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Ghost Relics - end of residency showPrivate view night: 3rd Sept | 5-9pm
Exhibition runs: 2nd-6th Sept 2020 | 12-8pm Artist talk and Q&A Saturday 5th Sept 6pm project hu and HOXTON 253 are proud to present Ghost Relics, a collaborative exhibition following a month-long mentored artist residency. Throughout the programme, London based artists Joonhong Min and Karoly Tendl had the opportunity to freely utilise the gallery space and create works for the end of residency exhibition, while Nora Teplan has collaborated remotely from Budapest, Hungary. Ghost Relics is a culmination of conversations and cultural exchange between the artists, organisers, mentors and other creative professionals. The exhibition ties the artists’ practices into a dislocated narrative dealing with urban life, superstition, memory and crisis, both personal and global. The residency programme is kindly supported by the Hungarian Cultural Centre London. |
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About the Artists:
Joonhong Min
Joonhong Min
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Joonhong Min (b.1984, Korea) is a contemporary artist who lives and works in London and Seoul. He received a BFA and MFA in painting from Seoul National University (2014) and an MFA with Distinction in Fine Art Media from Slade School of Fine Art, University College London (2016). His solo exhibitions include: 'Future's Present' at SPACE Gallery and 'Urban Camouflage' at Stone Space Gallery, London, UK (2018), ‘Embellishing Ephemerality’ at The Flying Dutchman Play Space Gallery, London, UK (2017) and ‘Urban Methodology’ at The Consulate of South Korea Project Space, Milan, Italy (2016). He recently had a duo show ‘Rendered Reality’ at the Korean Cultural Centre UK, London, UK (2020) and finished the NARS foundation AIR programme in New York, USA (2019) and completed The London Summer Intensive Residency Programme at the Camden Art Centre, London, UK (2018). In 2016 he participated in the Jerwood Drawing Prize and in 2015 the Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize, London, UK.
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Károly Tendl
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Károly Tendl (b. 1989, Budapest) lives and works in London.
He graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2019 with an MA in Contemporary Art Practice: Critical Practice, and previously studied Contemporary Media Practice at the University of Westminster. He works with text, the emergence and dislocation of culture and identity, sound, new and old ideologies, dark nostalgia, speculative prose and installation. Károly fictions around the ideas of the urban and rural, planetary periphery and centre, and often around some of the shared sensibilities under oppressive regimes among the European non-homogenous working classes, the uncomfortable weight of class mobility and the dull sword of cultural capital. tendlkaroly.co.uk |
Nóra Teplán
Photo credit Máté Csengery
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Nóra Teplán (b. 1990, Budapest) lives and works in Budapest, Hungary. She started her studies in Sociology at the Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences, while she later applied to the painting department of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts.
Teplán’s minimalist monochrome works are the imprints of a subjective interpretation of existence indicating contemplation from diverse perspectives. With the use of different mediums – paintings, objects and texts – re-cognition and disintegration, reconstruction and obedience are in the focus of her works. Besides an extremely strong subjectivity and intuitive method of creation – there is a sort of scientific, recording-systematizing attitude, by which she seeks to grasp seemingly ephemeral associations and fantasies. Her image-based paintings remain to symbolize (post-)painterly strategies by combining abstraction and minimalism with the use of advanced techniques that creates an array of intensities. During her academic years she joined the Budapest based artist-run gallery and artist collective, MŰTŐ, and in 2020 she became the artistic director of Erika Deák Gallery, Budapest. norateplan.com |
About us:
HOXTON 253 is an artist-run gallery and project space, providing a cultural event space in the heart of Hoxton. Our aim is to use art to act as a cultural bridge between national and international artists as well as within the local community, bringing established and newcomer local residents in the area together. We run a diverse program of exhibitions, experimental projects, workshops, events and screenings. Through our community outreach projects we also aim to provide culturally valuable creative activities to both the younger and older generations. We nurture local, national and international creative talents, provide accessible exhibition space, and build a community of artists and visitors with the objective to provoke critical dialogue within contemporary culture and society. Our doors are open to all, and for the purpose of accessibility our programs are primarily free of charge.
project hu is run by artist and curator András Nagy-Sandor and research fellow Zsuzsanna Zsúró. The primary focus of the initiative is to provide a platform and create opportunities for Hungarian creative professionals based around the world and facilitate cultural exchange. Since its conception as hu-Hungarian Touring Exhibition in 2018, we have been working to build an international network with the long-term goal to expand the scope of Project hu for an even broader hub that supports creative endeavours and promotes Hungarian and international collaborations.
The Hungarian Cultural Centre London organises and supports a wide spectrum of innovative and traditional programmes to promote Hungarian art and artists in the UK. As a member of the worldwide network of Hungarian cultural institutions, it aims to bring the greatest achievements in Hungarian art and culture to international attention while encouraging collaborations between Hungarians and people in the UK.
