ARTIST STATEMENT

I work almost exclusively with lenticular printmaking, a process that creates illusionary qualities of depth and motion on a flat two dimensional surface. The effect is similar to holography but works through the use of a carefully designed surface overlay that directs imagery to a viewer’s eyes in particular patterns. The same underlying principles are shared by 3D movies and Viewmasters but lenticular has the benefit of not requiring glasses or special viewers to see its effect.

My interest in lenticular is related to a general curiosity with optical illusions I have had since I was a kid. Black light art, gestalt images and the vibrating shapes and lines of op art were all extremely captivating. The intrigue was probably similar to my feelings about magic at the time with its suggestion of a world beyond the ordinary. As a teenager I made my own illusionary artwork and in college discovered stereoscopic processes like anaglyph. My thesis show was a series of large anaglyph prints, each accompanied by a pair of red and blue 3D glasses. The evolution to lenticular was natural and I developed an understanding of its qualities and explored a variety of approaches for making lenticular work.

My aesthetic and conceptual interests are rooted in art that leans towards the psychedelic, with bright colors, a busy canvas and a curiosity of subjects difficult to pin down. I favor internal observation over cultural critique, things that look like religion but have no theology. I like art to be shaped with intention, a core of something personally felt, without excluding the possibility of the uncontrollable or unforeseen playing a role.

My process for making work is a winding road. It may start with an idea and find an approach or the approach might reveal a path over time. It might include complex arrays of synchronized cameras or simple sumi-e ink paintings. Since lenticular is a container of sorts it can accommodate a variety of mediums and methods for creating visual content.

The lenticular process itself has creative variables, some obvious and others subtle and indirect. Recognizing which ideas are capable of making good use of these qualities is a fundamental task and the obvious goal of any work. Ideally there is an active partnership between the concept and the medium so that there can be no separating the two. Unlike some of the illusionary mediums that intrigued me as a child, lenticular is not a one trick pony. Its under utilization leaves large stones unturned, making it exciting to work with and play a role in its unfolding history.

 CV

SELECTED SOLO*, GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND INSTALLATIONS

2013

Krause Gallery | Emerging to Established | New York, NY

Strychnin Gallery | Attention Earth | Berlin, Germany | Feb 8

Strychnin Gallery | 10th Aniversary Show | Berlin, Germany | July

Harold Golen Gallery | I’m High You Are Here | Miami, Florida | Nov 2*

2012

Ace Museum | All In For The 99% | Los Angeles, California

232 East | Lyric II | Royal Oak, Michigan

2011

Linus Pauling Science Center, OSU | Gold Will Stay installation | Corvallis, Oregon*

Harold Golen Gallery | Transylvania | Miami, Florida*

232 East | Lyric | Royal Oak, Michigan

The Scarab Club | Working Class Heros | Detroit, Michigan

2010

Mauger Modern Art | Transylvania | London, England *

Bloom | Cologne, Germany

WWA Gallery | I Believe In Unicorns | Culver City, California

Barbara & Barbara | Robots Need Love Too | Chicago, Illinois

Sarratt Gallery | Chris Dean Lenticular Prints | Nashville, Tennessee *

2009

Art Basel | Scope | Miami, Florida

Good Question Gallery | Science Shows You How | Milford, Pennsylvania *

Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit | D3D | Detroit, Michigan *

CPOP | It’s All About | Detroit, Michigan

Mauger Modern Art | Bath, England

2008

Art Center South Florida | Kaiju Monster Invasion | Miami Beach, Florida

Harold Golen Gallery | Fine Art Tiki Show | Miami, Florida

L’Imagerie Gallery | Carnivora | North Hollywood, California

CPOP Gallery | Carnivora | Detroit, Michigan

2007

Harold Golen Gallery | Three Headed Monster | Miami Beach, Florida

Walsh Gallery | Eye Tricks | South Orange, New Jersey

Art Gallery of Windsor | 2007 Biennial | Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Sideshow | American Visionary Art Museum | Baltimore, Maryland

Zeitgeist Gallery | Science Shows You How | Seattle, Washington *

2006 +

CPOP Gallery | Saints Preserve Us | Detroit, Michigan

Tag Art Gallery | Nashville, Tennessee

Showroom NYC | Your Mamma | New York, New York

Limbo | How Low Can You Go | San Diego, California

OKOK Gallery | Seattle, Washington

CPOP Gallery | Science Shows You How | Detroit, Michigan *

CPOP Gallery | Static Cinema | Detroit, Michigan

Immedia 2002 | Ann Arbor, Michigan

Art-Tech Gallery | Moving Out | San Jose, California

Doane College | Creation | Lincoln, Nebraska

Opts Art Gallery | Iris Graphics Digital Art Exhibition | San Francisco, California

Sheryo is a Brooklyn based artist from Singapore who paints imperfect gnarly characters that are calming to disoriented souls, and might cause skitter skatter explosions in the brain …

Working collaboratively with The Yok, they have exhibited and painted in various parts of the world – Mexico, NY, Atlanta, LA, Belgium, Seoul, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Australia and Cambodia.

SELECTED CLIENTS:

• Adidas Originals, MTV Asia, Intel, Converse, Nike, GAP, Tiger Beer

SELECTED SHOWS/EVENTS:

2013

• Krause Gallery , New York, “Yellow Fever”
• SCOPE Art Fair, New York, USA
• STREET ART FESTIVAL Anonymous Festival, Sayulita, Mexico

2012

• MURAL TOUR Sheryo x The Yok, Enter the Prism, Cambodia, Singapore, Vietnam, Australia, Dubai, Mexico, USA
• MURAL PAINTING Tiger Translate Party, Tiger Beer, Dubai
• MURAL PAINTING & BRANDING Doors Restaurant & Bar, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
• GROUP SHOW Half Half, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
• GROUP SHOW Corpse Corps Urban Legends, Signal Gallery, New York, USA
• GROUP SHOW Kingbrown #8, Klughaus Gallery, New York, USA
• GROUP SHOW The Devil made me do it, He made she made Gallery, Sydney, Australia
• STREET ART FESTIVAL Wonderwalls, Wollongong, Australia
• GROUP SHOW Half-Half, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
• GROUP SHOW Lets Go Magic Weirdos!, Paper Mountain Gallery, Perth, Australia
• GROUP SHOW This Art is so Street, Stupid Easy Gallery, Philadelphia
• STREET ART CONFERENCE Living walls 2012, Atlanta
• GROUP SHOW Kingbrown #8 Launch Exhibition, The Butcher Shop, Perth
• GROUP SHOW Kingbrown #8 Launch Exhibition, Tate Gallery, Sydney
• GROUP SHOW Kingbrown #8 Launch Exhibition, Klughaus Gallery, New York
• GROUP SHOW Believe the Hype, Pandemic Gallery, New York
• GROUP SHOW Reprint show, Hendershot Gallery, New York
• GROUP SHOW Pangeaseed, the great west coast migration, LaBasse Projects, LA
• GROUP SHOW Fang to Fur, Flabslab Gallery, Singapore
• GROUP SHOW Wild at Heart – Keep Wildlife in the Wild, Thinkspace Gallery, LA
• TRAVELLING GROUP SHOW G40 Weapons of Mass Change, VA/California/NY/Miami

2011

• SOLO SHOWCASE Apsara themed wall murals and art pieces painted specially for Lebiz Hotel, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
• VOLUNTEER TRIP Little Lotus Project, Art Volunteer trip at the Thai/Burma border town teaching art to refugee burmese kids
• GROUP SHOW Sweet Streets LA, 1980s American & Japanese Pop Cultures, WWA Gallery, Los Angeles
• GROUP SHOW Crowded Teeth by Sweet Streets LA, Munky King, Los Angeles
• LIVE PAINTING Tiger Translate Cambodia, NRG Warehouse, Phnom Penh
• GROUP SHOW Nixon Art Mosh, Old School Mt. Sophia, Singapore
• GROUP SHOW vue privee Moving Still, Singapore
• MURAL PAINTING Face Off, Street Art Battle, Old School Mt. Sophia, Singapore
• GROUP SHOW Fairitize My Art Group Show at The TCC Gallery, Singapore
• GROUP SHOW SYNESTHESIA: drawing words, reading pictures, Group Show at The Substation, Singapore

