https://www.maxinechionh.com/contact daily 0.75 2026-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/8ba14645-e913-4a33-844d-6bee04505a54/maxine-chionh-artist-portrait.jpg https://www.maxinechionh.com/about daily 0.75 2026-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/05beacb9-07a2-4e08-9967-a3c66e62f008/maxine-chionh-bergendal-kapla.png About 27 February 2025, Public talk at the City Library Stadsbiblioteket, Kerstin Bergendal artist, Marit Kapla writer, Maxine Chionh moderator, Gothenburg Sweden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/c75e1c3a-712c-40f3-abf4-d8919bfef1c5/maxine-chionh-nordic-diversity.jpg About 25 May 2022, Conference panel discussion on Nordic diversity and representation, Maxine Chionh for Qalam, Ann Ighe for Ord&Bild, moderated by Camara Lundestad Joof, Bergen Norway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/708da558-39cd-4036-a185-452566139ca9/maxine-chionh-gibca-qalam.jpg About 9 October 2021, Maxine Chionh, artist presentation and roundtable discussion, Remembrance Day commemoration, GIBCA Gothenburg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, City Library Stadsbiblioteket, Gothenburg Sweden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783445758373-LI3VZUPM2O2DPWX09W80/maxine-chionh-bergsjo%25CC%2588n-dialogue-02.jpg About 11 May 2024, Maxine Chionh, artist-mediated dialogue, HDK-Valand x Kulturhuset Bergsjön, Gothenburg Sweden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783406939460-DAE25CP0DF68QJ89V5RM/maxine-chionh-pub-poesi.jpg About 29 October 2021, Maxine Chionh, literary reading, Pub Poesi Nio, Elis Corner, Gothenburg Sweden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/9528c1cd-0f6d-4986-8181-49782541b919/maxine-chionh-textival-malmo%CC%88.jpg About 15 April 2023, Maxine Chionh, literary reading, Textival Fauna, Tomelilla, Malmö Sweden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783444473406-5K1WI4TK65NIOHHQ6B4Z/maxine-chionh-nina-bondeson.jpg About 20 May 2022, Maxine Chionh, literary reading, in conjunction with Nina Bondeson's retrospective exhibition, Göteborgs Konsthall, Gothenburg Sweden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783444398871-OA1261UB16LQHYU0D7J4/maxine-chionh-qalam-bokma%252525CC%25252588ssan.png About 26 September 2020, Roundtable discussion, Qalam, Masoud Vantankh, Maxine Chionh, Johannes Anyuru, Sanna Ghotbi, Sabrin Jaja, Bokmässan 2020, pandemic digital presentation, Gothenburg Sweden. https://www.maxinechionh.com/thick-therapy daily 0.75 2026-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/eb962ce8-2343-4dfa-8ed7-f885a7997f92/maxine-chionh-thick-therapy-001.png Thick Therapy Page from a book with the title "Thick Therapy" by Maxine Victor, discussing themes of communication and perception, including English and Swedish text. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/f25f7a55-ea7e-4282-a145-211ee09c5bab/maxine-chionh-thick-therapy-002.png Thick Therapy A close-up photograph of a text page from a book, showing primarily Swedish text with some English lines, including dialogue and narrative passages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/a3036c8f-6cc1-484a-93cf-32ea24da1499/maxine-chionh-thick-therapy-003.png Thick Therapy Page from a book showing Swedish text with some English phrases in italics, including a conversation and a children's rhyme. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/f32b5729-15b4-4fbc-b567-36c424b09099/maxine-chionh-thick-therapy-004.png Thick Therapy A page from a book showing text in Swedish with some English phrases, including a dialogue about a humorous situation involving missing a day and helping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/34b690a6-6387-45bb-9270-14990130e3d5/maxine-chionh-thick-therapy-005.png Thick Therapy Three photos showing close-up of a person's hand, with the hand resting on a person's lap, a person's arm and hand with the other hand resting on their thigh, and a person smiling, wearing a black shirt, with their arm and hand resting on their shoulder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/b3225cee-53e5-45b4-8e27-7f21c0f84fbe/maxine-chionh-thick-therapy-006.png Thick Therapy Page from a book with three small, blurry photos. The first photo shows a person hugging someone, with a drawing of a dinosaur on their shirt. The