Olivier Liégent
Artist: Olivier Liégent Dates of residency: March Born: 1952 Hometown: Lille Lives and works: Reims, France URL: www.olivierliegent.com Education: Beaux Arts de Reims et Paris, 1972 BIO/STATEMENT: Olivier Liégent’s work is influenced by the hybridized world culture of globalization. He is a painter, sculptor, photographer and comic book artist. His work combines techniques, objects and […]
Thierry Costesèque
Artist: Thierry Costesèque Dates of residency: Feb & May 2014 Born: 1970 Hometown: Saigon, Vietnam Lives and works: Paris URL: http://www.eric-dupont.com/artists/id_10/Thierry-Costesèque Education: Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris (ensba), Paris, 1994 BIO/ STATEMENT: Born in Saigon (Vietnam), Thierry Costesèque also lived in Algeria as a child. Articulated around the concept of mobility, his artistic […]
Rasmus Høj Mygind
Artist: Rasmus Høj Mygind Dates of residency: February-April 2014 Born: 1982 Hometown: Ebeltoft Lives and works: Copenhagen, Denmark URL: rasmusmygind.com Education: MFA, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (2004-2010), (professors; Thomas Demand, Gerard Byrne, Katya Sander, Hito Steyerl) BIO/ STATEMENT: Working in various media and formats, Rasmus Høj Mygind’s practice oscillate between the use of […]
Kristin McIver
Artist: Kristin McIver Dates of residency: Fall 2015 Born: Australia Hometown: Melbourne Lives and works: Brooklyn, New York URL: http://www.kristinmciver.com Education: Master of Visual Arts at the Victorian College of the Arts (2009), The University of Melbourne BIO/ STATEMENT: Kristin McIver is an Australian artist whose practice includes sculpture, painting and installation. Utilising devices such as […]
Bruno Silva
Artist: Bruno Silva Dates of residency: February 2014 Born: 1986 Hometown: Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal Lives and works: Clermont-Ferrand, France URL: http://www.s-bruno.com Education: École Supérieure d’Art Clermont Métrople 2012 / DNSEP – Graduated with honors with a Masters from École Supérieure d’Art de Clermont Métropole, France); 2010 / Undergraduate studies Fine Arts, FBAUP ( […]
Hu Xiangqian
Artist: Hu Xiangqian Dates of residency: February-April 2014 Born:1983 Hometown: Guangdong, China Lives and works: Beijing Education: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Major of Painting (2007) BIO/ STATEMENT: in his practice, Hu Xiangqian (https://artsy.net/artist/hu-xiangqian) tends to make humorously absurd narratives that draw on current events, popular culture or biographical experiences, with […]
Andrew Ross
Artist name: Andrew Ross Born: Florida, 1989 Lives and works: Brooklyn, New York URL: www.andrewross.info Education: 2007- 2011 The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts 2003-2007 Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr. School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, FL 2006 The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation […]
Meng-Hsuan Wu
Artist: Meng-Hsuan Wu Dates of residency: January-March 2014) Born:1981 Hometown: New Taipei,Taiwan Lives and works: Taiwan and U.S.A. URL: http://meng-hsuan-wu.blogspot.com/ Education: MFA, The Sculpture Program at SUNY New Paltz, U.S.A,2008; BFA, Department of Fine Art at Taipei Municipal University of Education, Taipei, Taiwan,2003 BIO/ STATEMENT: I am like a river, a container of myself and […]
JAJA – Julie Stavad & Johanne Lykke
Artists: JAJA – Julie Stavad and Johanne Lykke Dates of residency: January – March Born: 1987 & 1989 Hometown: Aarhus & Ryslinge, Denmark Lives and works: Aarhus, Denmark URL: www.jajaworks.com, www.juliestavad.dk Education: The Jutland Art Academy BIO/ STATEMENT: Julie Stavad is currently studying at The Jutland Art Academy in Aarhus, Denmark. In her sculptural practice […]
Avelino Sala
Artist: Avelino Sala Dates of residency: Jan/Feb Born: 1972 Hometown: Gijon-Asturias Lives and works: Barcelona URL: www.avelinosala.es Education: BA(hons) Critical Art Practice, Brighton University. UK BIO/ STATEMENT: The aesthetic —that also have a strong ethical— raised by Avelino Sala throughout his career articulate a discourse certainly personal, coherent, and yet complex in their readings and […]