Past Residents
Past Resident2018: Colección Diéresis
Javier Barrios Gutiérrez
Javier Barrios Gutiérrez’s work reflects on political themes found in art, particularly in artworks that appear neutral or decorative. He works with drawing, sculpture and installation, using strategies such as irony, fiction and the appropriation of symbols and images related to social issues and the history of art. Gutiérrez runs an editorial project titled Ediciones Barrio Boy’z, in which he publishes his own work and collaborations with other authors.
Javier Barrios Gutiérrez has exhibited work at Proyectos LA, Los Angeles; Páramo Gallery, Guadalajara, Mexico; and Museo de Arte de Zapopan MAZ, Mexico, among others.
Javier Barrios Gutiérrez, Habitación de oro, 2014, bullet shells and plexiglas, 60 × 40 × 40 in. (152.4 × 101.6 × 101.6 cm).
Javier Barrios Gutiérrez, Base Clandestina Antártica Méxicana, 2013 - present, rebel separatist organization, dimensions variable.
Javier Barrios Gutiérrez, Historia de nuestra construcción: Negociación, 2015, pencil on paper, 191/2 × 131/2 in. (49.53 × 34.29 cm).
Javier Barrios Gutiérrez, Testigo, 2016, site specific intervention, dimensions variable.
Javier Barrios Gutiérrez, Colección particular de orquídeas de México, 2018, pastel on paper and acrylic on wall, drawings: 19.5 x 13.5 in. each; painting: 55 x 150 in..
Past Resident2018: Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport of Austria
Mario Kiesenhofer
Mario Kiesenhofer uses photography, video and installation to reflect on notions of queer sexuality as represented in urban environments, virtual platforms, private or public spaces and gay clubs and bathhouses around the world. Kiesenhofer explores how queer sexuality is made visible by both presenting moments of sexuality and hiding them simultaneously. He works with photographic display materials, like smoked or acid etched glass, to express conditions, such as intimacy or privacy.
Mario Kiesenhofer has exhibited work at the Vienna Museum, Austria; BWA Tarnów, Poland; and A-Gallery, Tokyo, among others. He is the co-founder and art director of Streulicht, a publication series on photography and related arts.
Mario Kiesenhofer, INDOOR, 2016, pigment print framed behind grey tinted smoked glass, 235/8 × 1511/16 in. (59.94 × 39.88 cm).
Mario Kiesenhofer, INDOOR, 2015, 2016, mixed media.
Mario Kiesenhofer, YOU ARE HERE, 2018, pigment print framed behind acid etched glass, 1511/16 × 1511/16 in. (39.88 × 39.88 cm).
Mario Kiesenhofer, INDOOR, 2014, HD video installation, black rear projection screen, painted wafer boards, scantlings, and hardware, 1065/16 × 531/8 × 905/8 in. (270 × 134.87 × 230.12 cm).
Mario Kiesenhofer, OUTDOOR, 2013, 2 pigment prints and marking spray, 39.4 x 27.6 in. each.
Residents from Austria
Past Resident2018: Wallace Arts Trust
Andy Leleisi’uao
“Andy Leleisi’uao’s art is about people and how they get on together as lovers, as families, as insiders and outsiders. As immigrants. News can be good and bad and it must be lived with… He shows how some lives are lived way over the line while also attempting to maintain and affirm love. Inconsistencies are included because opposites always co-exist.” Text by Ron Brownson, Senior Curator New Zealand and Pacific Art, Auckland Art Gallery Toi O Tamaki.
Andy Leleisi’uao has exhibited work at Bergman Gallery, New York; National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taiwan; and Bridge Guard, Slovakia, among others.
Andy Leleisi’uao, Harmonic People, 2017, arcylic on canvas, 120 × 80 in. (304.8 × 203.2 cm).
Andy Leleisi’uao, An Unlovely Sorry (1 of 13), 2017, mixed media, 8 × 4 in. (20.32 × 10.16 cm).
Andy Leleisi’uao, UFO Islands (1 of 3), 2017, acrylic on canvas, 30 × 20 in. (76.2 × 50.8 cm).
Andy Leleisi’uao, Untitled, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 40 × 60 in. (101.6 × 152.4 cm).
Andy Leleisi’uao, Samoa mo Samoa, 2017, mixed media, 78 × 1378 in. (198.12 × 3500.12 cm).