2010

• GROUP SHOW Show Me the Love, National Drama Centre, Curated by Chan Hampe Galleries, Singapore
• GROUP SHOW Nixon Art Mosh, Old School Mt. Sophia, Singapore
• SOLO SHOWCASE Carbonated Launch – Live Painting Showcase and Sculpture Installation, Orchard Central, Singapore
• GROUP SHOW Redrum, A Group Show Inspired by the movie ‘The Shining’, Old School, Singapore
• GROUP SHOW The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, A Group Show Inspired by the movie, Old School, Singapore

2009

• GROUP SHOW Crossville Pop-Up Exhibition, Red Dot Design Museum, Singapore
• LIVE PAINTING Adidas Originals Artist for Adidas House Party, Timberlux Centre, Singapore

2008

• CHARITY GROUP SHOW YOLO (You Only Live Once) Exhibition, The Arts House, Singapore
• SOLO SHOWCASE Adiartist for Adidas Originals, Exhibition and Live Painting Showcase, Raffles City, Singapore

THE YOK CV 

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Yok started his droopy eyed drawings in a salty sea shack down under in a town called Perth.Where he developed a passion for loopy moustaches, seaworthy beards and an an obsession with gargoyles. Loving the basic idea of Gargoyles- being placed on buildings to ward off evil, he adapted this thought and reinterpreted them in his own style to be painted on walls around the world.
Currently Yok works from a home studio with Sheryo in Brooklyn, New York and is open for
collaborations, commissions and cases of beer.

He has exhibited in Berlin, New York, Tokyo, Sydney, Taipei, Beijing,
Singapore Bangkok and Hong Kong, As well as unofficial murals in weird parts of the world that usually involve surf.

EXHIBITIONS/FESTIVALS
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13 Krause Gallery , New York, “Yellow Fever”
SCOPE ART FAIR NYC

13 Anonymous Festival, Sayulita, Mexico
Mural painting

12 WONDER WALLS, Festival, Woolonggong (Australia )
Creative talk and mural painting.

12 Enter the Prism
Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, National mural painting tour.
With Sheryo

12 Half Half, Melbourne, No Vacancy Gallery
Group show.

12 Corpse Corps, Signal Gallery, NYC
Halloween Group Show

12 WIP Night club, NYC
Groupshow

12 Hendershot Gallery, NYC
Group print show. Mural painting.

12 Crest Art Show, Brooklyn
Group Show

12 Pangeaseed, THE GREAT WEST COAST MIGRATION
Traveling Group Show, Portland, San Francisco, LA, (LeBasse Projects) Seatle, San Diego,

12 Born Free, Think Space Gallery, (LA)
Group Show

12 Young New Yorkers, Charity event, NYC
Group Show

12 Picks of the Harvest, Think Space Gallery, (LA)
Group Show

12 French, (New Zealand)
Group Show

11 Little lotus Project, volunteer art teaching and mural painting project, Thailand.

11 OUTPOST festival, Cockatoo island (Sydney)
Group show

11 Tiger Translate, (Beijing)
Live Painting event with JABA ONE

11 Out and About Festival, (Sydney)
Large scale mural painting over 5 days.

11 Space Invaders,National Gallery of Australia (Canberra)
Group show with Anthony Lister, Reka, Ha Ha, Meggs and more

11 UQ Art Museum, University of Queensland (Brisbane)
Group Show

11 RMIT Gallery, RMIT University (Melbourne)
Group Show

11 Western Plains Cultural Centre (Dubbo)
Group Show

10 Pachinko, Little Creatures Gallery (Perth)
Solo Show

10 Mixed Business, Part of Semi Permanent Event, (Sydney)
Ambush Gallery, Group Show

09 Beastman,Numskull, Phibs, The Yok, (Sydney)
Ambush Gallery, Group Show

09 Such is Life (Melbourne)
Greenwood Gallery, joint show with Reka

08 Good Times Roll (Perth)
Solo show at Bread Box Gallery

08 Bangkok Street Connection (Bangkok)
Group Show with, Brooke Bobridge, AMP, Bon and Alex Face

07 NO COMPLY (Melbourne)
Skateboard exhibition at Federation Square, Group Show

06 Kingbrown Magazine Launch 2 (Melbourne)
Group Show

06 Spring Street (NYC)
Wooster collectrive show at an abandoned building in New York.
Group Show

O6 ASYLUM HEED WEED (Singapore)
With: Draawer

06 PLASTIC PIMPS (Melbourne)
Qee custom toy show, Group Show

06 Kingbrown Magazine Launch (Perth)
Group Show

06 TREXI TOY SHOW (New York)
Custom toy show, Group Show

06 DESIGN EDGE (Singapore)
Event painting.
Speakers: Rostar, Delta,
Unkle, Faile, Kostas & many more

06 NO COMPLY (Melbourne)
Skateboard exhibition, at Revolver
With: Reka, Lord Monkey, Phibs,
Bosai, Sync, Kab, Kano and more.

05 SNEAKER PIMPS (Hong Kong)
Custom shoe exhibition. Group Show

05 PUNK YOK SHOW (Melbourne)
Solo show, Rancho Notorious,

05 IDN GALLERY (Hong Kong)
Royal Elastics Show,
With: BOB, Mophisto Jones (New Zealand),

05 FREE ART (Taipei)
Royal Elastics Art Centre,
With: BOB, Mophisto Jones (New Zealand),

05 AIR Dykanyama (Tokyo)
Solo Show

04 WINGS (Toronto)
Group show

04 CHARACTERS AT WAR PICTOPLASMA (Berlin)
Charcter design exhibition, Group Show

04 THE EGO TRIPPER SHOW (Sydney)
China Heights Gallery,
With: CryBloxsome.com

03 THE 2 BUCK SHOP (Sydney)
Our Spot. With: Victim (Perth)

03 PAINT THE TOWN DEAD (Sydney)
With: Dmote (Sydney),
Victim(Perth) and Made(Perth)

02 STICK EM UP (Melbourne)
Sticker exhibition at Revolver

01 INVISIBLE CITIES Group Show
(New York/Berlin)
With: Swoon (New York)

01 MONO CULTURE (Perth)

B.F.A. in Art Education & M.F.A. in Sculpture, Mokwon University

The Korean Figurative Sculpture Association,

Korean Relief Association, Mokwon Sculpture Association,

Daejeon Sculptor Association

Exhibitions

2013

Krause Gallery, New York

2012

Rehab (Opera Gallery, Seoul)

Scope NY2012 (scope pavilion, New York)

Spoon art fair (grand Hilton, Hong Kong)

Temporal being (Edwin’s gallery, Jakarta)

Art Edition (COEX, Seoul)

Art & cook (Sejong art Center, Seoul)

‘22 Century’ (Open Space Bae, Busan)

2011

K-Pop Art. (Opera Gallery, Singapore)

Art Chicago (Chicago, USA)

Beyond Limits (Sinsegae Gallery,Busan)

ArtMRKT Hamptons (Hamptons,USA)

Art-Mrkt San Francisco (San Francisco, USA)

ArtHamptons Fine Art Fair (Hamptons,USA)

The Artist Brand. (Gamo Gallery. Seoul)

Head and shoulders knees and toes (Cyan Museum, Daegu)

2010

GRAND WEAVER (Gana Art, Seoul/Busan)

RE formers (Opera Gallery, Seoul)

Media and The Imagination-The World of Convergence and Innovation

(Ewha Art Center, Seoul)

Light 2010 (Gwangju Museum of Art)

Public Art-New Hero Fly in Heyri (The Chai gallery, Hayri)

Next Art Fair (Chicago, USA)

Busan Binenale-”Open to you”–Blissful encounter

(Open Space Bae, Busan)

