Past Residents
Past Resident2010: GyeongGi Cultural Foundation
Sungyeon Park
Sungyeon Park graduated from Chelsea College of Art & Design, University of the Arts, London, UK with a MA in Fine Art in 2007 and a MFA at Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea in 2001. Park’s subjects come from small voices within ordinary lives and are concerned with social issues related to visual language and individual experience. Park has received several grants including an Emerging Artist Fellowship in 2006. She had a solo show in 2009 titled still lives; small voices by Arts Council Korea and GyeongGi Cultural Foundation. Park participated in the Art Omi International Artist Residency in New York.
Sungyeon Park, Whispering Wall, 2009, Sound installation, Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.
Sungyeon Park, On Her Own Birthday, 22 October 1941, 2008, Video, 3:48 min. Courtesy of the artist.
Sungyeon Park, Her Grey Hair, 2007, Handmade wooden brush and video, Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.
Sungyeon Park, still lives; small voices, 2010, Video installation, Installation view. Courtesy of the artist an Total Museum, Seoul, South Korea.
Sungyeon Park, The Girl I left Behind Me, 2009, Bricks and sound installation, Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from South Korea
Past Resident2010: FONDART-National Fund for Cultural Development and the Arts
Nicolás Grum
Nicolás Grum was born in San Miguel, Chile, in 1977. He studied visual arts at U.C. Santiago de Chile. His work is developed through diverse artistic mediums, particularly video, drawing and installation. In most of them, irony and humor is present. His works constantly put in crisis the idea of authority and the operation of established systems, playing with concepts like Unstable, Failure, Disaster, Environment or Adaptation. In the last two years his works has been part of Trienal de Chile, 2009; Beijing Biennial, 2009 and several groups shows in Rio du Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Santa Cruz, Berlin and Shanghai.
Events & Exhibitions
Salon: Nicolas Grum (Chile) and Jiandyin (Thailand)
September 7, 2010
Nicolas Grum, Llamas / S/t, 2009, Cardboard, paint, and wood, 113/16 × 4 in. (4.57 × 10.16 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Nicolas Grum, Giants / Giants Do Not Exists, 2009, Charcoal, 13 × 115/16 in. (33.02 × 28.7 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Nicolas Grum, abre alas / No, Yes, Perhaps, 2010, Wood and rope, Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.
Nicolas Grum, Ocio Trabajo / Work and Leisure, 2010, Wood and paint, 48 x 10 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Nicolas Grum, Estado / State of things - Things of the State, 2009, 24 government chairs, 9 x 55 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Past Resident2010: Ministry of Culture, Taiwan
Aihua Hsia
Aihua Hsia’s work challenges the notions of boundaries and containment within the human psyche. She explores the collective unconscious by revealing the presence of a shared human essence. Through the employment of the ancient Buddhist sculpture technique, “Datsukanshitu,” Hsia incorporates her Chinese roots, the natural world, and the traditional past into her work. Hsia’s work has been nationally and internationally exhibited at Gifu Municipal Culture Center, Japan; Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan; and 2 x 13 Gallery, New York. Aihua Hsia was born in Taipei Taiwan in 1973, and received a BFA in Sculpture at National Taiwan University of Arts and an MFA in Sculpture at Okinawa Prefecture University of Arts.
Aihua Hsia, Between Dream and Dark, 2010, Natural lacquer, gold leaf, wood, and mineral pigment, 36 × 118 × 2 in. (91.44 × 299.72 × 5.08 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Aihua Hsia, Warabi Hime, 2004, Natural lacquer, gold leaf, wood, and mineral pigment, 114 × 59 × 271/2 in. (289.56 × 149.86 × 69.85 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Aihua Hsia, Between Dream and Dark – Fairy, 2010, Natural lacquer, gold leaf, and wood, 75 × 271/2 × 171/2 in. (190.5 × 69.85 × 44.45 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Aihua Hsia, Meiden and Asura, 2010, Natural lacquer, gold leaf, and wood, 981/2 × 391/2 × 271/2 in. (250.19 × 100.33 × 69.85 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Aihua Hsia, From Forest, 2007, Natural lacquer, gold leaf, wood, and mineral pigment, 821/2 × 118 × 231/2 in. (209.55 × 299.72 × 59.69 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
