Born in 1974 in Ankara, Arda developed an interest in computers and rock’n’roll music when he was in secondary school. Commodore, Amiga, 8086 processors… He studied electronics/computer science in high school, dropped out of two universities ­Anadolu University, Tourism Department and Ankara University, Faculty of Languages, History and Geography, Department of Archeology/Restoration­ to be a musician. In 1999, he settled down in Istanbul that he had been commuting to play guitar. He worked on sound technology for a while, took an interest in video­animation­s and started making videos in 2004, realized numerous live video performances for many international musicians and festivals; contributed/directed concert DVDs, music videos and commercials for human­hungry companies. Today, Arda continues producing 2D and 3D animations, stop­motion, synthesized sounds & images, live video performances using photography, video and interactive media and travel to many exhibitions and art fairs.

Sasha Pirogova graduated from the department of Physics at Moscow State University, and then, in 2014, in Video and New media course, at Moscow Rodchenko Art School. The same year she received the Innovation Prize in “  New generation”   category, Moscow. In 2016 she was shortlisted for the Future Generation Art Prize, Kiev. Her works were showcased at Whitechapel Gallery, London; MOMENTUM Gallery, Berlin; MAM/VIENNA_Videodepartment, among others, and also they are part of many public and private collections. In 2017 Pirogova will represent Russia at Venice Biennale, with Grisha Bruskin and the Recycle group. Her works explore the territory between a theatrical play and a ritual, between performativity and dance, which transforms rational movements into metaphors.

Last update 8th May, 2017

Niklas Goldbach (Witten, 1973) has received several scholarships, such as the Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn in 2010, the Arbeitsstipendium Bildende Kunst Berliner Senat in 2013, the Projektstipendium Berliner Senat in 2014 or the Dresdner Stipendium für Fotografie in 2016 and has presented his works in numerous solo shows, group exhibitions, and festivals in venues like the Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Mori-Art Museum, Tokyo, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein n.bk., Cornerhouse, Manchester, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Centre Pompidou, Paris, Museum Ludwig, Cologne ZKM, Karlsruhe and the Short Film Festival Oberhausen. Recently he was awarded with the “Paula Modersohn-Becker Jubilee Award” and was selected as Artist in Residence at “Villa Aurora”, Los Angeles.

Last update 21st June 2017

Miralda lives in Paris since the 60s. His anti-militarist first compositions, known as Soldats Soldés (1967-72), have been known as ‘assemblages’ evolving from the accumulation of plastic white toy soldiers. Living in NY in the 70s and 90s, his works centered on public space and the edible, with project such as; Wheat & Steak (Kansas City, 1981), Santa Comida, (Nova York, Miami, París, 1984-89), and the development together with Montse Guillén of the restaurant El Internacional in Tribeca (Nova York, 1984-1986). In the mid-90s, evolving from the concept of food as culture, he creted FoodCulturaMuseum, a project which has travelled, evolved and taken different shapes and forms, such as; Food Pavilion for the 2000 Hannover Expo; Power Food and Sabores y Lenguas (Caracas, Lima, Mèxic, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Xangai). In 2010, he had his extensive retrospective, De gustibus non disputandum, at the Reina Sofía Museum, and in late 2016 he will present at MACBA his recent American works. He currently lives between Barcelona and Miami.

James Webb is an interdisciplinary artist whose work often makes use of ellipsis, displacement and détournement to explore the nature of belief, and the dynamics of communication in our contemporary world. Recent projects include a solo show at the Hordaland Kunstsenter, Norway and the creation of an associative audio guide for the famous Skogskykogården cemetery in Stockholm. He has presented at institutions such as the Palais de Tokyo, Paris; CCA Kitakyushu, Japan, and the Darat al Funun in Amman, Jordan. Major international exhibitions include the 12th Biennale de la Habana, 55th Biennale di Venezia, 3rd Marrakech Biennale, the 2009 Melbourne International Arts Festival and the 9th Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon. His work is represented in the collections of the Iziko South African National Gallery, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum, the Kunstmuseen Krefeld, the Khalid Shoman Foundation, Amman, and Vranken Pommery, Reims.