Archive House (Space SSEE, Deajeon)

Entrusts the face (Kolon Tower, Seoul)

Make! Break! Make! (Lina Gallery, Seoul)

Plastic Paradise (Cheongju Art Studio)

Another My Ego (Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul)

A4 Demo (Tomato, Deajeon)

Collage World (Jeju Museum of Art)

2010 How much (Open Space Bae, Busan)

Modern Art, Asks a Identity (Pusan National University Art Center)

Fool Bloom (Feellink Gallery, Seoul)

The discovery of objects (KAF Museum, Busan)

Unexpected art (Gallery Lotte, Deajeon)

2009

Processing of Art (Deajeon Museum of Art)

Enlightenment Archive (JaHa Museum, Seoul)

Living Furniture (Cheong Art Studio)

Blue-Dot ASIA 2009 (Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul)

Inside Kitty (Seongnam Art Center)

CRAFT & SCLULPTURE (Deajeon Museum of Art)

2008

Exciting Art Museum (Gyeongnam Art Museum)

Kitty S. (63Sky Art Gallery, Seoul)

Up To The Minute (Korea Art Gallery, Busan)

Can you see it? (Bukchon Art Museum, Seoul)

Artist’s Wit (Alternative Space Chung Jeong Gak)

Seoul Living Design Fair 2008 ‘Salon De Living Art’ (COEX Atlantic Hall)

Imaginative Power, Power Plant 2008 (Ulsan Hyundai Arts center)

Freeze…Thaw! (Gallery Zandari, Seoul)

Local to Local-It meets Daejeon from Busan (Open Space Bae, Busan)

Traditi. Market Art Festival Project ShowsⅡ (Daejeon Jungang Market)

2007

Art & Play-funsters (Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Art Museum)

Art in Daegu 2007-Wind of basin (Daegu region)

Pocheon Asia Binenale (Pocheon Banwol Art Center)

Flowing Art, Gapcheon (Daejeon Gapcheon region)

The Story of Seongnam (Seongnam Art Center)

One + One (Touch Art Gallery, Hayri)

Daedong Public Art Project (Daejeon Daedong)

Net Work 21C (Sori Arts Center of Jeollabuk-do)

Traditi. Market Art Festival Project Shows (Daejeon Jungang Market)

2006

Busan Binenale-Living Furniture (Busan Haeundae)

Ha Jung Woong Young Artist Prize Award-Light 2006 (Gwangju Museum of Art)

1st Cheonggye Arts Festival-The Soaring of An Ugly Ducking

(Cheonggye Open Space)

2005 Invitation to Six Open Studios (Deajeon Museum of Art)

2004 Conversional Spring (Deajeon Museum of Art)

2003 Life and Humor of Today (Sejong Center)

2002 Memorial Exhibition of the Comprehensive Publication in Korean Modern Art

(Insa Art Plaza)

-Awards

2010 2010 Public Art Artist

2009 Seokju Cultural Foundation Artist

2006 Ha Jung Woong Young Artist Prize Award-Light 2006

Solo Exhibitions

2011 Sang-Sik Hong’s exhibition (Gallery Lotte, Deajeon)

2010 Sang-Sik Hong’s exhibition (Morris Gallery, Deajeon)

2009 Magic Straw (Touch Art Gallery, Hayri)

2008 34years (Spacemom Museum of Art, Cheongju)

2007 re……. (Gallery Lotte, Deajeon)

2006 Point, Line, Plane……. (Gallery Space DSA, Deajeon)

2004 Noodles Day (Gallery Daehakro 21C, Deajeon)

2003 Sang-Sik Hong’s sculpture exhibition (KBS hall, Deajeon)

Magic Straw 현대미술에 있어서 재료는 그 어느 때보다 큰 의미를 갖는다. 재료와의 전쟁이라는 말로 이 시대의 미술이 압축될 만큼 재료는 중요한 비중을 지닌다. 특히나 물성이 강조되는 입체작업에 있어서 재료는 더욱 특별한 역할을 담당하기에 재료자체가 작품이 되기도 함은 자연스러운 결과이다. 이러한 시각에서 빨대로 구축된 홍상식의 작업은 매우 흥미로운 작업이다. 쉽게 구부러지고 메스감도 미비한 빨대를 재료로 쓰기에는 뭔가 부족해 보이는데, 왜 빨대일까? 이러한 물음에 대해 “잘 묶여진 국수다발의 단면을 손가락으로 밀면 반대편에 밀려나온 국수가 높낮이를 통해 별별 모양들을 만들었어요. 어릴 적 이 놀이가 작업의 시작이었어요.” 라고 홍상식은 생경한 재료 선택의 이유를 가볍게 말한다. 하지만, 사사로운 놀이에서 시작된 작업의 재료 ‘빨대’는 작가에 의해 주목할 만한 특징들을 보여준다.

Magic Straw. In modern arts, the material has greater significance than any other times. As modern arts can be expressed as the war against materials, the material is important in modern arts. In particular, the materials in the cubic work in which the property of the matter is emphasized play more special roles. Thus, it is natural for the material itself to become the artistic work. From this perspective, the works of Sang-Sik Hong built with straws are very interesting. It seems to be insufficient for the material as it is easily bent and delivers very little sense of mass. Then, why should the material be the straw? To this question of his material choice, Sang-Sik Hong answered simply by saying “if you rub a section of the noodle, the noodle pushed out of the other side makes all kinds of shape through the undulations. This childhood play was the beginning of my work”. However, the material ‘straw’ chosen from his childhood play shows noticeable characteristics in his works.

첫째, 차곡차곡 쌓아올려지면서 형상을 구축한 수많은 빨대들은, 속이 비어 있는 구조에 의해 시각적으로 관통되어짐으로써 무한원형으로 분절된 반대편 공간의 이미지를 만들어낸다. 더욱이 각각의 빨대구멍이 담고 있는 분절된 공간들 하나하나는 개별적 풍경으로 한 구멍, 한 구멍마다 사진기 렌즈처럼 각각의 공간을 담고 있기에 천개의 공간 만개의 공간이 그의 작업 안에 집적된다. 입체가 공간의 예술이라는 일반적 정의를 넘어 그의 작업은 개별적 공간 공간의 집합을 이룬다. 작가가 선택한 재료특성의 완벽한 이해와 놀이에서 비롯된 호기심이 결합한 결과로서 매혹적인 시각적 즐거움이다.

First, the plenty of straws cumulated to shape a figure create a space image in the opposite side segmented as an infinite circle by being penetrated visually through the empty structure, Furthermore, since each of the segmented spaces contained in the straw hole embraces its own space like the camera lens, thousands of spaces are accumulated in his work. Beyond the general definition that the cube is the art of space, his work consists of the assembled individual spaces. This is the result of combining the perfect understanding of the characteristics of the material chosen by the artist and curiosity stemming from the childhood play, which is the attractive visual entertainment.

둘째, 관람객이 작품을 볼 때, 작업의 표면은 시점이 닿는 부분에 작은 원형태의 시각적 포인트가 형성된다. 이 포인트는 다른 표면보다 강조된 음영은 물론 관통되는 배경과 연계되어 배경색이 확산하듯 보여진다. 표면에 마치 오로라나 모아래(Moire)와 비슷한 이 재미있는 현상은 작품을 바라보는 위치가 변함에 따라 연관되어져서 위치를 변화시키는 유쾌한 시각효과를 창출한다. 이 현상은 자연스레 작품 앞에서 관람자를 움직이게 하는 참여를 유도하여 전시장에는 작품 앞에서 이리저리 움직이며 걸어다니는 관람객을 보게 되는 웃지 않을 수 없는 해프닝을 선사한다. 굳이 전자센서를 사용하는 미디어 아트보다 관람객과 작품사이에 효율적인 상호작용을 유도하는 장치로서 충분한 가능성을 빨대라는 기초적 재료로 풀어낸 점이 ‘빨대’ 하면 홍상식이라는 아이콘을 부여할 수 있게 만든다.

