Eduardo Abaroa (MX)
Born in 1968, Mexico City, Mexico
Lives and works in Mexico City
Eduardo Abaroa often works with found objects to create sculptures and installations that combine an interest in the history of modernism and conceptual art practices with an active engagement in socio-political issues and popular culture.
Eve Armstrong (NZ)
Born in 1978, Upper Hutt, New Zealand
Lives and works in Wellington
Eve Armstrong investigates notions of progress and value within everyday life, with specific attention to unwanted materials. She often works with discarded or defunct objects and explores systems of exchange and bartering.
Melanie Bonajo (NL), Kinga Kielczynska (PL) & Emmeline de Mooij (NL)
Born in 1978 in Heerlen, the Netherlands / Born in 1972 in Warsaw, Poland / Born in 1978 in Delft, the Netherlands
Lives and works in Amsterdam / Lives and works in Warsaw and Berlin / Lives and works in Amsterdam and New York
Artists Melanie Bonajo, Kinga Kielczynska and Emmeline de Mooij have been working together on different, but interrelated, collaborative projects since 2007.
Marjolijn Dijkman (NL)
Born in 1978, Groningen, the Netherlands
Lives and works in Rotterdam
Marjolijn Dijkman’s projects reveal and question the ways in which we receive and interpret information about our surroundings.
Bright Ugochukwu Eke (NG)
Born in 1976, Imo State, Nigeria
Lives and works in the Los Angeles and Lagos
Bright Ugochukwu Eke’s works often examine how industrialisation has resulted in a serious degradation of natural environments.
Tue Greenfort (DK)
Born in 1973, Holbaek, Denmark
Lives and works in Denmark and Berlin
Ecological concerns are a driving force in Tue Greenfort’s practice and his works often contain a strong critique of current practices, revealing society’s general preference for ‘quick-fix’ temporary solutions instead of tackling the source of problems and then developing long-term solutions.
Jonathan Horowitz (US)
Born in 1966, New York, United States
Lives and works in New York
‘The woods that see and hear’ includes Jonathan Horowitz’s video ‘The Body Song’ (1997) in which the artist manipulates Michael Jackson’s ‘Earth Song’ music video.
Ives Maes (BE)
Born in 1976 in Hasselt, Belgium
Lives and works in Antwerp
Over the past six years Ives Maes has been working on ‘Recyclable Refugee Camp’ (2004-ongoing), a project in which he proposes biodegradable alternatives to current humanitarian aid products and warfare techniques.
Tea Mäkipää (FI)
Born in 1973 in Lahti, Finland
Lives and works in Mäntyharju and Weimar
Finnish artist Tea Mäkipää addresses circumstances that we take for granted, prompting critical reflection the sustainability of our contemporary way of life.
Nick Mangan (AU)
Born in 1979, Geelong, Australia
Lives and works in Melbourne
Nick Mangan generates intriguing narratives around objects and places through an amalgam of fact and fiction.
Heather & Ivan Morison (GB)
Born in 1973 in Desborough, United Kingdom / Born in 1974 in Nottingham, United Kingdom
Both live and work in Brighton
For several years Heather and Ivan Morison have been constructing a series of ‘Escape Vehicles’, semi-permanent dwellings that have their origins in a bizarre combination of folk architecture, 1960s geodesic domes, and science fiction.
Overtreders W (NL)
(Reinder Bakker and Hester van Dijk)
Born in 1982, Soest, the Netherlands / Born in 1982 in Diemen, the Netherlands
Both live and work in Amsterdam and Zaandam
Overtreders W is a spatial design studio, established by Reinder Bakker and Hester van Dijk in 2006. Overtreders W has developed design projects for theatre festivals, exhibitions and cafes, often incorporating multi-purpose, modular components and recycled materials.
