Past Residents
Past Resident2011: Wallace Arts Trust
Sam Mitchell
Borrowing the visual style of kids’ comics and cartoons, as well as from the underworld of tattoos, Sam Mitchell’s provocative paintings often have playful or dark subject matter. With a knack for pitching uncanny combinations and elements together, Mitchell’s works are delicately and deftly painted but have a seething undercurrent that takes you by surprise. Mitchell paints in reverse on Perspex; and like the cell of a cartoon or a tattoo on the body, the images cut down to just the essential storytelling elements. The world depicted in Mitchell’s work has a childlike reality—the salient parts are deeply observed and rendered in meticulous, loving detail.
Sam Mitchell was born in Colorado Springs and currently lives and works in Auckland, New Zealand. Mitchell has exhibited widely throughout New Zealand, and is represented by Melanie Roger Gallery, Auckland.
Sam Mitchell, Flora, 2011, Watercolor on digital print , 233/8 × 161/2 in. (59.37 × 41.91 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Sam Mitchell, Bas Bleu (A Literary Woman), 2011, Acrylic on perspex, 393/8 × 393/8 in. (100.01 × 100.01 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Sam Mitchell, Glam, 2011, Acrylic on perspex, 311/2 × 311/2 in. (80.01 × 80.01 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Sam Mitchell, Janus, 2010, Acrylic on perspex, 313/4 × 411/2 in. (80.64 × 105.41 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Sam Mitchell, Lincoln and friends, 2010, Watercolor on found paper, 53/4 × 81/4 in. (14.6 × 20.95 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Past Resident2011: Anonymous
Donato Piccolo
Donato Piccolo’s work investigates various natural, biological, and emotional phenomena, and he often uses technological and mechanical tools in his creative process. Through a study of human cognitive faculties, Piccolo analyzes the perceptive aspects of the natural world.
Donato Piccolo (born 1976) lives and works in Rome, Italy.
Donato Piccolo, Project For “Erosion”, 2010, Mixed media on cardboard, 43 × 67 in. (109.22 × 170.18 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Donato Piccolo, Rumore di Fondo, 2011, Glass, demineralized water, ultrasonic nebulizer, galvanized iron, fan, 35watt halogen lamps, potentiometer, mirror, and channel audio, 173/4 × 841/2 × 173/4 in. (45.08 × 214.63 × 45.08 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Donato Piccolo, Dream Machine, 2010, Galvanized iron, silicon diaphragm, fog machine, smoke fluid, LED light, electric motor, and sensor , 51 × 59 × 51 in. (129.54 × 149.86 × 129.54 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Donato Piccolo, Narciso, 2011, Glass, demineralized water, ultrasonic nebulizer, galvanized iron, fan, halogen lamps 35watt, potentiometer, mirror, and channel audio, 901/2 × 191/4 × 18 in. (229.87 × 48.89 × 45.72 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Donato Piccolo, Reversibility Of 7 Unstable Elements (Detail), 2010, Glass, pvc, electric pumps, microphones, electrical system, timer, iron, water, and audio system 7 objects, 121/2 × 411/4 × 7 in. (31.75 × 104.77 × 17.78 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Italy
Past Resident2011: GyeongGi Cultural Foundation
Eun Hyung Kim
Eun Hyung Kim’s work narrates a twisted version of mundane life. Large-scale wall drawings, sculptural drawings, fabric works, and animations show doodling as an extended form of journaling. Using collected images from everyday life alongside private memories and pop culture, he tells a story that represents how simple but bizarre life can be. Kim notes that he sweeps out thoughts from his mind and pours those images into his work. This process of “sweeping out” makes very dense and crowded images, and it depicts his inner being, including details of his private memories. The process of expressing every thought, paradoxical as it may seen, is to empty the mind. Kim relates this to the very basic philosophical question: “Who am I”? Or, “Who are we”? Kim repeats this practice by making numerous drawings, a process refers to as “Designing Egos.”
Eun Hyung Kim (born 1977, Seoul, South Korea) is based in New York, Chicago, and his hometown Seoul. Kim holds MFA degrees from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2008, and Seoul National University, 2006. He also attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2007. He has exhibited numerous times internationally, including Paris, Helsinki, Cologne, Chicago, New York, Tokyo, and Seoul. He has had several solo exhibitions at Gaia Gallery in Seoul and Gallery 400 in Chicago.
Eun Hyung Kim, Designing Egos, 2010, Wall painting, animation & table installation, 2400 × 2400 in. (6096 × 6096 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Eun Hyung Kim, Crumpled Memories, 2010, Pencil and sumi ink on paper sculpture, 13 × 26 × 13 in. (33.02 × 66.04 × 33.02 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Eun Hyung Kim, Crumpled Memories, 2010, Pencil and sumi ink on paper sculpture, 13 × 13 × 13 in. (33.02 × 33.02 × 33.02 cm).
Eun Hyung Kim, Crumpled Memories, 2010, Pencil and sumi ink on paper sculpture, 4 × 36 × 24 in. (10.16 × 91.44 × 60.96 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Eun Hyung Kim.