second photo shows two people smiling close together. The third photo shows two hands clasped. The page contains text with dialogue and narration, some in English and some in Swedish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/f98e740c-40f8-4380-a6de-c00dda216daa/maxine-chionh-thick-therapy-007.png Thick Therapy Three close-up photos of a woman's hand and ear, with accompanying Swedish and English text, describing gestures and actions involving her nose, mouth, ears, and hand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/b981eb50-a6c4-47d0-aabc-136ea402a979/maxine-chionh-thick-therapy-008.png Thick Therapy A page from a book with two photographs, one of a person with hands on their head and another of two close-up faces. The text is in Swedish and English, including a quote from Rudyard Kipling's just-so stories about a little elephant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/81398a5b-8e07-463f-a278-058b810fccaf/maxine-chionh-thick-therapy-009.png Thick Therapy Three blurred photographs of a girl with a tattoo on her shoulder, each accompanied by Swedish text discussing neurological and psychological concepts. https://www.maxinechionh.com/curriculum-vitae daily 0.75 2026-07-08 https://www.maxinechionh.com/work daily 1.0 2026-07-07 https://www.maxinechionh.com/work/selected-fiction monthly 0.5 2026-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/902ac336-4759-4d63-a8e8-e35cf8a1a9ae/maxine-chionh-thick-therapy-01.webp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/d0ca64f4-0088-44d1-938c-41f9161e3a16/maxine-chionh-nina-bondeson-01.jpg https://www.maxinechionh.com/work/collage monthly 0.5 2026-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783431124143-3B7W0COP3JPWL89X9S1V/maxine-chionh-collage-01.jpg Work - Collage Vertically spliced collage of a portrait of Michel Foucault and the oil painting Midsummer Dance by Anders Zorn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/5164f838-513a-404c-9286-1e8b2d0d4499/maxine-chionh-collage-02.jpg Work - Collage Triple collage of an oil painted self portrait by Swedish painter Carl Larsson, a portrait of Friedrich Nietzsche and of Arthur Schopenhauer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/35bfa935-b1d6-4fca-90ef-34094ab2daad/maxine-chionh-collage-03.jpg Work - Collage Vertically arranged collage of a black and white portrait of Karl Marx juxtaposed against Swedish painter Carl Larsson's painting Verandan, from Ett hem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/c1a76c48-4bc1-4fbc-aa05-d3c72282364f/maxine-chionh-collage-04.jpg Work - Collage Vertically striped collage with a black and white portrait of writer Margaret Atwood at her typewriter and Swedish painter Carl Larsson's painting, Lisbeth Fishing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/ea8fb5bd-fd52-4f62-ac9f-f4e4b611135f/maxine-chionh-collage-06.jpg Work - Collage Collage of Swedish police contrasted against an oil painting of an ice skating rink at winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/d5832889-b4e8-48f2-9c9f-efcfcb63ea7d/maxine-chionh-collage-05.jpg Work - Collage Vertical arrangement of a hand-cut collage with Swedish painter Carl Larsson's summer cottage and the Swedish Tidö Slott where the Tidöavtal was signed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/289a353f-efaf-40b2-89b1-8161b0c9ee44/maxine-chionh-collage-09.jpg Work - Collage Expressive and art deco inspired collage of Swedish elks with an oriental dragon and phoenix motif. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783431094013-QOUUDXI3GKX1TV4JHASG/maxine-chionh-collage-07.jpg Work - Collage Landscape collage by Maxine Chionh featuring a tornado in the middle flanked by Swedish painter Carl Larsson's painting, Getting ready for a game, 1901. