wishing a wonderful new lunar new year to you and your loved ones, with all the playfulness, sociability and creative energy the monkey has to offer.
STATE[S] OF PANIC | galerie eigenheim | weimar
the vernissage on the 21 nov and the interactive game on the 23 nov were brilliant: thank you very much to all that came.
please note the artist talk and finissage will both be taking place now on thursday, 26 november, [starting at 7 pm] and you are warmly invited to join both then.
below are some photos from the STATE[S] OF PANIC installation, which will remain up through 26 november.
see more about DIE OHNMACHT, galerie eigenheim, or other work of mine with these links.
exhibition details STATE[S] OF PANIC | galerie eigenheim, weimar
it is my pleasure to invite you to view my newest work, STATE[S] OF PANIC, on display as part of galerie eigenheim‘s themed series of exhibitions, DIE OHNMACHT, taking place at their weimar location.
STATE[S] OF PANIC will be on display 21 – 26 nov, and details about the vernissage, interactive game, artist talk and other parts of the event are listed below for your reference [with the entire DIE OHNMACHT event running from 15 nov – 18 dec].
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[STATE[S] OF PANIC | kathryn gohmert | 21 – 26 nov]
vernissage: sat, 21 nov, 7 pm
“game”: mon, 23 nov, 7 pm
artist talk: wed, 25 nov, 7 pm
finissage: thurs, 26 nov, 7 pm
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other talented artists showing their work as part of DIE OHNMACHT include: yang ming, til ansgar baumhauer, david ashley kerr, and sandra monterroso.
more details about the artists, their work, the concept and DIE OHNMACHT’s itinerary can be found on the galerie eigenheim website, the facebook page or in the information listed below.
DIE OHNMACHT [THE UNCONSCIOUSNESS]:
the impenetrable complexity of current global events often eludes an objective assessment. the attempt to gain a rational, factual insight into the interrelationships of world politics often leaves us in a state of exhaustion, confronting us with more and more questions the closer we examine them until we are often left with a complete loss of an overview as a result.
global events and global conflicts are carried out locally with their origins also often based in local events. on this basis, we seek to firstly explore the understanding of global contexts from a local perspective. we have invited five politically focused artists from different parts of the world to open conversation with us by using their work as a starting point. each artist has a local, source-based concentration in their work from which global contexts will be developed and examined. in five consecutive, individual presentations, we will get closer to each respective culture’s formative background and current conflicts with the help of each subject’s work as well as using excerpts from the respective body of work as a whole. conversations and public talks with the artists are the second step toward deepening and discovering the origins of local conflicts on global contexts.
addressing these approaches, kathryn gohmert (* 1983 / texas / usa) opens dialogue about both the perspectives and origins of american people regarding their relationship toward violence and weapons and the resulting position of the USA in world events with the mixed media installation, STATE[S] of PANIC, specifically created for this concept. david ashley kerr (* 1986 / victoria / aus) examines the effects of colonialism on modern australia using photography and video works. yang ming (* 1962 / fujian / chn) gives us insight into the current situation in china through a developed conversation. sandra monterroso (* 1974 / gtm) let us participate in her research about the influences of colonialism in the progressive decline of indigenous, south american cultures and till ansgar baumhauer (* 1972 / de) explains excerpts from historical contexts in the conflict between the west and the middle east in his work COLLATERAL DAMAGE (30+).
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | WhyWhy Art
work by fellow artists based in Shanghai will be shown in the first whywhy art group exhibition opening this weekend. community hospital is housed in shanghai’s newest art space – a former chinese medical clinic in jing an district.
the show explores, defines and even tempts to “cure” the various matters tackled by participating artists in the work on display within the walls of the former medical facility.
feautured work by artists abby robinson [us], ash hempsall [uk], christian chambenoit [fr], christian de laubadère [fr], christian demaitre [be], daniele mattioli[it], girolamo marri [it], joyce rohrmoser [at], konstantin bayer[de], *llnd [fr], maya kramer [us], monika lin [us], pascale pollier[be], piers secunda [uk], roland darjes [de], susanne junker [de], tom lee petterson [us], vilnis ausinš [lv], wu yandan [cn], zane mellupe [lv].
community hospital runs from 5 september – 10 october, 2015.
work by susanne junker.
work by vilnis ausinš
work by abby robinson.
work by christophe demaitre.
the community hospital concept was created and curated by zane mellupe.
for more, see the whywhyart website.
new studio | neukölln
grateful and very excited to officially be located now in a new stellar workspace.