Second, a circle-shaped visual point is formed at the place on the surface where the eyes reaches. This point is linked not only to the shadow more highlighted than other surface but also to the penetrating background to display the background color as it is spread out. This interesting phenomenon seen like aurora or moire creates a pleasant visual effect to change the location as the spectators change their location to watch it. This phenomenon makes the spectators naturally change their location, which creates an interesting scene in which the spectators move and walk around the work. The fact that the basic material ‘straw’ suggests the possibility that it can induce more efficient interactions between the spectators and the work than the media arts using electronic sensors allows us to invest Sang-Sik Hong with the icon of ‘straw’.

이러한 재료에 몰입한 형식만 있고 내용이 없으면 이 또한 미흡하고, 내용은 있으되 형식이 없으면 이 또한 미흡하기는 마찬가지다. 재료와 형식적인 부분을 앞서 살펴보았으니 작업의 내용 또한 균형을 잘 맞추고 있는지 호기심이 발동한다. 하얗고 균일하게 저(低)부조 형태로 표면을 이룬 작업에서 우리는 자칫 편편하게 집적된 빨대표면만 보고 지나칠 수 있다. 흰색 또는 단일색 빨대의 미묘한 높낮이의 굴곡이 이룬 등고선을 보여주듯 구축된 이미지는 우리의 보는 위치에 따라 때론 명확하게 때론 은밀하게 형상을 드러낸다. 입술, 의자, 하이힐, 누드의 여인, 꽃 등이 대표 이미지이다. 이들 모두는 욕망의 대표적 심볼로 규정될 수 있는 이미지이기에 우연이라 하더라도 이는 작가의 무의식적 의도이며 관심이다.If there is only form of immersion into the material without contents, it will not be sufficient enough. If there are contents without form, it will be insufficient as well. The aspects of form and material were reviewed in the above. Thus, the question is raised naturally out of the curiosity regarding whether the contents are well balanced with them. We may watch only the surface of the straws cumulated plainly on the white, even and low-relief surface of the work. The images built as if they show the contour lines with the subtle undulations by the white or single colored straws are revealing the figures sometimes clearly or secretively depending on the view point. The representative images include the lips, chair, high-heel, woman in nude and flower. All of these may be the representative symbols of desire. Thus, they are unconscious intention and interest of the artist even though they are all unintentional.

작가가 보여주는 의자, 여자의 성기 형태의 꽃, 입술, 그리고 몸이라는 기호화된 이미지를 상징의미들 (권력, 성(性))과 연결지어보면 그의 관심이 욕망에 집중되고 있음을 잘 보여준다.

Connecting the symbolized images such as chair, female’s genital looking flower, lips and body to the symbolic meanings (power and sex) will reveal clearly that his interest is focused on the desires.

● 특히 이번에 작가가 전시 대표작으로 보여주는 입체 의자는 이전의 반부조형태가 아닌 완전한 입체 형태의 등신대 크기로 제작되었다. 의자 등받침 부분 쿠션의 볼륨까지 세심하게 보여주는 디테일에서, 빨대가 재료라는 걸 망각할 정도의 섬세한 디테일을 보여준다. 왜 빨대로 의자를 만들까? 연약하고, 유연하며, 쉽게 구할 수 있는 빨대로 권력의 상징 의자를 상징화하는 작가의 ‘시각적 역설법’은 작업의 내용을 읽는 중요한 단초가 된다.

● In particular, the cubic chair the artist presents as his representative work for this exhibition is built as a life-sized complete cubic shape rather than half-relief shape. The details delineating the volume of the cushion at the back of the chair even makes the spectators forget that it is made of the straws. Why is the chair made of straws? The ‘visual paradox’ symbolizing the power represented by the chair with the weak, feeble and easily available straws is an important clue to read the artist’s contents in his work.

● 권력은 누구나 욕망하지만 소수만이 가질 수 있고 강함의 상징이며 많은 이익을 수반하기에 염원의 대상이다. 권력은 강하고 귀하며 영원성을 지향한다. 하지만 빨대는 권력의 속성과는 반대로 약한 구조물이며 대량생산되어 다수가 어느 곳에서나 쉽게 구할 수 있는 소비재이자 한번 사용하고 버려지는 일회용이다. 서로 상반된 의미망을 연결시켜 다양한 의미를 생산하는 부분이 그의 작업을 이끄는 동기이다. 재료의 표면적 의미를 역설적 상징의미로 확장하는 작업을 통해 다양한 의미를 생성하는 이 부분이 작가 홍상식 작업이 가진 특별한 묘미이다.

이러한 의미적 관계와 욕망의 구조를 상징화 해내는 작가의 위트는 현실의 페이소스를 내포하고 있다.

● Although every one desires power, only a few of people can have it. Power is the symbol of strength and the object for one’s wish since it accompanies many interests. Power is strong, scarce and heading toward eternity. However, the straw, contrary to the properties of power, is a weak structure, easily available to anyone for it is produced on a large scale and a disposable material. The motive of his works is to create various meanings by connecting the contradictory networks of meaning. The special taste is the works of Sang-Sik Hong lies in the process to expand the surface meaning of the material to the paradoxical symbolic meaning creating various meanings. His whit to symbolize the semantic relationships and the structure of desires connotes the pathos of reality.

● 이와 함께 ‘빨다’라는 작품의 입술을 이루고 있는 수많은 빨대는 우리가 진행해왔고 앞으로 진행할 욕망의 현재진행형을 말하고 있다. ‘훔쳐보다’라는 눈을 재현한 욕망은 시각적 욕망의 대상을 수없이 향유하는 현재 우리의 자화상으로 해석된다. 희석하려 하면 할수록 더욱더 강하게 작용하는 욕망과 갈등하는 현실을 작가는 작업 안에서 놀이처럼 즐겁게 유혹한다. 그 유혹이 나름 철학적이고 의미 있는 사고의 계기가 되기에 지난하지 않고 신선한 해석의 쾌감이 있다. 그의 작업에서 받는 느낌 중 하나는 단어 단어가 연결되어 잘 쓰여진 상큼한 수필처럼, 빨대의 점과 점이 단어와 단어처럼 연결되어 산뜻한 시각의 수필을 그린 듯하다.

● In addition, the plenty of straws constituting the lips in the work ‘Sucking’ is telling the present progressive form of our desires that we have progressed in the past and will progress in the future. The desire in the work “Peeping” to recapitulate the peeping eyes can be interpreted as our self-portraits to enjoy many visual objects for desires. The artist seduces the reality in conflicts with the desires that plays more strongly as we try to dilute them in his works like plays. Since the seduction provides the opportunity for philosophical and meaningful thoughts, it is not difficult but pleasant for fresh interpretation. As the feeling we can get from an essay written by well-connected words, his work delivers the feeling of visually fresh essay in which each point of the straws are well connected with each other.

● 이번 전시에서 작가는 부조형태를 떠나 보다 발전된 입체와 디테일을 작업에 구현함으로써 재료의 한계를 뛰어넘으려는 노력과 함께 조명을 활용한 다양한 실험을 통해 신선한 시도를 보여준다.

다만 지나치게 장식화되면서 내용과 의미가 반감되지 않도록 균형을 유지할 수 있는 부단한 노력이 필요하다. 특히 놀이가 익숙하면 무료해지듯 더욱더 내용과 의미의 연구가 필요하다. 이러한 균형감과 노력의 결과물이 세련된 장식품이나 오브제들과 비교하여 예술로서 차별성을 부여할 것이다.

● By realizing more advanced cubic and details beyond the relief in his works, he shows his fresh attempts to go beyond the limit of the materials and to implement various experiments using the lightings. But, it seems he needs persistent efforts to maintain the balance to avoid the reduction of the contents and meanings by excessive ornamentation. In particular, as the play becomes dull when you get used to it, he needs more research on the contents and meanings. These sense of balance and efforts will make his works differentiated from others compared to the sophisticated ornaments or objets.

