some advice on how to survive winter in shanghai …
…. eat spicy food …
… lots of it …
… stay inside – out of the cold weather – as much as possible …
… but bundle up if you must go outside …
… avoid the zombies – we have them underground now, too …
… only come out once it is warm again … it may be quite a while.
thanks for everyone who came to this group exhibition vernissage a few evenings ago.
the show is still going on. here is the detailed info for all in the hong kong neighborhood that would like to drop by while the exhibition is running.
the GUERILLASHOWERPROJECT is now underway. these are a few film stills below.
the noise strikes first – the rush of it
the personal and primitive ‘you’ seeking, ashamedly and humbly as you approach a metallic idol, another generous transformation:
overwhelming and meditative: the sound of the universe in a shower.
more on the GUERILLASHOWERPROJECT soon.
all good things must come to an end … the studio on the 2nd floor of the creative community of 111 liyang lu is being passed on to good friend – and fellow painter chick – wang yuhang, as we relocate my studio to the former french concession area in an old lane house building.
in the meantime, please enjoy this photo documentation on my blurry camera of all the paintings, musical instruments, books, brushes and miscellaneous collected odds and ends that are part of my life as a creative in this city.
I love this chair so much.
above image lothar spree documenting the move for a short film of his. also special thanks to good friend and fellow artist, konstantin bayer, for his help with the move.
somehow it all fit into two dazhong taxi trucks.
goodbye 111, you will be missed.
excited to share images of the new studio on south shaanxi lu soon.
we’ve been spotted! 111 liyang lu has been the focus of this online article featured on creative hunt’s website this month.
some great photos of this new creative area and its artists – along with their work and studio spaces – are included. well done to the team at creative hunt [cheers to the talented francis arnold].
see the full article on the creative hunt website here.
i’m very happy to be included on the epws discussion panel this month for ARTISTS: HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN IN SHANGHAI, along with fellow creatives susanne junker, rachel marsden, and lisa juen.
rsvp to info@epws.org if you would like to join the evening on 22 may.
thank you, inluxe for including me and my practice in this article about my “chinese attitude” (我的中国态度).
read the full article on the inluxe website here.
feature in swiss publication, neue zürcher zeitung, mentioning my work alongside interviews with good friends eddie mu, linda yu and jean daptiste dumas - specifically regarding our take on modern shanghai.
read the full article by journalist Philipp Mattheis on the neue zürcher zeitung website.
what a spectacular beginning to shanghai’s newest creative community – thanks for everyone that came out to the joint open studio last saturday, 7 april. images from the day are here below.
see you next time.
the creative community at 111 liyang lu is having its first joint open studio this coming saturday, 7 april, to celebrate its new home. hope to see you there [more info coming soon].
this great write up in spiegel mentions some of my current work in this interview with shanghai-based fellow creative mind, phillip mattheis. also featured is talented fellow artist, danor gavriely, from tel aviv.
read more in their online version on the spiegel website here.
so proud to be in this article with the other talented artists now in residence at the swatch art peace hotel.
thanks to the team at du for portraying the artists and their work so favorably.
thank you to the writers at io donna for such a beautiful write-up about the artists undertaking residencies at the swatch art peace hotel at the moment.
they speak briefly about my work, the new wild west is east below.
see a higher quality version of the article [in italian] on their website here.
This great interview featuring words on my work and that of fellow artist-in-residence, tom de peyret, is in this month’s copy of prestige.
special thanks to the talents of xepo w.s., for his brilliant photos that are used in this article.
special thanks to everyone who made the opening such a fun and successful evening.
if you missed the opening night, come check out the work in this group exhibition, featuring one of the first works in the mountain series that is underway in my studio at the moment, along with the works of other the other talented artists i am happy to be showing alongside at studio rouge’s bund location.
this is a great interview on my work and stay in shanghai that just came out in this month’s edition of la liberte.
this article also features the photos of fellow artist-in-residence, xepo w.s.
to see the article in better detail visit la liberte’s website here.
first artists’ dinner at the swatch art peace hotel. thanks for all of the artists who cooked and special thanks to all our friends that came to eat and enjoy the night.
fellow artist-in-residence, xepo w.s., managed to somehow take photos in between cooking his delicious pasta and organizing music.
very thankful for my stay here. looking forward to the work to come from these next few months of focused concentration.
a write-up on the LOST AND FOUND group exhibition at stageback gallery in hip german art magazine, art!
696 weihai lu is honored in this article, as the meaning behind the LOST AND FOUND group exhibition is explored.
fantastic words on URBANVIDEOSCAPESHANGHAI as well – the multi media installation work xepo w.s. and i collaborated together on for its inclusion in this show.
“während die kunststudentin in verflossenen zeiten und geschichten verwoben ist, begeben sich die in shanghai lebende amerikanische malerin kathryn gohmert und der spanische fotograf und videokünstler xepo. w.s., zur zeit stipendiat im swatch art peace hotel – shanghai, in ihr direktes umfeld. in einer gemeinschaftsarbeit haben sie schutt und trümmer der umgebung in die galerie getragen und in einer soundinstallation zu einem urbanen durcheinander aufgehäuft. auf alten fernsehern ist zu sehen, wie gohmert an verschiedenen orten glasplatten aufstellt und bemalt.”
the actual article is available on art das kunstmagazin’s website here.
time out shanghai‘s article on the LOST AND FOUND exhibition running at stageBACK gallery NOW.
read the full article online here.
URBANVIDEOSCAPESHANGHAI
what a night to remember: thank you to all who came to the opening of LOST AND FOUND 轮回, stageBACK gallery’s first exhibition opening at its new M50 location.
here are some of the photos below – taken by xepo w.s. , my fellow collaborator on the project URBANVIDEOSCAPESHANGHAI. The multi media work is installted in this exhibition which runs until August 31.
More about URBANVIDEOSCAPESHANGHAI can be found here.