Past Residents
Past Resident2017: ACC - Asian Cultural Council
AKI INOMATA
AKI INOMATA creates her artworks through collaborations with living creatures. Through them, she explores topics related to identity and questions the status quo.
AKI INOMATA (born Tokyo, 1983) graduated with an MFA in Intermedia Art from Tokyo University of the Arts. Recent exhibitions include Kenpoku Art, Japan, 2016; Eco Expanded City, WRO Art Center, Poland, 2016; emergencies! 025: AKI INOMATA ‘Inter-Nature Communication,’ NTT InterCommunication Center, Tokyo, 2015; and Digital Choc, Institut français du Japon-Tokyo, 2015.
AKI INOMATA, Why Not Hand Over a “Shelter” to Hermit Crabs?, 2009-2016, Hermit crabs and resin.
AKI INOMATA, Think Evolution #1 : Kiku-ishi (Ammonite), 2016-17, Octopus and resin.
AKI INOMATA, I Wear the Dog's Hair, and the Dog Wears My Hair, 2014, Two-channel video installation.
AKI INOMATA, girl, girl, girl, , ,, 2012, Bagworms and cloth.
Past Resident2018: Creative Australia, Creative New Zealand
Jess Johnson
Jess Johnson’s drawings and installations are influenced by the intersections of language, science fiction, culture and technology. In her drawings, she depicts complex worlds that combine densely layered patterns, objects and figures within architectural settings. Johnson’s drawings are often displayed within constructed environments. Her recent video collaborations with Simon Ward have involved translating her drawings into animated videos and virtual reality, enabling audiences to have simulated experiences of her drawings.
Jess Johnson was born in Tauranga, New Zealand in 1979. After ten years of living and working in Melbourne, she relocated permanently to New York City in 2016. Her work has been exhibited internationally in solo and group exhibitions at Jack Hanley Gallery, New York; Art Basel Hong Kong; Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh; Centre CLARK, Montreal; National Gallery of Victoria, Australia; Museum of Contemporary Art Australia; and Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, New Zealand. She is represented by Jack Hanley Gallery, New York; Darren Knight Gallery, Australia; and Ivan Anthony Gallery, New Zealand.
Jess Johnson, Milxyz Wae, 2016, Acrylic paint, pen, fibre tipped markers and gouache on paper, 3911/16 × 29 in. (100.84 × 73.66 cm).
Jess Johnson, Transkin, 2016, Acrylic paint, pen, fibre tipped markers and gouache on paper, 3911/16 × 29 in. (100.84 × 73.66 cm).
Jess Johnson, Worldweb Allthing, 2016, Acrylic paint, pen, fibre tipped markers and gouache on paper, 3911/16 × 29 in. (100.84 × 73.66 cm).
Jess Johnson, We Float, 2017, Acrylic paint, pen, fibre tipped markers and gouache on paper, 3911/16 × 29 in. (100.84 × 73.66 cm).
Residents from New Zealand
Past Resident2017: No Standard Pictures
Mazaccio & Drowilal
Working mainly with photography and collage, Mazaccio & Drowilal humorously deconstruct multiple facets of the contemporary world by gathering and arranging mass media images and objects. Their visual practice and aesthetic approach are heavily influenced by the Internet’s new iconographies and digital culture.
Elise Mazac aka Mazaccio (born 1988) and Robert Drowilal (born 1986) are two French artists who have been working together since 2009 as the duo Mazaccio & Drowilal. Mazaccio studied at Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris and the School of Visual Arts, New York; Drowilal earned his degree from the Nantes School of Art. In 2013, they were the winners of the BMW Residency at the Musée Nicéphore Niépce. Their work has been exhibited internationally in solo exhibitions at Paris Photo, 2014; The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography, Moscow, 2015; Paris Photo Los Angeles, 2015; and the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF), New York, 2016.
Mazaccio & Drowilal, Wild Style, 2015, Installation, Dimensions variable.
Mazaccio & Drowilal, Pixel Monument, 2016, Photograph, Exhibition view.
Mazaccio & Drowilal, Low Battery, 2015, Photograph, 24 × 17 in. (60.96 × 43.18 cm).
Mazaccio & Drowilal, She's Out Of My Life, The Dog's Best Friend, 2013, Photography, 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.64 cm).
Mazaccio & Drowilal, Champagne, 2015, Artist book, 8 x 10 in., 52 pages.
