From December 29, 2011 - March 18, 2012, CoCA will present its
22nd Annual Exhibition, juried each year by a guest artist / curator.
Opening Reception, Live Announcement of Prize
Winners: Thursday, December 29, 2011 6p - 9p
With
submissions from 14 countries world-wide and 21 states, the 22nd Annual clearly
captures a global sense of contemporary art. Ranging from fiber to painting,
photography, video, installation, sound, sculpture, and new media, the
exhibition presents a diversity of materials and approaches that cumulatively
reflect a certain restlessness with representation. In the work of these 16
artists, audiences can observe a collective effort to broaden the meaning of
identity, memory, time and history at a cultural moment of great economic
uncertainty.
Read Jen Graves' review in The Stranger, February 1,
2012.
Read Gayle Clemans' review in the Seattle Times, January 13,
2012.
For this year's 22nd anniversary of the show, CoCA is
proud to have Gary Hill as juror:
Gary Hill, 2011 CoCA Annual Juror
From December 29, 2011 - March 18, 2012, CoCA will present its
22nd Annual Exhibition, juried each year by a guest artist / curator.
For this year's 22nd anniversary of the show, CoCA is proud to have
Gary Hill as juror.
Internationally recognized for the broad scope
of his work, ranging from media arts to sculpture, from installation to
poetics, Gary Hill has explored the ineffable relationship between text, sound,
and image for nearly 40 years. A MacArthur Grant recipient and Fellow at both
the Rockefeller and Guggenheim Foundations, he also was recently awarded a 2011
Arts Innovator Award from Artist Trust and an honorary doctorate from Cornish
College of the Arts (2011). Born in Santa Monica in 1951, Hill also grew up
surfing and remains informed by the restless energy of the sea itself.
http://www.garyhill.com/
First Prize:
Conny Blom
Landskrona,
Sweden
4:33 Minutes of Stolen Silence
4 minutes 33 seconds long sound
piece, 2006
Conny Blom was born 1974 in Helsingborg, Sweden. He took
his MFA at the Valand School of Fine Art in Göteborg, Sweden in 2007 and
he has since had a long row of relevant exhibitions. In 2008 he for example
exhibited at Casino Luxembourg, (in Luxembourg) in an exhibition together with
amongst others Jonathan Monk, Rodney Graham and Nedko Solakov, at Centre
d’Art Contemporain La Synagogue de Delme in France, with Daniel Buren,
Simon Starling, Elmgreen & Dragset, and more, at Qui Vive? – Moscow
International Biennale for Young Art in an exhibition with amongst others
Nathalie Djurberg. He has also had solo exhibitions at amongst other Kalmar
Konstmuseum, in Kalmar, Sweden (2009), Galleri Mors Mössa in Gothenburg,
Sweden (2008), Konsthall 1.0 in Jönköping, Sweden (2009), Neon
Gallery in Brösarp, Sweden, Semai Gallery in Winnipeg, Canada and at
Galerija Vžigalica in Ljubljana, Slovenia. In 2011 his work was featured
at the Ljubljana graphic biennial amongst, artists like Teresa Margolles, Felix
Gonzalez-Torres, Ant Farm, Alfredo Jaar and he is currently preparing two solo
exhibitions that will take place in 2012: in Aksioma, Ljubljana and Kibla,
Maribor, both in Slovenia. He is also an initiator of, and curator at CAC
Bukovje, Slovenia.
Second Prize:
Sara Overton
New York, New
York
Untitled
Oil pastel on wood and board 5x7" apx, 2010 (One of a
series)
Sara Overton was born in 1962 in Olympia, Washington and
lives and works in New York City.
Honorable Mention:
Sean Johnson
Seattle,
Washington
"I Was Nine"
6ft x 4.5ft x .75in. Hot Wheels. 2010
"Cautionary
Tale"
dimensions variable, china cabinet, danger tape, nails, china.
2010
Sean M. Johnson was born in 1981 to a working class biracial
family in Columbus, Ohio. His work is an endeavor to convey experience through
objects in which the viewer can relate. He composes and constructs sculptures
that challenge a suspension of disbelief using the act of balance as a
metaphor. Sean sets up narratives and dichotomies that disarm the observer so
that experiences of his life are there to be discovered through investment.
Sean lives and works in Seattle and has been a finalist for the Seattle Art
Museum’s Betty Bowen Memorial Award in 2005 and 2009. Sean’s work
will be featured in the Northwest Biennial at the Tacoma Art Museum, and has
been in the 2011 City Arts Festival, 2010 Northwest New Works, and the 2011
Award show.
