Past Residents
Past Resident2013: Foundation for a Civil Society2008: Foundation for a Civil Society
Irgin Sena
Irgin Sena works with consideration of time as a space and as a zone. The voids, the gaps in between, the seemingly unimportant, or the things that fail are what he pays attention to. While thinking about time, Sena also considers the effectiveness of the delay. He is interested in the duration of transitions and moments of in(activity). The idea of creating a score, a track and a timeline for the work, as one would do in music, has occupied him for some time. Irgin’s process has much to do with how we select what to see from what we merely look at.
Irgin Sena was born in Albania and lives and works in New York. He has a MFA from Hunter College. Inn 2007 the he received the ARRDHJE Award for Contemporary Art and in 2012 he was awarded the Marian Netter Award. Irgin has participated at Qui Vive, International Moscow Biennial for Young Art and New Insight, Chicago. His work has been shown at Futura- Center For contemporary Art, Prague; Art Chicago; Boots Contemporary Art Space, St. Louis; Vanessa Quang Galerie, Paris; House am Lutzowplatz, Berlin; The National Gallery, Tirana and Badischer-Kunstverein, Karlsruhe.
Irgin Sena, There Was a Mirror in the Reanimation Clinic, 2009, Video installation, 4 min. 26 sec. Courtesy of the artist.
Irgin Sena, Father's Cabinet, 2012, Video installation, 4 min. 50 sec. Courtesy of the artist.
Irgin Sena, Untitled, 2010, Video projection and hanging screens, 15 × 54 in. (38.1 × 137.16 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Irgin Sena, 0-8, 2009, Foam, video, and sound, 96 × 96 × 96 in. (243.84 × 243.84 × 243.84 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Irgin Sena, Forty 12 Forty, 2012, Video installation, looped, 29 min. Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Albania
Past Resident2012: Creative Australia
Kellie O’Dempsey
Through performance drawing, Kellie O’Dempsey explores liminal space and movement as narrative. With drawing as her dialogue, O’Dempsey spontaneously translates the immediacy of experience into line, form and gesture with charcoal and ink and more recently an electronic drawing device. Often working in collaboration with musicians, performers and artists, her process investigates the interconnected experience of human engagement. Via improvisation, elements of performance are translated into drawn works as an immediate means of response. Her work is currently focused on the synthesis of analogue and digital drawing.
Kellie O’Dempsey has developed installations in a vast array of spaces including: in the rehearsal studios of a ballet company (Queensland Ballet 2003), rock festivals, in The Barbican Theatre-London (2005) to commuters in subway during rush hour in Melbourne (2007). Performances and residencies include: Soundlabs, Italy, 2005-2006; Festival Internationale de Benicassim, Spain, 2005-2006; M on The Bund, Shanghai, 2009-2010; Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Art, 2011; Elephant Rock cliff face – BLEACH 2012; Live collaborative performance with Michael Dick, Brian Richie and the Tasmanian Improvisers Orchestra at MONA FOMA, Hobart, 2012, The 18th Biennale of Sydney and upcoming at Draw International, France, 2013.
Kellie O’Dempsey, Mona Foma, 2012, Live performance paper, ink, paint, digital project, and orchestra. Courtesy of the artist.
Kellie O’Dempsey, Mona Foma, 2012, Live performance paper, ink, paint, digital project, and orchestra. Courtesy of the artist.
Kellie O’Dempsey, Moving Lines, 2011, Live performance paper, ink, tagtool, and digital projector. Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Australia
Past Resident2013: Instituto de la Cultura y las Artes de Sevilla
Alejandro Botubol
Alejandro Botubol’s work deals with the constant and persistent exploration of space. His images aren’t figural; they’re grounded in symbolism, gravity and time. His paintings are infinite, and pursue the search for truth through the contemplation of life. Botubol embraces the sense of immanence in all objects, creating metaphysical tension with a nuanced sense of mysticism.
Alejandro Botubol (born 1979) studied painting, engraving and design at the University of Fine Arts in Seville. His work has been exhibited in the Taidemuseo, Riihimäki; Museum of Inquisition, Cartagena and The Dr. Rafael Calderón Guardia Museum, San José.
Alejandro Botubol, Returning Boomerang III, 2012, Oil on canvas, 22 × 18 in. (55.88 × 45.72 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Alejandro Botubol, Returning Boomerang, 2012, Oil on wood, 22 × 18 in. (55.88 × 45.72 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Alejandro Botubol, Cesta de Pensamientos, 2012, Oil on canvas, 22 × 18 in. (55.88 × 45.72 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Alejandro Botubol, Just Madrid, 2012, Oil on canvas, 22 × 18 in. (55.88 × 45.72 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Alejandro Botubol, An Avalanche in the Alps 1803, 2012, Oil on canvas, 22 × 18 in. (55.88 × 45.72 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