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/d44ff9a8-8736-4b94-b770-6cb6ce58cd98/maxine-chionh-collage-08.jpg Work - Collage Ornamental collage featuring a vertical rhythmic arrangement of migrating oriental cranes against Swedish painter Carl Larsson's oil painting from Ett hem. https://www.maxinechionh.com/work/deconstruction monthly 0.5 2026-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783426085885-P43H91MIWE5A6O2XKF6T/maxine-chionh-deconstruction-drawing-01.png Work - Deconstruction Highly expressive mixed media drawing on art card of a devastated urban landscape with a parent carrying a child on their back in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783426104088-HF7AMRC8IEZ41TTNECPA/maxine-chionh-deconstruction-drawing-02.png Work - Deconstruction A spatially vertiginous mixed media drawing by Maxine Chionh featuring a collage of an urban landscape in ruins to the left, an escalator in the middle and a tunnel to the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783426126194-B94094XUGJ3PRFGPE2E9/maxine-chionh-deconstruction-drawing-03.png Work - Deconstruction An understated collage with photo transferred images of Singapore Housing Development Board flats juxtaposed against their own ghost image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783426145230-KNZHESM2R43JXY325L3P/maxine-chionh-deconstruction-drawing-04.png Work - Deconstruction Thick and heavy black lines drawn in oil pastel describing an interior space that has rooms and walls that are misaligned, giving a simultaneous feeling of structure and disorientation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783426167465-AICTCBZ4TEZXCON0IPU3/maxine-chionh-deconstruction-drawing-05.png Work - Deconstruction Expressive and dark collage drawing featuring a miasma of dark splotches of black paint and a single construction crane either emerging from or collapsing into the blackness. https://www.maxinechionh.com/work/the-condition monthly 0.5 2026-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783429544024-OZYR61YD1Q0UE1IIEKVO/maxine-chionh-photo-etching-02.jpg Work - The Condition Haunting image of the interior of a home with three grey doors, and swathes of white masses where the furniture used to be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783429571810-RETOPCC8CAE3V9R7XGLD/maxine-chionh-photo-etching-01.jpg Work - The Condition Somber yet expressive image of a washbasin in shadow, with soap dispenser bottles physically etched out of the picture surface. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783429600931-UU71TE4F6EUFI88FOWY8/maxine-chionh-photo-etching-03.jpg Work - The Condition Quirky and bright image of a kitchen in Singapore with the contents of the fridge and tabletop physically erased. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783429877172-O6FS73DPU0RS7X76HSU6/maxine-chionh-photo-etching-08.png Work - The Condition Photo document of a home hallway cluttered ironing board and many household items in various states of etched outlines and removal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783429625748-65JHX8SL9ABRTX73YJC0/maxine-chionh-photo-etching-04.jpg Work - The Condition A cobalt blue sofa with three seats against a white wall, with several boxes on its seats subjected to physically removal by etching by Maxine Chionh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783429652716-WFQNDZZCRU9RKGRMG8BS/maxine-chionh-photo-etching-05.jpg Work - The Condition A darkened kitchen countertop with stark white silhouettes where a water bottle, a rice cooker and other household items used to be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783429679442-0RL38NF2WAFRYK5NLZFQ/maxine-chionh-photo-etching-06.jpg Work - The Condition A ghostly image of an interior space featuring a narrow and dark corridor opening into a room with blinding light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783429713812-YF4GRG1CPACHX11Q48Y6/maxine-chionh-photo-etching-07.jpg Work - The Condition Disorienting image that is reminiscent of the matrix where the hallway of a home is physically etched with stark directional lines. https://www.maxinechionh.com/work/materiality monthly 0.5 2026-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783430972064-KNU29KMSUNHFWAGTSYS5/maxine-chionh-materiality-photography-01.png Work - Materiality The topmost layer of a photo print by Maxine Chionh, nailed onto a dark grey hard board like the skein of a liquid or the hide of an animal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783430936777-572J69RCG9N49ZBV48UU/maxine-chionh-materiality-photography-02.png Work - Materiality A photo print on a concrete slab that has its picture surface eroded, leaving only yellow sheathes of plastic and a faded image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783430912159-9OKI04QX45ZENWFB89R1/maxine-chionh-materiality-photography-03.png Work - Materiality Installation