Past Residents
Past Resident2021: The J.F. Costopoulos Foundation
Stefania Strouza
Stefania Strouza’s practice explores how cultural narratives of diverse epochs connect to produce new identity projects. It examines the spatial mobility of such narratives, the exchange of forms and symbols across large distances, and the cross-cultural syncretisms that emerge from it. The artist materializes these ideas through sculptural works and installations that draw associations between the symbolic world of objects and notions of temporality, geography and the body.
Stefania Strouza has exhibited work at The 3rd Industrial Art Biennial, Croatia; NEON, Greece; and Neue Galerie Innsbruck, Austria, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
Artists at Work: Stefania Strouza and Daphne Dragona
September 28, 2021, 1-2pm
Stefania Strouza, 212 Medea (Perpetual Silence Prevails in the Empty Space of Capital), 2020, expanded polystyrene foam, plywood, epoxy resin, varnish, 90 ³⁵/₆₄ × 59 ¹/₁₆ × 47 ¹/₄ (230 × 150 × 120 cm)
Stefania Strouza, 212 Medea (If only I had stayed the animal I was), 2020, metallised cane roots, insulation foam, spray-paint, aluminum foil, pins, 20 ⁵⁵/₆₄ × 13 ²⁵/₆₄ × 15 ²³/₆₄ (53 × 34 × 39 cm)
Stefania Strouza, Pro itu et reditu, 2019, ceramic, bronze, 12 ⁶³/₆₄ × 8 ¹⁷/₆₄ × 4 ²³/₃₂ (33 × 21 × 12 cm)
Stefania Strouza, Fundamentos Líquidos (Liquid Foundations), 2018, bricks, wood, and queen conch shell, 47 ¹/₄ × 78 ⁴⁷/₆₄ × 39 ³/₈ (120 × 200 × 100 cm)
Stefania Strouza, The center will not hold, 2019, plaster, liquid plastic, pewter, and acrylic paint, 106 ¹⁹/₆₄ × 66 ⁵⁹/₆₄ × 3 ¹⁵/₁₆ (270 × 170 × 10 cm)
Residents from Greece
Antonis Pittas
Studio #219
Raffaela Naldi Rossano
The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies, Columbia University, Italian Cultural Institute of New York, Directorate-General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture
Studio #217
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, 59 × 118 in. (149.86 × 299.72 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, 59 × 118 in. (149.86 × 299.72 cm)
Rita Süveges, extrodaesia- Encyclopedia for a Post-anthropocentic World, 2019, publication, book design, illustration
Ariane Loze
Through a methodical deconstruction of cinematic norms, Ariane Loze strips her video-performances down to their most basic, structural inner workings. Her post-minimalist aesthetic brings together conceptual expression and home-made execution underpinned by an immediately recognizable narrative made up of static shots of a straightforward action or event. Since 2008, Loze produces her videos autonomously: she take on the roles of director, screenwriter, editor, dresser, and sound and lighting technician, as well as plays all characters.
Ariane Loze has exhibited work at Riga Biennial of Contemporary Art, Riga; S.M.A.K., Ghent; and KANAL Centre Pompidou, Brussels, among others.
Ariane Loze, Utopia, 2018, HD video projection with sound, 10:27 min
Ariane Loze, Archipelago of Me, 2018, HD video projection with sound, 32:54 min
Ariane Loze, Minimal Art, 2019, HD video projection with sound, 8:25 min
Ariane Loze, Highlands, 2019, HD video projection with sound, 30:18 min
Ariane Loze, Kolumba, 2020, HD video projection with sound, 13:36 min
