Kara Chin
b. 1994, Singapore
Kara Chin is a British-Singaporean artist working across animation, ceramics, and installation. She uses playful materials, strange scales and fragmented references in sculptures that come to life as hybrid creatures, constantly shape shifting between object, being and setting. Works often suggest quasi-religious ceremonies, devices or artefacts that reflect on our day to day relationship to fast evolving technologies and ecologies.
Installation views, ‘Pity Petty’, by Kara Chin and Romain Sarrot, Hatch Gallery, Paris, 2026. © Pauline Assathiany. Courtesy of the Artists and Hatch Gallery.
Kara Chin
The Goone State
2026
Glazed stoneware ceramic, lamp bulb
36 × 35 × 27 cm
Installation views, ‘Pity Petty’, by Kara Chin and Romain Sarrot, Hatch Gallery, Paris, 2026. © Pauline Assathiany. Courtesy of the Artists and Hatch Gallery.
Kara Chin
You take one more step and I'll kill you
2026
Glazed stoneware ceramic
20 × 30.5 × 2 cm
Installation views, ‘Pity Petty’, by Kara Chin and Romain Sarrot, Hatch Gallery, Paris, 2026. © Pauline Assathiany. Courtesy of the Artists and Hatch Gallery.
Kara Chin
AMV Cats
2026
Digital animation, three screens display
Installation view, 'The Wasteland: PAY AND DISPLAY', FACT, Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Liverpool, UK, 2025. © Mark McNulty. Courtesy of the Artist and Liverpool Biennial.
Kara Chin
Fatal Blow
2025
6-Channel interactive animation
1080p 16:9 (x6)
Installation view, 'The Wasteland: PAY AND DISPLAY', FACT, Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Liverpool, UK, 2025. © Mark McNulty. Courtesy of the Artist and Liverpool Biennial.
Installation view, 'The Wasteland: PAY AND DISPLAY', 2025, details.
Installation view, 'The Wasteland: PAY AND DISPLAY', 2025, details.
Kara Chin
Play and Display
2025
Interactive installation
Variable size
Installation view, 'Mapping The Wasteland: Berry Street', Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Liverpool, UK, 2025. © Mark McNulty. Courtesy of the Artist and Liverpool Biennial.
Installation view, 'Mapping The Wasteland: Berry Street', Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Liverpool, UK, 2025. © Mark McNulty. Courtesy of the Artist and Liverpool Biennial.
Kara Chin
Bottle
2025
Glazed ceramic embedded into concrete paving stone
Installation view, ‘Twisting the Air with Unseen Tendrils’, at Basel Social Club, Basel, CHE, 2024. © Vic Harster. Courtesy of the Artist and LINSEED PROJECT.
Installation view, ‘Twisting the Air with Unseen Tendrils’, at Basel Social Club, Basel, CHE, 2024. © Vic Harster. Courtesy of the Artist and LINSEED PROJECT.
Kara Chin
Sewage
2024
Details
Installation view, 'Concerned Dogs', Goldsmiths CCA, London, UK, 2023. © Rob Harris. Courtesy of the Artist and Goldsmiths CCA.
Kara Chin
Lucky
2023
90 x 50 x 60 cm
Mixed media
Installation view, 'Concerned Dogs', Goldsmiths CCA, London, UK, 2023. © Rob Harris. Courtesy of the Artist and Goldsmiths CCA.
Installation view, 'Concerned Dogs', Goldsmiths CCA, London, UK, 2023. © Rob Harris. Courtesy of the Artist and Goldsmiths CCA.
Kara Chin
Inaugurare
2023
Animation 1080P
16:9, 00:10:00 sound design by Christopher Owen
Kara Chin
Buddy
2023
110 x 93 x 64 cm
Mixed media
Kara Chin
Buddy
2023
Details
Kara Chin
Buddy
2023
Details
Installation view, ‘Show Real’, The Humber Street Gallery, London, UK, 2022. © Jules Lister. Courtesy of the Artist and The Humber Street Gallery.
Installation view, ‘Show Real’, The Humber Street Gallery, London, UK, 2022. © Jules Lister. Courtesy of the Artist and The Humber Street Gallery.
Installation view, 'Fountain of Youth', Huxley-Parlour Gallery, London, UK, 2021. © Rob Harris. Courtesy of the Artist and Huxley-Parlour Gallery.
Installation view, 'Fountain of Youth', Huxley-Parlour Gallery, London, UK, 2021. © Rob Harris. Courtesy of the Artist and Huxley-Parlour Gallery.
Installation view, 'Fountain of Youth', Huxley-Parlour Gallery, London, UK, 2021. © Rob Harris. Courtesy of the Artist and Huxley-Parlour Gallery.
Installation view, 'Fountain of Youth', Huxley-Parlour Gallery, London, UK, 2021. © Rob Harris. Courtesy of the Artist and Huxley-Parlour Gallery.
Kara Chin
Awakening Ceremony
2021
Animation 1080p
16:9 00:12:20
Installation view, 'You Will Need', Vitrine Gallery, London, UK, 2021. © Rob Harris. Courtesy of the Artist and Vitrine Gallery.
Kara Chin
Alas
2021
64 x 32 x 2.5 cm (excluding frame)
PVA, cornflour, pigment
Installation view, 'You Will Need', Vitrine Gallery, London, UK, 2021. © Rob Harris. Courtesy of the Artist and Vitrine Gallery.
Installation view, 'You Will Need', Vitrine Gallery, London, UK, 2021. © Rob Harris. Courtesy of the Artist and Vitrine Gallery.