MORE ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
What does it include:
Mentoring:
London-based Hungarian artist, Marton Nemes' paintings are characterised by their distinctive aesthetic combining vibrantly expressive saturated colourways, playful interventions within the pictorial structure and materials and architectural inspiration drawn from the built environment. His work explores themes related to the increasingly fragmented nature of modern life as lived in today’s urban metropolises.
For more information please follow the link: www.works.io/marton-nemes
The second mentor of the residency Martina Schmuecker is a multidisciplinary artist and visiting tutor at the Ruskin School of Art, Oxford. She was trained as a cabinetmaker and woodcarver before studying at the University of the Arts Berlin and the Royal College of Art, London. Her work shifts between performance and sculpture, with performances including still reflections on a sculptural image and feminist reworkings of seminal performances in art history. She uses elements of architecture and furniture as props in her work and is currently developing an ongoing project called The House, an investigation into alternative living spaces in cities.
Professional development opportunities:
The aim of the residency is to broaden artistic perspectives, create bridges and new connections as well as to foster constructive and critical dialogues. The participating organisations offer to include the chosen artists in all of their activities and the team of project hu and HOXTON 253 will be available to consult on creative and professional matters during the residency.
HOXTON 253 and the The Hungarian Cultural Centre London schedule regular events for the local community, the general public and creative professionals specifically, and the artists-in-residence will be encouraged to participate.
The mentors and the organisers will plan trips to galleries and museums and offer continuous dialogue with the chosen artists throughout the residency.
HOXTON 253 is an artist-run gallery and project space, providing a cultural event space in the heart of Hoxton. Our aim is to use art to act as a cultural bridge between national and international artists as well as within the local community, bringing established and newcomer local residents in the area together. We run a diverse program of exhibitions, experimental projects, workshops, events and screenings. Through our community outreach projects we also aim to provide culturally valuable creative activities to both the younger and older generations. We nurture local, national and international creative talents, provide accessible exhibition space, and build a community of artists and visitors with the objective to provoke critical dialogue within contemporary culture and society. Our doors are open to all, and for the purpose of accessibility our programs are primarily free of charge.
project hu is run by artist and curator András Nagy-Sandor and research fellow Zsuzsanna Zsúró. The primary focus of the initiative is to provide a platform and create opportunities for Hungarian creative professionals based around the world and facilitate cultural exchange. Since its conception as hu-Hungarian Touring Exhibition in 2018, we have been working to build an international network with the long-term goal to expand the scope of Project hu for an even broader hub that supports creative endeavours and promotes Hungarian and international collaborations.
The Hungarian Cultural Centre London organises and supports a wide spectrum of innovative and traditional programmes to promote Hungarian art and artists in the UK. As a member of the worldwide network of Hungarian cultural institutions, it aims to bring the greatest achievements in Hungarian art and culture to international attention while encouraging collaborations between Hungarians and people in the UK.
MORE ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
What does it include:
- Free studio space at HOXTON 253 during August 2020
- End of residency exhibition
- Mentoring by two art professionals
- On-going support and critical dialogue with the program directors
- Regular visits to major London museums and galleries throughout the month (entrance fee included in most occasions)
- Free opportunity to join events organised by HOXTON 253 and the The Hungarian Cultural Centre London
- Marketing and promotion by the organisers
- The selected artists’ work will also be featured as part of the launch event for the new online platform of Project hu
- The final exhibition will also be featured on East London’s major contemporary art institution, Whitechapel Gallery’s website
Mentoring:
London-based Hungarian artist, Marton Nemes' paintings are characterised by their distinctive aesthetic combining vibrantly expressive saturated colourways, playful interventions within the pictorial structure and materials and architectural inspiration drawn from the built environment. His work explores themes related to the increasingly fragmented nature of modern life as lived in today’s urban metropolises.
For more information please follow the link: www.works.io/marton-nemes
The second mentor of the residency Martina Schmuecker is a multidisciplinary artist and visiting tutor at the Ruskin School of Art, Oxford. She was trained as a cabinetmaker and woodcarver before studying at the University of the Arts Berlin and the Royal College of Art, London. Her work shifts between performance and sculpture, with performances including still reflections on a sculptural image and feminist reworkings of seminal performances in art history. She uses elements of architecture and furniture as props in her work and is currently developing an ongoing project called The House, an investigation into alternative living spaces in cities.
Professional development opportunities:
The aim of the residency is to broaden artistic perspectives, create bridges and new connections as well as to foster constructive and critical dialogues. The participating organisations offer to include the chosen artists in all of their activities and the team of project hu and HOXTON 253 will be available to consult on creative and professional matters during the residency.
HOXTON 253 and the The Hungarian Cultural Centre London schedule regular events for the local community, the general public and creative professionals specifically, and the artists-in-residence will be encouraged to participate.
The mentors and the organisers will plan trips to galleries and museums and offer continuous dialogue with the chosen artists throughout the residency.