Honorable Mention:
Sabe Lewellyn
Seattle, Washington
"with finger
vision :
Acrylic on panel with found objects, 45"x15"x4",
2010
"superman dam fool"
Acrylic on panel with found objects,
40"x31"x4", 2011
Born in Heber Springs, AR. July 1977. Grew up in
rural southern Arkansas. Sabe moved to Memphis in 1998. While Sabe attended
school, at Memphis College of Art, he was able to work at the Art Center for
three years. Not only did this give Sabe a solid base of knowledge about
materials conventional uses but drive to push each material to maximum
tolerance. At Memphis College of Art studied painting and computer animation.
Participated in juried and faculty select shows. Achieved the coveted Most
Dedicated Artist Award. Graduated in May 2001 with BFA and Art History minor.
Sabe was chosen for a painting commission by Union Planters Bank. In
the summer of 2001 was taught hieroglyphs by Egyptian-Canadian Artist Nihal
Mazloum. Scribed hieroglyph names for British Museum exhibit Eternal Egypt
during its duration in Memphis.
From 2002 to 2006, Sabe was a Flight
Attendant for Mesaba Airlines. He was asked by Memphis Grizzlies to display
work in VIP lounge during 2004 NBA season. In 2005 Sabe received Best In Show
award from Box Heart Gallery, Pittsburg, Penn.
In 2008 Sabe moved to
Seattle and rented a studio in SODO where he continues to challenge concepts of
identity.
Honorable Mention:
Erin Endicott
Port Republic, New
Jersey
"Healing Sutra #13"
17"h x 15"w, hand embroidery and walnut
ink on antique baby dress, 2011
"Healing Sutra #17"
15" x 15", hand embroidery and walnut ink on antique napkin,
2011
"Healing Sutra #21"
22"h x 15"w, hand embroidery, walnut ink,
antique lace on antique baby dress, 2011
Erin Endicott utilizes
stitching and ink to “draw” on found fabric – things that hold
power because of their age and anthropomorphic wisdom. Erin’s
“Healing Sutras” tell stories of pain remembered and solace found.
They indicate hope and speak of feminine patience evidenced by the
painstakingly small stitches that create flowing abstract shapes. (excerpted
from an interview with curator Samantha Levin)
Born in 1971,Erin spent
her childhood exploring the woodlands and waterways of rural Port Republic, New
Jersey using watercolors and drawing to make visual her connection with her
natural surroundings. Erin continued her Fine Art education at
Philadelphia’s Moore College of Art & Design where she began expanding
her expressive repertoire to include textile and fiber related processes.In
1993 Endicott received a BFA in Textile Design from Moore. During this time
Erin also spent time studying textile processes in Scotland and began a
lifelong love affair with the people and landscape of this extraordinary place.
Erin continues to be inspired by and explore the natural beauty of her
surroundings in rural New Jersey as well as by her inner landscape –
creating the “Healing Sutras” as virtual maps of her journey.
Julia Oldham
Eugene, Oregon
"Antimatter Twin"
HD video, 2011,
9:50
Julia Oldham is a video artist whose performative works explore
science and desire. She was raised by a physicist, an avid gardener and a pack
of dogs in rural Maryland, and her childhood was filled with adventures in the
woods, bee stings, drawings, and science experiments. Oldham studied art
history at St. Mary’s College of Maryland and received her MFA from the
University of Chicago. She spends her time in New York and Oregon. Oldham's
work has been screened/exhibited at Art in General in New York, NY; MoMA PS1 in
Long Island City, NY; PPOW in New York, NY; The Drawing Center in New York, NY;
The Bronx Museum of Art in the Bronx, NY; The Museum of Contemporary Art in
Chicago, IL; the Dia Foundation at the Hispanic Society in New York, NY; the
Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC; and Nunnery Gallery in London,
UK. Her work has been supported by Artadia, the Fund for Art and Dialogue, New
York, NY; Artist in the Marketplace at the Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY; Art
in General, New York, NY; Outpost Artist Resources in Ridgewood, NY; and the
City of Chicago Departent of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL.
Christopher Steadman
Berlin, Germany
"i am
writing this with my left hand although i am strongly
right-handed"
4-channel video installation, 10:30 mins. looped,
2010
Born in a village in England, Chirstopher Steadman worked and
studied in NYC and London, receiving a Masters in Photography from NYU/ICP and
a MFA from Central St. Martins for which he received a British Academy AHRB.
Steadman’s work has been shown internationally. He has won many awards and
grants for his art practice, and spent 5 years between 2003-2008 moving between
international artist’s residencies.
Most of his earlier work was
exhibited as multi-monitor installations featuring the artist performing in a
variety of archetypal roles, addressing issues of sexuality, patriarchy and
machismo. His earlier work covered themes ranging from masculinity in crisis to
domestic obsession and oppression. The work engaged you in a manner which was
almost involuntary, and often returned to unsettle you hours later like the
delayed emotions of a half-forgotten dream.
