Past Residents
Past Resident2011: Foundation for a Civil Society
Petra Feriancova
Petra Feriancova’s work conceptualises her own emotional reactions to the processes of perception and memory and examines the conditions of their sharing. Feriancova works mostly with found pictures, texts and archives which she interprets and methodically interchanges. Her primary aim in the manipulation of a reference, pictorial or discursive, is to provide the spectator with an original affective reaction to it.
Petra Feriancova (born 1977 in Bratislava, Slovakia) currently lives and works in Bratislava. She studied at L’Accademia delle Belle Arti, Rome, Italy and Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, Slovakia. Her works have been exhibited extensively including at the Secession Museum, Vienna, Austria, 2010; Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK, 2009; HIT gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia; 2009; and Musee d’Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne, France; 2008. She is the winner of the 2010 Oskár Čepan Award.
Events & Exhibitions
The Animal Mirror
November 2, 2016–January 27, 2017
Petra Feriancova, Repetion, Cut, Pair and Again, 2010, Variable dimensions. Courtesy of the artist.
Petra Feriancova, With My Mom, With My Dad, With My Grandpa, The Supper By Us, With My Sisters, My Daughter, With My Husband, With My Nephew, Etc., 2010, National Geographic archive and magazine pages mounted on glass sheet, Variable dimensions. Courtesy of the artist.
Petra Feriancova, The Creator (From Oskar Ferianc's Archive, New Breeds 1948-1962), 2008, 85 vintage photographs, Variable dimensions. Courtesy of the artist.
Petra Feriancova, To Whom It May Concern, 2006, 3 channel video. Courtesy of the artist.
Petra Feriancova, The Creator (From Oskar Ferianc's archive, New Breeds 1948-1962), 2008, 85 vintage photographs, Variable dimensions. Courtesy of the artist.
Past Resident2011: TMU - Trust For Mutual Understanding
Zbynek Sedlecky
Zbyněk Sedlecký uses acrylic colors on canvas to create his compositions. His gestures are quick and his brushstrokes give life to rapidly changing cityscapes. The results look like a sketchbook and become an agile collection of transient thoughts. Sedlecký looks at the “process in time” itself, in which something becomes extinct in order for something new to be born.
Zbyněk Sedlecký (born 1976 in Ostrava, Czech Republic) lives and works in Prague, Czech Republic. He studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Brno, Czech Republic and at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague. Group exhibitions include 2010 Liverpool Biennial, UK; Prague City Gallery; House of the Golden Ring, GHMP, Prague and CNEAI, Chatou, France. Solo shows include Prinz Prager Gallery, Prague; 35M2 Gallery, Prague and Gandy Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Zbynek Sedlecky, Flag, 2010, Acrylic on canvas, 102 × 63 in. (259.08 × 160.02 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Zbynek Sedlecky, Sculpture, 2010, Acrylic on canvas, 59 × 98 in. (149.86 × 248.92 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Zbynek Sedlecky, Staff, 2010, Acrylic and wallpaper on canvas, 79 × 55 in. (200.66 × 139.7 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Zbynek Sedlecky, Airport, 2010, Acrylic on canvas, 55 × 78 in. (139.7 × 198.12 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Zbynek Sedlecky, Vitkovice, 2007, Acrylic on canvas, 55 × 78 in. (139.7 × 198.12 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Czech Republic
Past Resident2011: Pola Art Foundation
Kanako Sasaki
Working with lens-based media (photography and video) Kanako Sasaki challenges and deconstructs history, time and memory by exploring and infusing her imagination with the stories of individuals. Her inspiration comes from written texts, oral stories and fragmented narratives that create new dimensions of meaning.
Kanako Sasaki (born 1976 in Sendai, Japan) lives and works in Sendai. She earned an MFA in Photography, Video and Related Media from the School of Visual Arts, New York and also studied at the Royal College of Art, London, UK. Recently, she premiered her video workOkinawa Ark in Tokyo for the Shiseido Art Egg Award, which was shown in Miami, Bolivia and Singapore. Sasaki has exhibited her work in Japan, Europe, and the United States at venues including Gallery 10G in New York and Dina Mitrani Gallery in Miami, FL.
Events & Exhibitions
Salon: Jau-lan Guo and Kanako Sasaki
July 26, 2011
Kanako Sasaki, Departure, 2007, Digital C-Print, 30 × 40 in. (76.2 × 101.6 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Kanako Sasaki, Conversation With Anne Frank 2, 2008, Digital video, 3 min. Courtesy of the artist.
Kanako Sasaki, Interlocking World At Colonial De Okinawa, Bolivia, 2009, Mixed media. Courtesy of the artist.
Kanako Sasaki, Okinawa Ark, 2009, Digital video, 3 channel projection, 13 min. Courtesy of the artist.
Kanako Sasaki, Time escape, 2008, Digital C-Print, 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 60.96 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
