Ian Giles about Ian Giles

Working centrally with the performance, my practice is driven by both physical and aesthetic imperatives. My pieces often see the fusing of subject and object and use the body as a ‘ready made’. My work often demands a total physical concentration and can involve an element of danger or chance. I am interested in working with objects, such as the body, which can be choreographed. My work balances between the humorous and poetic. I hope to highlight the human condition – suggesting that we are all struggling towards inevitable failure.





Ian graduated from Chelsea College of Art, London 2008. He has exhibited at galleries including: Oriel Davies Gallery, Wales; Paradise Row Gallery, London; Battersea Arts Centre, London and the Arnolfini, Bristol. In 2009 Ian took part in an international residency of visual art and performance at the Academi di Belle Arti, Macerata, Italy.  In 2007 he received the Chelsea Arts Club Trust Travel Bursary Award, travelling across Russia and China. Ian was awarded a Wandsworth Arts Grant in September 2009. 
www.iangiles.net 


Ian will be performing during the Marathon on Saturdayat 10pm!