Brett Swenson
Artist name: Brett Swenson Dates of residency: September – November Born: 1987 Hometown: Vernon Hills, IL Lives and works: Brooklyn, NY URL: http://www.brettswenson.com/ Education: BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 2010; Beloit College, Beloit, WI, 2005-2006. Bio/ Statement: Brett Swenson’s practice explores the mutability of memory and perception. His works subvert the constructs of […]
Leasho Johnson
Artist name: Leasho Johnson Dates of residency: Sept – Nov Born: 1984 Hometown: Montego Bay, Jamaica W.I. Lives and works: Kingston, Jamaica URL: http://www.leasho.com/; http://enfr.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/1441988/davidoff-art-initiative-names-leasho-johnson-for-ny-residency; Interview with Designer Island Life: http://designerislandlife.com/talks/a-jamaican-sub-culture-nurtures-both-art-design Education: BFA, Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, Jamaica, 2009 Bio/ Statement: Leasho Johnson is the first artist to be selected for the Davidoff Art […]
Heather Dewey-Hagborg
Artist name: Heather Dewey-Hagborg Dates of residency: Sept – Nov Born: Philadelphia Hometown: Chicago Lives and works: Chicago URL: www.deweyhagborg.com Education: PHD, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2016 (expected); MPS, New York University, 2007; BA, Bennington College, 2003 Bio/ Statement: Heather Dewey-Hagborg is an information artist and bio-hacker whose works explore the intersection between art and science and in art as […]
Jorge Rodriguez Mazzini
Artist name: Jorge Rodriguez Mazzini Dates of residency: Aug – Oct Born: 1985 Hometown: San Juan, Puerto Rico Lives and works: New York City URL: www.jarmazzini.com Education: Cinematography at Fundación Universidad del Cine, Buenos Aires, Argentina Bio/ Statement: Jorge Mazzini is a Filmmaker and Cinematographer/DP who explores an experimental documentary style with short films, shot […]
Sean Wang
Artist name: Sean Wang（汪正翔） Dates of residency: Aug-Dec Born: 1981 Hometown: Taipei, Taiwan Lives and works: Taipei, Taiwan URL: http://seanwang.format.com/ Education: 2012 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2007 MA, History Major, National Taiwan University, Taipei 2003 BA, History Major, National Taiwan University, Taipei Bio/ Statement: “Ironically, all of my mulling over the subject of photography […]
Shurui Li
Artist name: Shurui Li (李姝睿) Dates of residency: Aug-Sept Born: 1981 Hometown: Chongqing, China Lives and works: Chongqing & Beijing, China URL: http://www.lishurui.com/ Education: Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chong Qing, China, 2004 Bio/Statement: Born in Chongqing in 1981, Shurui Li is a 2004 graduate of the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute. Li Shurui has been hailed as a leading emerging female Chinese artist by The New […]
Özgür Demirci
Artist name: Özgür Demirci Dates of residency: August – September Born: 1982 Hometown: Istanbul,Turkey Lives and works: Istanbul / Izmir, Turkey URL: www.ozgurdemirci.com Education: DFA Dokuz Eylül University, Art and Design, İzmir, TR, 2015; MFA Valand School of Fine Arts, C:Art:Media, Göteborg, SE, 2008-2010; BFA Yıldız Technical University, Bachelor of Art and Design, Interdisciplinary Arts, İstanbul, TR, 2002-2007 Bio/ Statement: […]
Kai-chun Chiang
Artist name: Kai-chun Chiang (江凯群) Dates of residency: Aug – Nov Born: 1983 Hometown: Tao-yuan, Taiwan Lives and works: Paris, France URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-DJ61Ccl5U; https://vimeo.com/149027408 Education: Le Fresnoy, Studio National des arts contemporains, France, 2015; École Nationale Supérieure d’Art Paris – Cergy, France, 2013; Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan, 2007 Bio/ Statement: Chiang Kai-chun is a photographer […]
Nina Komel
Artist name: Nina Komel Dates of residency: August – September 2016 Born: 1986 Hometown:Brod, RS, BiH (Brod, Bosnia and Herzegovina) Lives and works:Brod (BiH)-Novi Sad(Serbia) URL(s): http://ninakomel.com/ Education:Academy of Fine Art, Banja Luka, RS, BiH,Painting, 2010; Academy of Fine Art, Novi Sad, Srbia, 2012 Bio/ Statement: Nina Komel is a conceptual artist whose work is based on […]
Kato Six
Artist name: Kato Six Dates of residency: Aug – Nov Born: 1986 Hometown: Brugge, Belgium Lives and works: Brussels, Belgium URL: www.katosix.be Education: MFA, School of Arts, Ghent, 2010 Bio/ Statement: In her installation work, Belgian artist Kato Six makes minimal but incisive spatial interventions that act as sculptural marginalia – annotations that are often […]