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Art: The Mollusc Dimension

An ever-evolving creator of worlds and multisensory images, The Mollusc Dimension’s work encompasses: 2D drawing, animation, audio, blogging, improv, poetry, self-publishing, teaching, video, workshops, zines. His portfolio is a kaleidoscopic and bizarre meeting of alternative kids tv, autofiction, comedy, decolonizing education, existentialism, grief, intersectional feminism, trans rights activism, virtuoso classical piano, with a huge range of emotion from despair to playfulness, fury to compassion, deadpan, lyrical and many colours besides. READ MORE . . .

LIVE PERFORMANCES

  • 2023 London Trans Choir, The Vagina Museum

  • 2023 Moon Fest, Trinity Centre, Bristol

  • 2023 Trans Pride Brighton, Brighton Dome Bar, Brighton

  • 2023 The Bitten Peach UK - Lost in Trans Asian, The RVT, London

  • 2023 Break Reality/Brighton Fringe c/o The Beanpig Puppets - The Rose Hill, Brighton

  • 2023 Centre Stage, The Learning Centre, Queens Theatre Hornchurch

  • 2022 Comediasians - Hoopla Impro, The Miller, London

  • 2022 We Are Double Okay/ A Girl Called Stephen - Reading Rep Theatre, Reading

  • 2022 FOC it up Comedy, 21 Soho, London

  • 2022 ESEA Sisters - The Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London

  • 2022 besea.n Celebrating You - China Exchange

  • 2022 Queer Cafe Takeover - Hiver taproom

  • 2022 She Her They Them - The Glasshouse

  • 2022 Bi-Pride London - The People’s Palace

  • 2022 Stop Asian Hate - The Distillery

  • 2022 Pelican Readings - The Pelican, London

  • 2022 South Asian Comedy Night - Hoopla Impro, The Miller, London

  • 2022 Naturally Transqueerian Fantasies: Queering Everyday Materials 跨想曲 (Online Lecture for Queer China UK)

  • 2022 Brighton Fringe - The Rose Hill, Brighton (Curated by Beanpig Puppets)

  • 2022 She Her They Them - Tracks, London, UK

  • 2022 Asians Have Feelings Too - Rich Mix, London, UK (Debut Solo Show)

    Performances cont'd

MUSIC CREDITS - Composer, recording artist, scorer (since 2014)

  • 2023 Hello Weed (3m24) - animation soundtrack for RHS Wisley (Linden McMahon & Lily Ash Sakula)
    about weeds, young people, mental health.

  • 2023 Do You Sea What I Sea (2m45) animation soundtrack for The National Maritime Museum (Lily
    Ash Sakula).

  • 2021 Trans Performance Exchange - artist film soundtrack for Emma Frankland.

  • 2020 Adventures in Time & Gender (by Jason Barker & trans people) - theme tune and interludes.

  • 2020 Comediasians/Rumah Fest - recorded improvised background music.

  • 2020 Breaking The Spell of the Armada Portraits - art history film soundtrack for The National Maritime
    Museum (Bird la Bird).

  • 2019 Reverberation - Chinese Arts Now (Kakilang) - revised ensemble concert piece for Shanghai
    International Table Tennis Festival

  • 2019 The Tale of the Mystery of Five Elements (name changed to Reverberation in 2019)
    composed and scored for 2 Ping Pong players & Clarinet Trio.
    For Chinese Arts Now/ CAN 2019.
    Soundstate Festival, Southbank Centre (1 concert, 1 workshop)

  • 2018  Escape from the Law of Octaves (10m19) - artist film soundtrack for Kai Fi’ain.

  • 2017  Sacred Seven (1m34) - animation soundtrack for Little Apple Dolls

  • 2016  Missing Parts (14m09) Chinese Arts Space. 
    Composition, Piano Recording & Live Performance.
    Track used on tour at: The Black-E (Liverpool), The Folkestone 
    Quarterhouse, The Theatre Royal, (Plymouth) 

  • 2014  Disco Breakdown (3m14) Audio track. 
    Commissioned by Evan Ifekoya.
    An Infinity of Traces at Lisson Gallery (2021)
    More info here.