view of the exhibition in which disintegrated photo prints are displayed close to the ground, each lying on a concrete slab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783430894778-9ZMPYXPV7XCCC2577ITX/maxine-chionh-materiality-photography-04.png Work - Materiality Zoomed out overview of an art installation showcasing photo prints on uniquely made concrete slabs that are rectangular with a hole in them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783430852719-VYQJ4N0DESPJS90AS22Q/maxine-chionh-materiality-photography-06.png Work - Materiality A disintegrated photo print with its image barely discernible, much of it is covered in grey dust, leaving only the sky a pale lilac blue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783430823636-AFXNSOHKHIBWOQ61CC23/maxine-chionh-materiality-photography-07.png Work - Materiality A crumpled photo print with its image surface in ruins after being submerged in water for some time and then dried and displayed on a concrete slab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783430801100-OOZK5N3AVRCT7MZVEKPO/maxine-chionh-materiality-photography-08.png Work - Materiality A poetic and mysterious photo print with its image completely dissolved except for floating blue chemical remnants of what was once a picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783430775585-9AFV0U79VMSVO5K15RBH/maxine-chionh-materiality-photography-09.png Work - Materiality A ruined photo print that looks like an old relic, where the image is completely erased, leaving only an empty print upon a print with a dark band running through its center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783430755174-QJF5U5TD94PX25QGP3YH/maxine-chionh-materiality-photography-10.png Work - Materiality A very crumpled and shrunken photo print that has been separated and only its topmost plastic layer is displayed like a flaccid skin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783430721684-7UC0K7ZZVOFALOAW05W8/maxine-chionh-materiality-photography-11.png Work - Materiality A photo print in a state of disintegration and severe wear and tear, showing a rip in the center and erasure marks on either side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783430684625-XR6LIZHYJU7176F0ALV9/maxine-chionh-materiality-photography-12.png Work - Materiality Close-up of a devastated photo print in which the picture surface is completely ruined, leaving a mouldy-looking band in the middle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783430664154-16ZZ6WR1WVFX2343B53J/maxine-chionh-materiality-photography-13.png Work - Materiality Close-up of a photo print of what was once a landscape image, but now its composition is broken up into fragments like glass shards. https://www.maxinechionh.com/work/figure-drawing monthly 0.5 2026-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783431811316-J0PWK3BTXC7N6LMLS03L/maxine-chionh-figure-drawing-01.png Work - Figure Drawing Expressive charcoal drawing by Maxine Chionh of the back profile of a life model with prominent bone structure especially the spine, shoulder blades and elbows, with lower back tension. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783431885560-8CXAZDEUOL6AA1N6JAE1/maxine-chionh-figure-drawing-02.png Work - Figure Drawing Evocative portrait of a male life model in charcoal, with sunken eyes, lined face and heavy signs of erasure and re-drawing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783431904466-CCX2QW58E4BUIRYI9QA6/maxine-chionh-figure-drawing-03.png Work - Figure Drawing Dreamy head portrait of an androgynous model whose gaze is open and unfocussed, and whose face is created with sharp blue lines overlaid by swathes of flowing electric blue paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783431931287-41QSYQSBROPCTWK1BQA1/maxine-chionh-figure-drawing-04.jpg Work - Figure Drawing Wiry and invigorated line drawing of four nude figures that contort and seem to move across the page in a controlled yet indefinite manner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783431992562-U4BDQLA2ZW3IEWV1YMW2/maxine-chionh-figure-drawing-05.jpg Work - Figure Drawing Back profile of a well-proportioned nude model with their head deliberately smaller than the rest of their body, emphasising the quiet drama of the twisted torso. