 2018 –19 are supported by Christie’s. Exhibitions & projects supportersLead Supporters Shane Akeroyd, SAHA – Supporting Contemporary Art from Turkey. Headline Supporters Arab Foundation for Arts and Culture (AFAC), Fabiana Marenghi Vaselli Bond, The Cranford Collection, Haro & Bilge Cumbusyan, Marie & Joe Donnelly, The Elephant Trust, Nicoletta Fiorucci, Fiorucci Art Trust, Henry Moore Foundation, Gaia Art Foundation, Mark Hix & HIX Restaurants, Yana & Stephen Peel, Alice Rawsthorn, Muriel & Freddy Salem. Supporters Circles Art Fund; Mophradat Aisbl – Grants for Artists; Charles Asprey; Pedro Barbosa & Patricia Moraes; The High Commission of Canada; Laurie Fitch; The Goldsmiths’ Company Charity; Fluxus Art Projects; Maureen Paley, London; Maya Rasamny; Frances Reynolds; Sibylle Rochat; Rodeo, London/Piraeus; Matthew Slotover & Emily King; Galerie Sultana, Paris.

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“A hugely influential crucible for contemporary art.”The Financial Times, May 2017

“friendly welcoming relaxed informative thought provoking inspiring”Visitor feedback, 2018

VISITChisenhale Gallery64 Chisenhale Road London, E3 5QZ + 44 (0)20 8981 4518mail@chisenhale.org.uk www.chisenhale.org.uk

Mile End: 10-minute walk / 277, 425, 339 or D6 bus Bethnal Green: 12-minute walk / 8 or D6 bus

Gallery opening hours during exhibitionsWednesday to Sunday, 12 – 6pm

Office opening hoursMonday to Friday, 10am – 6pm

First ThursdaysIn conjunction with late night gallery openings across East London, during exhibitions Chisenhale Gallery is open until 9pm on the first Thursday of each month.

Admission is free.