He continues to create
multi-monitor installations, expanding the number of monitors used and the
technical complexity of his medium. He found a fresh vision by distancing
artist from art, which alternatively coerces all that is around him to speak in
his place. His recent installations come across as more polished, and yet
manage to maintain the excitement and innovation of something raw, homemade,
and deeply personal.
George Drivas
Athens, Greece
"SEQUENCE
ERROR"
Video, 11 min, HD, 2011
George Drivas is the recipient of
numerous awards and distinctions namely, Best Experimental Film Award at London
Greek Film Festival, London, UK (2010), Special Mention at the “Strange
Screen”, Experimental Film and Video Festival, Macedonian Museum of
Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece (2009), 2nd Prize at VII Media Art
Forum, XXVII Moscow International Film Festival, Moscow, Russia (2006), 2nd
Prize at the Zebra International Poetry Film Festival, Berlin, Germany (2002)
and Jury Award for Experimental Short Film at the New York Expo, NY, NY (2002).
George Drivas’s work has been featured as a Solo Show at the
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece,
(“un-documented”, 2009) and is part of the Athens’s MoCA
permanent collection.
Cheryl Yun
Wilton, Connecticut
"SHOPPING SACK I
(CVS series)"
A car bomb exploded in the Sadriya neighborhood in Baghdad
yesterday, killing at least 140 people and incinerating scores of vehicles
April 18, 2007
Archival inkjet on Gampi Tissue 11” x19
¾”, 2007
"SHOPPING SACK I (WALMART – LOOTING SERIES)"
Rioting over Food in Argentina Four people were killed in the rioting.
Page A3 Thursday, December 20, 2001
Archival inkjet on Japanese tissue,
2006
"SHOPPING SACK I (HOME DEPOT – AMMUNITION
SERIES)"
Ammunition supplied by an American contractor to Afghan forces.
Some of it was in such poor shape that it was not used. Thursday, march 27,
2008
Archival inkjet on Gampi tissue 20” x 111/2”,
2008
Cheryl Yun is a visual artist currently residing in Connecticut.
She teaches in the photography department at the Tisch School of Art, New York
University. Her work has recently been seen in exhibitions at the Bergdoff
Goodman Windows, New York, Katonah Museum of Art, New York and the Michael
Kohler Art Center, WI She has show in galleries including Rhona Hoffman,
Chicago and Roebling hall, New York and internationally at the New Benaki
Museum, Greece. Yun has been reviewed and featured in the New York Times and
the Village Voice and various major art publications including Art in America,
Art on Paper, and Flash Art.
Bjoern Drenkwitz
Frankfurt,
Germany
"Seestueck(Seapiece)"
HD Video
Studies
until
2011 School of media Art, Cologne
2009 - 2010
"Meisterschülerjahr“ (Postgraduate Studies) at School of fine arts,
Mainz, Germany
2003 – 2009 School of fine arts, Mainz, Germany. Study
of photography and media art
1999 - 2003 Theory of drama, media and movie
at Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe university, Frankfurt, Germany.
1978 Born in
Frankfurt, Germany
Grants
2011 Emy-Roeder Price MPRA artist in
residence stipend, Poznan/Poland
Exhibitions (recent)
2011"Echoraum
- Transformations“, Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of
Germany, Bonn
"Bring your own shadow“, Caos Gallery, Venice / Italy
"Eureka“, Arsenal Gallery, Poznan/Poland
"54. Festival for Young
Art“, Beijing, China
Jeremie Baldocchi
Le Bourget, France
"Elephant
Painted"
80 x 120 cm Acrylic, ink and collage on canvas, 2011
"A
pant every day of the week : Saturday, friends’ Party"
120 x 160 cm
Acrylic, ink and collage on canvas, 2010
Jérémie
Baldocchi is a French contemporary painter, born in 1975 in Meaux (France) He
spent his childhood in Toulon in southern France from 3 to 11 years. At age 16
he do not want to go to school so he decided to enroll in the section
illustration of the "Institute of Business of the decoration." There will
remain three years. To pay for his studies he worked in a McDonald's. It was
during one illustration after being introduced to his teacher, an unfinished
painting he decides not to head to his characters. After leaving the school he
works with some magazines, but that does not please him, he will then make his
first exhibition at a department store (FNAC) in the heart of Paris in 2000.
