'Multilocal' is an exhibition of painting and multimedia works by Chris Gill, a Shanghai based artist and writer.

We live in a multi-polar non linear world at this point in time. This exhibition is an attempt to translate this dialectic by the local expression of this multi-culture, multi-personality, multi-complex environment, from the perspective of Shanghai, with the artist being non-local to this specific environment. At the same time, the exhibition rationale hopes to sift through local elements to create an aesthetic that matches the locale, within its position as a major international thoroughfare, entreport and complex environment. Multilocal is an expression or interpretation of the current environment through the means of multimedia works that have been built up over a period of several years.

Local and international cultural elements, modern and traditional artistic media, have all been mixed together into an aesthetic form that should engage the viewer on a singular and multilayer experience, that combines these elements to create a contrasting impression of the present, ever evolving landscape in Shanghai. As a specifically visual art project, the theme is open to a wider interpretation, and is hoped to be a starting point in a broader discussion or exploration of multilocal issues. This is a part of Chris Gill’s ‘visual diary’ work, which began in 1992.

Chris Gill graduated from the University of Newcastle u Tyne and the Peoples university of China in 1994 with a degree in Chinese Politics. He has been working as an artists in China since 1992, where he established his first studio at the Yuanminyuan artists village. His current studio is in the Weihai Road 696 arts studios in Shanghai. He has widely exhibited in China, including at Shanghai Art Museum and Shanghart Gallery. He also works as China correspondent for The Art Newspaper.

Gill's work mostly uses oil on canvas and mixed media installations, described by NY critic Robert Morgan as a kind of graffiti cartoon style with political content and irony.… reminiscent of 80s artists Keith Haring and Rodney Alan Greenblat.