Current Residents
- Cyrus (Wai-Kuen) Tang (VIC)
- Stephen Eastaugh (WA)
- Alicia King (TAS)
- Andrea Tu (VIC)
- Janet Meaney (ACT)
- Sandra Bowkett (VIC)
- Alex Cuffe (QLD)
- Bec Stevens (TAS)
Cyrus (Wai-Kuen) Tang (VIC), korea
Goyang Art Studio, The National Museum of Contemporary Art affiliate, Goyang
Cyrus (Wai-kuen) Tang was born in Hong Kong and has lived and worked in Australia since 2003. Since graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2004, she has participated in exhibitions and residencies in Australia, Canada, Paris, Korea and Shanghai. She is a multi-disciplinary artist who works in the fields of video and installation. Cyrus is interested in the contradiction between the ephemeral and the permanent. During her residency in Korea, she will further her conceptual body of work that focuses on objects, materials, memory and disappearance. www.tangcyrus.com
Cyrus (Wai-kuen) Tang was born in Hong Kong and has lived and worked in Australia since 2003. Since graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2004, she has participated in exhibitions and residencies in Australia, Canada, Paris, Korea and Shanghai. She is a multi-disciplinary artist who works in the fields of video and installation. Cyrus is interested in the contradiction between the ephemeral and the permanent. During her residency in Korea, she will further her conceptual body of work that focuses on objects, materials, memory and disappearance. www.tangcyrus.com
Supported by Arts Victoria and The Australia Council for the Arts
Stephen Eastaugh (WA), china
24HR Art International Residency Program, Huantei Art City, Beijing
As a nomadic artist who has spent 3 decades travelling, Eastaugh will use the Beijing Huantei Art City studio as a base for his 2012 ventures. The aims of his residency range from researching new landscape work to revitalising contacts in Asia. ‘Shan shui’ or ‘Mountains-water’ is the working title of the artwork to be produced in China. This is a direct translation of the Chinese term for landscape, a topic that has continually stimulated his work. What type of landscape and what manner of artwork to be produced will all be decided in the rapidly changing city of Beijing. www.stepheneastaugh.com.au
Supported by DCA, WA and The Australia-China Council
As a nomadic artist who has spent 3 decades travelling, Eastaugh will use the Beijing Huantei Art City studio as a base for his 2012 ventures. The aims of his residency range from researching new landscape work to revitalising contacts in Asia. ‘Shan shui’ or ‘Mountains-water’ is the working title of the artwork to be produced in China. This is a direct translation of the Chinese term for landscape, a topic that has continually stimulated his work. What type of landscape and what manner of artwork to be produced will all be decided in the rapidly changing city of Beijing. www.stepheneastaugh.com.au
Supported by DCA, WA and The Australia-China Council
Alicia King (TAS), japan
Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo
Alicia King is an interdisciplinary artist exploring biological relationships between humans, animals, and that which generally lies outside the everyday category of the ‘living’. Recent works explore relationships between biotech practices and the physical, ethical and ritual body. Alicia has exhibited throughout Australia and beyond, most recently in VISCERAL at Science Gallery, Dublin. Alicia has undertaken various International residencies including Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris; Foundation BAD, Rotterdam; SymbioticA; and in the Galapagos Islands. At Tokyo Wonder Site Alicia will develop a new visual and conceptual mythology for technologically mediated and transformed flesh, drawing from historic and contemporary Japanese animism. www.aliciakingblog.blogspot.com
Supported by Arts Tasmania and The Australia Council for the Arts
Andrea Tu (VIC), taiwan
Treasure Hill Artists Village, Taipei
Different forms of representation, and their juxtaposition, is the primary focus of Andrea Tu’s practice. She currently lectures in Drawing at the Victorian College of Arts and Music, The University of Melbourne. During her residency at Treasure Hill Artists Village, Andrea will utilise Taiwan’s cultural archives to examine how various symbolic languages influence and play off one another. The imagery sourced from art history and the local environment will be used to generate a series of works that extends or activates the originals in new and dynamic ways.
Different forms of representation, and their juxtaposition, is the primary focus of Andrea Tu’s practice. She currently lectures in Drawing at the Victorian College of Arts and Music, The University of Melbourne. During her residency at Treasure Hill Artists Village, Andrea will utilise Taiwan’s cultural archives to examine how various symbolic languages influence and play off one another. The imagery sourced from art history and the local environment will be used to generate a series of works that extends or activates the originals in new and dynamic ways.