● 전시공간에 자유 등고선을 그리며 자연스럽게 위치한 수많은 빨대들을 통해서 다채로운 욕망의 맛을 음미할 수 있다. 거기에 그 욕망과 대면하는 자화상을 볼 수 있음은 빨대놀이에 빠진 작가 홍상식의 마법이다.

● Through the many straws located naturally depicting the free contour lines in the exhibition space, various desires and flavors can be tasted. In addition, it is the magic of Sang-Sik Hong indulged into the straw play to watch the self-portrait confronting the desires.

If this powder is a plaster-like material, a model can be directly printed in full color. The 3D-printing of delicate and colored models is far from being just pushing a button, but requires great technical skills. Therefore only a few specialize in this technique and there is no artist who pushes the boundaries colorized 3D-prints as far as Eric van Straaten.

There is no technique that is capable of achieving such a great degree of hyper(sur)realism as 3D-modeling. At the same time, 3D printing is the only technique with which virtual models can be made actually physically touchable. Physical expressiveness in form and content is the biggest strength of the work of Eric van Straaten: while the sculptures remain to have a certain digital feel to them, the pieces contain a weirdly eroticized corporeality. Balancing on the edge of kitsch, the marzipan-like quality of the material resonates beautifully with the apparent innocence of the scenery.

For Van Straaten, the focus on girls on the threshold of adulthood reflect both my own obsession and that of contemporary western civilisation with (frozen) youth. What this focus means for the development of young girls toward womanhood, is painfully described by Mary Pipher in her book, Reviving Ophelia; Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls. By using different accessories, companions and scenery, I try to transform the Ophelia-figures into Nemeses (not in the sense of archenemies but in the sense of the Greek goddess Nemesis, the spirit of divine retribution against those who succumb to hubris: arrogance before the gods). I believe that Vladimir Nabokov, when he coined the name in his controversial novel, meant his Lolita-figure to be a similar figure: a creature that turns on its maker.

EXHIBITIONS
Krause Gallery – 2013 – Reviving Lolita

KunstRAI, Amsterdam june 2012

Solo-exhibition Galerie Majke Husstege

Flawless, Berlin may 2012

Group-exhibition Strychnin Gallery

PULSE New York, may 2012

Group-exhibition Torch Gallery

Selva Obscura, Milan march 2012

Group-exhibition Officine dell’Immagine Gallery.

RAW Rotterdam, february 2012

Group-exhibition Galerie Majke Husstege

PAN Amsterdam, november 2011

Group-exhibition Galerie Majke Husstege

BLOOOM, Cologne october 2011

Group-exhibition Strychnin Gallery

Valley of Dolls, Berlin september 2011

Group-exhibition Strychnin Gallery

Verinneren en Herlangen, Haarlem august 2011

Kunst op kantoor, Haarlem july 2011

Solo-exhibition kamer van de wethouder

Ctrl-Z, Haarlem july 2011

Art Kitchen, Amsterdam june 2011

Art Amsterdam, may 2011

Group-exhibition Galerie Majke Husstege and Artkitchen

Chilling Effects, Enschede april 2011

Galerie Majke Husstege, Den Bosch february 2011

Het Brein, Haarlem november 2010

Group-exhibition Museum Het Dolhuys

Letterbak, Haarlem november 2010

Zilverlingen, Haarlem november 2010

Group-exhibition Provinciehuis Noord-Holland

De Kleine Zaal gaat groot, Haarlem october 2006

Roozenbottel, Haarlem february 2006

How much is that Doggie in the window?, Haarlem, november 2005

Kleine Zaal, Haarlem august 2005

Beeckestijn_revisited, Velzen november 2004

De Vishal, Haarlem february-march 2003

Galerie Lijts, Haarlem 2001

Hotel Winston, Amsterdam 2001

Stichting HIG/Basta, Den Haag july 1995

Filmtheater Desmet, Amsterdam march 1995

Amsterdams Centrum voor Fotografie, Amsterdam september 1994

De Moor, Amsterdam august 1993

TECE/Rencontres Internationales de le Photographie Arles, France 1993

De Moor, Amsterdam 1991-1994

Education

1997 – 2001 Bachelor of Arts. (Honours) Visual Arts Creative Industries QUT

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2012 “AU” – Krause Gallery NYC

2011 youse Dianne Tanzer Gallery Melbourne

2009 New Thread Dianne Tanzer Gallery Melbourne

2009 Viddy Grantpirrie Sydney

2009 Open Studio Meadow Street Studio New York City

2007 what else is there to do but go outside and look around Toowoomba Regional Gallery

2006 place position Dianne Tanzer Gallery Melbourne

2005 Shaun O’Connor Kings Artist Run Initiative Melbourne

2003 meaning to write Stichting Kunst and Complex Rotterdam The Netherlands

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011 RAiR – Art Rotterdam The Netherlands

2010 Blake Prize Director’s Cut Exhibition online

2010 Downsize Metro Arts Brisbane

2010 White Hot Dianne Tanzer Gallery Melbourne

2009 Nothing Out of the Ordinary Nellie Castan & Dianne Tanzer Melbourne

2008 Neo Goth University of Queensland Art Museum

2006 The Ephemeral City Queensland State Library

2006 The General Will First Draft Sydney

2005 Fallout Ryan Renshaw Brisbane

2004 City Views Museum of Brisbane

2002 Fresh Cut Institute of Modern Art Brisbane

Selected Achievements

2011 Australia Council for the Arts Artist Residency Cité Internationale des Arts Paris studio

2010 Curator The Stoke – A History of Brisbane Skateboarding Museum of Brisbane

2009 Studio Assistant to Vanessa Beecroft New York City

2008 Public Mural Commission Merlo Cafe South Brisbane

2008 allover Curated selection of gestural works from the QUT Art Museum collection

2003 Artist in Residence Stichting Kunst and Complex Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2001 Finalist Brett Whiteley Travelling Scholarship Show Sydney

1999 Overall Winner Churchie Art Prize Brisbane

New York City based artist HANKSY uses the streets as his canvas, employing clever puns and turns of
phrases to delight fans and observant passersby.
Shortly after moving to New York in 2010, HANKSY began noticing the city’s vibrant street art scene, in
which hand painted works of art, elaborate stencils, and detailed screen prints enrich blighted spots and
capture the attention of urban dwellers. Wanting to contribute to the ever-growing movement, but
determined to maintain a light-hearted approach, HANKSY began satirizing British street art legend
Banksy by mashing up his most famous works with references from Tom Hanks films. His clever remixes
delighted New Yorkers, turning HANKSY into a social media phenomenon and quickly earning him a
place in the competitive New York street art world.
HANKSY’s new work broadens his satirical scope, lampooning pop culture icons like Bruce Willis and
Ryan Gosling, while staying true to his punny origins. With HANKSY on the streets, no celebrity is safe.

press list: (selected)

Huffington Post “The Artist Hanksy Creates Banksy-like Images of Tom Hanks” Huffington Post UK “Spoof Artist

Hanksy Takes Banksy One Step Closet To Hollywood” ARTNET “An Interview With Hanksy.” Reverend Jen

BESTWEEKEVER.tv “Who…Is…Hanksy?,” Michelle Collins

GEEKOSYSTEM “Hanksy Brings An Awesome Pun to the World of Street Art,” Eric Limer

Paste Magazine “Meet the Hottest New Tom Hanks-Inspire Street Artist: Hanksy,” TheLMagazine.com (multiple), Benjamin Sutton

GuestofaGuest.com “The Coolest NYC Street Artists,” Kermichell Leo Scallywagandvagabond.com “It’s Now Tme to

Meet Banksy’s Impersonator – Hanksy,” John Wenrich

HighSnobiety.com “Hanksy Hits Chicago,”

BoweryBoogie.com (multiple), Elie Perler

Fast Company “What Hanksy’s Rat-themed Street Art Means For Tom Hanks’ “Larry Crowne,” Nancy Miller

FunnyorDie.com, “7 Hankstastic Instance of Tom Hanks Graffiti”

