Current Resident: Feb 1, 2024–Jan 31, 2025
Mondriaan Fund
Studio #219
Artist
Antonis Pittas
Antonis Pittas’ work revolves around current social and political issues, marked by a profound connection to history. He creates spatial installations that respond to specific contexts, drawing inspiration from architecture, design, art history, the performative aspects of installation art, and its social dynamics. At the core of Pittas’ practice is the question about the relationship between the past and present. His practice delves into significant historical moments of destruction, decay, and resistance, playing a pivotal role in shaping his artistic narrative.
Antonis Pittas has exhibited work at Museum for Contemporary Art – Eindhoven – Van Abbemuseum, The Netherlands; Centraal Museum, The Netherlands; and National Museum of Contemporary Art Αthens (ΕΜΣΤ), Greece, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2024 Spring Open Studios
April 12–April 13, 2024
Antonis Pittas, Paraesthesia, 2023, installation, stones, graphite, memory foam and protective foam, dimensions variable
Antonis Pittas, ACT (with flash), 2022, installation, reflective foil, aluminium, various works by Theo van Doesburg, dimensions variable
Antonis Pittas, ACT, 2022, installation, reflective foil, aluminium, various works by Theo van Doesburg, dimensions variable
Antonis Pittas, ICITIAE, 2020, installation, 18th century sandstone and graphite, dimensions variable
Antonis Pittas, throw hands, 2017, installation, artificial leather and furniture stuffing, dimensions variable
Current Resident: Sep 1, 2023–Aug 31, 2024
OCA - Office for Contemporary Art Norway
Studio #220
Artist
Sandra Mujinga
Sandra Mujinga uses speculative fiction in the Afrofuturist tradition to investigate economies of visibility and disappearance. Her works examine questions of self-representation, preservation, appearance, and opacity through an interdisciplinary approach in which she typically reverses established identity politics of presence. Mujinga’s works deviate from a completely anthropocentric approach to understanding the ephemeral world we now occupy; as a result, the artist draws inspiration in how animals create survival tactics and adapt to hostile surroundings.
Sandra Mujinga has exhibited work at Museum of Modern Art, New York; Venice Biennale, Venice; and Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, among others.
Sandra Mujinga, I Build My Skin With Rocks, 2022, video, 1:00:28 min. Courtesy the artist, Croy Nielsen and The Approach
Sandra Mujinga, Pervasive Lights, 2021, video, 16:15 min. Courtesy the artist, Croy Nielsen, The Approach, and MoMA
Sandra Mujinga, Closed Space, Open World, 2022, three-channel video installation with sound, animation drawn by Nancy Saphira, 10 min
Sandra Mujinga, Worldview, 2021, video, 3D animation by Justin Swinburne, 8 hours
Sandra Mujinga, Sentinels of Change & Reworlding Remains, 2021, installation, dimensions variable
Current Resident: Jul 1, 2024–Sep 30, 2024
Danish Arts Foundation
Studio #221
Artist
Christine Overvad Hansen
In her practice, Christine Overvad Hansen explores the acute, crisis-ridden state of late capitalist society and how this crisis fundamentally shapes our understanding of what it means to be human today. Drawing inspiration from Western cultural history, she intertwines ancient mythological figures with contemporary and existential conditions, addressing interpersonal relationships and power dynamics. Her work unfolds in multi-voiced narratives that highlight the plasticity and vulnerability of the human psyche.
Christine Overvad has exhibited work at Holstebro Museum, Denmark; Horsens Art Museum, Denmark; and Parallel Vienna, Austria, among others.
Christine Overvad Hansen, Atropos, 2023, linen, tufted yarn and stainless steel, 7413/16 × 463/8 × 55 in. (189.99 × 117.86 × 139.7 cm)
Christine Overvad Hansen, Sleeper, 2023, tree resin, cashmere and stainless steel, 10 × 365/8 × 27/8 in. (25.4 × 92.96 × 7.37 cm)
Christine Overvad Hansen, Lachesis, 2023, tufted yarn and stainless steel, 715/8 × 255/8 × 305/16 in. (181.86 × 65.02 × 76.96 cm)
Christine Overvad Hansen, Proxy, 2021, bronze, stoneware, timing belts, motor and stainless steel, 57 × 60 × 45 in. (144.78 × 152.4 × 114.3 cm)
Christine Overvad Hansen, Faidra's Fury, 2021, sterling silver, sugar and essential oils, 21/2 × 25/16 × 31/8 in. (6.35 × 5.84 × 7.87 cm)