Rona Yefman is a N.Y.C-based artist whose work explores the social, political and personal issues of identity. Her recent NYC solo shows were held at SIC gallery, Finland, 2015, Sommer Contemporary Art, 2012, Derek Eller Gallery, 2012; The Sculpture Center, 2011, and Participant Inc, 2010. She has held recent group exhibitions at Auto body, Art Basel Miami, Night Gallery, LA, La Mep Museum, Paris; The Jewish Museum, NY; Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, NY; The Weatherspoon Museum of Art, NC; The Neuberger Museum, NY; MOCA Cleveland OH; Kunsthalle Wein, Austria; The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, among others. Awards include: The Lotos Club Award, The Rema Hort Mann Scholarship, NY, Gerard Levy Prize for Photography by the Israel Museum, and The Ingeborg Bachmann Scholarship Established by Anselm Kiefer for The Wolf Foundation.

Sigalit Landau is one of the most important Israeli artists working today. Her complex works  touch on a number of social, humanitarian, and ecological issues, embracing topics such as  homelessness, banishment, the relationships between victim and victimizer and between  decay and growth. She achieves this through a diverse range of materials such as salt, sugar,  sand, bronze, marble, and ready­made objects. Much of her work is concerned with the human  condition and the body (often her own) is a key motif.    Landau first represented Israel at the Venice Biennale in 1997 in a group show, followed by a  solo presentation in the Israel national pavilion in 2011. She has featured in numerous  exhibitions and museums, such as Documenta X in 1997, MoMA, New York in 2008 and a  retrospective at Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) in 2014. Her work is found  in many major collections, including MoMA and Centre Pompidou

Tom Pnini lives and works in New York City. His practice is focused on time-based works and large-scale installations. He has exhibited in museums and galleries in New York, Los Angeles, Milan, Toronto, Moscow and Tel Aviv, including solo shows at Chelouche Gallery; Giuseppe Pero Gallery; or Lesley Heller Workspace. He holds a BED from Hamidrasha College, 2008, and a MFA from Parsons School of Design at the New School, 2010. He was a recipient of the CCA Video Art Fund, 2012, a Dean’s Graduate Scholarship from Parsons, 2009-2010, and an Outstanding Artistic Excellence Award from Beit Berl College, 2008.

Last update 8th May, 2017

Leticia Ramos graduated in Architecture and Urbanism at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, and in Cinema at Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado, FAAP, both in Brazil. Her artistic research focuses on creating photographic apparatus adequate for capturing and reconstructing movement and presenting it through video, photography, and installation. With a particular interest in the science of fiction, she developed complex geographical novels in some of her series, such as ERBF, Bitácora, and Vostok. Her works have been exhibited in art spaces such as Tate Modern, London; Pivô, São Paulo; Itaú Cultural, São Paulo; São Paulo Cultural Center; Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro; Berardo Collection Museum, Lisbon; Tomie Ohtake Institute, São Paulo; and CAPC – Museum of Contemporary Art, Bordeaux. In 2017 she has been part of the program Itinerarios at the Fundación Botín, Santander, and of the research and exhibition about Hercule Florence at NMNM Villa Paloma, Monaco.

Last update 8th May, 2017

Analívia Cordeiro studied dance under Laban’s Method in Brazil and modern dance at Alvin Nikolais, Merce Cunningham, Gus Solomons Jr., Viola Farber Dance Studios in New York. Graduated in Architecture at University of São Paulo, and master degree in Multimedia at State University of Campinas, Brazil. Her videos were exhibited in several events like the XII Bienal de São Paulo, 1973; Latin American Films and Video Tapes at Media Study of State University of New York, 1974; Arte e Tecnologia, Brazil, 1996; 27th Annual Dance on Camera Festival, New York, 1998; Manuara no MuBE, São Paulo; ARCO art fair, winner of the BEEP de Arte Electronica prize, Madrid 2015; Moving Images Contours, Tabakalera, San Sebastian, 2015. Her work is included in museums collection like Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo; or Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid.

