Monster Chetwynd

Monster Chetwynd (b. 1973, London) lives and works in Glasgow. Chetwynd graduated from the Royal College of Art with an MA in painting (2004), following a BA in Fine Art at the Slade School of Art (2000) and a BA in Social Anthropology and History at UCL (1995) (all London). Known for her bric-a-brac style performance pieces, featuring handmade costumes, props and sets, Chetwynd describes her work as ‘impatiently made’, often re-using cheap materials that are easy to process and to use by the many performers she invites to participate, emphasizing the notion of collective development that informs much of the artist’s work.

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Performance view, Monster Chetwynd, Pomegranate Promenade, Middelheim Museum, Antwerp, 01 June – 23 September 2018. Copyright Monster Chetwynd, courtesy Sadie Coles HQ, London. Photography: Pieter Van Hooydonck