SOAS video art program

SOAS Gallery in London is opening a free public program of screenings and talks around “In-/Visible Spectrums: Contemporary Video Art from the Sinosphere,” with events running from April 16 to June 20, 2026. (soas.ac.uk) The exhibition itself runs from April 16 to June 20 at SOAS Gallery and presents video works by 11 artists made between 2015 and 2025. A separate Eventbrite collection lists six free public events tied to the show. (soas.ac.uk) (eventbrite.com) SOAS says the program will pair screenings with panel discussions featuring artists and scholars of Chinese contemporary art. The listed sessions begin with “Institutional Critiques by Chinese Artists in London” on April 16 at 5 p.m. and end with a roundtable on June 20 at 3 p.m. (soas.ac.uk 1) (soas.ac.uk 2) (eventbrite.com) The series is organized around specific themes rather than a single survey lecture. Eventbrite listings name sessions on humor in Chinese video art on April 30, queer video art in mainland China on May 14, artists from Hong Kong on May 28, and the body in classical Chinese aesthetics on June 18. (eventbrite.com) SOAS frames the exhibition as an argument about geography as much as medium. Its description says the project pushes back against treating Chinese contemporary art as something tied only to mainland China. (soas.ac.uk) The gallery also uses “Sinosphere” and “Sinophone artists” to widen that frame beyond one state or one art market. The May 28 event, for example, is dedicated to video art, photography and performance by artists from Hong Kong and lists artist Siu Wai Hang and curator Yim Sui Fong as speakers. (soas.ac.uk) SOAS says the works are “aesthetically and technically diverse,” and the named speakers show that the program mixes artists with academic moderators. The April 16 session lists Yique and Xu Ziyi with Professor Paul Gladston, who also appears on other event pages in the series. (soas.ac.uk 1) (soas.ac.uk 2) A separate art-network posting says the exhibition includes artists Huang Yuhui, Li Nu, Liang Yue, Liu Guoqiang, Ma Haijiao, Ma Qiusha, Siu Wai Hang, Tong Wenmin, Xin Yunpeng, Yi Lian and Zheng Xinhao. That list matches SOAS’s description of the show as a multi-artist survey built from work made over the past decade. (mococa.hypotheses.org) (soas.ac.uk) For visitors, the practical point is simple: the screenings and talks are free, but SOAS is directing people to register through Eventbrite. The program starts April 16 at SOAS Gallery and closes with the June 20 roundtable. (eventbrite.co.uk) (eventbrite.com)