Whiskey Chow is a London-based artist, activist and Chinese drag king. Chow's practice engages with political issues and related topics: from queer(ing) masculinity, problematizing the nation-state across geographic boundaries, interrogating stereotypical projections of Chinese/Asian identity, to enabling empowerment by queer-reading ancient Chinese myth. Her work is interdisciplinary: performance, moving image, sound, sculpture, and experimental printmaking.

As artist-curator, Chow launched, curated and performed in 'Queering Now 酷兒鬧' 2020; a curatorial programme amplifying and championing queer Chinese/Asian diaspora voices in the West.

Trained in Performance and graduated from the Royal College of Art, Chow has also been teaching there since 2019.

Chow's involvement in feminist and LGBTQ activism in China in her early 20s ('For Vaginas' Sake 將陰道獨白到底 (2013)' - original Chinese version of The Vagina Monologues; curated the first Chinese LGBTQ music festival 'Lover Comrades Concert 愛人同志音樂會 (2013)' in Guangzhou) has deeply shaped her creative approach: informed by her queer migrant identity and art-activism; it is intersectional, diasporic, and offers a non-Western perspective within a western context.

Chow performed/ showcased works across the UK and internationally including Yorkshire Sculpture Park, V&A, Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Leslie-Lohman Museum and National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Seoul). Whiskey is available for interviews.

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@whiskeyciao

Photo by Yiqing Chen