Juxtapoz.com (multiple)

Examiner.com “A Street Art Parody: Hanksy Lands First Solo Show,” Carly Beetsch SNAP! Magazine “Hanksy”

Wooster Collective (Multiple) Marc Schiller

Nylonmag.com “Tag! Hanksy,” Faran Krenticl

Daily Maverick “Never mind Banksy, Here’s Hanksy,” Theresa Mallinson

Richard Butler was born in Hampton Court England. He studied painting at the Epsom School of Art and Design. Fifteen years ago, after a successful career as founder and singer/songwriter for the rock band The Psychedelic Furs, Richard returned to painting. He lives and works in New York.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2011. 2010 2009 . 2007. 2006

Confessionals, Freight and Volume NYC

Nature is Boring, Mauger Modern

London New Paintings, Kevin Bruk Gallery

Miami New Paintings, Kevin Bruk Gallery

Miami New Paintings, Van Brunt Gallery

Beacon NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011 September 7 – 7 Year Anniversary Show – Krause Gallery NYC

2010 Anonymous , Kim Foster Gallery NY

2009 The Figure and Dr. Freud. Haunch of Venison NY

2007 Art Nova , Art Basel Miami Beach , Kevin Btuk Gallery , Miami

2006 Black and Blue Robert Miller Gallery NY

Education

MFA, Photography, 2000, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

BA, Studio Arts/Physics, 1993, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH

Teaching Experience

2007–present            Associate Professor, Area Chair, Photography, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

2001-2007            Assistant Professor, Photography, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

2003, 2005            Photography Workshop Instructor, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN

2004 Photography Instructor, Photo Studies in Italy, UGA Studies Abroad, Cortona, Italy

2002, 2003 Photography Instructor, Photo Studies in Ghana, UGA Studies Abroad, West Africa

2001 Photography Instructor, Art Studies in the American West Program, Bozeman, MT

2000-2001 Visiting Assistant Professor, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

2000            Photography Instructor, Work-Study Program, Maine Photo Workshops, Rockport, ME

1998-2000 Teaching Assistant, Instructor of Record, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

1996 Workshop Instructor, Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, ME

Professional Experience

2008-2013            National Board Member, Society for Photographic Education

2004-2008 Vice-Chair, Southeast Region of the Society for Photographic Education, Southeast

2004            Conference Chair, Society for Photographic Education, Regional Conference, Athens, GA

2004 Curator, Relative: Photographing Domesticity, ATHICA Gallery, Athens, GA

1999-2005 Third View, multimedia collaborative project with Mark Klett, Byron Wolfe, others

1998 Conference Chair, Society for Photographic Education, Regional Conference, Tempe, AZ

1998 Exhibition Curator, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

1997 Darkroom Facilities Manager, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Santa Fe, NM

1996-1997 Custom Lab Technician, Visions Photography Lab, Santa Fe, NM

1996 Workshop Teaching Assistant, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Santa Fe, NM

1995-1996 Darkroom Manager, Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, ME

1994-1995 Workshop/Residency Teaching Assistant, Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, ME

1993 Assistant Lab Manager, Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, ME

Awards/Residencies

2010            Faculty Research Grant, Visual Metaphors of Bird Mythology, Athens, GA

2008            Faculty Research Grant, Time, Ecology and the Individual, Athens, GA

2007            CHA Research Fellowship, Willson Center for the Arts, Athens, GA

2006            Faculty Research Grant, Fine Art Narratives in Science /Personal Experience, Athens, GA

2005 HMC Residency, Hungarian Multicultural Center Residency, Budapest, Hungary

2004            Faculty Research Grant, Fine Art Research in Science and Experience, Athens, GA

2003 ILFORD Imaging USA Inc. Grant, Ilford, Paramus, NJ

2002 Faculty Research Grant, Photographic Research in Natural History Museums, Athens, GA

1998            Arizona – Austria Exchange Grant, Travel / Studio Grant, Salzburg, Austria

1993            Maine Photographic Residency, Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, ME

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

2011     Krause Gallery New York, NY

2010     Duality, Blackbridge Hall Art Gallery, Milledgeville, GA

2009     Euclid’s Topography, Krause Gallery, Atlanta, GA

The Map Maker’s Journey, 1912 Gallery, Emory, VA

2008     Nature and Geometry, Definition Gallery, Baltimore, MD

Notes From a Journey, Allen Priebe Gallery, Oshkosh, WI

New Works, Krause Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2007     Natural Histories, Max-Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, Germany

Natural Histories, Gallery 1401, Philadelphia, PA

Elements of Geometry, Krause Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Natural Artifacts, Photography Gallery, Bristol, VA

Elements of Geometry, Northern Kentucky University Art Gallery, Highland, KY

2005 Natural Histories, Nathan H. Wilson Center for the Arts, Jacksonville, FL

New Landscapes, Krause Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Spirit Places, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA

Natural Histories, Krause Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2004 Explorer, University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, South Bend, IN

2003 Good Measure, Piedmont College, Demorest, GA

2001     Rhumb Lines and Wind Roses, Concordia University, St. Paul, MN

2000 Rhumb Lines and Wind Roses, Northlight Gallery, Tempe, AZ

1995     Mapping, Old Schoolhouse Gallery, Rockport, ME

1993     New Works, Olin Upstairs Gallery, Gambier, OH

Invited Group Exhibitions

2009     Five Year Anniversary, Krause Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2008     Opening Exhibition, Eikona Gallery, Bermuda

Collaborations, Krause Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Faculty Exhibition, Lamar Dodd School of Art Gallery, Athens, GA

PHOTOGRAPHY: Southeast, McMaster Gallery, Columbia, SC

Third View: Collaborative Project Exhibit, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR

Affordable Art Fair, Krause Gallery, New York, NY

2007     Movers and Shakers, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA

All the same … All different … A Convergence of Artists, King and Spalding, Atlanta, GA

2006     Signals from Central Europe, Central European Cultural Institute, Budapest, Hungary

2006 Fellowship Exhibition On-Line, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX

Inventing Nature, Cherry Gallery, Atlanta, GA

All The Same, All Different, Krause Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2005 Third View, Collaborative Project Exhibit, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC

New Works HMC, Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary

Authenticity of Memory, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX

Making a Mark, Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, DC

CHA Exhibition, Georgia Center, Athens, GA

2004 Collector’s Portfolio Exhibition, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA

Opening Exhibition, Krause Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Tender Landscapes, Dalton Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2003 Essence: Matter/Science/Photography, Pace University Art Gallery, Pleasantville, NY

Essence: Matter/Science/Photography, Ferst Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA

Essence: Matter/Science/Photography, University of W. Georgia, Carrollton, GA

Fine Print, Northlight Gallery, Tempe, AZ

Cultural Landscapes of Ghana, UGA Alumni Center, Atlanta, GA

Summer Exhibition, Atrium Gallery, Gatlinburg, TN

Ghana in Photographs, Broad Street Gallery, Athens, GA

2002     Annual Auction Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX

Photo Retreat Exhibition, Broad Street Studio, Athens, GA

2001     Impact, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA

1999     Crossing Borders, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg, Austria

Crossing Borders, Northlight Gallery, Tempe, AZ

Photographic Printmaking, Northlight Gallery, Tempe, AZ

1997     Influences, Northlight Upstairs Gallery, Tempe, AZ

1996     Instructor Exhibition, Union Hall Photo Gallery, Rockport, ME

1994     Winter Exhibition, Millbrook Gallery, Millbrook, NY

1993     Undergrad Thesis Exhibition, Olin Main Art Gallery, Gambier, OH

Juried Group Exhibitions

2010            Arte Laguna International, Tese di San Cristoforo Arsenale, Venice, ITALY

2009            Crossroads, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA

6^th Photography & Digital Image Biennial, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, Greenville, NC

2008            33^rd Annual Exhibition, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA

2007 Sun Pictures to Mega-Pixels, WAH Center, Brooklyn, NY

32^nd Annual Exhibition, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA

2006     National Alternative Photographic Processes Exhibition, Soho Photo, New York, NY

SECAC/MACAA Exhibition, Parthenon Gallery, Nashville, TN

31^st Annual Exhibition, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA

2005     30^th Annual Exhibition, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA

2004     FLOW: The Art Show, SunTrust Plaza Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Annual Juried Exhibition, Texas Artist Museum, Port Arthur, TX

Remembrances of Things Past, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA

Georgia Photographer 2004, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA.

