Past Residents
Past Resident2011: Arts Council of Ireland
Louise Manifold
Captivated by power of stories and the construction of myth, Louise Manifold’s inspiration draws its origins from overlooked and unbelievable subject matter- ranging from rare delusional illnesses, obscure phenomena and manifestations of medieval melancholy as a means in which to comment upon human awareness in contemporary culture. Her engagement with the esoteric centers upon what she sees as their potential to generate legend, and also addresses the capacity of visual arts to create new mythology for the viewer to consume. Working primarily in lens-based media, sculpture and text, Manifold wishes to venerate the surreal and the incredible, enabling it to be carried and changed by those who encounter it.
Louise Manifold (born in Galway, Ireland) graduated from the Galway/Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, Ireland, and Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, England. She is an active member of Artspace Studio Collective Galway and has exhibited extensively throughout Ireland. Internationally, she participated in numerous group exhibitions in China, Canada, France, the United States and the UK. Manifold has been the recipient of several awards including The Arts Council of Ireland Bursary Award 2010, Galway City Council Artist in Residence Award, Galway City Council individual artist’s bursary, and Culture Ireland funding. In 2009, she was one of the four artists shortlisted for the Allied Irish Bank Art prize.
Events & Exhibitions
Salon: Xenia Fink and Louise Manifold
March 22, 2011
Louise Manifold, A 49 Year Old Woman, 2009, Photograph, 55 × 80 in. (139.7 × 203.2 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Louise Manifold, Natural Cabinet Lizard, 2010, Photograph, 35 × 50 in. (88.9 × 127 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Louise Manifold, Bottled Bird (Wunderkammer Series), 2010, Photograph, 35 × 50 in. (88.9 × 127 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Louise Manifold, Book Mark Number 1, 2010, Sculpture, 5 × 6 in. (12.7 × 15.24 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Louise Manifold, The Tiger Groom, 2010, Digital video installation, Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.
Past Resident2011: Xippas Gallery, Nicholas Robinson Gallery
Petros Chrisostomou
Petros Chrisostomou photographs small scale, ordinary, ephemeral objects in architectural models that he constructs, and then dramatically arranges, often employing lighting and staging conventions of the theatre. With the alteration of scale and reversal of the relation between object and space, his photographs challenge the viewers’ visual certainties. The illusionary effect he achieves highlight the artist’s playful approach, which fluctuates between mimicry of the real world and construction of a surrealistic reality.
Petros Chrisostomou (born 1981, London, UK) was born to Greek Cypriot parents. He studied at The Royal Academy of Arts and Central St Martins College of Art and Design in London. He has had solo exhibitions in Paris, France, and Athens, Greece, with Galerie Xippas. Group exhibitions include Fresh Faced And Wild Eyed, The Photographers Gallery, London; In Present Tense-Young Greek Artists, EMST National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece; Third International Art Biennial, Beijing, China and also Premiums, Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Events & Exhibitions
Salon: Petros Chrisostomou and Minja Gu
December 13, 2011
Petros Chrisostomou, Ejaculation, 2008, Color photograph, 59 × 47 in. (149.86 × 119.38 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Petros Chrisostomou, Skatospore II, 2008, Color photograph, 59 × 47 in. (149.86 × 119.38 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Petros Chrisostomou, Megalomaniac, 2008, Color photograph, 59 × 47 in. (149.86 × 119.38 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Petros Chrisostomou, Forever, 2008, Color photograph, 59 × 47 in. (149.86 × 119.38 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from United Kingdom
Past Resident2011: Departamento de Cultura del Gobierno Vasco
Itziar Barrio
Itziar Barrio’s interest and motivation for creating art springs from a personal need to react to and interact with reality. She has arrived at the understanding that human reality is not completely visceral or absolute, but it is an intricate psychological and intellectual construction, ever being re-created. When Barrio chooses an image, she takes into consideration not only the conscious worlds associated with the image but also the subconscious, societal, and sensational associations. She approaches the icon as a concept by maneuvering it through various abstract worlds and using many media, such as sculpture, painting, mural, and video animation. The repetition and extension of her original icons intomurals, animations, and drawings exemplifies the relationship that society has with everyday objects as recurring icons, whether those be practical objects embedded in our lives or abstract advertisement media creations. In this way she intends to bring up questions that are not overtly social or political, but that deal with the tendency of the human mind to create iconic and associative characters out of its surroundings and the effects of those associations on society.
Itziar Barrio (born 1976 in Bilbao) currently lives and works in New York City. She combines a wide range of media spanning the gamut of drawing, photography, video, animation and installation. She has been featured in solo shows internationally, including ARTIUM Museum, Spain; HVCCA, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art and White Box, New York; Agenzia04 Gallery, Italy; Weekend Gallery and The Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin; Sala Libre Completo, Barcelona; and Catalogo General Gallery, Bilbao. She has also
participated in group exhibitions worldwide, including New Museum Festival of Ideas for a New City, New York; Cervantes Institute, New York; Now or Never, Bogotá; Havana Biennial, Cuba; Pist Space, Istanbul; Art for Art’s Sake, Italy; Gdansk Academy of Arts, Poland; Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, New York; 404 International Festival Postelectronic Art, Italy; The New Vision Cinema Series, New York; Gallerie Augenblick-raum für gegenwartskunst, Berlin; Paolo Boselli Gallery, Brussels; Art Tech Media International Forum, Spain; La Casa de America, Madrid; and Sala Rekalde, Bilbao. Itziar Barrio has been the recipient of many grants, awards and nominations from major foundations and institutions including: Brooklyn Arts Council, First Prize Ertibil, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Spanish Ministry of Culture, Consulate General of Spain in New York, Basque Government Ministry of Culture, Bizkaia Executive Council, Gure Artea Biennial Prize and the Iberoamerican Videocreation Prize, MUSAC (Leon). She has been lecturing at Parsons, The New School for Design, Long Island University, Westchester Community College among others.
Itziar Barrio, Everybody Is Looking For Something, 2010, C-Print, 40 × 26 in. (101.6 × 66.04 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Itziar Barrio, The Blue Wall Project, 2011, Public video installation. Courtesy of the artist and the New Museum.
Itziar Barrio, At The Back, Behind The Parade, 2011, Multimedia installation artium. Courtesy of the artist and Basque Centre-Museum of Contemporary Art, Spain.
Itziar Barrio, Kryptonite, 2011, Multimedia project. Courtesy of the artist and Cervantes Institute, New York City.
Itziar Barrio, Welcome To The New Paradise, 2009, Installation. Courtesy of the artist.