Last update: May 8th, 2017

Adriana Barreto paints and draws, creates installations, performances, videos, and photography. She has exhibited in the Museu de Belas Artes do Rio de Janeiro; Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro; Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte; Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, Salvador; Brazilian American Cultural Institute, Washington; Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento Económico, Washington; and Oi Futuro Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro. In 2012, she presented the exhibition Agora Sim in Museu das Comunicações, Lisboa, within the context of the cultural program Portugal Brasil Agora, and the performance O que pode um corpo, at Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art. She was represented in the collective show Place of Residence, curated by Alfons Hug in Shanghai.

Chien-Chi Chang (Taichung, 1961) currently lives and works in Graz, Austria. He received his bachelor’s degree from Soochow University in 1984, and his master’s degree from Indiana University in 1990. He began a professional career as a photojournalist in 1991, and has worked for both the Seattle Times and the Baltimore Sun. He joined the world famous photographic cooperative Magnum Photos in 1995 and became a full member in 2001.
Primarily using photography as his artistic medium, Chien-Chi Chang explores alienation and connection between people in contemporary society by developing long-term, interactive relationships with the subjects. In recent years Chang has expanded his medium to include sound and the moving images, which has enriched his photography-based narratives with additional elements.

The works by Marcos Ávila Forero submerge the audience in the complex and often violent political and social situations they present. Ávila Forero has participated in screenings at Centre Georges Pompidou, in Paris; as well as the 43 Salón Nacional de Artistas — Museo de Arte Moderno in Colombia. His works can be found in numerous institutions and private collections such as the Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain in Aquitaine, Bordeaux and the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, Paris. He has also received the Découverte des Amis du Palais de Tokyo award, and was the recipient of the Hermès grant. In 2014 he won the best video-installation prize at LOOP Art Fair. This year, he will participate in the Venice Biennale’s main exhibition, Viva Arte Viva, curated by Christine Macel.

Last update 8th May, 2017

Founded in Monterrey in 1996, Tercerunquinto is a collective formed by Mexican artists Gabriel Cázares (Monterrey, 1978) and Rolando Flores (Monterrey, 1975). Favouring action and architectonic interventions, their works look to test systematised expressions of organisational authority that often become invisible for their very ubiquity. Through a critical dismantling of the logical order of architecture, sculpture, and urbanism, their practice seeks to reveal the sway that the outcroppings of these systems hold on social, cultural and political domains. Recent and upcoming exhibitions include Museo Amparo, Puebla, forthcoming 2018; Proyecto para el MAMM, MAMM, Medellín, 2015; Mine, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, 2015; Projekt 25/25/25: 25 Years / 25 Artists / 25 Projects, NRW Art Foundation, Kunstmuseum Bochum, 2014; Graffiti, Kunsthalle Basel, 2013; Restauración de una pintura mural, Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, SAPS, Mexico City, 2011, among others.

Last update 8th May, 2017

Paulo Nazareth (Governador Valadares, 1977) mixes his work with his own life experiences. A multiplicity of mediums and speeches made through his photography, videos, installations, found objects or performances denotes his engagement not only with racial, ethnic and social issues but also with the narrative effort around these themes. Nazareth starts with his own body, and the social identity historically associated with this body, in order to forward these narratives and tell stories that have been forgotten or deliberately neglected. The work object of Nazareth is his own relation with the world, a manner of simultaneously diluting and amplifying his artistic body, given that his performances are not attached with a spectacular notion, but with his own personal and artistic construction.

Last update 27th June

Zoulikha Bouabdellah grew up in Algiers and moved to France in 1993. Her works, in installation, drawing, video, and photography, deal with the effects of globalization and question their depictions with humor and subversion. She has exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, NY, Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation, Vienna, the Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf. She has participated at the Venice Biennale, 2007, Thessaloniki Biennial, 2011. Her most recent exhibition includes the Divine Comedy: Heaven, Purgatory and Hell at Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt a/M and at Savannah College of Art and Design Museum. Her work is in collections such as Centre Georges Pompidou, Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art, and Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation. She has received the Abraaj Capital Art Prize, 2009, Meurice Prize for Contemporary Art, 2008, and Villa Medicis Hors les Murs, 2005.