thanks to enklave berlin for allowing me to join their creative community housed inside this lovely brick building deep in the heart of neukölln.
email for studio visits, directions.
in kind exchange + the stroke of a pen | ifa gallery | brussels
fellow artist from Shanghai days, sergey balovin brings his talent and energy to brussels this afternoon for an experimental happening presented as part of THE STROKE OF A PEN group exhibition during it’s last week at ifa gallery.
sergey has spent the last few years traveling around the world engrossed in his project, IN KIND EXCHANGE.
in a commitment to sustain all his daily needs while strictly avoiding monetary transactions, he has been able to survive exclusively through goods exchanged with people that are excited to trade tangible, useful things to him for beautiful, customized portraits he makes on site.
sergey was trained classically as a painter in russia before setting out on the path he navigates now, as an artist with no use for a monetary system.
I recommend visiting if you are in Brussels then.
THE STROKE OF A PEN | vernissage in image
thank you so much to everyone that made it to the opening night of THE STROKE OF A PEN this past weekend at ifa gallery and joined to help celebrate the show.
this group exhibition is a collection of multi-disciplinary work and will be running from 21 february – 15 march at ifa gallery, brussels. each work is a separate response to events surrounding the recent charlie hebdo attacks and explores the theme of illustration: it’s power, it’s purposes and it’s limits.
images from the installation and vernissage are below.
baga 1, 2015. kathryn gohmert. pen and ink on paper
baga 1, 2015. pen and ink on paper
two works from my baga illustration series.
zane mellupe
THE STROKE OF A PEN | ifa gallery [details]
“ifa gallery showcases a group of artists commissioned for the exhibition, THE STROKE OF A PEN, each artist interpreting the title as he or she sees best, whether figuratively or with more violent overtones.
christophe demaître melts photography techniques and ink with sensuality. zane mellupe explores the importance of line in the landscape with her marble sculpture. christopher paul gill’s collages underline the necessity of freedom of expression, as does susanne junker with her feminist-themed photographs.
kathryn gohmert’s drawings are the expression of the underestimated carnage that took place in baga, nigeria, on the same date of the charlie hebdo attacks. wu junyong and dai guangyu concentrate on the issue of ink in contemporary chinese culture. alexandre ouairy proposes in “blank project” a series of 100 silk-screen prints on art paper, all numbered and signed. the contract signed during their acquisition defines the artist’s moral right toward his artwork.”
more about the stroke of a pen exhibition.
more about ifa gallery.
year of the goat | 新年快乐!
wishing you a phenomenal new lunar year filled with all the inspiration, tranquility and graceful progress the year of the goat has to offer!
新年快乐!
THE STROKE OF A PEN | ifa gallery | BRUSSELS
i’m excited to announce that some of my recent work - produced during my residency in shanghai last month - will be part of ifa gallery‘s upcoming group exhibition, the stroke of a pen, with work by other talented artists: dai guangyu, christophe demaitre, christopher gill, susanne junker, zane mellupe, alexandre ouairy and wu junyong.
the exhibition runs from 21 february – 15 march, 2015, and you are also very warmly invited to the vernissage on friday, 20 feb, from 5 – 9 pm if you are in the brussels area then.
more about the stroke of a pen group exhbiition.
"trace" 2 | SAPH SHANGHA
thank you Swatch Art Peace Hotel for this image.
an illustration from my pen and ink series completed during my residency at the swatch art peace hotel, mars (2015), is now included in the faces and traces exhibition in addition to the earlier mixed media work from my brain series. See both works here.
the closing date of the show has also now been extended to 1 march, for anyone wanting to visit the exhibition at the hotel’s bund location.
more about the faces and traces show here.
interview | Artscene.Guru
interview with artscene.guru as part of their TWENTY ON TUESDAY series with artists. very grateful to their team for these stimulating and engaging questions (and for making this a lot of fun).
read the whole article on their website here.
group open studio | SAPH SHANGHAI
thank you to everyone that came to the group open studio at the swatch art peace hotel last week and made the entire evening so visually charged, unforgettable, and such a perfect way to wrap up the last few days of my time in shanghai.
i am proud to have worked alongside such an amazing group of artists, who fulfilled their separate artist residencies and realized their own work during the same time i realized mine. it has been a pleasure be able to show the results of my research and and energy during these last few winter months as part of this saph event with the work of the following talented people: alexandre and john gailla, elena monzo, dominique othenin-girard, yuan jinhua, chiara luzzana, sofia ortiz, zhu ye, sandro del pistoia, juliana ong, george van wetering, mujin, jovanna tosello, kwang-ju son, maria paz, phillip reed, linda spaman, and michael maurissens.
four of my selected drawings made during my stay.
sandro del pistoia
george van wetering aka Monokino
elena monzo
open studio | saph shanghai
dear friends,
hopefully your 2015 is off to a great start so far!
my studio will be relocating back to berlin after a wonderful and productive time spent in shanghai as an artist-in-residence at the swatch art peace hotel.
as part of saying goodbye to shanghai, a private open studio evening is going to be hosted in my workspace this wednesday, 21 january, from 6 – 8 pm.
you are warmly invited to join. please rsvp for yourself and guests by email. it would be a pleasure to greet you in person at my studio.
