Past Residents
Past Resident2010: Foundation for a Civil Society
Jiri Skala
Jiří Skála is known for his playful and witty conceptualist approach to various social contexts and situations. He often employs participants in gamelike interactions in his work, or institutes subtle interventions creating objects that have only been minimally altered but which are no less effective in altering our own perspectives of the given situation. His recent work has focussed on the written word and inter-personal communication, for example, in his ongoing project Handwriting Exchange Skala, and someone chosen from a completely different social and cultural background, become acquainted through a daily process of learning how to copy each other’s handwriting.
Jiří Skála, born 1976, lives and works in Prague, Czech Republic. He studied at the Prague Academy of Fine Arts, and at the post-graduate program at Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France. His work has been exhibited widely including the following: Tirana Biennale I, Albania; Palais de Tokyo, France; Prague Biennale, Czech Republic; and the UBS Gallery in New York. He is a co-founder of the Etc. Gallery in Prague, established in 2004, and a member of the PAS group, together with the artist Tomáš Vaněk and curator Vít Havranek. He is listed in the Younger than Jesus Artist Directory compiled by the New Museum in New York, and in November of 2009 was awarded the Jindřich Chalupecký Award for young artists in the Czech Republic by Vaclav Havel.
in collaboration with Zbyněk Baladrán, It Always Makes Her Sick When She Thinks Of The Infinite, 2008, Reading machine performing severals sort stories, 68 diapositive slides,construction, 8 slide projectors, wood, and metal. Courtesy of the artist
Jiri Skala, Exchange of Handwriting, 2006, A play for 2 actors, 2 school chairs, 4 notebooks, and 2 pens. Courtesy of the artist
in collaboration with Zbyněk Baladrán, The Involuntary Archivist, 2009, Watching machine performing a sort story, digital video, construction, hard disk driver, speakers, HD media player, projector, wood, and metal. Courtesy of the artist
Jiri Skala, One Family of Objects, 2009, Book, A5 format. Courtesy of the artist and JPR Ringier and tranzit.org
Jiri Skala, To Be Titled, first and second version, 2006 - 2008, Audio installation, 2 CD player, 2 hi-fi receiver, iron construction. Courtesy of the artist
Past Resident2010: ACC - Asian Cultural Council
Jiandyin (Jiradej & Pornpilai Meemalai)
Jiandyin are interdisciplinary collaborative artists from Thailand. Pornpilai Meemalai received her MA from School of Applied Art, Royal College of Art, London, UK. Jiradej Meemalai received his MFA (Sculpture) from Faculty of Decorative Arts, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Pornpilai is a 2008 recipient of Silp Bhirasri Creativity Grant of Silpakorn University, Thailand. Jiradej was awarded several competitions including 46th National Art Competition, 2000 and the Kasikorn Bank Group Contemporary Art Competitions, 2000. He was artist in residence at Art Omi International Art Center, 2008. They received a fellowship grant award from the Asian Cultural Council, New York and they were artists-in-residence at Headlands Center for the Arts. Jiandyin have participated in The Penang Island Sculpture Project, Penang Island, Malaysia and Art Live World, Chair and the Maiden Gallery, New York and will have a solo exhibition at Kokoro Studio, San Francisco, California.
Through their married life they discovered artistic value while searching for resolution for their disputes. Their works are models for looking at the tension in human relationships. They also project an awareness of ‘living together as an adaptation’ in the rapidly globalizing world that we live in. In 2010, they began a participation project called Dialogue. It is an ongoing collaborative drawing of Thai / Thai American couples who live in United States.
Events & Exhibitions
Salon: Nicolas Grum (Chile) and Jiandyin (Thailand)
September 7, 2010
Jiandyin (Jiradej & Pornpilai Meemalai), Sinking sculpture, 2007. Courtesy of the artist
Jiandyin (Jiradej & Pornpilai Meemalai), On Adaptation, 2010. Courtesy of the artist
Jiandyin (Jiradej & Pornpilai Meemalai), Holding a Balance, 2009. Courtesy of the artist
Jiandyin (Jiradej & Pornpilai Meemalai), Self Portrait, 2007. Courtesy of the artist
Residents from Thailand
Monika Marklinger
With a point of departure in painting, Marklinger intertwines her individual language with the reproducable expressions of society. Characteristic of her work is an emphasis on visual questions from a social and political perspective. She seldom works with single pictures but rather strives to integrate her stories and pictorial elements in collages and installations full of details. Marklinger has exhibited in several venues in Sweden and abroad, including Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria, and the Prince of Wales Museum, Bombay, India. Represented by Galleri Flach+Thulin, Stockholm.
Events & Exhibitions
Salon: Alberto Borea (Peru) and Monika Marklinger (Sweden)
April 6, 2010
Monika Marklinger, Everything Is Political, 2002, Installation with paintings on billboards and banners mixed with photography, 315 × 197 × 320 in. (800.1 × 500.38 × 812.8 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Galleri Mejan, Stockholm
Monika Marklinger, Planners And Players (With Johan Waerndt), 2009, Video installation, Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist and Kulturhuset, Stockholm
Monika Marklinger, The Politics Of Colour (With Johan Waerndt), 2007, Three channel video installation, Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck
Monika Marklinger, Struggle For A Global Soul, 2005, UV-color paintings on canvas and 17 slide projections, 238 × 111 × 161 in. (604.52 × 281.94 × 408.94 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Monika Marklinger, Reactionary Times, 2007, C-print drawing collages mounted on the wall, 162 × 122 × 102 in. (411.48 × 309.88 × 259.08 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Sturehof, Stockholm