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783432025577-6IVSXJP9O06AH8B43FWL/maxine-chionh-figure-drawing-06.jpg Work - Figure Drawing Charcoal portrait of a female nude model with grotesque proportions that include ponderous breasts, a swollen left hand and a sagging body carrying the weight of memories and pain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783432196996-XGAVDCRDKLI436LVHP3A/maxine-chionh-figure-drawing-11.jpg Work - Figure Drawing Dramatic and expressive charcoal drawing of a nude male model bending forward in an athletic and highly charged pose, ready to spring into action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783432112604-X1VZ36N50EE3S8XY7E51/maxine-chionh-figure-drawing-10.jpg Work - Figure Drawing Charcoal drawing with a heavy atmosphere of a seated male model who has his head in his hands, experiencing inner turmoil and pressure over an unhappy situation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783432139859-FYLTWXGG4I9GB1XY2FI1/maxine-chionh-figure-drawing-08.jpg Work - Figure Drawing A rather carefree portrait focussing on the spine and back of a nude model, where the heavy line showing a slight tilt of the hip is counterbalanced by a doodle on the other side of the figure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783431793550-SRR19890SP2L1ZCYUIP3/maxine-chionh-figure-drawing-12.png Work - Figure Drawing A densely packed and heavily weighted mixed media drawing of a female nude model whose face is erased but whose back is mired in lines that indicate duress and tension. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783432162144-PSRK4D57STCGAPGRTL4V/maxine-chionh-figure-drawing-09.jpg Work - Figure Drawing A gentle portrait in charcoal of the back profile of a female nude model who is lightly cradling her right arm, staring off wistfully in the distance, thinking of her lost love. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783432076431-TYMSHSTE48JWWSSPAIRJ/maxine-chionh-figure-drawing-07.jpg Work - Figure Drawing A quick and loose sketch in charcoal of a female model with lines that intersect and tangle across her chest, shoulders, arms and neck, showing tension in her face too. https://www.maxinechionh.com/work/sketches monthly 0.5 2026-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783443883610-FSKXJIUN478G6DM1W8QM/maxine-chionh-sketches-22.jpg Work - Sketches Poignant and detailed pencil rendering by Maxine Chionh in a small sketchbook of Georges de La Tour's painting, The Penitent Magdalen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783443752576-966AAYR5O35A335CG0F5/maxine-chionh-sketches-21.jpg Work - Sketches Expressive and devastating pencil sketch by Maxine Chionh in an artist sketchbook of Egon Schiele's painting, Death and the Maiden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783443858511-VH6GJUQXEK3HHPD1IBHP/maxine-chionh-sketches-13.jpg Work - Sketches Somber black and white graphite pencil sketch in a small artist sketchbook of Victor Hugo's death mask. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783443821647-23KSIR5M6FQ80C4RZ07G/maxine-chionh-sketches-12.jpg Work - Sketches Poignant and moving pencil rendering in a sketchbook of Käthe Kollwitz's painting, Mother with Dead Son. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783443703270-08JVBJ8I2C54U0IWEWNV/maxine-chionh-sketches-14.jpg Work - Sketches Macabre pencil sketch of artist Marina Abramovich in one of her performances during which she polished a very large bone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/e3e4c871-ce7f-4d47-b85c-329e79dc488b/maxine-chionh-sketches-15.jpg Work - Sketches Highly expressive and dark marker pen sketch with lines going across the page of a male model smoking a cigarette. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/0d037069-2079-4c94-b05a-0055dbfc39be/maxine-chionh-sketches-19.jpg Work - Sketches Quiet and sensitively rendered sketch in marker pen of a person holding their chin, deep in thought and inner reflection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/b6e4372e-47c2-4ec5-bd50-4126c2f4ba11/maxine-chionh-sketches-16.jpg Work - Sketches Sparse marker pen sketch with deep contrasting shadows of a man sitting cross-legged, gaze cast downwards, deep in thought. