ABOUT
“…[Chun] explores the intersection between fine art and popular culture, without wasting time in callous irony. Her work is fresh and often surprising, with a cleverness which is both humane and devastatingly well observed.”
- Gillian McIver, Studio 75 (a-n)

Maggie Chun (she/her) is a British-Chinese artist based at the Lewisham Arthouse, an artist-run co-operative in South East London.

Chun’s practice explores themes surrounding domesticity, cultural identity, and the effects of second - generation diaspora. She examines the fractured, contradictory experience of belonging using a wide array of media - from playfully reappropriating objects and motifs to challenging the confines of traditional techniques such as textiles and embroidery. Her process-based work attempts to make sense of the liminal space between cultures and confronts the idea of “women’s work”.

WORKSHOPS
Interwoven Collective: Threads of Sanctuary @ Lewisham Arthouse, Deptford, Sept-Dec 2025
Interwoven Collective are inviting 8-12 participants from migrant, asylum seeker, and refugee communities in Lewisham to join a free textile project: Threads of Sanctuary. Threads of Sanctuary promotes belonging, connectedness, and the wellbeing of sanctuary seekers and people with no access to public funds in Lewisham Borough. Led by a collective of 4 textile artists (Jo Cooper - Janine Nelson - Sara Kelly - Maggie Chun), this project includes a series of 8 weekly workshops ending with a joint exhibition at Lewisham Arthouse. Participants will learn a range of textile techniques and share their stories. This project is supported by the Lewisham Borough of Sanctuary, Lewisham Arthouse and SEAL.
Happy Accidents Collage Workshop @Basel Art Summer Camp, Switzerland, 15 Jun 2024

RESIDENCIES
Basel Art Summer Camp, Switzerland, Jun 2024

PUBLICATIONS / INTERVIEWS
BRICKS, Meet The Empowering Artists Exhibiting At Hysterical, 25 Mar 2023 [read here]
Arcarta, The Bigger Picture podcast, 29 Sept 2020
UH School of Creative Arts, Headlines 2014, Issue 5, Jul 2014, p. 19
a-n, Studio 75, Artists Talking, 4 Jun 2014
Here Comes Everyone, Circles, Apr 2014, p. 11
Conjunction, Judgement, Oxford, Oct 2011, pp. 19 & 25
Étoilée, The Editorial Issue, Herts, Jul 2011, pp. 44–5
Paperbrains, Issue 5, Essex, May 2011, pp. 23-4

AWARDS
Winner, 3rd Round, ArtSlant Prize Showcase, 2016
Finalist, Zealous X, 2016

EDUCATION
Food & Art, eAltMA, The Gramounce, 2024-25
Fine Art, BA - 1st, University of Hertfordshire, 2008-11