Past Residents
Past Resident2021: Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport of Austria
Veronika Eberhart
Veronika Eberhart is a visual artist and musician based in Vienna. In her research-based practice, she seeks formal translation to her work through her transdisciplinary approach to video, sound, performance, and sculptural installations. She uses media to negotiate conceptual issues with the sensitivity of feminist and art historical artistic practices.
Veronika Eberhart has exhibited work at The MAK Center, Los Angeles; Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; and A-Gallery, Tokyo among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2021 Spring Open Studios
April 27–April 28, 2021
Veronika Eberhart, 9 is 1 and 10 is none, installation view at Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, 2017.
Veronika Eberhart, Various layers of glue petrified, 2017, colored glue, 13 × 7 × 4 in. (33.02 × 17.78 × 10.16 cm).
Veronika Eberhart, Untitled, 2018, archival pigment print, 38 × 33 in. (96.52 × 83.82 cm).
Veronika Eberhart, installation view at PARALLEL VIENNA in Raum 220, 2019.
Veronika Eberhart, Implausible assumptions required to make sense of two pedals, 2020, brass with patina, 10 × 10 × 4 in. (25.4 × 25.4 × 10.16 cm).
Residents from Austria
Past Resident2021: Pola Art Foundation
Saya Irie
Saya Irie’s work is inspired from everyday life and its ties to the distant past. Irie modifies objects by means of reduction, working with books, photographs, banknotes, and soaps, amongst others objects. Her practice is based on the idea that life continues to exist in an imperceptible sphere even after its external form disappears.
Saya Irie has exhibited work at Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art; Setouchi Triennale, Shōdoshima, Kagawa, Japan; and Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2020 Fall Open Studios
November 17–November 18, 2020
Saya Irie, Kannon Dust (Kukurihime), 2016, Japanese hanging scroll and eraser shavings, figure: 7 x 4.7 x 2.4 in.; hanging scroll: 24 x 71 in.
Saya Irie, Mau Dust, 2016, charm and eraser shavings, figure: 5 x 6 x 2.4 in., charm: 20 x 28 in.
Saya Irie, Mary Dust, 2020, Kapanese hanging scroll and eraser shavings, figure: 2.4 x 1.7 x1.5 in.; hanging scroll: 16 x 9.4 x0.6 in.
Saya Irie, Disny Dust, 2015, children's book and eraser shavings, figure: 5 x 3.5 x 2.3 in., book: 7.8 x 12 in.
Saya Irie, Jyashouten Dust, 2019, Japanese hanging scroll, cardboard boxes, and eraser shavings, 90 x 70 x 12 in.
Past Resident2021: Canada Council for the Arts
Anaïs Castro
Anaïs Castro is a curator and writer based in Toronto and New York. She is one of the founding members of the curatorial collective The Department of Love. She is an editorial member of Daily Lazy and publishes regularly in esse art + opinions, Espace, and this is tomorrow.
Anaïs Castro has co-curated exhibitions at La Galerie de l’UQAM, Montreal; Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts; and R E I T E R | Prospects, Berlin among others.
Nakeya Brown, Marilou Craft, Erika deFreitas, Stanley Février, Amartey Golding, Manuel Mathieu, Chloé Savoie-Bernard, Over My Black Body, 2019, exhibition view. co-curated with Eunice Bélidor at La Galerie de l'UQAM.
Andrea Acosta, Larissa Fassler, Mila Panic, and Nina Wiesnagrotzki, Ground Control, 2019, exhibition installation view. Exhibition co-curated by Anaïs Castro and Verity Seward at R E I T E R | Berlin prospect.
Isa Carrillo, Alex Coma, Hector Jimenez Castillo, OMSK Social Club, Marigold Santos and Jennifer Murphy Stewart Hall Art Gallery, and Pointe-Claire, Mystic Toolkit, 2020, exhibition view at Stewart Hall Art Gallery.
Débora Delmar, Jade Montserrat, Alvin Tran, and Steven Warwick, The Department of Love, 2019, performances. Performances co-curated by Olivia Aherne, Paulina Ascencio, Celina Basra, and Anaïs Castro at Art Night London 2019.
aaajiao, Diego Ascencio, Ramiro Avila, Richard Brautigan, Feng Chen, Quiet Kate, Mountain River Jump!, Klara Ravat, Evelyn Taocheng-Wang, Alvin Tran, Steven Warwick and Xu Zhen, The Department of Love, 2018, exhibition view, dimensions variable. co-curated with Olivia Aherne, Paulina Ascencio, Celina Basra and Tiange Yang at Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts.
