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: The Ian Potter Foundation
Rachel Scott
Rachel Scott’s work includes informal, site responsive, expressive gestures and actions undertaken by the artist within acknowledged formal, conceptual, controlled structures and frameworks. Working critically with painting, performance, installation and the camera, Scott engages the personal to examine broader social and art historical concerns.
Rachel Scott (Australia) graduated in 2005 from the Sydney College of the Arts with a Master of Visual Arts. She graduated in 2005 from the Sydney College of the Arts with a Master of Visual Art, and in 2001 studied at the Hochschüle der Künste, Berlin. Recent exhibitions include: Alterbeast, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne; Wax On, Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery, Sydney and why do we do the things we do, Perth Institute for Contemporary Art. Upcoming exhibitions include: Face to Face: Portraiture in a Digital Age, presented by d/Lux Media Arts, Arts Centre, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand and NAFA Nanyang Academy, Singapore; and Lovesick, Stills Gallery, Sydney.
Events & Exhibitions
Salon: Simone Bergantini (Italy) and Rachel Scott (Australia)
August 10, 2010
Rachel Scott
Rachel Scott, (Like) Watching Paint Dry
Rachel Scott, Strip For Me/Words Don’t Come Easy
Rachel Scott, Painting 3
Residents from Australia
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
