Past Residents
Past Resident2011: TMU - Trust For Mutual Understanding
Jadranka Kosorcic
Over the course of her two-month residency Kosorcic will invite willing participants into the studio through the means of an advertisement: “Artist is looking for people m/f willing to pose for a portrait. Time spent 1-3 hours. Send photo to kosorcic[at]hotmail.com.” They meet, sit and converse- Kosorcic behind a drawing table, the participant in an open chair. The resulting portrait is neither them nor she, neither fictitious nor truthful. The stark figures composed of acutely drawn lines seem, rather, to chart the one to three hours spent. Kosorcic’s portraits become a literal conversation piece where the voices of two and the hand of one meet, each revealing the subtle tendencies of the artist herself.
Jadranka Kosorcic lives and works in Berlin and has exhibited extensively in Europe including solo exhibitions at Galerie Bezirk Oberbayem, Munich; Bloomberg Space, London; Extended Media Gallery, Zagreb; Artothek, Munich; and the Essl Collection, Klosterneuburg. Blind Date: New York in June 2011 at the Jack Hanley Gallery was Kosorcic’s first solo exhibition in the United States. Most recently her work was represented at the Emerge Art Fair in Washinton DC.
Jadranka Kosorcic, Blind Date With Bloomberg Employees, 2009, Charcoal on paper, 22 × 161/2 in. (55.88 × 41.91 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Jadranka Kosorcic, Blind Date Munich, 2009. Courtesy of the artist and Kunst am Wittelsbacherplatz Munich.
Jadranka Kosorcic, Blind Date With Adam, New York, 2011, Charcoal on paper, 22 × 161/2 in. (55.88 × 41.91 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Jadranka Kosorcic, Blind Date With Gintare, Berlin, 2011, Charcoal on paper, 22 × 161/2 in. (55.88 × 41.91 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Jadranka Kosorcic, Blind Date, BBK Munich, 2008, Oil on canvas, 8611/16 × 8211/16 in. (220.13 × 209.97 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Past Resident2011: Artadia
Eamon Ore-Giron
Eamon Ore-Giron is a Los Angeles-based artist and musician. His practices takes multiple forms, from painting to video, sound and performance. His inspirations range from the graphic elements of punk flyers to the folk traditions of Latin America; he is interested in re-contextualizing folk traditions and contemporary art. Ore-Giron uses a range of media to make conceptual projects that address possible ways that sub-cultural phenomena and music morph and adapt as they move between languages, cultures and political systems. He was one of the original colleagues of the so-called Mission School in San Francisco during the mid-1990’s and is also the founding member of the experimental audio-performance group OJO. Ore-Giron’s music under the moniker DJ Lengua has gained global praise and success fusing obscure Latin American subgenres with electronic and abstract beats. He has two vinyl LP’s released on Unicornio Records and numerous online mixes.
Eamon Ore-Giron’s artwork, music, and performances have been shown at venues including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Deitch Projects, New York; MUCA ROMA, Mexico City; UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Museo Tamayo Museum, Mexico City; Queens Nails Annex, San Francisco; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; and Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, San Francisco.
Events & Exhibitions
Salon: Eamon Ore-Giron and Travis Somerville
November 29, 2011
Eamon Ore-Giron, Bite Work, 2011, Still from single channel video.
Eamon Ore-Giron, Wave Form, 2007, Still from single channel video. Courtesy of the artist.
Eamon Ore-Giron, Rise Rise, 2010, Ink on 35mm transparency. Courtesy of the artist.
Eamon Ore-Giron, Diamonds of Teotihuacan, 2010, Silkscreen transfer, acrylic, flasche, and spray paint on canvas, 48 × 72 in. (121.92 × 182.88 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Eamon Ore-Giron, Los Autenticos, 2010, Silkscreen transfer, acrylic on canvas, 40 × 40 in. (101.6 × 101.6 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from United States
Past Resident2011: Anonymous
Hélène Picard
Hélène Picard finds inspiration in the connection between sewing and painting. She is interested in how the two mediums both express color, form material and inner feelings of the human being. Picard creates installations where painted shapes seem to escape from the frame to materialize in hanging costumes. Picard brings a theatrical dimension to painting and a sensorial contact with the work of art. The visitor is inside the painting, surrounded by colors, energetic gestures and materials of fabrics. She offers the opportunity to not only see the painting but feel and live it.
Hélène Picard (born 1972 in France) graduated in 1998 from the School of Fine Arts of Paris, and was awarded the Casa Velazquez Residency in Madrid in 2000. Picard currently works and lives between Madrid and Paris. Recent exhibitions include Castillos de aire, Alexandra Irigoyen Gallery, Madrid; The Nest, performance, El Beso, Madrid; Solo exhibition 2000-2009, Maison de la Culture Loire-Atlantique -La Rairie, Nantes; Entramados, National Costume Museum, Madrid.
Events & Exhibitions
Performance: SUPER FRAGILISTIC by Hélène Picard
December 20, 2011
Hélène Picard, Les Semelles De Vent, 2009, Acrylic on canvas. Courtesy of the artist.
Hélène Picard, El desconocido- Las Pequeñas Alegrías, 2008, Acrylic on canvas, felt and ribbons, 51 1/5 X 76 4/5 in. Height costume: 47 1/5 in.. Courtesy of the artist.
Hélène Picard, Beetle coat, 2007, Felt, 47 1/5 in.. Courtesy of the artist.
Hélène Picard, My house has turned into a painting, 2008, Muslin and acrylic on walls. Courtesy of the artist.
Hélène Picard, The Nest, 2010, 63 in.. Courtesy of the artist.
