Past Residents
Past Resident2024: OCA - Office for Contemporary Art Norway
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.
Past Resident2023: DOOSAN Art Center
Suzy Park
Suzy Park is a Seoul-based independent curator interested in the praxis of friendship, love, religion, and queerness as political and aesthetic allegories of contemporary art. Park’s latest research has focused on abstractness that does not rely on concerns outside of art, as well as abstractness as an attribute of art. She manages the Seoul-based curatorial agency AGENCY RARY and co-operates WESS, a project space in Seoul with 11 more curators.
Suzy Park has curated work at SeMA Bunker; Total Museum of Contemporary Art; and WESS, all in Seoul, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2023 Fall Open Studios
November 10–November 11, 2023
Heeuk Kim, Youngzoo Im, Jiryang Cha and Jinhwon Hong, Zoom Back Camera , 2019, SeMA Bunker, Seoul, curated by Suzy Park. Photo by Jinhwon Hong.
Jia Chang, Don’t Care If You Give Me the Evil Eye, 2020, Doosan Gallery, Seoul, curated by Suzy Park, Jihyung Park and Meerim Cheon. Photo by Kideok Park.
Jongwan Jang, Sueyon Hwang and Yezoi Hwang, Seven Intellectuals, 2022, WESS, Seoul, curated by Suzy Park, time based installation, 3channel projection, and 6channel audio, 6:36 min. Photo by Yongjin Yoo.
Min Oh, Thomas, 2021, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, curated by Suzy Park, time based installation, 3channel projection, and 6channel audio, 6:36 min.
Mina Park and Yanghee Lee, Flesh Stone Oil, 2022, WESS, Seoul, curated by Suzy Park. Photo by Ian Yang.
Residents from South Korea
Past Resident2023: OCA - Office for Contemporary Art Norway
Håkon Lillegraven
Håkon Lillegraven’s curatorial practice combines exhibition production, performance art, queer, education, mediation, and community development work. He has worked on a wide range of levels and formats, including international biennials, artist-run spaces, and medium-sized institutions. In 2020, Lillegraven joined Fotogalleriet in Oslo as Head of Mediation and Communication, where he currently works as Curator.
Håkon Lillegraven has curated exhibitions at Fotogalleriet; The Vigeland Museum; and Ergi.xyz, all in Oslo, among others.
Håkon Lillegraven, PARADE, 2022, exhibition, Vigeland Museum, Oslo. Curated by Håkon Lillegraven.
Håkon Lillegraven, Queer Icons, 2023, symposium, part of an interdisciplinary exhibition-related program.
Håkon Lillegraven, Klubb Ergi, 2022, installation view, BO Gallery, Oslo. Curated by Håkon Lillegraven.
'Treffpunkt - et cruisingarkiv' by Ulf Nilseng and Corentin JPM Leven, and 'En lys sommers usigelige smerte' by Mette Edvardsen, 2022, performance documentation .
Marianne Heier , T, 2022, performance. Curated by Geiten Collective.
