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: Ministry of Culture, Taiwan
Sung-Chih Chen
Sung-Chih Chen’s works are based on the idea of using the language of the material itself to present the sensitive parts of life that are often ignored. Chen’s works are mainly large spatial installations often utilizing the unit of standard residential space. The pieces incorporate time-based social events which include both rupture and subtle experiences collected and experienced by participants. Sung-Chih Chen notates human nature in daily life and seeks a sense of beauty from ugly objects.
Sung-Chih Chen（born in 1978, Taiwan) lives and works in Taipei, Taiwan. He has participated in residency programs including MMCA Goyang Art Studio, Korea; Visiting Arts London; The Townhouse Gallery, Cairo; Cité International des Arts, Paris. Chen is the recipient of the Espace Louis Vuitton Taipei Audition- First Prize; 35 Visual Artist Support Winner; The 12th Visual Arts Prize of Li Chun-Shan Foundation; Taishin Arts Award – Top 7 of Visual Arts; and Taipei Arts Award Honorable Mention.
Sung-Chih Chen, Another Place Series-Sailing, 2014, Mixed media, Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.
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.