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/cfc755b2-92fb-4e67-b18c-c2feaf914b19/maxine-chionh-sketches-18.jpg Work - Sketches Marker pen sketch with a menacing vibe of a seated man, dressed in a tuxedo, his hands are blacked out, and there is a crucifix glowing in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/d3e5e834-7b4c-4e79-8c4f-5bb0b6326d92/maxine-chionh-sketches-20.jpg Work - Sketches Detailed marker pen drawing of the interior walls of a room lined with picture frames and in the foreground, a man with an intense gaze is placed in the center of the composition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783443312624-TJFXZMM8JHGYHTOSY8EF/maxine-chionh-sketches-03.jpg Work - Sketches A very simple and sparse, yet profound page from the artist's sketchbook, empty except for one single line that reads, There is a hole here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783443608566-2BHQX1WWHR4XN7LR45RL/maxine-chionh-sketches-09.jpg Work - Sketches Cryptic and mysterious collage of a door in side profile and a drawing that extends the frame backwards, rendering empty space highly visual. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783443634379-YGFK2M133R559V52S2AC/maxine-chionh-sketches-10.jpg Work - Sketches Subtle yet profound collage of a mirror in side profile with a pencil drawing that connects to the mirror and extends it backwards in visual space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783443658728-SNVAYDKCSB86XLG0U35L/maxine-chionh-sketches-11.jpg Work - Sketches Contemplative black and white collage of a window in side profile, with a pencil drawing that stretches the geometry of the window onto the page of the sketchbook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783443334841-L0FYCXAREY9JFZRDJDHK/maxine-chionh-sketches-05.jpg Work - Sketches Haunting and terrifying collage drawing of a bottomless triangular hole ripped into the floor of a kitchen in a home in Singapore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783443357808-9FBNP7X8R60YRN4MQRHK/maxine-chionh-sketches-06.jpg Work - Sketches Somber and melancholic black and white collage of a home in Singapore with a large black grave dug into its floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783443374379-DS5JZO2Q884JWMIAYVB9/maxine-chionh-sketches-07.jpg Work - Sketches Mystifying and scary collage of a home bathroom floor dissolving into a drawing of a labyrinth in smoke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783443396360-HL71X4YZ6H3TA6ZZNH8N/maxine-chionh-sketches-23.jpg Work - Sketches Stark black and white collage of a bare-boned living room in a home in Singapore with a drawing of a war trench dug into the floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783443421296-VKXDF8AFEXLKWB4Q8SMP/maxine-chionh-sketches-01.png Work - Sketches Conceptual drawing in charcoal pencil of a block of flats suspended in mid-air over a scaffolding of fine pencil lines and a bottomless pit at the bottom of the page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783443439447-0EU37RHFW3PTR794NCN6/maxine-chionh-sketches-04.jpg Work - Sketches Densely packed and highly detailed page from the artist's sketchbook with text describing the formation of a sinkhole and a large pencil drawing of a sinkhole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783443552594-NSHZD1R28Q1Q1AV6JA5M/maxine-chionh-sketches-02.png Work - Sketches Highly conceptual drawing in red lines detailing the inner connected geometry of four disparate spaces in a home in Singapore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783443587467-V79YHZ6XP2KMDBDB1IJG/maxine-chionh-sketches-08.jpg Work - Sketches Mysterious and ethereal diptych featuring two photographs of a house moving process, the left is out of focus while the right shows a male figure erased with a drawn duplicate in his place. https://www.maxinechionh.com/work/the-25th-hour monthly 0.5 2026-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/5ebc640e-4533-4a1d-8add-7d4799b2786b/maxine-chionh-bergsjo%CC%88n-dialogue-01.jpg Work - The 25th Hour Site-specific placards predominantly black and white printed on paper as part of an artist intervention by Maxine Chionh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/f698b819-5070-41ac-a6f8-381bef8680de/maxine-chionh-bergsjo%CC%88n-dialogue-04.jpg Work - The 25th Hour Wall text and poster for the artist-mediated dialogue event at Kulturhuset Bergsjön. