Akiyasu Shimizu
Artist: Akiyasu Shimizu Dates of residency: Feb – Apr Born: 1985 Hometown: Kumamoto / Japan Lives and works: Berlin Germany Education: MFA, Berlin University of the Arts, Berlin, 2010 URL: http://www.akiyasushimizu.com BIO/ STATEMENT: Currently based in Berlin, Japanese artist Akiyasu Shimizu works in different media, such as photography, painting and installation which he fuses together […]
Cheon Pyo Lee
Artist name: Cheon Pyo Lee Dates of residency: Jan-June Born: South Korea Hometown: Seoul, South Korea Lives and works: Brooklyn, New York URL: http://cheonpyolee.com/ Education: MFA Yale University, School of Art, 2010. BFA The school of the Art institute of Chicago, 2006. BIO/ STATEMENT: Cheon Pyo Lee is a New York-based artist whose multidisciplinary practice is grounded in notions of absurdity, play, […]
Jeanette Lafontine
Artist: Jeanette Lafontine Dates of residency: Feb – June Born: 1981 Hometown: Oslo, Norway. Lives and works: Oslo, Norway, and New York City, NY. Education: MFA, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, 2011/2013 BFA, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, 2008/2011 URL: http://www.jeanettelafontine.com BIO/ STATEMENT: Norwegian artist Jeanette Lafontine explores both the scientific and the fictional […]
Filipe Cortez
Artist: Filipe Cortez Dates of residency: Feb – July Born: 1986 Hometown: Oporto, Portugal Lives and works: Oporto, Portugal Education: Master’s Degree at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto, 2012. First Degree at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto, 2008 URL: http://filipecortez.tumblr.com/ BIO/ STATEMENT: Filipe Cortez’ multidisciplinary practice (site specific interventions […]
Jonna Kina
Artist: Jonna Kina Dates of residency: Feb – June Born: 1984 Hometown: Lappeenranta, Finland Lives and works: Helsinki, Finland Education: MFA, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Time and Space Arts, Helsinki, 2013. School of Visual Arts, SVA, New York, USA 2013. Aalto University School of Art, Design and Architecture 2010-2015. Academy of Art […]
Antje Rieck
Artist name: Antje Rieck Dates of residency: Feb- April Born: 1970 Hometown: Munich, Germany Lives and works: Berlin, Germany and Turin, Italy Education: MFA, Academy of Fine Arts, Turin, Italy, 1998 URL: http://www.antjerieck.net BIO/ STATEMENT: Antje Rieck’s work examines ideas of transformation, transcendance and metamorphosis, positioning the human body as a porous receptacle in dialogue […]
Ignacio Tejedor
Artist: Ignacio Tejedor López Dates of residency: Feb – April Born: 1986 Hometown: Madrid Lives and works: Madrid Education: (Currently) PhD Academy of Fine Arts UCM, Madrid and courses at Saint Martins College, London. MFA, Academy of Fine Arts Brera, Milan. BFA, Academy of Fine Arts UCM, Madrid URL: http://www.ignaciotejedorlopez.com/ BIO/ STATEMENT: In his work, […]
Hyon Gyon
Artist: Hyon Gyon Dates of residency: February – November, 2015 Born: 1979 Hometown: Dangjin, South Korea Lives and works: New York, U.S.A. Education: PhD in Painting, Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan, 2011; MA in Painting, Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan, 2008; BA in Western Painting, Mokwon University, Mokwon, Korea, 2002 URL: www.shin-gallery.com BIO/ STATEMENT: After living in […]
Ishu Han
Artist name: Ishu Han Dates of residency: Feb-April Born: Shanghai, China Hometown: Shanghai (China) and Aomori (Japan) Lives and works: Tokyo, Japan Education: MA Inter Media Art, Tokyo University of Arts, 2012 URL: http://www.hanishu.com BIO/ STATEMENT: Ishu Han questions the notion of belongingness, civic duty and how such notions influence our voices as individuals. In […]
Lene Baadsvig Ørmen
Artist name: Lene Baadsvig Ørmen Dates of residency: Feb-April Born: 1984, Råde / Norway Hometown: Oslo Lives and works: Oslo Education: MFA, Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHIO); BFA, Bergen Academy of Fine Arts (Dept of Photography) and Estonian Academy of Fine Arts (Exchange program). BIO/ STATEMENT: Lene Baadsvig Ørmen examines the origin and […]