Past Residents
Past Resident2016: Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport of Austria
Misha Stroj
Misha Stroj’s practice is at the edge of disciplines, matters and medias. He excessively researches his work to share moments of understanding, caring and envisioning a common knowledge and space with the viewer.
Misha Stroj studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, where he graduated in 2002. At present, he is working on a publication titled Primary Events, developing work for the group show Poetiken des Materials, Museum Leopold, Vienna, and a commission for a public monument that will be permanently installed in the future Medical University of Graz.
Events & Exhibitions
Spring Open Studios 2016
April 29–April 30, 2016
Misha Stroj, Unititled (installation view), 2015, Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist and Kerstin Engholm Gallery, Vienna.
Residents from Austria
Past Resident2016: Danish Arts Foundation
Tove Storch
Tove Storch’s practice is informed by questions around how a sculpture exists and how it comes into being. Her work often takes the shape of physical and sculptural manifestations, exploring structural forms and geometric notions. The contrast of materials – such as silk intersecting metal – is often at the core of her practice, constituting a vibrant tension balancing on the edge of collapse. She is interested in examining materiality and creating a language for the non-verbal.
Tove Storch (born 1981) lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark. Storch studied at The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and holds an MFA from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Recent exhibition venues include Anita Schwartz Galeria de Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Nils Stærk, Copenhagen, Denmark; S.M.A.K., the Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art – Ghent. Recent group shows and performances include Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk; Last Ride in a Hot Air Balloon, The 4th Auckland Triennial. Storch is represented by Nils Stærk, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Tove Storch, Untitled, 2013, Rusted metal, dyed silk, wire. Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Denmark
Past Resident2016: Danish Arts Foundation
Ragnhild May
Ragnhild May explores the field between visual arts and music. She works with performance, installation and sculpture. She is primarily focused on performance work and overall installation structures. Her pieces synthesize complex combinations of media and materials. A basic field of investigation for May is sound, which is conceived of and conceptualized in a deep historical perspective, including figures such as Leonardo da Vinci and Athanasius Kircher. In her work, May addresses what may immediately appear to be an idiosyncratic poetic sphere, which by closer examination turns out to be the product of careful and stringent reflection. Indeed, one may be tempted to characterize her work in general as conceptualism camouflaged as uncompromising primitivism.
Ragnhild May (born 1988, Odense, Denmark) studied studio art at The Jutland Art Academy, Denmark and sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. May has exhibited and performed at various venues around Europe, including The National Gallery of Denmark, Museum of Contemporary Arts in Roskilde and Vienna Künstlerhaus. In 2014, she co-curated REVISIT at Overgaden Institute of Contemporary Art.
Ragnhild May, Composition for Glissandi, Cirkular, 2014, Sound installation, 393/8 × 235/8 in. (100.08 × 59.94 cm). Courtesy of the artist.