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783445816868-WF91QAJDYHS6FPPRXCXE/maxine-chionh-bergsjo%25CC%2588n-dialogue-02.jpg Work - The 25th Hour A group of people gathered in a circle, listening intently to one another as they participate in a collective dialogue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783445872662-XTHDQBMRAL1GDLW8KNIJ/maxine-chionh-bergsjo%25CC%2588n-dialogue-05.jpg Work - The 25th Hour Two fallen judo wrestlers on the floor in a collage with Kulturhuset Bergsjön's indoor steps as the backdrop and scene of their duel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/03531190-341e-4f79-9ff7-00b147f81855/maxine-chionh-bergsjo%CC%88n-dialogue-13.jpg Work - The 25th Hour Black and white photocopy pasted on a wall showing a pair of judo wrestlers grabbing onto each other's sleeves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1a2b6b71-f4e9-4d3e-b6bc-6d79ac9caacb/maxine-chionh-bergsjo%CC%88n-dialogue-14.jpg Work - The 25th Hour Black and white xerox image repurposed by Maxine Chionh of a pair of judo wrestlers in an embrace, where one has his back towards the camera while the other is showing his whole hand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/3a7a6b4e-3e8a-4caa-99e9-7ffe081e5196/maxine-chionh-bergsjo%CC%88n-dialogue-15.jpg Work - The 25th Hour Black and white photocopy of an old judo master felling a young disciple in a spectacular yet controlled flip where the young man is suspended upside down in mid-air. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/40fd290a-ae47-4699-a396-933cabacf58f/maxine-chionh-bergsjo%CC%88n-dialogue-16.jpg Work - The 25th Hour Collage of an anatomical drawing of the sensitive inner ear inserted into the corridor of Kulturhuset Bergsjön. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/53770b55-18e1-4c43-b68f-ac224ce49efe/maxine-chionh-bergsjo%CC%88n-dialogue-09.jpg Work - The 25th Hour Collage of an anatomically correct drawing of the inner ear apparatus inserted into the reading area of Kulturhuset Bergsjön. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/8cdfb12e-bbc4-4276-a86b-4ba541b7fe69/maxine-chionh-bergsjo%CC%88n-dialogue-18.jpg Work - The 25th Hour Collage of the entire outer and inner ear canal inserted into a physical printout of the lobby area of Kulturhuset Bergsjön. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/679548d3-1a8a-4ef0-8027-c5e8275103cc/maxine-chionh-bergsjo%CC%88n-dialogue-08.jpg Work - The 25th Hour Collage sketch of the streets of Bergsjön with a wide open mouth with tonsils, teeth and tongue showing, inserted into the paved pathway outdoors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/d27f7927-0bf5-4b7f-bacd-3c85d42d65c8/maxine-chionh-bergsjo%CC%88n-dialogue-10.jpg Work - The 25th Hour Collage of a black and white anatomical drawing of the ear canal inserted into the outdoor back alley of Kulturhuset Bergsjön. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783445951458-3FS3ISC6R5Q9HXN8L9R6/maxine-chionh-bergsjo%25CC%2588n-dialogue-07.jpg Work - The 25th Hour Collage of the human inner ear replacing the entire outdoor facade of Kulturhuset Bergsjön. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783445923230-474BREH678L43WJ4TN4K/maxine-chionh-bergsjo%25CC%2588n-dialogue-06.jpg Work - The 25th Hour Collage of a cavernous void deck from Singapore inserted to replace the entire facade of the Kulturhuset Bergsjön building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/1783445902685-MEESTPY6CHC59NF0AHBC/maxine-chionh-bergsjo%25CC%2588n-dialogue-11.jpg Work - The 25th Hour Collage with a void deck from the Housing Development Board in Singapore inserted into the indoor reading platform of Kulturhuset Bergsjön. https://www.maxinechionh.com/work/gold monthly 0.5 2026-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/dc707236-d2b3-4e6d-a3e0-26a31a1a4047/maxine-chionh-gold-installation-01.jpg Work - Gold Gold enamel painted on the cracked surface of a wall, part of a video art installation by Maxine Chionh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/43a0956a-cdf8-45ef-8f56-2731335b76e7/maxine-chionh-gold-installation-02.jpg Work - Gold Close-up of a video projection on rice paper screen door in a darkened space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/c5e05a91-4bce-4c1a-90e9-c908c758dda7/maxine-chionh-gold-installation-03.jpg