NOVEMBER
Katarzyna Kubrak (US/PL)
This November Phoenix Athens warmly welcomes Katarzyna Kubrak, a graduate of Parson’s (NY) Product Design Program and our first Polish artist in residence. Kubrak approaches craft as an embodied way of making that carries cultural, historical, ecological, and social significance.
For her 6-week research residency, Kubrak will be exploring the relationship between craft and design through both traditional and experimental approaches and a variety of media while drawing upon the art, culture and legacy of Greece.
Visit Kubrak's website to learn more about her work at:
Xanda McCagg
This November Phoenix Athens welcomes, Xanda McCagg, an American abstract painter based in Chelsea, New York City. She has a BFA in Art Education from Boston University and has participated in numerous artist residencies. She has exhibited her work globally and will continue to evolve her practice during her residency at Phoenix Athens.
Her work is a response to human suffering, addressing themes of causality and relationships through abstraction. Using tracing, marking, and vibrant color, she explores the essence of experience. Her use of positive and negative space captures the way absence and presence are often equally palpable. In Athens, she will explore the iconographical characteristics within Ancient Greek and Byzantine art to explore the ways in which environments shape creative work.
Visit McCagg's Website to learn more: https://www.xandamccagg.com/
ABOUT PHOENIX ATHENS
Founded by artist Dimitri Yin in 2018, Phoenix Athens offers artists and creatives from all backgrounds and nationalities with the time, space and facilities needed for professional and creative growth.
The project draws on the progressive culture of contemporary Athens and its historic legacy of resourcefulness, resilience and courage. The residency program encourages technical and theoretical development, and personal growth. Phoenix Athens focuses on inclusion, social justice and ecology while encouraging professionalisation, experimentation and research through public workshops, performances and events. Project proposals and collaborations welcome.
For more information, please contact us with your proposal by email at director@phoenixathens.org.
APPLYING FOR A RESIDENCY
Phoenix Athens welcomes applications from artists of all backgrounds on a rolling basis (so no deadlines). To learn more about the residency program please click here.
Photo courtesy of artist: Mrinal Joshi
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