Past Residents
Past Resident2011: Gerit Christiani, North Rhine-Westphalian State Chancellery
Tamara K.E.
Tamara K.E. resists the temptation of a surrogate bureaucratic definition of art, and it is due to the unsharpness and unidentifiability of her selection system that she gets the chance to direct our attention away from media pictures towards her own personality. Having to ask ourselves inevitably in view of her works according to what principle they are combined and exhibited, we admit to ourselves that we cannot identify with the artist on a conscious or on a subconscious level. Her personality remains a mystery to us… (Excerpt from A Private View by Boris Groys)
Tamara K.E.. Courtesy of the artist.
Tamara K.E.. Courtesy of the artist.
Tamara K.E.. Courtesy of the artist.
Tamara K.E.. Courtesy of the artist.
Tamara K.E.. Courtesy of the artist.
Tamara K.E.. Courtesy of the artist.
Past Resident2011: Xippas Gallery, Nicholas Robinson Gallery
Petros Chrisostomou
Petros Chrisostomou photographs small scale, ordinary, ephemeral objects in architectural models that he constructs, and then dramatically arranges, often employing lighting and staging conventions of the theatre. With the alteration of scale and reversal of the relation between object and space, his photographs challenge the viewers’ visual certainties. The illusionary effect he achieves highlight the artist’s playful approach, which fluctuates between mimicry of the real world and construction of a surrealistic reality.
Petros Chrisostomou (born 1981, London, UK) was born to Greek Cypriot parents. He studied at The Royal Academy of Arts and Central St Martins College of Art and Design in London. He has had solo exhibitions in Paris, France, and Athens, Greece, with Galerie Xippas. Group exhibitions include Fresh Faced And Wild Eyed, The Photographers Gallery, London; In Present Tense-Young Greek Artists, EMST National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece; Third International Art Biennial, Beijing, China and also Premiums, Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Events & Exhibitions
Salon: Petros Chrisostomou and Minja Gu
December 13, 2011
Petros Chrisostomou, Ejaculation, 2008, Color photograph, 59 × 47 in. (149.86 × 119.38 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Petros Chrisostomou, Skatospore II, 2008, Color photograph, 59 × 47 in. (149.86 × 119.38 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Petros Chrisostomou, Megalomaniac, 2008, Color photograph, 59 × 47 in. (149.86 × 119.38 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Petros Chrisostomou, Forever, 2008, Color photograph, 59 × 47 in. (149.86 × 119.38 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Past Resident2010: ACC - Asian Cultural Council
Jiandyin (Jiradej & Pornpilai Meemalai)
Jiandyin are interdisciplinary collaborative artists from Thailand. Pornpilai Meemalai received her MA from School of Applied Art, Royal College of Art, London, UK. Jiradej Meemalai received his MFA (Sculpture) from Faculty of Decorative Arts, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Pornpilai is a 2008 recipient of Silp Bhirasri Creativity Grant of Silpakorn University, Thailand. Jiradej was awarded several competitions including 46th National Art Competition, 2000 and the Kasikorn Bank Group Contemporary Art Competitions, 2000. He was artist in residence at Art Omi International Art Center, 2008. They received a fellowship grant award from the Asian Cultural Council, New York and they were artists-in-residence at Headlands Center for the Arts. Jiandyin have participated in The Penang Island Sculpture Project, Penang Island, Malaysia and Art Live World, Chair and the Maiden Gallery, New York and will have a solo exhibition at Kokoro Studio, San Francisco, California.
Through their married life they discovered artistic value while searching for resolution for their disputes. Their works are models for looking at the tension in human relationships. They also project an awareness of ‘living together as an adaptation’ in the rapidly globalizing world that we live in. In 2010, they began a participation project called Dialogue. It is an ongoing collaborative drawing of Thai / Thai American couples who live in United States.
Jiandyin (Jiradej & Pornpilai Meemalai), Sinking sculpture, 2007. Courtesy of the artist.
Jiandyin (Jiradej & Pornpilai Meemalai), On Adaptation, 2010. Courtesy of the artist.
Jiandyin (Jiradej & Pornpilai Meemalai), Holding a Balance, 2009. Courtesy of the artist.
Jiandyin (Jiradej & Pornpilai Meemalai), Self Portrait, 2007. Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Thailand
Bundith Phunsombatlert
Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, New York City Council District 34, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, Hartfield Foundation, Joseph Robert Foundation, Danna and Ed Ruscha, Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
2013