[date + time: ]
wednesday, 21 january, 18:00 – 20:00
atelier 36, swatch art peace hotel, 23 east nanjing road near waitan
3楼 36号, 南京东路23号, 近中山东一路
*rsvp to kathryn.gohmert@gmail.com
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artist residency | swatch art peace hotel
work by alec von bargen
taking a short break from the berlin winter and dropping back into shanghai briefly: i will be participating as one of the artists in residence at the swatch art peace hotel until 22 january, 2015.
although the time will go by too quickly, it is wonderful to be back in the mainland working alongside the other 17 artists here on the bund again after my initial residency here in 2011.
the other current fellow artists in residence include alexandre and john gailla, elena monzo, dominique othenin-girard, yuan jinhua, chiara luzzana, sofia ortiz, zhu ye, sandro del pistoia, juliana ong, george van wetering, bao lixin, jovanna tosello, son kwang-ju, maria pazcontreras buzeta, phillip reed, and heidi bryce.
it’s so refreshing to see how many positive changes have happened since i was last working in this building three years ago. looking very forward to this time of heavy creative focus while working in an old and much-loved home.
FACES & TRACES | images
it’s nice to feel that the energy and artwork are very much alive and present in the exhibition and studio spaces of the swatch art peace hotel, even as shanghai begins to get colder.
being able to see the artwork by some of my most favorite humans as their ‘traces’ are displayed together in one place is a great feeling. the work collected from the combined three years’ worth of past artists-in-residence that have lived and created at the saph in shanghai has completely invigorated the walls with new life.
thrilled to be living and working here again over this upcoming stretch of winter weeks ahead. below are images from the exhibition including a painting from my mixed media brain series, on display and in the catalog.
open studio | BLO Atelier images
thank you to everyone that came to blo atelier’s open studio event as part of lange nacht de bilder last thursday and friday: it was a lot of fun.
rumors have surfaced of another open studio event to happen here soon… more details on this and more upcoming blo events can be found on their website here.
open studio | Blo Atelier, 6 – 7 nov
as part of lange nacht derbilder 2014 – hosting various project spaces, galleries and artist studios based in the lichtenberg district – blo atelier presents performances, workshops and audio + visual work by its artists.
claudia clemens | jorge lequite | johannes bucholtz | almut muller | kathryn gohmert | feryel atek | nancy gorlach | thomas knoof | till gruhl | claudia hirschberger | daniel rabe | luz schewinski | maria fernandez verdeja | sabine alex | conni saaid rabe | constance schrall | nils bornemann | michi sheffler | hana el degham | johnny kortlever | irina novarese
for more information about lange nacht de bilder 2014, blo atelier and its artists, please visit the blo atelier website or the facebook page.
it would be great to see you there.
thurs – fri, 6 – 7 nov | 18:00 – 24:00
kaskelstraße 55, 10317, berlin – lichtenberg
s7/s5 nöldnerplatz
FACES & TRACES | Swatch Art Peace Hotel
i’m very pleased to announce my work will be included in the exhibition, FACES & TRACES, hosted at the swatch art peace hotel in their shanghai location on the bund as part of the celebration of the hotel’s 3 year anniversary.
with it’s official opening this weekend, FACES & TRACES will showcase the “traces” selected from the works given to the residency program by it’s 139 former artists-in-residence.
celebrations continue with a street art festival on the Bund.
the exhibition is open to the public from november 1, 2014 through the end of the year.
follow the link above for more information about the exhibition and other events in the swatch program on the swatch website.
if you are in the area, please try to go view this group exhibition [and enjoy it on my behalf, as i won’t be there in person]!
new studio | blo ateliers, berlin
images below from the new studio space at BLO ateliers, berlin! see the BLO website for more info on the facilities and other artists based in this post-industrial wonderland. more details coming soon about our upcoming open studio event on 7 november. stay tuned to this blog for more information or subscribe to my newsletter here for updates closer to the date.