(Juror: Marianne Fulton, Director of The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC)

29^th Annual Exhibition, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA

(Juror: David Levy, Director, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC)

2003 Georgia Photographer 2003, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA

(Juror: Anthony Bannon, Curator, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY)

Photowork ’03, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY

(Juror: Carol Squires, Curator, International Center for Photography, New York, NY)

Photographer’s Choice, Atlanta Photography Group Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Current Work 2003, Rosenthal Gallery, Univ. of N. Carolina, Fayetteville, NC

28^th Annual Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA

(Juror: Rachael Blackburn, Director, Kemper Museum, Kansas City, MO)

Works on Paper 2003, Goya Girl Press and Gallery, Baltimore, MD

(Juror: Doreen Bolger, Director, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD)

3rd Photography & Digital Image Biennial, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, Greenville, NC

2002 DPI – Digitally Propelled Ideas, Kellogg Art Gallery, Pomona, CA

(Juror: Jack Duganne, Kellogg Art Gallery, Pomona, CA)

New Directions 2002, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY

(Juror: Joan Young, Curator, Solomon Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY)

Annual Juried Exhibition, Texas Artist Museum, Port Arthur, TX

Beyond Words, Photography Now, Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY

(Juror: Debra Singer, Curator of Contemporary Art, Whitney Museum, NY, NY)

27^th Annual Exhibition, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA

(Juror: James Rondeau, Curator of Contemporary Art, Art Institute, Chicago, IL)

2001 Southern Exposure 2001, (six person exhibition) Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta GA

(Juror: Jean Caslin, Director, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX)

Fay Gold Selects, APG, Atlanta, GA

Group Show, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA

Group Show, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ

Artists’ Books: A Selection of Books from the Pyracantha Press, Cabbagehead Press, and

the ASU Book Arts Program, Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

2000     New Images, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA

Ghost Machine, Southern Graphics Arts Council Conference, Miami, FL

1998     Graduate Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ

1997     Graduate Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ.

1996     Maine Artist Juried Exhibition, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME

1994     Waterworks Exhibit, Paramount East Gallery, Peekskill, NY

Public Lectures

2009                        “The Map Maker’s Journey,” Visiting Artist Lecture, Emory & Henry College, Emory, VA

2008                        “Notes from a Journey, “ Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, WI

2007      “Natural Artifacts,” Visiting Artist Lecture, Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, VA

2006      “Narratives in Science and Personal Experience,” National Conference of the Society for      Photographic Education, Chicago, IL

2006      “Inventing Nature,” Gallery Lecture, Cherry Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2005      “Third View, Rephotographic Survey Project,” Gallery Lecture, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC

2005      “Natural Histories,” Solo Exhibition Gallery Lecture, Wilson Center for the Arts, Jacksonville, FL

2005      “Recent Works,” Gallery Talk, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA

2005      “Michael Marshall,” Visiting Artist Lecture, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL

2005      “The Language of Photography,” Guest Artist Lecture, Grayson High School, Grayson, GA

2005      “Michael Marshall”, Guest Artist Lecture, Hungarian Multicultural Center, Budapest, Hungary

2002      “Experience and Constructed Beliefs,” Society for Photographic Education, National Conference, Las Vegas, NV.

2000      “Rhumb Lines”, Society for Photographic Education, National Conference, Tucson, AZ

1998      “Current Works,” Guest Artist Lecture, Lacoste School for the Arts, Lacoste, France

Bibliography

“Genius Loci”, The Georgia Review, Vol. LXIII, No. 4, (2009), cover, 640-648.

Klett, Mark, William Fox, Michael Marshall, Byron Wolfe, et al. Third View, Second Sights, A Rephotographic Survey of the American West, Santa Fe, NM: Museum of New Mexico Press, 2004.

“Natural Histories.” Visual Communication Quarterly 12:Fall/Winter (2005) 222-231

“New Landscapes.” Hayden’s Ferry Review 37:Fall/Winter (2005) 38-40, 82

Articles/Reviews/Reproductions

Wilder, Kelley, Photography and Science, London: Reaktion Books Ltd, 2009. 111. one reproduction

Seidel, Mitchell, “Paying homage to the past,” The Star Ledger, May 12, 2006,  D4 (review)

Jerry Cullum, “Photographs evoke world of reverie,” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, February 13, 2005, L3 (review)

Bruno Chalifour, “Third Views: Second Sights,” Afterimage, Nov-Dec, 2004 (review)

Catherine Fox, “A step back in time to another place,” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 9, 2004, L3 (review)

“Annual Report,” Houston Center for Photography, (2003), cover reproduction

“Michael Marshall,” Essence: Matter/Science/Photography, (2003), 6, one reproduction

Third Photography and digital Image Biennial Exhibition Catalogue, (2003), 31, one reproduction

“2002 Print Auction,” Houston Center for Photography, (2002) cover reproduction

“Marshall Exhibit Teeters Between Fact and Fantasy,” The Sword 37:2 (2001), 7 (review)

Permanent Collections

University of Wisconsin, at Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, Germany

Tivoli Collection, Scott Leventhal, Atlanta, GA

City of Goodyear, Goodyear, AZ

Related Group, Jorge Perez, Miami, FL

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

EDUCATION
1990-1994 New York University, BFA

EXHIBITIONS
2010
Skull (invitational) – Parlor Gallery
Asbury Park, NJ
Let There Be Light (invitational) – PVCC ,
Charlottesville, VA
Limited Reading Required (invitational) –
Main Art Gallery, Richmond, VA
Street Anatomy (group show) – International Museum of Surgical Sciences, Chicago, IL
Poe’s Playground (invitational) – Piedmont Arts Association, Martinsville, VA
Luck of The Draw II (invitational) – Visual Arts Center, Richmond, VA
Wretched Glory (invitational) – Ghostprint
Gallery, Richmond, VA
Skulls (solo exhibition) – The Frontier Project, Richmond, VA
Skulls (solo exhibition) – Cous Cous,
Richmond, VA
Endangered Species Print Project (group
exhibition) – Barbara&Barbara, Chicago, IL
2009
Small Wonder (invitational) – 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Poster4Tomorrow (competition) –
www.poster4tomorrow.org,
23 International Galleries
What You Can Do With The City
(curated exhibition) – Graham Foundation, Chicago, Illinois
Think Small 5 (invitational) – Artspace,
Richmond, VA
Goulash (group exhibition) – Gallery 5,
Richmond, VA
Skull-A-Day (solo display) – Mütter Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Skull-A-Day (invitational based on Skull-A-Day) – Sandusky Cultural Center, Sandusky, NY
Skulls (solo exhibition) – Chaos Gallery at the
Museum of Death, Los Angeles, CA
After Life: A Skull Exhibition (solo exhibition) – Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA
Poe’s Playground (invitational) – Linden Row Inn (1708 Gallery satellite), Richmond, VA
Whodunnit (invitational) & Unboxed (invitational)
– Ghostprint Gallery, Richmond, VA
2008
Not So Silent Night (invitational) – 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Art In A Box (invitational) – Art6, Richmond, VA
SKULLS (solo exhibition) – Chop Suey Tuey,
Richmond, VA
What You Can Do With the City (curated
exhibition) – Canadian Center for Architecture, Quebec, Canada
Other (invitational) – PVCC , Charlottesville, VA
Take Action! (juried exhibition) – Museum of World Culture, Gothenburg, Sweden
2007
Skull-A-Day [through June 2008]
(online exhibition) www.skulladay.com
Artivism 2 (juried exhibition) – McGuffy Art
Center, Charlottesville, VA
Think Small 4 (invitational) – Artspace/Art 6, Richmond, VA
2006
Small Works: Silent Night (invitational) –
1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
2005
Think Small 3 (invitational) – Artspace/Art 6, Richmond, VA
Small Works (invitational) – 1708 Gallery,
Richmond, VA