Aukje Dekker is a visual and conceptual artist based in Amsterdam. Her practice is primarily characterised by an honest and often humoristic deconstruction of herself as an artist and the systems within the art world that determine value, meaning and authenticity. Dekker graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and completed a double MFA at Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam; and Central St Martins, London. Dekker’s works have been exhibited in various galleries and museums including Ultra Super New Gallery, Tokyo; Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam; IMT Gallery, London; and the recent exhibitions at Gallery Vriend van Bavink and at Gallery Gabriel Rolt. Alongside her projects as an independent artist, she is a founder of the Eddie the Eagle Museum and Society SEXYLAND, a conceptual nightclub in Amsterdam North.

Last update 8th May, 2017

Steina Vasulka is a pioneering video artist who has been producing work since the 1960s. In 1971, she co-founded The Kitchen in New York with her partner, Woody Vasulka, an experimental institution for video, performance, and cross-disciplinary art that continues to shape video art history and inspire subsequent generations of artists. Her work has been exhibited in major museums and festivals worldwide, including the Whitney Museum, Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, Berlin Film Festival, and the National Gallery of Iceland in Reykjavík. Steina became a Guggenheim Fellow in 1976 and represented Iceland at the Venice Biennale in 1997. In 2014, the Vasulka Chamber, a center dedicated to electronic and digital art, was established at the National Gallery of Iceland. Her work is part of significant collections, including the Tate Modern, Smithsonian American Art Museum, SFMOMA, and many others.

Woody Vasulka was a pioneer in electronic and digital image production. Throughout his lifelong exploration of machines—from cathode-ray televisions to digital computer systems—he, along with his wife Steina, was one of the first to view the electronic signal as an artistic medium. Woody Vasulka became a Guggenheim Fellow in 1979 and received numerous honors and awards throughout his career, including honorary doctorates from The San Francisco Art Institute, Brno University of Technology, and the Prague Academy of the Arts. His work has been exhibited in major museums worldwide, including the Centre Georges Pompidou, The Whitney Museum, and others. His work is part of prestigious museum collections such as The Broad Museum, The Museum of Modern Art in New York and San Francisco, and The Smithsonian American Art Museum, among others.

Carolina Ciuti is a contemporary art curator and researcher in the fields of visual and performing arts. She holds a BA in History and Preservation of the Artistic Heritage from the University of Florence (2009-2012) and an MA in Contemporary Art from the Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London (2013-2015). During her university training, she collaborated with the Collezione Gori: Fattoria di Celle (Pistoia) and the artists residency Villa Lena (Pisa), being respectively in charge of the educational proposals, the guided tours and the assistance to the director. She currently serves as artistic director of the LOOP video art festival in Barcelona, ​​where she started working in 2015 as a curator. At LOOP, she has produced exhibitions, film programmes and performances by internationally recognised artists such as: Regina de Miguel, Agnes Meyer-Brandis, Aleksandra Mir, Muntadas, Steina and Woody Vasulka and Anton Vidokle. She curated the group exhibitions And If Seeing Was Fire (Filmoteca de Catalunya, Barcelona, 2020), One Day I Stumbled Upon A Meteorite (Fabra i Coats – Contemporary Art Centre of Barcelona, 2019), PRODUCE, PRODUCE, PRODUCED (Real Cercle Artístic, Barcelona, 2018), the projects Francesca Banchelli: Before The Name (MACBA, Barcelona, 2016) and TRANSEUROPE EXPRESS (OfficeCafè, Pistoia, 2015), as well as the video programmes presented by LOOP at Cinéphèmère-FIAC Paris (editions 2017, 2018, 2019). She edited the publications One Day I Stumbled Upon a Meteorite (exhibition catalogue, stuffinabook, 2020), I Have A Friend Who Knows Someone Who Bought a Video, Once (LOOP Barcelona, ​​Mousse Publishing, 2016) and Before The Name: a book on an itinerant performance project. (RAM Editions, 2018). Ciuti is a permanent collaborator of the magazine of contemporary culture La Maleta de Portbou and she frequently contributes to the art catalogues of the publishing house Istituto Italiano Edizioni ATLAS. In 2017, she co-founded the art collective CRiB to create hybrid projects straddling the visual arts, theatre and performance. Whether through writing, curating, or research, all of Carolina’s projects denote a deep interest in the notion of ‘time’ in all its facets, its representation in the philosophical and cultural sphere, and its influence on the construction of identities.

Last update 3rd October 2020