13/07/2020:ย Templeย Barย Galleryย +ย Studiosย is pleased to announce theย recipientsย ofย ourย Internationalย Residency Programme, supporting artistย residenciesย in New York, Paris and Dublin.
Theย Internationalย Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) Residency 2020, in New York, is awarded toย Sam Keogh. The TBG+S/HIAPย Internationalย Residency Exchange 2020, in Dublin, is awarded toย Inga Meldere.ย The Citรฉ Internationale des Arts Residency, in Paris, is awarded toย Bassam Al-Sabah.
Sam Keoghย will spendย threeย months in residency at ISCP in Brooklyn, New York from April to June 2021. In recent bodiesย ofย work, Keogh has built intricate environments in which live performances unfold. Objects in these installations serve as props and mnemonic devices for the performance but are also in excessย ofย these functions, spilling over with idiosyncratic detail and extraneous information. In this indeterminate space, materials, memories and affects begin to smudge into each other until a sticky cognitive map begins to emerge.
The ISCP Residency provides the awarded artist with a high-quality studio, living stipend, travel costs, studio visits, and off-site trips to museums, galleries and other cultural organisations. It supports the artist to buildย internationalย networks, as well as contributing to the artistic community in a major city.
Inga Meldereย will travel from Helsinki to spend two months in Dublin and work from a studio atย Templeย Barย Galleryย +ย Studiosย in October and November 2020. Inga Meldere describes her works as being about art practices and painting methods. Her paintings, installations and prints are the resultย ofย detailed work with source material, weaving together personal and collective memories and experiences, art historical quotes and everyday imagery. Interested in what she calls โthe moodย ofย a paintingโ, Meldere narrates these fragments into her works with care and precision, following their lead until they reach a focus.
The TBG+S/HIAPย Internationalย Residency Exchange also supports Irish artists and artists based in Ireland to spendย threeย months in residency at HIAP โ Helsinkiย Internationalย Artist Programme, in a live/work studio on the islandย ofย Suomenlinna in Helsinki. The Irish recipient in 2020 isย Ruth E. Lyons. The TBG+S/HIAPย Internationalย Residency Exchange is supported by the Finnish Institute in London. Ruth E. Lyonsโ residency at HIAP is rescheduled in 2021. Lyonsโ work is primarily in large-scale sculpture and the creationย ofย public works that intervene in landscape.
Bassam Al-Sabahย will spendย threeย month at Citรฉ Internationale des Arts Residency, Paris from October to December 2021. Bassam Al-Sabahโs work aims to convey visionsย ofย war, resistance and perseverance. He utilises a multi-media installation comprising video, painting, sculpture and printed matter. The work is concerned with how the past is continually revised to meet the present, when the juvenile fantasy breaks down into the realityย ofย adulthood. Bassam Al-Sabah says โIโm excited to go to Paris and be on residency at Citรฉ Internationale des Arts and carry out my research there. I will be developing a new CGI film and working on some new writingโ.
Templeย Barย Galleryย +ย Studiosโย Internationalย Residency Programmeย is partย ofย its commitment to developingย internationalย opportunities for artists.
