Past Residents
Past Resident2024: Pro Helvetia, Atelier Flex - Kanton Zug
Pascale Birchler
Pascale Birchler creates theatrical installations that form a multi-layered system of visual connotations. Her work explores the embodiment of loneliness and stalemate, as well as the contemporary status quo.
Pascale Birchler has exhibited work at Istituto Svizzero, Rome; UCCA Edge, Shanghai; and Gallery Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, among others.
Pascale Birchler, Da sind wir, losgekettet von der Sonne (Here we are, unchained from the sun), close up, 2022, sculpture, wood, modeling clay, glaze, pigments, artificial hair, oil painting on wood, acrylic glass, metal frame, flowers, wire and textile, dimensions variable.
Pascale Birchler, Da sind wir, losgekettet von der Sonne (Here we are, unchained from the sun), 2022, sculpture, wood, modeling clay, glaze, pigments, artificial hair, oil painting on wood, acrylic glass, metal frame, flowers, wire and textile, dimensions variable.
Pascale Birchler, In den Wiesen I-III (In the Meadows I-III), 2020, aquarellle and colored pencil on paper, 865/8 × 59 in. (219.96 × 149.86 cm)
Pascale Birchler, Schmetterlingsstühle I / II (Butterfly Chairs I / II), 2019, metal and glass with burned glasspainting, dimensions variable.
Pascale Birchler, Die Dichter (The Poets), 2018, wood, padding, modelling glay, glaze, textile and oil pencil, dimensions variable.
Residents from Switzerland
Past Resident2023: Edward Steichen Award Luxembourg
Nika Schmitt
Nika Schmitt’s kinetic sculptures and installations are distinguished by a unique combination of sound, electronics, and mechanics. Her work examines complex physical processes in a simple and straightforward manner. The compositions, which are mostly site-specific, investigate the principles of energy, material, and time, reflecting on the interrelationships and impacts that each of these elements elicit in cycles of repetition (rhythm), deterioration, and transformation.
Nika Schmitt has exhibited work at Singuhr, Berlin; Ikob, Belgium; and Philharmonie Luxembourg, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2023 Fall Open Studios
November 10–November 11, 2023
Nika Schmitt, Radau Radar, 2020, electronics, microphones, speakers and steel, dimensions variable
Nika Schmitt, self/harmonium, 2023, motors, steel and aluminium, dimensions variable
Nika Schmitt, zweet zenith, 2022, solar panels, motors, electronics and steel
Nika Schmitt, LOOP, 2021, steel, solar panels, electronics, motors and plexi, dimensions variable
Nika Schmitt, Locus Motus, 2019, wood, metal and electronics
Past Resident2023: Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin
Aileen Murphy
Aileen Murphy creates paintings that convey corporeal and psychological tenacity. Murphy employs painting as an artistic process in which color and motion are living wires.
Aileen Murphy has exhibited work at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin; Deborah Schamoni, Munich; and Amanda Wilkinson, London, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2023 Fall Open Studios
November 10–November 11, 2023
Aileen Murphy, soprano crush, 2023, oil, oil bar, acrylic ink and pencil on canvas, 707/8 × 627/8 in. (180.09 × 159.77 cm)
Aileen Murphy, Hi! Arrangement, 2022, oil and pigment on canvas, 755/16 × 701/16 in. (191.26 × 178.03 cm)
Aileen Murphy, PANTING, 2019, exhibition view. Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin
Aileen Murphy, In the gale, with Gale, 2020, oil and oil bar on canvas, 76.8
Aileen Murphy, food that I would feed my lover, 2022, exhibition view. Deborah Schamoni, Munich