He has worked with several galleries "Le Regard", "La Hune Brenner,"
"L'Art de Rien", "Present Art" gallery "Hype" of the Palais de Tokyo, "Espora"
in Madrid, or showroom "Edouard Rambaud, "" West Bank Galery "in London,"
Croissant "in Brussels, Belgium. And to exhibit in Paris, Madrid, Venice,
Brussels, Roma, London and Taiwan
Ida Röden
San Francisco, California
"A
Reunion of Lost People, #01"
18x20 inches, "c"-print on black cintra, 2011
"A Reunion of Lost People, #04"
18x23 inches, "c"-print on white
cintra, 2011
Ida Rödén (b. 1981) is a Swedish artist
born in the northern town of Härnösand. She received her MFA at the
California College of the Arts/San Francisco in 2011, and her MA in the History
of Arts from the University of Stockholm in 2008. Her work has been shown at
the MADE Festival in Sweden, Bildmuseet in Umeå/Sweden, the
Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, The FILE Electronic Language
International Festival in Sao Paolo, as well as Southern Exposure and the
Wattis Institute in San Francisco. She’s been reviewed in publications
such as ArtSlant, SFGate, Konsten.net, Gamescenes, Furtherfield,
Konstperspektiv, as well as Tidningen Kulturen. She lives in San
Francisco.
Inguna Gremzde
Ogre, Latvia
"Please, Find a
Beautiful Place to Get Lost"
200 x 150cm, oil on paper, 2010
"Please, Keep Your Ticket Till the End"
200 x 150cm, oil/ mixed
media on paper, 2011
My current practice explores human and nature
relationship. In my artwork I examine different possibilities in interpretation
of human alienation from nature by hinting at consumer lifestyle as a reason.
My work implies landscape elements, regarding landscape as a portrait
of nature. Landscape can be looked at as a focus for the formation of identity.
Growing separateness from nature and dominating consumer lifestyle results in
people tending to spend more time in constructed, artificial spaces like
shopping malls and waiting halls in airports defined as non-places, which are
real measure of our time and opposed to places have no identity, relations and
history.
My recent work deals with miniature landscape paintings placed
in standardized plastic bottle caps. The scenes are a small world on it's own
depicting sky, meadows and woods, surrounded by contemporary frame. One could
say, in the manner of Schopenhauer: 'The world is my imagination.' The cleverer
one is at miniaturizing the world, the better it could be possessed. The notion
of possession links with consumerism. Even not showing any trace of human
presence the scenes juxtapose contemporary consumer lifestyles with man's
historically romantic relationship with nature. The usage of mass produced
plastic caps implies the ambiguity of trashing landscape on the one hand, and
recycling the caps on the other. The work in the same time investigates the
common trend of landscape itself being turned into commodity (the idea of
portable, convenient landscape).
The miniature scale of the paintings
engages the viewer by offering a close examination and a different look and
perspective at surrounding world.
Alyson Ogasian
Culver City, California
Untitled
(installation)
mirrored mylar, grapefruit, fishing line / 2011
Self
Portrait Series
5.5 inches by 8 inches framed (each)
grapefruit flesh
on paper, 2011
Born 1986, Hartford, CT, USA
Alyson Ogasian
graduated from Queen's University in 2008 with a degree in Sculpture. In 2007,
she spent a semester at Glasgow School of Art where she studied Printmaking and
Performance. In 2011 she completed a Sculpture, Installation, and New Media
Residency at School of Visual Art in New York. She has recently relocated to
Los Angeles from Toronto.
Bean Gilsdorf
San Francisco,
California
"Empire"
Ink jet print on polyester; wool suiting, satin.
70" x 48", 2011
"Untitled"
Enamel on masonite with steel shelf, 12.5"
x 3.5" x 48" , 2010
Bean Gilsdorf’s art practice mines the
ideology behind images of American history. By directly appropriating images
from mass-market history books and popular films, Gilsdorf uses the techniques
of collage to create objects, videos and installations. Her work explores the
archived, public national narrative and questions the orthodoxy of these found
images. Gilsdorf received a B.A. in literature from Simon’s Rock College,
a M.A. in Linguistics from the University of Colorado, and an M.F.A. from the
California College of the Arts. Her work has been included nationally in
exhibitions at the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, the American Textile
History Museum, and the Holter Museum of Art, as well as exhibition spaces in
Poland, England, Italy, China, and South Africa. She has received grant support
from the Puffin Foundation and the NW Film Center of the Portland Art Museum.
Gilsdorf is currently a 2011-2012 Graduate Fellow at the Headlands Center for
the Arts in Sausalito, California.
Barna Kantor
Austin, Texas
Video
Installation
I was born in Hungary, received a sociology degree in
Budapest, lived and worked in England and France but mainly in the US. I
received an MFA (2005) degree from UT Austin, where I specialized in Transmedia
area. I have directed media education organizations, programmed a microcinema
and worked on several large scale public art projects in Austin. Currently I
teach Video Art at The University of Texas at Austin.