Artist in Residence Programme - 2023 edition

Ulufer Çelik

(born 1992)

is an artist born in Antalaya, Turkey, living in Rotterdam. She graduated from the Dutch Art Institute in Arnhem. In her work she deals with issues related to myths. She is particularly interested in rituals of community bonding versus minority exclusion. She critically examines the traces of collective memory recorded in archaeology, the cultural and spiritual heritage of people from feminist, queer and migrant perspectives.  At the same time, the artist creates imaginings of new myths and a future freed from current canons and obligations, e.g. towards nations. Her multifaceted work takes the form of video, poetry, drawing, sound and performance and operates with a non-linear view of time and narrative.  Ulufer Çelik is often involved in group activities and is, among others, a member of Eat-House Collective, W1555 Artist Community and a resident of Putsebocht 3.

http://www.ulufercelik.com/

Daniel Mikulski

(born 1998)

He is a student of painting at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław.

In his art, he processes various emotions and attitudes towards transphobia and other forms of violence of the majority against minorities. He creates both images of aggression and the liberation of bodies, interpersonal relations and feelings from normative gender roles.  Daniel Mikulski's paintings often refer to the world of comics, internet culture and video game aesthetics.

Andrea Pichl

She was born in Haldensleben (former GDR),  studied at the Kunsthochschule in Berlin and the Chelsea College of Art & Design in London, she lives in Berlin. Her main field of interest is modern architecture, urbanism and design as a legacy of socialism.  She is particularly concerned with the manifestations of the clash between soc-modernist utopias and politics and everyday life. The starting point for her work is the research and photographic documentation of materials, interiors and building details. The artist reconstructs and transforms them on a different scale in the form of drawings and installations. Aluminium, wallpaper, plywood, curtains and prefabricated elements are transformed into protagonists and witnesses of a bygone era. Andrea Pichl's works extract their presence from the shameful periphery of our cities and memories, allowing us to confront the repressed past anew.

https://andreapichl.com/ 

Jacek Zachodny

(born 1969 in Wroclaw)

Jacek Zachodny is a graduate of the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw. He works with installation, objects, painting, video, performance, actions in public space and socially engaged projects. Author of videos for theatre performances, e.g. Rainbow Stand at the Polish Theatre in Wroclaw. In his practice he often touches upon issues of memory, the past and passing, and is interested in interpersonal and intercultural relations. He carries out some of his projects while travelling. He writes and publishes. He co-directs the ArtBrut gallery in Wroclaw, where he works with artists with mental and motor disabilities.

www.jacekzachodny.pl