Christopher Hall is a painter, film-maker, archivist, researcher and gardener. 

His practice is interdisciplinary with a strong emphasis on collaboration and process. He was the winner of the Swinton Foundation Prize at New Lights 2013.  Born near Birmingham, he lives and works in Leeds.

Sifting through the detritus and noise of contemporary life, Christopher Hall offers up astute observations on modern culture posing leading questions about what is real and what is illusory. His approach, coupled with a strong desire to experiment and let chance play its part, demonstrates that by isolating and pulling an image from its original context, it can acquire new layers of meaning, gaining political agency and offering a glimpse of perhaps a wider truth.

“My current work examines the interplay between memory, spectacle and notions of power. In our world increasingly mediated by ephemeral images, ‘news as entertainment’ and digital data streams, meaning and intention frequently become clouded and less certain. Images can become fluid; human interactions recorded, mapped and codified - thoughts and emotions transformed into commodities to be traded, bought and sold. 

As technology advances and machines become ever ‘smarter’ (through the rapid growth of A.I and machine learning) a transfer of skills and knowledge is also taking place.” 

Christopher Hall, June 2023