INDEPENDENT AUDIO RELEASES (since 2013)

PUBLISHING (since pre-2009)

SELF-PUBLISHING (since 2008)

  • 2023 How I Survived My Teenage Years

  • 2023 Welcome to The Mollusc Dimension - songs of absences and emergings

  • 2022 I just want you to know I exist - Debut Poetry Collection

  • 2020 Homegrown Zine - Digital Zine Commissioned by Ursurp Art Gallery. First printed 2021.

  • 2019 Tomatoes

  • 2018 Silver Tomatoes Handmade Zine

  • 2018 Unwritten Stories and Broke Spoke Words

  • 2018 3d zine

  • 2017/2018 There’s something about you

  • 2016 Mr. Carrot Zine (Orange and Cardboard covers)

  • 2016 Low Key Zine

  • 2014 How Very Dare You Do Your Own Thing With Gender

  • 2013 7 postcards

  • 2013 Yoghurt Pots

  • 2013 Mr. Carrot is Lost in Hong Kong

  • 2011 Three Zine

  • 2009 The Second I Scream Zine

  • 2008 First I Sprout Fangs (2 hardback covers, 2 soft back covers)

COLLECTIONS including my zines

  • Queer Zine Library

  • Goldsmiths Zine Collection

  • The Museum of Transology (Tomatoes, 2019) and Low Key Zine, 2016)

  • The Tate Britain Zine Collection (How Very Dare You Do Your Own Thing with Gender, 2014)

ZINE FESTIVALS, WORKSHOPS, HAPPENINGS (from 2011)

Lead-artist public workshop/activity

  • 2024 Maps of Queer Feminist Joy - Devils Dyke Network, Ledward Centre, Brighton (upcoming)

  • 2021 Queer China UK - creative activity as part of lecture (online)

  • 2021 Rumah / My Crying Party - Awkward Times Comic Workshop (online)

  • 2021 QTIBIPOC Generations - Mind Map Activity “Being Together - Apart” (online)


The Mollusc Dimension

  • 2023 Trans artist stalls at The Queery, Brighton for TDOR (Trans Day of Remembrance)

  • 2023 ESEA Cultural Festival (Kanlungan and SEEAC ESEA Community event) at All Saints Church Hall, Hammersmith

  • 2023 Gather & Grow (ESEA Sisters) at The Camden Chinese Community Centre, London

Qraft Bistro co-run public workshops/activities

  • 2019 Deptford Does Art - Queering The Monster, South London Zine Festival (zine workshop)

  • 2019 DIY Space for London - Zine Fair (sock puppets drop-by activity)

  • 2018 Fringe Fest - Zine Fair

  • 2018 Dalston - Spiritual Aspects of Queer Punk Health Creation, Caroline Ophis (storytelling workshop for 20 people)

  • 2018 DIY Space for London - Decolonise Fest, RESIST craft workshop (drop in collage workshop)

  • 2018 The Royal Vauxhall Tavern - Queer Fayre (sticker drawing drop-by activity)

  • 2018 DIY Space for London - Bermondzine (nature card-making drop-by activity)

Interactive Monster Unit co-run public workshops/activities

  • 2016 The ICA, London  - Artist Self Publishers Fair (sticker drawing drop-by activity)

  • 2016 The Rich Mix - DIY Cultures (sticker drawing drop-by activity)

  • 2016 DIY Space for London - Weirdo Zine Fest

  • 2015 South Kilburn Studios - Zine World/ Kilburn Zine & Comic Fair, Curated by OOMK

  • 2014 Test Space, Camden, London (sticker-drawing drop-by activity)

  • 2014 Queer Fayre, The RVT, London 

  • 2014 Alternative Press Pop Up, London 

  • 2014 Alternative Press Fair, The Bishopsgate Institute, London 

  • 2013 Garconne "My First Time", The Bussey Building, Peckham (art sign-making drop-by activity)

