Pouya Afshar
Artist name: Pouya Afshar Dates of residency: May-July Born: 1984 Hometown: Tehran, Los Angeles, Cambridge Lives and works: Cambridge, MA URL: www.pouyaafshar.com Education: MFA, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), 2009; BFA, California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), 2007 BIO/ STATEMENT: Pouya Afshar is an alumnus from the California Institute of Arts Character Animation department and is a graduate of University […]
Nuno da Luz
Artist: Nuno da Luz Dates of residency: July–November 2014; and May 2016 Born: 1984 Hometown: Lisbon, Portugal Lives and works: Berlin, Germany URL: www.nunodaluz.com Education: Graduate Degree in Communication Design, Academy of Fine Arts, Lisbon, Portugal, 2007 BIO/ STATEMENT: Nuno da Luz is an artist and publisher whose work circumscribes both aural and visual in the form of sound events, installations and […]
Miri Chais
Artist Name: Miri Chais Dates of Residency: May – July Born: 1966 Hometown: Herzelia Lives and Works: Los Angeles, California URL: www.mirichais.com Education: 1997 – 2001 Hamidrasha College of Art, Beit Berl – Kfar Saba, Israel BIO/STATEMENT: Miri Chais’ work deals with the pervasive influence of technology and the rapidly approaching possibility of limitless immortality […]
Ana Peñalba
Artist name: Ana Peñalba Dates of residency: May – July Born: 1981 Hometown: Madrid, Spain Lives and works: New York URL: www.anapenalba.com Education: Master’s Degree in Architecture. Polytechnic School of Architecture (E.T.S.A.M), Madrid, Spain, 2000-2006; Master of Environment Studies and Bioclimatic Architecture, 2006-2007 BIO/ STATEMENT: Ana Peñalba’s professional trajectory is made of multiple work collaborations in different […]
Ivan Gaete
Artist name: Ivan Gaete Dates of residency: May – July Hometown: Santiago, Chile Lives and works: New York URL: www.ivangaete.net Education: Self taught BIO/ STATEMENT: Ivan Gaete is a multidisciplinary New York-based artist. His drawings, paper constructions, photographs, videos and installations are multi-layered surveys that deploy architecture and sewing practices to expose the hidden structures that define […]
Ingrid Eggen
Artist name: Ingrid Eggen Dates of residency: May – July Born: 1979 Hometown: Oslo, Norway Lives and works: Oslo, Norway URL: www.ingrideggen.no Education: 2015: Academin Valand, School of Photography, Gothenburg – Independent Project (6 mnd). 2003-2006: University College of Arts,Crafts and Design, Oslo – BA Institute for Colour/Visual Arts, NO. 2005: Konstfack – University College of […]
Guillaume Bresson
Artist name: Guillaume Bresson Dates of residency: May-Oct Born: 1982 Hometown: Toulouse, France Lives and works: Paris and Toulouse, France URL: http://www.nathalieobadia.com/artist_detail.php?ar=95 Education: MFA, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts de Paris, Paris, France, 2007 (with Honors) BIO/ STATEMENT: Guillaume Bresson questions the notions of scene-setting and narration in painting. His work calls forth the […]
André Cepeda
Artist name: André Cepeda Dates of residency: May – July Born: 1976 Hometown: Coimbra, Portugal Lives and works: Porto, Portugal URL: www.andrecepeda.com Education: André Cepeda is self-thaught, starting his interest in photography at the age of 13, working in diferent institutions, first, at the Encontros de Fotografia in Coimbra (1990-1994), an International Photography Festival, where he did his first workshops and […]
Virginia de Medeiros
Artist: Virginia de Medeiros Dates of residency: May-July Born: 1973 Hometown: Feira de Santana, Brazil Lives and works: São Paulo, Brazil URL: http://virginiademedeiros.com.br/ Education: 2002 Master in Visual Arts, Escola de Belas Artes [School of Fine Arts] (UFBA), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; 1997 Bachelorship IN Plastic Arts, Escola de Belas Artes [School of Fine Arts] (UFBA), Salvador, […]
Neil Harbisson and Moon Ribas
Artist name: Neil Harbisson and Moon Ribas Dates of residency: May – August Born: Catalonia Hometown: Barcelona Lives and works: New York URL: www.harbisson.com; www.moonribas.com Education: Neil: BA Honor Music Composition, Dartington College of Arts, UK Moon: BA Honor Choreography, Dartington College of Arts, UK; Exchange program, SNDO, Dance for New Development, The Netherlands. BIO/ […]