Hekla is in Winnipeg to participate in the Plug In Institute for Contemporary Art’s Summer Institute – an international post-graduate artist residency for professional artists working in all disciplines. Up to 10 artists, architects, designers, curators, scientists, musicians, dancers, and writers will share a collegial, open-studio environment. This critical discursive production opportunity will take place in Plug In ICA’s new purpose-built facilities, with an adjoining workshop, art research library, gallery, bookshop and café.
This year’s participants are:
Participants:
Michael Dudeck | Winnipeg
Olivia Fung | Winnipeg
Hekla Dögg Jónsdóttir | Reykjavik, Iceland
Francois Pain | Paris, France
Paul Robles | Winnipeg
Marion Scemama | Paris, France
Nicole Shimonek | Winnipeg
Emilie St. Hilaire | Winnipeg
Yi Zhou | Winnipeg
Faculty:
Christophe Hamaide-Pierson (assume vivid astro focus) | Paris, France
Eli Sudbrack (assume vivid astro focus) | Sao Paulo, Brazil
Natalie Kovacs | Toronto
Philip Pocock | Berlin, Germany
Please join us at Plug In for the following Artist Talks:
Thurs, July 21, 7 pm: assume vivid astro focus (avaf) |Christophe Hamaide-Pierson and Eli Sudbrack
Thurs, July 28, 7 pm: Natalie Kovacs
Friday, July 29, 7 pm: Francois Pain and Marion Scemama (video screening and talk)
Thursday, August 4, 7 pm: Philip Pocock
Saturday, August 6, noon to 5 pm: Open Studios
Additional events and activities will be announced!
Hekla Dögg Jónsdóttir
Reykjavík, Iceland
Hekla Dögg Jónsdóttir graduated from The Icelandic College of Art and Crafts in 1994 and spent two years as a guest student in Germany. She received a BFA 1997 and a MFA 1999 from California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles. In 1998 she received a Fellowship to attend Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, in Maine, US. Since 1999 Hekla has exhibited her works actively both nationally and internationally. She has taken on the role of a curator for several exhibitions and given lectures and seminars at the Iceland Academy of the Arts. Hekla is one of the founders of “Kling & Bang gallery” and she lives and works in Reykjavík and New York.