Numb
This exhibition features new works examining the experiences of the Chinese LGBTQIA+ community. Doyle uses the prevailing social control over queer culture in China as a metaphor to address historic and ongoing discrimination even stigmatisation of queer people across the globe.
In a series of works informed by a residency in Shanghai, Doyle looks at China’s restrictive social structures and conventions with respect to sexual minorities. The artist focuses on individuals that they encountered during their residency ranging from a queer activist to anonymous citizens to ruminate on the tension between the conditions of existence of LGBTQIA+ people and normative sexual morale and behaviour.
Curated by Miguel Amado at Triskel Arts Centre
Voguers in the afternoon, Oil on Canvas with Ceramics, 70x50x20 cm. Invited to the 191st RHA Annual Exhibition. Sold to Private Collection.
Caihong at an Intersection in the Changning District, Oil and Mix Media on Board. 60x45 cm. Sold to Private Collection.
Shanghai Citizen, Oil and Mix Media on Canvas, 35x25 cm. Sold to Private Collection
Between Grindr and Yili Road, Oil and Mix Media on Board, 60x45 cm. Sold to Private Collection
Worn by 12am, Oil and Mix Media on Canvas, 35x25 cm. Sold to Private Collection
Searching... Oil and Mix Media on Canvas, 80x60 cm. Exhibited at Kilkenny Arts Festival 2022. Sold to Private Collection.
Meditating Tongqui, Oil and Mix Media on Canvas. 120x80 cm. Selected for the 139th RUA Annual Exhibition. Acquired by Crawford Art Gallery for Permanent Collection.
Lost in Commute, Oil and Mix Media on Canvas, 80x60 cm. Sold to Private Collection.
Not my sister, not my friend...not here, Oil and Mix Media on Canvas with Security Camera. 180x100 cm. Sold to Private Collection.