ABOUT

Amandine Vabre Chau is a French-Hongkonger curator, artist and writer with a focus on the politics of memory and migration. She has a particular interest in Asian contemporary art and the port-city as a site of complex identity formation. Most fascinated by multidisciplinary practices, she hopes to broaden our understanding of heritage, fostering new possibilities for collaboration.

Amandine graduated with honors from the École Nationale Supérieure d'Art de Paris-Cergy in 2022 and worked as an assistant editor for the bilingual online media platform Asian Contemporary Art. In 2023, she curated Between Trenches at The Koppel Project, London, a group exhibition highlighting diasporic and immigrant experiences of young artists. That same year, she co-organised a talk on inclusivity in art schools at the National School of Arts of Paris (ENSBA). She appeared in several group shows including Intérieur/Extérieur (2020) at ENSAPC, France, and Maltaverne in/and/at Aubervilliers (2021) at Ygrec- ENSAPC Art Center, Aubervilliers, France. She was selected to participate in the latest Tsundoku Art Bookfair for PhotoIreland Festival (2023) and had her publication shown at the 2024 BOOKED: Hong Kong Art Bookfair. Amandine was part of the inaugural cohort of New Curators, a paid twelve months curatorial training programme based in London for aspiring curators from lower socio-economic backgrounds, which resulted in her co-curating artist Firelei Báez’s first UK solo show at the South London Gallery.

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EXPERIENCE

Co-curated artist Firelei Báez's first solo show in the UK as part of the inaugural cohort of New Cura-tors. Project managing the production of a new work from its conception and fabrication to installation. Contributing to the exhibition design, rendering Sketchup layouts, liaising and collaborating with external parties, assisting on technical installation. Completing risk assessments, condition checks, research, minute-taking and proof-reading. Co-leading the press preview, delivering curator's tours and supervising multiple school workshops as part of public programming.

South London Gallery, London

Curatorial Fellow - New Curators

09/2023 - 09/2024

Communications and administrative Assistant - Asia Forum

02/2023 - 05/2024

Supported Asia Forum's social media campaign for their participation at the 60th Venice Biennale's Collateral Events ‘A World of Many Worlds’. Liaising with Partners on content, guidelines and contributors material. Assistance with production and administrative work on the founder's independent projects. Proof-reading, liaising and coordinating.

London

04/2023 - 07/2023

Editorial Assistant - Asian Contemporary Art

Research and content writing including articles, reviews and interviews. Translation of content in French and English. Assistance with digital communication : mailing, social media, management of website back office. Proposal of content, development, partnerships and funding.

Asian Contemporary Art, Paris

OPENing Gallery, The Koppel Project, London Opening dates : 26/01/2023-03/02/2023

Curator - Between Trenches

09/2022 - 02/2023

Initiated and curated a group exhibition highlighting diasporic and immigrant experiences of young artists. Curation, research, management, content writing, scheduling, socials and programming.

11/2022 - 02/2023

Communications intern - Asia-Art-Activism

Supported the research network for their kickstarter campaign.

London

06/2021 - 07/2021

Artist Assistant - Marie-Claire Messouma Manlanbien

Supported the artist and her curator in view of her next show at l’Orangerie du Sénat.

Paris


EDUCATION

Exchange term - Fine Arts

Central St Martins

09/2022 - 03/2023

École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts de Paris-Cergy

2019 - 2022

Bachelor’s degree obtained in 2022 with honours


EXHIBITIONS / ART FAIRS

2024

BOOKED: Hong Kong Art Book Fair

Publication produced and published by The Sandwich Club, participating publisher

Publication produced and published by The Sandwich Club, participating publisher

Ghent Art Book Fair

2023

Tsundoku Art Book Fair - PhotoIreland Festival

Selected as participant, self-published artist category - Dublin, PhotoIreland festival

Group Show at Ygrec- ENSAPC Art Center, Aubervilliers, France

Maltaverne in/and/at Aubervilliers

2021

Curator : Guillaume Breton

Group Show at ENSAPC, Cergy, France

Intérieur / Extérieur

2020

Curator : Emma Huang

Group Show at ENSAPC, Cergy, France

Fétiches d’Artistes

2019

Curator : Nina Azoulay


PUBLICATIONS

Photography publication, produced and published by The Sandwich Club

2024

Contributed a poem to the fanzine FFLINTA*, part of artist Juliette Barthe’s proposition for “L’Avancée”, a collaborative programme between the Beaux-Arts de Paris and the Fondation Pernod Ricard.

2023

Photography publication, self published

2022

Pinted with the help of Slow Reading Club, a semi-fictional reading group led by dancer and choreogra- pher Bryana Fritz and artist Henry Andersen.
Available at lulu.com/shop

The book of our revelations

2022