Past Residents
Past Resident2013: Foundation for a Civil Society
Dina Rončević
Two opposing disciplines inhabit Dina Rončević’s practice: textile work and mechanics. She jumps from warm studio lights and precise handwork, in areas like puppet animation or needlework, to cold exteriors where she moderates a situation in which she highlights her interest in female mechanics of different ages. Her initial interest in socially-constructed gender identities, is transforming into questioning models of education and what kind of role art can play in
the process of learning.
Dina Rončević graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb, completing an interdisciplinary work in which she was trained to become a car mechanic. She is a participant in the MFA program at the School of Missing Studies, Art and Learning, Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam. She has worked on several puppet animation films as the head animator, and since 2012, has made several performances in which she constructed and deconstructed cars and vehicles within a group of women. Her solo exhibitions have been shown in Croatia, and she has participated in numerous group exhibitions and festivals across Europe and in Mexico.
Dina Rončević, Four Stroke, 2011, Assemblage and hand embroidery, 311/2 × 235/8 in. (80.01 × 60.01 cm).
Dina Rončević, The Car, 2012, Interactive performance.
Dina Rončević, Daughter-in-law From Hell, 2013, Interactive performance.
Dina Rončević, Hot, Hot Burning Water, 2013, Interactive performance.
Dina Rončević, Grannies, 2012, Puppet animated teaser, 3:20 min.
Past Resident2013: ACC - Asian Cultural Council
Samuel Penaso
Samuel Penaso’s works are a mix of his experiments in media including painting, performance, sculpture, installation and video among others. Penaso is influenced by his dichotomy of life experiences as a child growing up in the country and as an adult living in the city. Experiences, emotions and stories about him and others are widely expressed in his works, most notably in his portraits. His work generates waves of nostalgia, weaving the purity of childhood experiences together with his present ideologies.
Penaso is a visual and performance artist from Guindulman, Bohol. He received a BFA at the Technological University of the Philippines. He has held solo exhibitions in Japan, Thailand, Austria, Germany, Singapore, among others. He represented the Philippines in the Nippon International Performance Art Festival in both 2005 and 2011 and has participated in the the Asian International Art Exhibition, Ayala Museum, Manila; ArTriangle, Malaysia and Young Art Philippines, Luxembourg. He is one of the core members of Tupada Action and Media Art (TAMA) a group of performance artists and an active member of the Art Association of Philippines (AAP).
Samuel Penaso, Constant Reinvention, Steel, 60 × 72 in. (152.4 × 182.88 cm).
Samuel Penaso, Black Rain, Acrylic on canvas, 36 × 48 in. (91.44 × 121.92 cm).
Samuel Penaso, Stripewalker Project, 2009.
Samuel Penaso, Text Country, Acrylic on canvas, 48 × 48 in. (121.92 × 121.92 cm).
Samuel Penaso, Time Machine, Acrylic on canvas, 48.
Past Resident2013: Danish Arts Foundation
Ruth Campau
Ruth Campau works in an expanded field where the work’s interaction with the surrounding environment is essential. Her mark is the idea that with a concentrated brushstroke, she can convey presence by translating and freezing it solid onto a surface; brushstrokes immortalize the body’s movement. Her jumping off point is the notion of an infinite painting, where what she is showing is merely a segment of a larger painting and, as such, merely a kind of representative of a human presence. Accordingly, the complex of issues that are prevalent in the very execution takes on a great deal of importance and the body, motion and time become decisive key factors in her work.
Ruth Campau’s work has been shown at Baltic Sea Record 2013, Stadtgalerie Kiel; Sculpture by the Sea 2013, Aarhus; KØS Museum of Art in Public Spaces, Køge, 2013; Designmuseet Danmark, Copenhagen, 2013; Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, 2012; The National Museum, Copenhagen, 2012; Gallery Hartwich Rügen, Berlin, 2012; PS Projectspace, Amsterdam, 2012; Gallery Asbaek, Copenhagen, 2011; Preview, Tempelhof, Berlin 2010 and KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg, 2010. Her work is in the collections of serveral museums including ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg, and the Esbjerg Kunstmuseum. Campau lives and works in Copenhagen.
Ruth Campau, Diamond (Yellow, Purple, Gold), 2011, Acrylic on acrylic plate and mirror acrylic plate, 28 × 30 in. (71.12 × 76.2 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Ruth Campau, Carpet, 2010, Acrylic on acrylic plate, mirror acrylic plate, and radiant acrylic plate, 159 × 192 in. (403.86 × 487.68 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Ruth Campau, MIrage, 2011, Acrylic on acrylic plate and mirror acrylic plate, 46 × 222 × 94 in. (116.84 × 563.88 × 238.76 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Ruth Campau, Garden of Blue, Red and Yellow, 2013, Acryl on acrylic, 336 × 256 in. (853.44 × 650.24 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Ruth Campau, Satellite, 2012, Acrylic on acrylic plate, mirror acrylic plate, aluminum construction, metal airboard, and wood, 94 × 310 × 46 in. (238.76 × 787.4 × 116.84 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