  • 2013 Queer Zine Fest, The Rag Factory, London 

  • 2013 DIY Cultures, Rich Mix, London 

  • 2011 Womens’ Library, Brick Lane, London (mask drop-by activity)

  • 2011 Buffalo Bar - Lilies on Mars (mask drop-by activity)

  • 2011 Womens’ Autonomous Nuisance Cafe, The Boys Club, London (mask-making workshop)

  • 2011 The Rag Factory - London Zine Symposium (mask drop-by activity)

SELECTED MUSIC VIDEOS (from 2007)

GROUP ART SHOWS (from 2007)

  • 2023 LGBT+ Life, Brixton Library

  • 2019 Battersea Arts Centre/OCCUPY - (Qraft Bistro/Decolonise Fest Workshop Participants)

  • 2011 Real World Gallery, Homerton, London - Exhibitor & Co-Curator with International Nobody

  • 2010 The Proud Gallery, Camden/David Lynch Tribute/Curated by Lilies on Mars - Exhibitor

  • 2008 Et Cetera Gallery, London/Neophytes - Co-Curated with International Nobody

  • 2008 The Others, Hackney/Monsters

  • 2008 Hebden Bridge Arts Festival Gallery/A Thousand Words, The Art of Illustration

  • 2007 Hackney, Private Multimedia Art and Performance Event - “Tween All Hallows & the Light” - Co-Curator

SCREENINGS (from 2007)

Asians Have Feelings Too (2023)

  • 2023 BACQ ESEA Art exhibition, London

  • 2023 Poetry LGBT, The Two Brewers, London

  • 2023 Deli Vision, Theatre Deli

  • 2022 Transitions international queer minorities Film Festival, US

  • 2022 Flip the Script Fest - Minnesota, US

  • 2022 Fringe Film Fest - Rich Mix, London, UK

  • 2022 besea.n Celebrating You - China Exchange, London, UK

  • 2022 Moonfest, Bristol, UK

  • 2022 Trans Pride Film Night - Duke of York Picturehouse, Brighton, UK

  • 2022 Pride at Eaton, Hong Kong, UK

  • 2022 Debut Solo Show - Rich Mix, London, UK

Appearances On-Screen (speaking)

  • 2021 CAN Arts Festival 2021 (Chinese Arts Now), YouTube Live Interview & Work Share

  • 2020 Fringe Film Festival (Digital), Live Interview with Bird la Bird by Kai Fi’ain

  • 2018 The Barbican, at Transpose, curated by CN Lester


Breaking The Spell of the Armada Portrait (2020)

  • 2020 Fringe Film Festival Screening

  • 2020 The National Maritime Museum website


Seventh Son (Previously Escape from the Law of Octaves) (14m09) (Dir. Fi'ain, Music The Mollusc Dimension)

  • 2020 The Whitechapel Art Gallery

  • 2020 And Now What Fest

  • 2019 Espacio Gallery

Side Dish (2007) - an animated video featuring the song “Side Dish” by Psapp 

  • 2008 Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece - Synch Festival

  • 2008 Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne, Australia - Melbourne International Animation Festival 

  • 2007 Pantheon Cultural Association, Cyprus - Pantheon International Xperimental Film & Animation Festival

  • 2007 The Royal Geographical Society, London, UK - The Magnificent Revolutionary Cycle Powered Cinema, 

  • 2007 Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire - The Big Chill

  • 2007 Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY, US
 - Animation Block Party

  • 2007 Oregon, US
 - Platform Animation Festival

  • 2007 Waterloo Ontario, Canada - The Non-Violence Film Festival

  • 2007 Appledore, Devon, UK - Appledore Visual Arts Festival

  • 2007 93 Feet East, Brick Lane, UK

QUALIFICATIONS 

  • Masters in Illustration & Animation, Kingston University

  • LTCL in Piano Performance

  • BA Hons English, York University

  • ATCL in Piano Teaching

  • Foundation Art & Design B-Tec, St. Martins (Now UAL)