PUBLICATIONS
2010
365: A Daily Creativity Journal, Voyageur Press
2008
Skulls, 150 images from the Skull-A-Day project Lark Books

AWARDS
2010
Invited Workshop Presenter: Interagency Visual Media Group Conference, Washington, DCDC
Invited Workshop Presenter: 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Guest: No Brains About It Mütter Museum web show
Invited Panelist: University of Richmond –
“Citizen Artist”, Richmond, VA
Honored as 1 of 100 people on The Big Jewcy list 2010
Invited Workshop Presenter: Richmond
Metropolitan Convention and Visitors
Bureau, Richmond, VA
Invited Workshop Presenter: Gel Conference, NYC
Invited Speaker: Borough of Manhattan
Community College, New York, NY
Invited Speaker: Germanna Community
College, Fredericksburg, VA
Invited Speaker: Virginia Festival of The Book, Charlottesville, VA
Invited Speaker: Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville, VA
Invited Speaker: Play/Prophet, Richmond, VA
Winner: 2009 Skull of The Year Designers Skulls, Germany
2009
Guest: WN YC radio program Studio 360
Guest: Mütter Museum’s web show
No Bones About It!
Invited Speaker: Intuit Experience Design (XD) Forum, San Francisco, CAInvited Speaker: Syracuse University,Syracuse, NYInvited Speaker: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Teen Summit, Richmond, VA
Invited Speaker: LGDA 100 Show, Louisville, KY
Invited Workshop Presenter: 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Guest: WTVR CBS 6 Virginia This Morning
Invited Workshop Presenter: Stuff Richmond
Creative Reuse Workshop, Richmond, VA
Keynote Speaker: Mütter Museum Day of The Dead event, Philadelphia, PA
Invited Lecturer: How Design Conference,Austin, Texas
Invited Speaker: GEL Conference, NYC
Invited panelist: James River Writers Writing Show, Richmond, VA
Invited panelist: Richmond Adobe Users Group, Richmond, VA
Invited panelist: Metro Business League 2009 Conference, Richmond, VA
Juror: Regional Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Richmond, VA
Washington, DC
Skulls awarded “Top Ten 2009 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers” by Young Adult Library Services Association
2008
Invited Speaker: Play, Richmond, VA
Guest: Martha Stewart Show
Guest: Barnes & Noble’s web show Tagged!
Featured on “Show Me Your Richmond”
Current.com May 30
Featured on “Mash-Up” InRich.com
October 28 & June 6
Invited Speaker: AI GA South Carolina, Columbia, SC
12th Annual Webby Awards winner People’s Voice Award Personal Web Site category
Invited Speaker: St. John’s University,Queens, NY

PUBLISHED WORK/ARTICLES
2010
Columbia Chronicle “Art with a porpoise”
September 20
ChicagoNow.com “Art Talk Chicago – Monday Morning Quarterback Recap” September 6
The Telegraph, UK “The Week In Pictures” September 3
Wired.com “Underwire: Giant Skull is Made of This Slices of Brain” September 1
The New York Times: Arts Beat “Visual
Learning: The ‘Passion Play’ Poster” February 26
2009
Type Fontbat BNN, Japan
Philadelphia City Paper “Playing Dead”
Oct 29-Nov 5
Funcoast.com Magazine “365 Days of Skulls” October 28
Sandusky Register “Head Bones” October 23
LAWeekly‘s Style Council blog “Is That A Skull In Your Bread…?” May 26
Richmond Times-Dispatch “Daily meditation on death becomes a celebration of creative life” July 5
Design Play Victionary, Hong Kong
Blogs: Mad About Design Page One, Spain
How “Daily Deadlines”, June
Recharge Your Design Batteries Rotovision
Richmond magazine “Poe’s Playground” June
Skirt Richmond “He’s So Original” January
2008
The New York Times “Why Blog? Reason
No. 92: Book Deal” March 30
RVA “The Man In Skulls” Vol 4 Issue 8
Brick Weekly “Skulls For Social Change”
Jan 24-30
Weird Tales “The Bazaar” Sept/Oct
Girls & Corpses “Doilies of Death” Winter
Penthouse “Skullduggery” November
Richmond Times-Dispatch “A Skull A Day
Keeps The Web Community Intrigued”
May 2
Style Weekly “Looking A Head” May 28
Style Weekly “Head Case” October 22
C-ville “And Now For Something Completely
Different” May 27-June 2
Make “Kingdom of the Skull” November
TheNewYorker.com “Book Bench” July 30
2007
USAToday.com “Pop Candy: Skulls For All
Seasons” August 22
Poetry Magazine (cover artist) December
Step Inside Design “Head Trip” December
FHM (Germany) November
Brick Weekly (cover artist) Oct 25-31,
Richmond, VA
Make “Cabinet of Horrors” October
R Home “A New Way To Put A Flower
In A Gun” December
Arena [Turkey] October
Brick Weekly “Bric-A-brac” July 12-18

Stephan Zirwes Vita and statement

Hanging out of an open helicopter hundreds of meters above the ground, German born
artist Stephan Zirwes composes his graphical abstractions that challenge the viewers
perception of actuality.
While at first glance the images seem digitally manipulated, a closer look reveals they are
In fact untouched reality. On a surface level the pictures allow an unemotional, aesthetic
View. From Zirwes perspective. As the viewer digs deeper political and socio-critical
themes emerge. Capturing images all over the world, he lets the borders between reality
and fiction disappear.

1967         born in Sindelfingen, Germany

1989         graduated from Gymnasium with Abitur

1994         self-employed with video-installations and  art-videos

1997         focus on photography and visual arts

2002        BFF member, the German Association of Freelance Photographers

2004       accredited artist , The Federal Association of Artists of the Fine Arts (BBK)

Exhibitions (selection)

2011       SFMOMA, Group Exhibition, San Francisco, CA

2011       Scope art fair, Krause Gallery, NYC

2010       Group Show – Krause Gallery, New York

2010      “Jeonju Photofestival”, South Korea

Baltic Biennale, St.Petersburg, Russia

DNA, Photokina, Cologne

2009    Aqua Art Miami – Krause Gallery – Atlanta, GA

2007    Museum of Contemporary Arts, Gera, Germany

“zone 02 – leisure”, gallery eigen.art, Raum für Kunst, Stuttgart

“Anderswo in Stuttgart”- BFF, House of Economics, Stuttgart

Fokus 0711 – Fotosommer, city hall, Stuttgart

2006     Photography project Rover, Long Night of the Museums, Stuttgart

“Kunstschuss”, Lead Award 2006, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg

2005       “Shanghai – 20 Millionen-Metropole” Part 2, Long Night of the Museums, Stuttgart

2004       “Cairo – 20 Millionen Metropole”, Part 1, Gallery eigen.art

2003        Exhibition “Supercomputer”, Long Night of the Museums, Stuttgart

2002        Photo exhibition “50 Jahre Baden-Württemberg”, BFF Photo exhibition

2000        360°-room-photography, World Expo Hannover

1999         Individual exhibition “Old Ladies – Gay Dogs”, Gallery Oberwelt, Stuttgart

1997          Individual exhibition “Panoramen Marokko”, Filmhaus Stuttgart

Awards (selection)

2009         BFF Awards  gold and silver

2008         Award at the Aenne-Biermann-Preis, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Gera

2006         Visual Leader, Lead Awards 2006 for a photography series for the soccer magazine “11 Freunde”

2004         Intermedia Globe GOLD, World Media Festivals 2004 and Finalist Winner New York Festivals 2004

2003          silver medal, “Mubea-emotions”, International Calendar Show

2002          Award BFF-Exhibition “50 Jahre Baden-Württemberg