Past Residents
Past Resident2021: The J.F. Costopoulos Foundation
Stefania Strouza
Stefania Strouza’s practice explores how cultural narratives of diverse epochs connect to produce new identity projects. It examines the spatial mobility of such narratives, the exchange of forms and symbols across large distances, and the cross-cultural syncretisms that emerge from it. The artist materializes these ideas through sculptural works and installations that draw associations between the symbolic world of objects and notions of temporality, geography and the body.
Stefania Strouza has exhibited work at The 3rd Industrial Art Biennial, Croatia; NEON, Greece; and Neue Galerie Innsbruck, Austria, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
Artists at Work: Stefania Strouza and Daphne Dragona
September 28, 2021, 1-2pm
Stefania Strouza, 212 Medea (Perpetual Silence Prevails in the Empty Space of Capital), 2020, expanded polystyrene foam, plywood, epoxy resin, varnish, 90 ³⁵/₆₄ × 59 ¹/₁₆ × 47 ¹/₄ (230 × 150 × 120 cm)
Stefania Strouza, 212 Medea (If only I had stayed the animal I was), 2020, metallised cane roots, insulation foam, spray-paint, aluminum foil, pins, 20 ⁵⁵/₆₄ × 13 ²⁵/₆₄ × 15 ²³/₆₄ (53 × 34 × 39 cm)
Stefania Strouza, Pro itu et reditu, 2019, ceramic, bronze, 12 ⁶³/₆₄ × 8 ¹⁷/₆₄ × 4 ²³/₃₂ (33 × 21 × 12 cm)
Stefania Strouza, Fundamentos Líquidos (Liquid Foundations), 2018, bricks, wood, and queen conch shell, 47 ¹/₄ × 78 ⁴⁷/₆₄ × 39 ³/₈ (120 × 200 × 100 cm)
Stefania Strouza, The center will not hold, 2019, plaster, liquid plastic, pewter, and acrylic paint, 106 ¹⁹/₆₄ × 66 ⁵⁹/₆₄ × 3 ¹⁵/₁₆ (270 × 170 × 10 cm)
Residents from Greece
Antonis Pittas
Studio #219
Raffaela Naldi Rossano
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
Past Resident2021: International Visegrad Fund
Jaroslav Kyša
Jaroslav Kyša reflects on contemporary society and confronts viewers with constantly changing presence and the insecure future through use of laws of physics and nature. The artist disrupts functioning of gravity and perception of time by bringing attention to “short circuits” of reality and its understanding, and encourages questioning of general certitudes.
Jaroslav Kyša has exhibited work at Wumin Art Center, South Korea; Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami; and Trafó Galéria, Budapest, among others.
Jaroslav Kyša, Anyone can become anything, 2019, modeling clay, wooden construction, 787 3/8 × 984 1/4 × 984 1/4 in. (2000 × 2500 × 2500 cm)
Jaroslav Kyša, Order of waves, 2020, installation view at Ján Koniarek gallery, Slovakia, video installation, 21 min. collaboration with Tomáš Prištiak, Denis Kozerawski and Dušan Dobiaš
Jaroslav Kyša, Heaviness of being, 2017, crystal clear resin, glass, stone
Jaroslav Kyša, I was keeping it all safe for you, 2019, dimensions variable
Jaroslav Kyša, Degrowth, 2019, found objects calthemites, perspex tubes, dimensions variable
Ariane Loze
Through a methodical deconstruction of cinematic norms, Ariane Loze strips her video-performances down to their most basic, structural inner workings. Her post-minimalist aesthetic brings together conceptual expression and home-made execution underpinned by an immediately recognizable narrative made up of static shots of a straightforward action or event. Since 2008, Loze produces her videos autonomously: she take on the roles of director, screenwriter, editor, dresser, and sound and lighting technician, as well as plays all characters.
Ariane Loze has exhibited work at Riga Biennial of Contemporary Art, Riga; S.M.A.K., Ghent; and KANAL Centre Pompidou, Brussels, among others.
Ariane Loze, Utopia, 2018, HD video projection with sound, 10:27 min
Ariane Loze, Archipelago of Me, 2018, HD video projection with sound, 32:54 min
Ariane Loze, Minimal Art, 2019, HD video projection with sound, 8:25 min
Ariane Loze, Highlands, 2019, HD video projection with sound, 30:18 min
Ariane Loze, Kolumba, 2020, HD video projection with sound, 13:36 min
