Past Residents
Past Resident2013: KdFS Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen
Johannes Rochhausen
Johannes Rochhausen constructs a fictional absence of worldly matters and turns the artist‘s studio, a special case of the classic interior, into the focal point of his work. Little is shown in the paintings, there is no narrative in the classical sense, but there is still a great feeling of suspense. Rochhausen does not toy with any kind of voyeurism, with the notion of gaining a look at hidden spheres. Instead, he composes highly elaborate structures, where colour and light, surface and space, object and atmosphere are the protagonists inhabiting the interior.
Johannes Rochhausen (born 1981, Leipzig) studied painting at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst (HGB), Leipzig, Germany. His work has recently been presented in group exhibitions at Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca; Museum MARTA Herford; Museo Nacional de la Estampa, Mexico City; Kunsthaus Interlaken; Black Door Istanbul; Kunstmuseum Magdeburg; Museum der Bildenden Künste Leipzig; Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg; Drents Museum, Assen and Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn. His solo exhibitions include Galerie Leuenroth, Frankfurt; Schlechtriem Brothers, Berlin; Galerie Hafen Rand, Hamburg; HGB Galerie, Leipzig and Galerie Hübner, Frankfurt. Rochhausen’s work belongs to the following collections: Museum der Bildenden Künste Leipzig, Museum am Dom, Würzburg and Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal.
Johannes Rochhausen, Atelier Edgar Leciejewski, 2012, Charcoal, black chalk and ink on paper, 59 × 79 in. (149.86 × 200.66 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Johannes Rochhausen, Abstellraum, 2010, Oil and egg tempera on canvas, 17 × 13 in. (43.18 × 33.02 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Johannes Rochhausen, Raumstudie (Atelier #11), 2011, Charcoal, black chalk and ink on paper, 75 × 59 in. (190.5 × 149.86 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Johannes Rochhausen, Atelieransicht XI, 2009, Oil and egg tempera on canvas, 79 × 110 in. (200.66 × 279.4 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Johannes Rochhausen, Atelieransicht XII, 2009, Oil and egg tempera on canvas, 98 × 67 in. (248.92 × 170.18 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Germany
Past Resident2013: Foundation for a Civil Society
Heldi Pema
Heldi Pema’s artwork takes a critical view of cultural, social and political issues. He plays with the illusion of time and space, leading through his perception of the world. He uses a variety of materials and mediums such as photography, sound and installation. His recent interest involves old and new prints, texts and magazines as he develops a growing series of interventions. He reframes imagery by creating his own characters and stories.
Heldi Pema was born in Albania. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Tirana, has attended Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts (Austria) several times, and was awarded AIR by “KulturKontakt” in Vienna and “O’Artoteca” in Milan. His work has been shown at the 52nd International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Albanian Pavilion; Museum of Contemporary Art – Villa Croce, Genova; European Month of Photography, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin; ViennAfair, Vienna; 2nd Tirana Biennale; The National Gallery of Arts, Tirana; A+A Gallery, Venice and The Promenade Gallery, Vlora.
Events & Exhibitions
Salon: Francisco Montoya Cázarez and Heldi Pema
January 15, 2013
Heldi Pema, Skipping, 2009. Courtesy of the artist.
Heldi Pema, Open Space, 2006, 70 × 50 in. (177.8 × 127 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Heldi Pema, Splitting Atoms, 2011, White and red ink on magazine, 8 × 11 in. (20.32 × 27.94 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Heldi Pema, Recreation, 2009. Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Albania
Past Resident2013: Danish Arts Foundation
Jakob Boeskov
Jakob Boeskov is a Danish-Icelandic artist and filmmaker. His work touches upon many disciplines involving video, drawing and conceptual art. Common subjects are technology, politics and his native Scandinavian region. Boeskov’s best known project is calle ID Sniper, where he infiltrated a Chinese weapons fair with a fake hi-tech weapon.
Jakob Boeskov (born 1973, Elsinore, Denmark) moved to Copenhagen in the early 1990s where he put out his satirical comic Flax Letter (Nicolai Wallner Entertainments) and the experimental 8mm film Exhaust Tiger. In 1998 he published a comic about Lars Von Trier, after which he abandoned comics entirely, focusing on drawings and more conceptual art projects. His first solo show My Doomsday Weapon, The Thing, New York, 2004 documented the creation of a fictional hi-tech weapon. He later described these events in the film Empire North (2010), a film that won the Danish Dox Award at the Copenhagen DOX Film Festival. Group exhibitions include Populism, Frankfurter Kunstverein, 2005 and Screening War, ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, 2005. In 2010, Boeskov’s work was the subject of the retrospective exhibition Siggimund at the National Gallery of Denmark. His solo exhibitions include Coup de Théâtre, V1, Copenhagen, 2005, Thule, V1, Copenhagen, 2010 and Weekend Futurology, Mulherin Pollard, New York, 2012. Boeskov lives and works in New York City.
Jakob Boeskov, ID Sniper Model, 2002-2004, SLA, aluminum, and steel, 16 × 62 × 70 in. (40.64 × 157.48 × 177.8 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Jakob Boeskov, Monster Mirror Drawings, 2004, Pastel on paper, 140 × 70 in. (355.6 × 177.8 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Jakob Boeskov, The Island, 2009, Pastel on paper, 16 × 24 in. (40.64 × 60.96 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Jakob Boeskov, War Wizard, 2006, Video, 6 min. Courtesy of the artist.
Jakob Boeskov, Untitled (We do Turing Testing), 2010, Pastel on paper, 16 × 24 in. (40.64 × 60.96 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
