Gherdai Hassell
A Lovebird (2021)
Bloom, Where Planted (2021)
Flee in Reverie (2021)
Flora and Fauna (2021)
Hope Is A Thing With Feathers (202)
Bloom Where Planted (2021)
About
Gherdai Hassell (b. 1991, Paget, Bermuda) is a China trained, multidisciplinary contemporary artist, writer and storyteller, based in Manchester, UK. Her work investigates memory and nostalgia to create unexpected narratives surrounding identity. She uses collage to thread and weave histories, and tales of transformation passed down through family lineages. Her work typically centers female bodies, simultaneously existing within realms of past, present, and future. Diasporic pasts become re-informed by Black futures, where the resulting present is experienced as living “Artifacts”. Her work is an exploration of identity as an exploration of materials. The work suggests that identity should be self-determined and understood, and contextualized through connection with others. Her multimedia work reimagines relationships with the body as avatar, social space and the invisible world. Gherdai Hassell received her bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina Greensboro 2013 and is currently pursuing an MFA in Contemporary Art at the China Academy of Art.
Exhibitions
2025
OPEN BORDERS | Jul 3 - Aug 29, 2025
2024
In Relation | Feb 2 - Mar 16, 2024
2022
Stick It | Jan 22 - Mar 22, 2022