Past Residents
Past Resident2014: Foundation for a Civil Society
Alketa Ramaj
Alketa Ramja’s work is typified by an incessant curiosity and permanent study of new forms of expression, which reveals a striking independence in terms of applying her own critical and personal working methods.
Alketa Ramaj (born 1983 in Permet, Albania) graduated in 2006 from the Academy of Arts, Tirana. She was the recipient of the 2012 Onufri Award and 2013 Ardhja Award. Her work has been exhibited in Albania and abroad in exhibitions and venues including: Basement, Basel, 2013; Artists in Residence, Artpoint Gallery, Vienna, 2013; La Fenice Gallery, Venice, 2012; The National Gallery of Tirana; What Happened to the General?, FAP Gallery, Tirana; MulliqiPrize, National Gallery, Prishtina; Feedback 1989, Dajti Hotel, Tirana, 2009; Constructing Space, Deutsche Welle, Berlin, 2008 and Tirana-Transfer, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, 2006. Ramaj lives and works between Tirana and Venice.
Events & Exhibitions
Salon: Artan Hajrullahu and Alketa Ramaj
April 8, 2014
Alketa Ramaj, Candy wrap collection, 2009, Books, candy wraps, bedside table. Courtesy of the artist.
Alketa Ramaj, Drawings, 2013, Acrylic on paper, 6 x 8 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Alketa Ramaj, Untitled, 2013, Video, 3:43 min. Courtesy of the artist.
Alketa Ramaj, Rritesja, 2013, Plaster sculpture, 56 1/3 x 15 3/4 x 4 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Alketa Ramaj, Untitled, 2012, Photograph, 29 1/2 x 21 3/4 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Albania
Past Resident2014: Gene Na, Dr. Henning Pfaffhausen
Richard Schur
Richard Schur’s paintings reveal surprising harmonies in the interplay of colors – from natural to chemical, from subtle to raw – in what prove up close to be very painterly surfaces. The viewers are transported, whether by skiff, schooner or galleon, to actively serene visual spaces suffused with the light of those various places.
Richard Schur (born 1971, Munich) graduated as Meisterschüler at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich where he later taught as Assistant Professor for painting from 2002 through 2008. He has received several awards including the Bayerischer Kunstförderpreis by the Bavarian State Ministry of Sciences, Research and the Arts. In recent years, he has exhibited in galleries and at art fairs in London, Paris, Madrid, Lisbon, Copenhagen, Amsterdam and Brussels. In the U.S., Schur has participated in group shows in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Among others, his museum exhibitions include the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich and the Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai.
Events & Exhibitions
Salon: Maura Biava and Richard Schur
June 17, 2014
Richard Schur, Mural, 2013, Acrylic, 98 x 315 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Richard Schur, Flashes and Fiction, 2013, Installation view. Courtesy of the artist.
Richard Schur, Kill City, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 91 x 71 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Richard Schur, From the dying suns series, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 71 x 94 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Richard Schur, Oceans, 2010, Installation view. Courtesy of the artist and Carlos Carvalho Arte Contemporanea, Lisbon.
Residents from Germany
Past Resident2014: Creative Australia, ArtsNSW, American Australian Association
Michaela Gleave
Michaela Gleave investigates the physicality of perception, interrogating the systems and structures through which we construct our image of reality. Executed as a series of experiments, her often-temporal works question our relationship to time, matter and space, involving natural phenomena and tricks of perception within the context of the systems and structures that shape contemporary existence. Operating between the spaces of personal experience and global understanding, Gleave’s illusory works hover at the junction between art and science, returning repeatedly to the atmosphere and the space of the sky as the site for her work. Gleave’s installations, performances and interventions question the relationship we have with our surroundings, allowing us to experience the processes by which we comprehend reality and rethink our presence within it.
Michaela Gleave (born 1980, Alice Springs, Australia) holds a BFA from the University of Tasmania, and an MFA from the College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales. Gleave’s work has been exhibited extensively across Australia, as well as in Germany, Austria, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan and Mexico. Her recent exhibitions include A Day is Longer than a Year, Fremantle Arts Center, 2013; We Are Made of Stardust as part of Art Futures, Hong Kong Art Fair (solo), 2012; A Perfect Day to Chase Tornadoes (White), the Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin, 2010, and Primavera 09, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2009.
Events & Exhibitions
Salon: Jenny Brockmann and Michaela Gleave
May 27, 2014
Michaela Gleave, Our Frozen moment, 2012, Water, irrigation system, strobe lighting, pine structure, recycled rubber, wire balustrade, gum boots and rain ponchos, Dimensions variable, installation view. Courtesy of the artist and Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne.
Michaela Gleave, A day is longer than a year, 2013, Theatre spotlights, dichroic glass, custom motors, Dimensions variable, installation view. Courtesy of the artist and Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne.
Michaela Gleave, It was never meant to last (BIG TIME LOVE), 2011, One-minute event: pyrotechnics, timber frame, nstallation view. Courtesy of the artist and Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne. Photo courtesy of Benjamin Wright.
Michaela Gleave, Persisten Optimism, 2011, Glitter, air compressors, hose, fittings and funnels, Dimensions variable, installation view. Courtesy of the artist and Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne.
Michaela Gleave, I would bring you the stars (101 nights), 2011, Documentation of performance: 101 text messages, 101 DIY explosions on 35mm transparencies. Courtesy of the artist and Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne.
