Chris Oatey

With a practice situated in a space where predetermined structures invite random forces to assist in their making, Oatey’s finished works serve as documentation of this process, engaging in a dialogue with the mechanically reproduced image. Informed by a cartographic sensibility, he produces a wide range of works from the intricately hand-drawn to the raw, immediate recording of his everyday surroundings, skillfully documenting surface textures in and out of the studio. His work highlights the unexpected and overlooked aspects of both materials and ordinary sites, and carbon paper allows him to slow down the reception of the work whether he uses it to create imagery or sculptural installations.