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Invitation Open Studio Day
The current artists of the October residency program |
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Andrea Abalia, Spain Andrea Abalia´s work is based on pictures of disturbing scenes, mostly inspired by Romanticism, on fearful fairy tales, her own life and childhood, and the theories of the psyche such as the Freudian interpretation of dreams found in Surrealism. Through building collages and paintings, Andrea explores the expressiveness and psychological imagery of figuration (almost always girls) through constructing a theatrical scene. She contextualizes the figures in psychological places, involving the figures in magical, surreal, or uncanny atmospheres. Andrea looks to find contemporary ideas about the female figure that arise from deep emotions such as apprehension or fear. Andrea Abalia on the web |
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Maria José Ambrois Rodriguez, Uruguay The photographs, found in one specific context (street market), are taken out of it; giving them a completely new identity based on the existing object. They are re-signified in new units. The antique photographs act like a bridge; a bridge that prevents us from getting stuck in just one of the two worlds that coexist in this one, and that allows us to integrate them both, get the parts together, break the barriers. The photographs stand as representatives of the real world, the rational, material, the tangible, conscious world. They represent that part which is fixed in us, that stable center, those basic things that man can always return to and which demonstrate the fact that one is and exists. And by modifying them (paint, collage or embroidery are used as means to do it) the other world is introduced, that one which cannot be seen with the eye: the world of the unconscious, that internal world where an infinite number of fantastic dreams and mysterious thoughts can be found. Maria José Ambrois Rodriguez on the web |
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Meghan Fulkerson, USA Recent art school graduate and New York based printmaker Meghan Fulkerson's work draws attention to American consumer culture and the materialistic, inane, and insane qualities that are present in those of us who like to buy things, particularly in group/mob settings. Her work deals with these issues through an exaggerated sense of humor, shown mostly by the graphic appearance of the figures, to create a satirically serious situation in which viewers can relate. While at the Takt Residency, Meghan hopes to explore more personal issues, such as the effect of experiencing a new culture, rather than reflecting on American society specifically. Retaining her method of communicating ideas through the illustrated figure is vital, and she is sure this opportunity will provide new inspiration and offer a more worldly view of society in general. Meghan Fulkerson on the web |
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Thea Jentjens, Netherlands In June, my walking tours of Berlin have led to a series of small drawings. They represent my fascination with the former division of the city and the attempts to make it one city again. Back in my studio in Amsterdam, Berlin was the subject of some larger paintings. Now being back in Berlin for one month I start my walking tours again and see what happens. Thea Jentjens on the web |
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Jacqueline Kooter, Netherlands - installations / video / painting The visual work of Amsterdam based artist Jacqueline Kooter is about both the strenght and vulnerability of the human body and about the complexity of human relations. She works on location as well as in her studio. She started out as a painter, then used painting more and more in location related installations. Since two years she also makes videos and is developing a way how to combine visual art and contemporary dance, in video as well as on stage. She works together with a dance company on this project (www.connyjanssendanst.nl). Jacqueline Kooter on the web |
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Wai Kit Lam, Hongkong Wai Kit Lam’s research topic included the construction of identity and the interrelationship between individuals and surrounding circumstances. From the representation and notion of identification, she also studies the roles and influences of ideology where we construct our own selves. During her residency, she will do a new series of works that is based on the map of Berlin’s transportation; in order to search for her identity in a foreign city, and to associate her existence into an unknown world. Lam graduated with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art from Goldsmiths College, University of London, in 1996. In 2003, she received her MFA from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Wai Kit Lam on the web |
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Christina Reginelli, USA The Brooklyn based artist, Christina Reginelli deals with ambiguous, symmetrical and asymmetrical "landscapes". This new series is inspired by ink blots and the ideas of projection and the connection between art and psychology. She uses several different mediums to convey her interpretation of these works all which is done on paper. Christina Reginelli on the web |
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Grace Wawa Yang, Taiwan/Canada Grace Wawa Yang’s artistic expression stems from an inherent desire to understand her own existence. Her art process is a philosophical investigation to simultaneously understand life and art. Through her art she expresses her inner and outer world, representing both her consciousness of the world around her and her imaginative subconscious. Her work is inspired by her own personal upbringing, fairy tales, dreams and death. She believes in challenging the format of her work, and uses various mediums such as digital photography, light box, and mix-media painting. She currently lives and works in New York City and Vancouver. Grace Wawa Yang on the web |