Past Residents
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.
Past Resident2021: International Visegrad Fund
Rita Süveges
Rita Süveges elaborates an ecocritical approach to expand a deeper understanding of the contemporary representation of nature and thus landscape in the framework of the Capitalocene. In her practice, she focuses on community building and knowledge sharing. As a member of the artist group xtro realm, the artist organizes a multitude of programs (reading circles, exhibitions, field trips) dealing with ecological theories that critique the anthropocentricism of contemporary thinking. She lives and works in Budapest.
Rita Süveges has exhibited work at Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany; Collegium Hungaricum Berlin; and OFF-Biennale Budapest, among others.
Rita Süveges, 2020, photo documentation of a field trip to a Százhalombattan oil refinery with xtro realm. Photo by Anna Zilahi.
Rita Süveges, out of control, 2020, paleobotanic plant, acrylic on canvas, silk, silk dye, 118 × 59 in. (299.72 × 149.86 cm). Photo by Ferenc Eln.
Rita Süveges, Genezis -The Irrigation Cans of Petroculture, 2021, glazed and painted ceramics, dimensions variable.
Rita Süveges, Robobee, 2021, acrylic on canvas, 118 × 59 in. (299.72 × 149.86 cm).
Rita Süveges, extrodaesia- Encyclopedia for a Post-anthropocentic World, 2019, publication, book design, illustration.
Past Resident2021: University of Kansas General Research Fund
Elise Kirk
Elise Kirk is a photofilmic artist exploring the human psyche, constructs of place, and shifting ecology. She develops long-form photo-based projects, weaving illusions of documentary veracity, narrative allegory, and cinematic continuity into lyric sequences that question perception and certainty.
Elise Kirk has exhibited work at ClampArt, New York; The Center for Photography at Woodstock, New York; and Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, among others.
Elise Kirk, Drill, 2019/2021, pigment print, 27 × 34 in. (68.58 × 86.36 cm).
Elise Kirk, But Verily, 2016-2019, pigment print, dimensions variable.
Elise Kirk, Groundswell, Artist Book, 2020, pigment prints, drum bound artist book, 86 pages, 8 × 61/2 × 11/2 in. (20.32 × 16.51 × 3.81 cm).
Elise Kirk, Mother, 2021, pigment print, 24 × 64 in. (60.96 × 162.56 cm).
Elise Kirk, Mid—, 2015, pigment prints, 30 3/4 × 37 3/4 in. (78.1 × 95.88 cm) each.
