Adam Chodzko (b. 1965, London, England) is a British contemporary artist whose work spans video, installation, performance, photography, drawing, and socially engaged practice. He studied History of Art at the University of Manchester (BA, 1988) and completed an MA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College, London, in 1994.
Although emerging alongside the Young British Artists in the 1990s, Chodzko’s practice aligns more closely with relational and conceptual art, emphasizing collective experience, social exchange, and participatory engagement rather than spectacle. He lives and works in Whitstable, Kent. Chodzko’s work investigates human relationality, perception, and the spaces between reality and imagined possibilities. He frequently collaborates with communities, creating situations in which participants co-author meaning, revealing hidden social structures, unconscious behaviors, or potential future scenarios.
His strategies often involve displacing images, narratives, or objects, provoking reflection on memory, belief systems, ritual, mythology, and collective imagination. Chodzko bridges autobiography, ethnography, folklore, and speculative fiction, combining documentary and surreal approaches to explore how visual culture shapes understanding of self and society. Projects such as The god Look-Alike Contest, Product Recall, and cell‑a exemplify his interest in networks, communication, and latent communal dynamics, while recent works examine ecological relationships, dreams, and AI-animated collective narratives.
His work has been exhibited internationally at Tate Britain, Tate St Ives, the Venice Biennale, Istanbul and Athens Biennales, PS1 NY, and the Royal Academy London. Solo and group shows have included Raven Row, Benaki Museum, MAMBo, and Ikon Gallery. Recent major exhibitions include But as we looked it suddenly began to change (Wei-Ling, Kuala Lumpur, 2023) and Ghost (Haworth Art Gallery, 2024), alongside commissions by Creative Time, Frieze Art Fair, and the Wellcome Trust, reflecting his ongoing exploration of art as a catalyst for collective imagination and social engagement.