Past Residents
Past Resident2017: Estonian Contemporary Art Development Center
Anu Vahtra
Anu Vahtra employs an artistic approach to site-specific, space-oriented problematics. Her installations, which often include photography, capture the surrounding spaces of their sites, making them both the subject and the physical form of the artwork.
Anu Vahtra has exhibited her work in Estonia and abroad including at the Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn; Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania; and Kjubh Kunstverein, Cologne. Vahtra has participated in residency programs in Norway and Lithuania, and is a founder of the independent publishing initiative Lugemik in Tallinn. She is the winner of the Köler Prize, 2015 and the Cultural Endowment of Estonia Annual Award, 2017.
Events & Exhibitions
Fall Open Studios 2017
November 10–November 11, 2017
Anu Vahtra, Untitled (Between display and displacement), 2017, archival pigment print, 393/8 × 275/8 in. (100.08 × 70.1 cm).
Anu Vahtra, A fact in space. After exhibitions, 2016, site-specific installation.
Anu Vahtra, Illusion, distorted perspective, lack of balance, another dimension I, 2014, installation of welded rectangular steel pipe.
Anu Vahtra, Illusion, distorted perspective, lack of balance, another dimension II, 2014, installation.
Anu Vahtra, 17.9º, 2012/2014/2016, fluorescent lights and framed archival pigment print installation at the Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia, 275/8 × 415/16 in. (70.1 × 104.9 cm).
Past Resident2018: OCA - Office for Contemporary Art Norway
Knut Åsdam
Knut Åsdam is a filmmaker, installation artist, sculptor, photographer, and writer. His work explores contemporary society and its psychological and material effects. He is also interested in the toll of everyday life, including how individuals construct and negotiate their identities in reaction to the rules and organizations of contemporary society. Åsdam is engaged in a deep reworking of narrative film from within a contemporary art context and also works in the public realm.
Knut Åsdam has had exhibitions at Tate Modern, London; Kunsthalle Bern; and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, among others.
Knut Åsdam, Mobile Egress, 2013-2016, traveling lorry with film installation, 43 min.
Knut Åsdam, Mobile Egress, 2013-2016, traveling lorry with film installation, 43 min.
Knut Åsdam, DS4, 2015, fences and concrete, 40 x 13 x 17 ft.
Knut Åsdam, Abyss, 2010, 35mm film, 43 min.
Knut Åsdam, Tripoli, 2010, digital film, 23 min.
Carolina Falkholt
Carolina Falkholt has developed her art form of graffiti by combining painting, drawing, sculpture, performance, text, music and video. Her work challenges old ideas of gender stereotypes and the use of the female body.
Carolina Falkholt (born 1977) is a Swedish artist known for her characteristic wall paintings. Her work has been included in multiple museum exhibitions, most recently in Wanås Konst, Gothenburg Museum of Art, and Eskilstuna Art Museum. She is represented by Galleri Thomassen in Sweden.
Carolina Falkholt, O R D (WORD), 2016, Public installation at Hammarkullen Subway station, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Carolina Falkholt, Ett hål att fylla (To fill a hole), 2017, photography and performance, 20 × 28 in. (50.8 × 71.12 cm).
Carolina Falkholt, ORD LJUD KÖN (WORD SOUND SEX), 2017, installation.
Carolina Falkholt, Just because I flash my cunt does not mean I want to be raped, 2017, installation, sound, painting, sculpture and textile.
Carolina Falkholt, Train of Thoughts, 2017, installation on train.
