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Past Resident
2014: Kunststiftung NRW

Artist

Jugoslav Mitevski

Jugoslav Mitevski’s process undergoes constant modification. His colors, lines and shapes partially comply with mathematical methods, which seem to refer to impartial systems, but intuitive decisions serve an equally important role. He does not establish rules he obeys dogmatically, rather Mitevski formulates tendencies. For Mitevski, the actual painting takes place beside the studio in everyday life, out of experience and observation, the theory, the imbalance of one’s own mentality and the external context: painting as document rather than image.

Jugoslav Mitevski (born 1978) received his BFA from Braunschweig University of Art in 2008. His selected exhibitions include High Wire, Petra Rinck Gallery, Dusseldorf, 2014; Editions, Bonner Kunstverein, 2013; 15:21, Polistar, Istanbul, 2012; Retrograd, Zero Fold, Cologne, 2012; and Editions, Koelnischer Kunstverein, 2012. Mitevski has received awards including the Kunstfonds Scholarship, 2013; Public Art Award, Siegburg, 2012; and the Raimund Lehmkul Award, 2010.

Jugoslav Mitevski, Untitled, 2014, Spray paint on concrete, 11 4/5 x 16 in. Courtesy of the artist

Jugoslav Mitevski, Untitled, 2014, Concrete, ink, pigment and thinner, 13 4/5 x 16 in. Courtesy of the artist

Jugoslav Mitevski, Untitled, 2013, Spray paint on concrete, 11 4/5 x 16 in. Courtesy of the artist

Jugoslav Mitevski, Untitled, 2013, Lacquer on concrete, 16 × 13 in. (40.64 × 33.02 cm). Courtesy of the artist

Jugoslav Mitevski, Untitled, 2014, Concrete, ink, lacquer and thinner, 13 4/5 x 16 in. Courtesy of the artist

Residents from Germany

Charlie Stein

Germany

Telos Foundation, Holtmann Collection

Studio #211

Navot Miller

Germany, United States

Artis, Norbert Janssen Stiftung

Studio #302

Anaïs Goupy

Germany

KdFS Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen

Studio #214

Italy

Past Resident
2014: A.F.I.S.

Artist

Gabriele Picco

In his paintings, Gabriele Picco uses every day items in order to explore the relationship between art and ordinary life. His works playfully interact with material, modern art masters, literature and society, but his work is always anchored in the present. His recent paintings are made with Brillo pads, dust, leftovers of We buy gold stores, and a moka coffee maker, stretching the boundaries between painting, sculpture and performance.

Gabriele Picco’s (born 1974, Brescia) works have been featured in various exhibitions all across Europe, Asia and United States, among them the Prague Biennale; the Urban Planning Exhibition Center, Shanghai; Fondazione Re Rebaudengo, Turin and Temp Art Space, New York. Picco has been awarded the Michetti Prize for European painting and the New York Prize. His work is also included in collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; The The Robert Lehman Foundation; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Monfalcone and The Montblanc Collection, Hamburg. He is also a writer, with two novels published in Italy, Spain, Portugal and South America. Picco currently lives between Italy and New York.

Gabriele Picco, The pretty things are going to hell, 2013, Dust on canvas, 37 1/2 x 30 in. Courtesy of the artist

Gabriele Picco, Brillo painting (yellow), 2014, Soap pads on painted canvas, 31 1/2 x 23 2/3 in. Courtesy of the artist

Gabriele Picco, Brillo painting (blue), 2013, Installation of soap pads on painted canvases. Courtesy of the artist and Francesca Minini Gallery, Milan

Gabriele Picco, We Buy Gold, 2014, We buy gold leftovers, molding paste on canvas, 87 x 11 3/4 in. Courtesy of the artist

Gabriele Picco, Zeno Cosini paintings, 2014, Acrylic on canvas, Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist

Residents from Italy

Chiara Ianeselli

Quel jour sommes-nous, 15-30 June 2022, co-curated with Bakul Patki, at Tokonoma, Kassel. Credit: Rene Graf. quel jour sommes-nous? (what day is it?) is a research project in the form of an exhibition that questions what makes an artwork - investigating the performativity and process of an exhibit, the acts that brought it into existence, and the context of its presentation. Featuring seventeen established and emerging artists, quel jour sommes-nous? explores the differing forms, lifespans, and pathways of artworks – with historicised and timeless, appropriated and reapproriated, unauthored and unauthorised, dismantled and intangible works, all of which sit beside a graduate piece that will be graded in situ, just ahead of the exhibition’s opening. An “unfinished” work will also be included. The concept of a finished work of art – one that is deemed ready to be shared – has been debated throughout art history, particularly in relation to potential different readings once it has been pulled from a definite temporal context. Continuing the contentious conversation around when a piece of art is complete, one work in progress will be taken from an artist’s studio, at a time of the curators’ choosing, and inserted into the exhibition. quel jour sommes-nous? reflects upon the evolution of the creative process – the choices, challenges and breakthroughs that come with making art – asking when, within this process, does something become a work of art, and who gets to decide? On which day is something ready to be sold or exhibited? Is today the day the artist has to surrender a work they might never see again? Extending this reflection on when a work comes into existence, the exhibition also asks whether it is possible for artworks to exist without an audience. How much is the public required for the creative process to be complete, and how preeminent is the artist’s vision in influencing the viewer’s experience of the work? quel jour sommes-nous? does not profess to answer these questions, but hopes to encourage examination and inspire further exploration. It is at once exhibition as research and research as exhibition

Italy

Italian Council - Directorate-General for Contemporary Art and Architecture and Urban Peripheries (DGAAP) at the Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities

2024

Valentina Furian

Italy

The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies, Columbia University, Italian Cultural Institute of New York

2024

Raffaela Naldi Rossano

Italy, Greece

The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies, Columbia University, Italian Cultural Institute of New York, Directorate-General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture

2024

Germany

Past Resident
2014: Kunststiftung des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt

Artist

Alexander Thomas Schmidt

Alexander Schmidt works across many different mediums including drawing, object, sound, printing and painting. His work is influenced by the music he hears, as well as objects that reference his childhood building small worlds with bricks and Lego.

Alexander Thomas Schmidt (born 1982, Halle) completed his studies in Graphic Design in 2011 including an exchange program in Lucerne. His work occupies the margins between graphic design and art. Schmidt is part of the artist/design group ZYKLOP.