Taey Iohe
Taey Iohe is a transdisciplinary artist, writer and listener, born near the Han River, and now based near the River Lea and Ching.
Rooted in collective care, humility, and ecological belonging, Taey’s practice embraces an eco-crip perspective across varied media, including soundscapes, language, moving images, and social engagement. Their work explores what “leaks” from the meta-narratives of our body and planet — perceiving leakage both as a sign of pain and as a potential path to healing. Taey’s current focus investigates what seeps across boundaries in waterways and ecotone sites; include Canvey Island in Essex, Morecambe Bay in Lancashire, Irish Sea, and the waterways of London.
Taey often works in collaborations; a co-founder of the Decolonising Botany Working Group and has presented a performance, A Refusing Oasis, at Documenta 15. They are half of the collective duo, Breakwater, exploring social practice across subjects related to climate grief and migrants’ lived experiences, excavating counter-narratives centered around spiritual knowledge and the political resonances of landscape.
Taey is also a working member of the Feminist Duration Reading Group and a founder of Care for Collective Curatorial, making collective curatorial inquiry as a caring practice.
Taey has exhibited internationally, with support including Art Angel, Arts Catalyst, Barbican Centre, Camden Arts Centre, Estuary Festival, FACT Liverpool, Flat Time House, Heart of Glass, Ignota Books, Lancaster Arts, Liverpool Biennial, Nottingham Contemporary, Paul Mellon Centre, Stanley Pickers Gallery, Serpentine Gallery, Tate Modern, and Up Projects in the UK; ARKO Art Center, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, and Seoul Museum of Art in Korea; Documenta 15, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, HFBK Hamburg, and Zebra Poetry Film Festival in Germany.
Currently Taey is a research associate at CCA Derry~Londonderry. They also teach Fine Art at Chelsea College of Arts as a lecturer, and Art & Ecology at Goldsmiths College as a visiting tutor.
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For collaboration, enquiry, commission, or to say hello: taey.iohe@gmail.com