- DR.DENISE KWAN
Dr. Denise Kwan is an artist, researcher and lecturer based in London. With a background in Fine Art Sculpture (University of Brighton) and MA Curating Contemporary Art (Royal College of Art), she is interested in material worlds and using experimental and creative methods to explore the lives of women.
Her project, ’Object-Stories of British Chinese women’ explores the journeys of diasporic Chinese women in the UK through their objects and art making. Across London, Denise worked with over 30 British Chinese women for one year. Women were invited to present an object of personal significance for an interview and participate in art workshops where they visually explored the inner affective lives of their possessions.
This project was a part of her doctoral research at the University of Westminster supervised and supported by Dr. Cangbai Wang and Dr. Gerda Wielander on the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities.
Thanks to the Language Acts and World Making, AHRC Open World Research Initiative who have financially supported this project.
Special gratitude and thanks goes to the Women’s Group at Haringey Chinese Centre and all the women in the project across the two generations who have shared their stories, wisdom and strength.
Thank you to Bethan Morgan (Graphics) and Sha Zhou (Translator) for their help in the making of the ‘Object-Stories’ website.
- DR. DENISE KWAN
Dr. Denise Kwan是來自威爾士的英國華裔女性。她是在倫敦活動的藝術家、學者和講師。她畢業於布萊頓大學的美術雕塑專業，並獲得皇家藝術學院當代藝術策展碩士學位。她對物質世界，和通過試驗和創意方式探索女性生活頗有興趣。
她的項目「英國華裔女性物品的故事」通過私人物品和藝術品創作，探索了華裔女性移民來英國的旅途。Denise用了一年時間，和在倫敦的30位華裔女性合作。她們受邀在採訪中展示一件對個人意義重大的私人物品，並參與藝術工作坊，探索她們賦予物品的情感如何在視覺上展現出來。
本項目是Denise在威斯敏斯特大學博士研究中的一部分。感謝Language Acts and World Making和AHRC Open World Research Initiative對本項目的財政支持。
同時，特別鳴謝夏霊基華人中心女性團體以及所有參與本項目的女性。她們分享了自己的故事，智慧和力量。
特別鳴謝 Bethan Morgan（圖像處理）和周莎（翻譯）對“物品-故事”網站建設的幫助。