Supported by The Australia Council for the Arts
Janet Meaney (ACT), india
1. Shanthiroad, Bangalore
Janet Meaney lives and works in Canberra and holds a PhD in performance art from the Australian National University. As the locus of her performance art practice, Janet’s body and experiences reflect aspects of the human condition in order to engage her audience in the process of self-reflection. At 1. Shanthiroad in Bangalore, Janet will explore contemporary developments in street performance as a tool for social reform and the ways in which this is incorporated into current trends in performance art. Her long history of teaching art to community-based groups will aid in breaking down social barriers by narrowing the gap between life and art.
Janet Meaney lives and works in Canberra and holds a PhD in performance art from the Australian National University. As the locus of her performance art practice, Janet’s body and experiences reflect aspects of the human condition in order to engage her audience in the process of self-reflection. At 1. Shanthiroad in Bangalore, Janet will explore contemporary developments in street performance as a tool for social reform and the ways in which this is incorporated into current trends in performance art. Her long history of teaching art to community-based groups will aid in breaking down social barriers by narrowing the gap between life and art.
Supported by Arts ACT
Sandra Bowkett (VIC), india
South Asia Foundation, Kumhaargram
In the potters’ colony of Kumhaargram on the outskirts of New Delhi, potter Sandra Bowkett plans to explore the intersection of her ceramic practice with that of the traditional Indian potters who she has come to know over the last decade. By returning to the potters’ wheel under the instruction of her Indian counterparts, Sandra will learn their throwing technique of massed small vessels. Sandra aims to free her work from the restraint of 30 years of a particular throwing technique and develop a range of drinking vessels and bowls. On her return to Australia, she intends to translate these investigations into a range of high-fired objects. www.sandrabowkett.com
In the potters’ colony of Kumhaargram on the outskirts of New Delhi, potter Sandra Bowkett plans to explore the intersection of her ceramic practice with that of the traditional Indian potters who she has come to know over the last decade. By returning to the potters’ wheel under the instruction of her Indian counterparts, Sandra will learn their throwing technique of massed small vessels. Sandra aims to free her work from the restraint of 30 years of a particular throwing technique and develop a range of drinking vessels and bowls. On her return to Australia, she intends to translate these investigations into a range of high-fired objects. www.sandrabowkett.com
Supported by Arts Victoria and The Australia-Inda Council
Alex Cuffe (QLD), indonesia
Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta
Alex Cuffe is a Queensland artist working across interdisciplinary platforms. He explores phenomenon around sound, light, image and construction, often blending these concepts with obtuse humour. He is also an instrument builder and videographer. He is currently developing work for the 2012 Next Wave Festival with Ben Kolaitis under the name Creo Nova and recently received the Jeremy Hynes Award from the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane. During his residency at Cemeti Art House Alex will be engaging in several collaborations with local Indonesian and international artists, including Wukir Suryadi who is a well known traditional and experimental instrument builder. www.alexcuffe.com
Alex Cuffe is a Queensland artist working across interdisciplinary platforms. He explores phenomenon around sound, light, image and construction, often blending these concepts with obtuse humour. He is also an instrument builder and videographer. He is currently developing work for the 2012 Next Wave Festival with Ben Kolaitis under the name Creo Nova and recently received the Jeremy Hynes Award from the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane. During his residency at Cemeti Art House Alex will be engaging in several collaborations with local Indonesian and international artists, including Wukir Suryadi who is a well known traditional and experimental instrument builder. www.alexcuffe.com
Supported by Arts QLD and The Australia-Indonesia Institute
Bec Stevens (TAS), malaysia
Rimbun Dahan, Kuang
Bec Stevens is a Hobart based visual artist whose work is underpinned by studies in architecture and horticulture. Recent exhibitions include Vigorous everfrost at Contemporary Art Spaces Tasmania; Faster Stronger Greener at the Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, which she co-curated; and LOOKOUT at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Her practice is site-responsive; using photography, drawing, object assemblage and plant matter as a means of engaging with the social and historical nuances of constructed environments. She intends to work directly with the plant inventories maintained at the Garden of Rimbun Dahan in Malaysia and engage with local residents, to build an intimate and idiosyncratic inventory during her time there.
Bec Stevens is a Hobart based visual artist whose work is underpinned by studies in architecture and horticulture. Recent exhibitions include Vigorous everfrost at Contemporary Art Spaces Tasmania; Faster Stronger Greener at the Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, which she co-curated; and LOOKOUT at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Her practice is site-responsive; using photography, drawing, object assemblage and plant matter as a means of engaging with the social and historical nuances of constructed environments. She intends to work directly with the plant inventories maintained at the Garden of Rimbun Dahan in Malaysia and engage with local residents, to build an intimate and idiosyncratic inventory during her time there.
Supported by Arts Tasmania and The Australia-Malaysia Institute