Work - Gold Installation view of video projection on rice paper screen as part of a site-specific installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/4df5906c-3657-46ac-bb0f-828f85c38767/maxine-chionh-gold-installation-05.jpg Work - Gold Gold enamel painted into nooks and crannies of a white plastered wall to resemble leaking gold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/902e31eb-144d-4b1b-8ccd-274707c9f695/maxine-chionh-gold-installation-06.jpg Work - Gold Two large screws on white plastered wall painted in gold enamel as part of site-specific art installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/2eb87db8-3aa4-4b5f-9ae0-3b3d544266ed/maxine-chionh-gold-installation-07.jpg Work - Gold Cracked red brick wall laced with gold enamel paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/bf675eef-a027-4a29-92c6-7f2a70f72fb3/maxine-chionh-gold-installation-08.jpg Work - Gold Pile of crumbled and disintegrated red brick on the floor as part of a site-specific art installation. https://www.maxinechionh.com/work/suite monthly 0.5 2026-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/be26b369-4135-4af0-843c-db589afd9668/maxine-chionh-gibca-extended-01.jpg Work - Suite Full frontal image of a site-specific art installation with obituaries displayed on stone slabs on the floor in a tight formation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/cef7ac53-f36e-4f7e-bec9-4838111fc041/maxine-chionh-gibca-extended-02.jpg Work - Suite Overview of the room containing a site-specific art installation by Maxine Chionh for the Gothenburg International Art Biennale GIBCA Extended. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/fe997ef9-6a0c-423c-a05a-5b0aa88275b9/maxine-chionh-gibca-extended-05.jpg Work - Suite Close-up of the obituaries from the Straits Times displayed in individual plexi glass frames on a stone slab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/4318bfa8-b3f7-440e-9004-0064378700f6/maxine-chionh-gibca-extended-06.jpg Work - Suite Night-time view of the left-hand side of the room with pages from the Straits Times newspaper displayed in plexi glass frames and lit by a light box. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/4d730f42-07fe-4faf-9ebc-f61fba5bd38f/maxine-chionh-gibca-extended-08.jpg Work - Suite Day-time view of the left-hand side of the gallery with two thin sheets of newspaper framed in a clear plexi glass sheet in front of a window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/7103d003-1d5e-47f8-938d-50710191e047/maxine-chionh-gibca-extended-09.jpg Work - Suite Close-up of the stock market page of the Straits Times newspaper, with the faces from the obituaries on the other side eerily illuminated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/595061f5-10d2-4e21-9e3c-030cf6ed2533/maxine-chionh-gibca-extended-11.jpg Work - Suite Installation view of three plexi glass panels on a narrow black table top, each displaying a sheet of paper from the Swedish newspaper obituaries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/4a889bf3-9f62-4987-93e9-18ccaa329be7/maxine-chionh-gibca-extended-12.jpg Work - Suite Close-up view of one of the pages of the Swedish newspaper with all the obituaries physically erased. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/49f70294-386e-4fe3-ba10-0e3ac4f849e4/maxine-chionh-gibca-extended-13.jpg Work - Suite Female visitor with long dark hair in back view looking to the left at the illuminated panel of newspaper prints. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/d0695eac-6c15-4d62-8bbf-6ce66a9bd5c2/maxine-chionh-gibca-extended-15.jpg Work - Suite A row of three gallery visitors looking intently at the erased newspaper prints, one of the visitors is wearing a wet dark green raincoat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/2c98c2f2-5457-472b-90c2-61a6e523a749/maxine-chionh-gibca-extended-16.jpg Work - Suite Two female visitors to the exhibition crouching down to get a closer look at the floor installation with obituaries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4a58d44415b71b0e6ef36c/c9120b51-2e3c-4041-8b82-2378ad6c38e6/maxine-chionh-gibca-extended-17.jpg Work - Suite One female gallery visitor kneeling close to the installation on the floor to get a closer look at the images and texts on each of the displays.