Members private viewing: habitable climes

Members and Fellows are invited to a private viewing of Habitable Climes (12 March-30 April), the Sunderland Collection Art Programme's exhibition at Canada House.

The exhibition features the work of Kristina Chan, who used the maps and atlases in the Sunderland Collection as inspiration for her exploration of exploration itself. The Sunderland Collection also supported her expeditions to the Arctic and Nevada, which feature in her artwork.

Chan is a master of print and photography. The exhibition features stylised images of instruments in the RGS-IBG Collections, part of a commentary on the fallibility of ‘accuracy’ in exploration. Chan photographed the instruments through clouded Perspex screens, allowing her to blur the edges of instruments usually prized for their precision measurements.

Following the private tour, attendees will be treated to a printing demonstration with a glass of wine.

About the speaker

Kristina Chan is a London based artist working between printmaking, photography and public installation.

Inspired by post-impressionism, Japanese prints, and contemporary photography, her work explores the boundaries between individual and collective memory, and how these colliding narratives can affect our interpretation of space.

Recent solo exhibitions include the Hancock Gallery (2023), the Litvak Contemporary (2022), and the Lightbox Museum (2021).

Her work is in the permanent collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum (2016, 2017), the Ingram Collection of British and Modern Art (2020) and the Royal College of Art (2018, 2016).

She has also completed commissioned pieces for the British Museum (2019) and HRH the Prince of Wales for his 70th birthday (2018).

Booking information

• Advance booking for this event is required. In order to book you will need an account on our website. If you already have an account you will be prompted to log in when you click 'book now'. Please create an account if you do not have one yet (you do not need to be a member of the Society to create an account).
• We do not issue tickets (electronic or physical) for this event. Instead your name will be on a list at the door.
• This event will be held at Canada House.

If you have any questions or require assistance with your booking, please email events@rgs.org.