Checkpoints

Presented by Festival Accès Asie

Photography, video & installation exhibition

HUA JIN
(Canada /  Montreal)

PAVITRA WICKRAMASINGHE
(Sri Lanka / Montreal)

Curated by Kakim Goh

Maison de la Culture de Côte-des-Neiges, Gallery 1 (2nd Floor)
5290, chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges, Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1Y2
(Côte-des-Neiges metro station / bus 165)

Opening cocktail: Saturday, May 9, 2015 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Meet with the artists: Sunday, May 17, 2015 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Exhibition runs from Saturday, May 9 to Sunday, June 14, 2015
Free admission

From May 9th to June 14th 2015, Festival Accès Asie, in collaboration with la Maison de la Culture de Cote-des-Neiges, proudly presents “Checkpoints”, a two-person exhibition that brings together a selection of new photography, video, and installation works by Montreal-based artists Hua Jin (b. China) and Pavitra Wickramasinghe (b. Sri Lanka). Curated by Kakim Goh, the show explores the theme of “checkpoint” here defined as a “place along a road, or border, where travelers are stopped for inspection before being allowed to continue."

The public is invited to attend the opening cocktail of the exhibition on Saturday, May 9, 2015 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Audiences will have the opportunity to meet and discuss with the artists and curator of the exhibitions on Sunday, May 17, 2015, from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM. The exhibition runs from May 9 to June 14, 2015

For information, contact:

Kakim Goh
Curator of the Visual Arts Program at Festival Accès Asie
(514) 270-6913  |  commissaire.artsvisuels@accesasie.com 
www.accesasie.com
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Photo © Kiran Ambwani
Kakim Goh - curator

Born in Singapore; lives in Montreal
www.kakimgoh.com

Kakim Goh is the Curator of the Visual Arts Program and Vice-President of the Board of Directors at Festival Accès Asie. He holds a BFA in Painting and Drawing from Concordia University. As a visual artist who creates interdisciplinary painting, performance and video installations, Kakim has been exhibiting in Mexico and Quebec since 1993, most notably at MAI, the OBORO New Media Laboratory and la Maison de la Culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal.
Hua Jin - artist

Born in Hebei, China; lives in Montreal
www.phoebejin.com

Hua Jin is a photography, installation and video artist whose works are consistent with the use of landscape imagery and the color of black and white to represent different subjects in relation to Oriental philosophies. Having received a BFA from Emily Carr (ECUAD), Hua is currently completing an MFA in Studio Arts at Concordia University. Hua has exhibited in Canada, USA, China, and the Netherlands. Her works are included in the public collection of Museum of Contemporary Art in Shanghai.
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Photo © Elisabeth Belliveau
Pavitra Wickramasinghe - artist

Born in Colombo, Sri Lanka; lives in Montreal
www.pavitraw.com

Pavitra Wickramasinghe is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores new ways of conceptualizing the moving image and conventions of seeing. A graduate of Concordia University and the Alberta College of Art and Design, she is the recipient of the UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists and The Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Fellowship in Contemporary Art. Her work has been exhibited in Canada, France, South Korea, Finland, Germany, Spain and Denmark.
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