Past Residents
Past Resident2015: Arts Council Korea
Sun Choi
Choi’s work has continuously questioned the conventional definitions of art and searches for value beyond materiality. Choi applies invisible materials, such as breath, as well as other unconventional mediums involving the body. In recent years, he has obtained paints from social and environmental disasters.
Choi’s recent exhibitions include Song Eun Art Space, Seoul; Yokohama Triennale; and The Bamboo Curtain Studio, Taipei.
Sun Choi, Meari, 2015, Ash from burnt dog, cat and human hair, 1,033 sq. ft. Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from South Korea
Past Resident2015: Danish Arts Foundation
Sandra Vaka Olsen
Sandra Vaka Olsen is interested in the ambivalent relationship between the contemporary body and the constant surge of technological developments of increasingly invasive nature. Her conceptual approach in sculpture and photography explores how human perception, body and identity are altered in minute and almost undetectable ways via the digital realm, pharmaceutics and other technological improvements. Through her artistic output she aims to bring to light otherwise invisible filters that we gradually include as part of our shared perception of the world in an ever changing, augmented reality.
Sandra Vaka Olsen (born 1980, Stavanger) holds a BA from Oslo National Academy of the Arts, and an MFA from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, where she graduated in 2011. Her work has been the subject of the solo exhibitions including Fauna and IMO, both in Copenhagen, and has recently been included in group shows at Boetzelaer|Nispen, Amsterdam; Center, Berlin; Kunsthall Stavanger, Stavanger; Loyal, Stockholm; Stoneroses, Berlin; SixtyEight, Copenhagen; Grand Century, New York; Fotogalleriet, Oslo; Pavilions Without Walls, Performa 13, New York; CEO Gallery, Malmø; Malmö Konsthall; Stavanger Art Museum, Stavanger; Toves, Copenhagen; and Rogaland Contemporary Art Center, Stavanger. Furthermore she co-curates the artist run exhibition space Toves in Copenhagen. At the moment, Vaka lives and works between Berlin, Copenhagen and Stavanger.
Sandra Vaka Olsen, Sunshield, 2014, C-print, developed by artist with suncream finger-paintings, acrylic frame and epoxy drips, Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Denmark
Past Resident2015: KdFS Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen
Martin Höfer
Martin Höfer’s work concentrates on artistic strategies and mechanisms of perception in the field of public media space. Höfer’s focus is the development of artistic concepts for mass media systems as art itself. Therefore, he focuses on the relation of art and economics, aspects of art and media theory as well as mass communication, advertisement and marketing.
Martin Höfer (born 1982 in Sondershausen (Thuringia), Germany) lives and works in Leipzig, Germany. He graduated with distinction at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig in Media Art. Höfer’s work has been commissioned for group exhibitions including the Dispute Between Word and Picture, Cairo, Egypt, 2006; Hiwar Fanni, Amman, Jordan, 2007; On (plein) Air, Dresden, Germany, 2009; Youth Cult, Berlin, Germany, 2010; Best buy me, Leipzig, Germany, 2010; Kunst im Tower, Linz, Austria, 2010; Capital unemployed, National Art Gallery Vilnius, Lithuania, 2011, Victory on behalf of art (Porsche Carrera Cup, 30 motor races in Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, 2012/13), DLF 1874: Die Biografie der Bilder, Leipzig, Germany, 2012, The Supershow, Leipzig, Germany, 2013; 1st NSK Folk Art Biennale, Leipzig, Germany, 2014.
Martin Höfer, Siegen im Auftrag der Kunst, 2012, Installation view. Courtesy of the artist.
