ABOUT

​​Kay Gasei (b.1991) is a British Zambian artist based in London. He received his BA in Illustration from the Oxford Brookes University. His work explores narratives and myths. His dynamic works combine the mythological with the historical, resulting in rich, ambitious yet ambiguous compositions. Gasei uses his imagination to draw on personal memories of the past, mixing these with historical research to create confident, complex works that collapse time and space. Gasei’s eclectic style blends abstracted, expressive mark making with figuration to play with the notion of narrative, creating fractured tales that maintain an air of obscurity despite feeling somewhat familiar. A cache of recurring characters and motifs inhabit a range of landscapes - both used to explore colour and texture, tapping into the language of painting itself as well as Gasei’s own subconscious.

His selected solo exhibitions include: “Black Box Series”, 2023, GoWithYamo, London; “Aporia”, 2023, Chilli Art Projects, London; “EPOCHÉ”, 2022, Reem Gallery, London; “BAM (Break Art Mix)” Artist in Resident, 2022, Paris; “Soho House Inaugural Artist in Residence”, 2021, Soho Home Kings Road, London. His selected group exhibitions include: “Liminality”, 2024, EY Projects, Beijing; “London Art Fair”, 2023, Columbia Road Gallery, London; “Sur(face)”, Chilli Art Projects, Cheshire; “Mythical Landscapes”, 2023, Rele Gallery, Los Angeles; “Papier”, 2023, Delphian Gallery, Ligne (France).

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