Kara Chin
b. 1994, Singapore
Kara Chin is a British-Singaporean artist working across animation, ceramics, and installation. She uses playful materials, strange scales and fragmented references in sculptures that come to life as hybrid creatures, constantly shape shifting between object, being and setting. Works often suggest quasi-religious ceremonies, devices or artefacts that reflect on our day to day relationship to fast evolving technologies and ecologies.
Installation views, ‘Pity Petty’, by Kara Chin and Romain Sarrot, Hatch Gallery, Paris, 2026. © Pauline Assathiany. Courtesy of the Artists and Hatch Gallery.
Kara Chin
The Goone State
2026
Glazed stoneware ceramic, lamp bulb
36 × 35 × 27 cm
Installation views, ‘Pity Petty’, by Kara Chin and Romain Sarrot, Hatch Gallery, Paris, 2026. © Pauline Assathiany. Courtesy of the Artists and Hatch Gallery.
Kara Chin
You take one more step and I'll kill you
2026
Glazed stoneware ceramic
20 × 30.5 × 2 cm
Installation views, ‘Pity Petty’, by Kara Chin and Romain Sarrot, Hatch Gallery, Paris, 2026. © Pauline Assathiany. Courtesy of the Artists and Hatch Gallery.
Kara Chin
AMV Cats
2026
Digital animation, three screens display
Installation view, 'The Wasteland: PAY AND DISPLAY', FACT, Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Liverpool, UK, 2025. © Mark McNulty. Courtesy of the Artist and Liverpool Biennial.
Kara Chin
Fatal Blow
2025
6-Channel interactive animation
1080p 16:9 (x6)
Installation view, 'The Wasteland: PAY AND DISPLAY', FACT, Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Liverpool, UK, 2025. © Mark McNulty. Courtesy of the Artist and Liverpool Biennial.
Installation view, 'The Wasteland: PAY AND DISPLAY', 2025, details.
Installation view, 'The Wasteland: PAY AND DISPLAY', 2025, details.
Kara Chin
Play and Display
2025
Interactive installation
Variable size
Installation view, 'Mapping The Wasteland: Berry Street', Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Liverpool, UK, 2025. © Mark McNulty. Courtesy of the Artist and Liverpool Biennial.
Installation view, 'Mapping The Wasteland: Berry Street', Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Liverpool, UK, 2025. © Mark McNulty. Courtesy of the Artist and Liverpool Biennial.
Kara Chin
Bottle
2025
Glazed ceramic embedded into concrete paving stone
Installation view, ‘Twisting the Air with Unseen Tendrils’, at Basel Social Club, Basel, CHE, 2024. © Vic Harster. Courtesy of the Artist and LINSEED PROJECT.
Installation view, ‘Twisting the Air with Unseen Tendrils’, at Basel Social Club, Basel, CHE, 2024. © Vic Harster. Courtesy of the Artist and LINSEED PROJECT.
Kara Chin
Sewage
2024
Details
Installation view, 'Concerned Dogs', Goldsmiths CCA, London, UK, 2023. © Rob Harris. Courtesy of the Artist and Goldsmiths CCA.
Kara Chin
Lucky
2023
90 x 50 x 60 cm
Mixed media
Installation view, 'Concerned Dogs', Goldsmiths CCA, London, UK, 2023. © Rob Harris. Courtesy of the Artist and Goldsmiths CCA.
Installation view, 'Concerned Dogs', Goldsmiths CCA, London, UK, 2023. © Rob Harris. Courtesy of the Artist and Goldsmiths CCA.
Kara Chin
Inaugurare
2023
Animation 1080P
16:9, 00:10:00 sound design by Christopher Owen
Kara Chin
Buddy
2023
110 x 93 x 64 cm
Mixed media
Kara Chin
Buddy
2023
Details
Kara Chin
Buddy
2023
Details
Installation view, ‘Show Real’, The Humber Street Gallery, London, UK, 2022. © Jules Lister. Courtesy of the Artist and The Humber Street Gallery.
Installation view, ‘Show Real’, The Humber Street Gallery, London, UK, 2022. © Jules Lister. Courtesy of the Artist and The Humber Street Gallery.
Installation view, 'Fountain of Youth', Huxley-Parlour Gallery, London, UK, 2021. © Rob Harris. Courtesy of the Artist and Huxley-Parlour Gallery.
Installation view, 'Fountain of Youth', Huxley-Parlour Gallery, London, UK, 2021. © Rob Harris. Courtesy of the Artist and Huxley-Parlour Gallery.
Installation view, 'Fountain of Youth', Huxley-Parlour Gallery, London, UK, 2021. © Rob Harris. Courtesy of the Artist and Huxley-Parlour Gallery.
Installation view, 'Fountain of Youth', Huxley-Parlour Gallery, London, UK, 2021. © Rob Harris. Courtesy of the Artist and Huxley-Parlour Gallery.
Kara Chin
Awakening Ceremony
2021
Animation 1080p
16:9 00:12:20
Installation view, 'You Will Need', Vitrine Gallery, London, UK, 2021. © Rob Harris. Courtesy of the Artist and Vitrine Gallery.
Kara Chin
Alas
2021
64 x 32 x 2.5 cm (excluding frame)
PVA, cornflour, pigment
Installation view, 'You Will Need', Vitrine Gallery, London, UK, 2021. © Rob Harris. Courtesy of the Artist and Vitrine Gallery.
Installation view, 'You Will Need', Vitrine Gallery, London, UK, 2021. © Rob Harris. Courtesy of the Artist and Vitrine Gallery.