Residentuuris
∙ Bio
Shek Wing Ki was born and raised in Hong Kong, and is currently based in Hong Kong. She graduated from Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University in 2019 and launched Still Ceramics in 2020 as a co-founder.
∙ Education background
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Visual Arts, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong (2015-2019)
∙ Artist’s statement
Shek is fond of the idea of household vanity and she is currently working in themes of frames and dollhouses.
Ordinary domestic objects as subjects, weaving a dreamscape where an ideal self is projected. By polishing and layering complexity, she extracts reality and dreams away to futility.
∙ Past exhibitions and honours
AVA Keeper of Studies Collection Award (2019)
Junctions
at ACO Art Space, Foo Tak Building (2022)
A Time Ceramics Exhibition
at AVA gallery (2022)
HKLCAF Coffee Mug Joint Exhibition
at Coffeeflow Jao Tsung-I Academy (2022)
Good Cups (2019)
held within the Academy of Visual Art Studies Collection (2019)
AVA Unfolded@PMQ
at PMQ (2019)
Take A Sip
at Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery (2018)
Dumpling Pot Set (2017)
housed at Shaw Tower, HKBU (2018)
During my stay in Tallinn, I am looking forward to incorporating nature's beauty of Estonia into my work in which nature elements like flowers and fruits are often depicted. Since I am working closely on the subject of dollhouses, the architecture and houseware are inspiring me. Going to a local second hand store is one of my ways to observe the local's living by small fragments.
https://www.instagram.com/kay_shek/
www.shekwingki.com
kayshek0412@gmail.com
Shek Wing Ki was born and raised in Hong Kong, and is currently based in Hong Kong. She graduated from Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University in 2019 and launched Still Ceramics in 2020 as a co-founder.
∙ Education background
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Visual Arts, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong (2015-2019)
∙ Artist’s statement
Shek is fond of the idea of household vanity and she is currently working in themes of frames and dollhouses.
Ordinary domestic objects as subjects, weaving a dreamscape where an ideal self is projected. By polishing and layering complexity, she extracts reality and dreams away to futility.
∙ Past exhibitions and honours
AVA Keeper of Studies Collection Award (2019)
Junctions
at ACO Art Space, Foo Tak Building (2022)
A Time Ceramics Exhibition
at AVA gallery (2022)
HKLCAF Coffee Mug Joint Exhibition
at Coffeeflow Jao Tsung-I Academy (2022)
Good Cups (2019)
held within the Academy of Visual Art Studies Collection (2019)
AVA Unfolded@PMQ
at PMQ (2019)
Take A Sip
at Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery (2018)
Dumpling Pot Set (2017)
housed at Shaw Tower, HKBU (2018)
During my stay in Tallinn, I am looking forward to incorporating nature's beauty of Estonia into my work in which nature elements like flowers and fruits are often depicted. Since I am working closely on the subject of dollhouses, the architecture and houseware are inspiring me. Going to a local second hand store is one of my ways to observe the local's living by small fragments.
https://www.instagram.com/kay_shek/
www.shekwingki.com
kayshek0412@gmail.com
Several previous exhibitions in Latvia and art contributions brought especially to the prestigious Mark Rothko Art Centre and the Fortress of Daugavpils introduced Ana Maria Asan to the beauty and mystery of the Baltic countries.
The artist defines herself as a poet and an explorer looking for establishing lively connections between what she profoundly is, people that she could encounter and places presenting a sort of thinking or remembering potential.
As a selected artist-in-residence at the ARS Factory Tallinn, she visits Estonia for the first time, in summer 2024, with the intention of creating a body of work based on the dialogue between “the soul” of the capital Tallinn and the artist’s personal mythology. So, she conceives Inner Echoes, Exploring The City As A Woman as an interdisciplinary research and a sensitive creative project putting together media as clay, sound and image in all kind.
Born in Romania at the end of the communist regime and based in Brussels since her art studies, Ana Maria Asan’s name is entrancingly linked to the SONORES project she created in a key moment of her life (2010-2011), that associates in various ways ceramics and sound, with the vision and enthusiasm that only pioneers could have.
Her artworks have been selected and, sometimes, awarded in many major international contemporary ceramics art events through Europe and Asia, like the ICMEA Gold FuLe Prize, in Fuping, China, but the artist chose to be present also in alternative places allowing people less accustomed to museums and galleries to experience art without inhibition or emphasis.
These last years, she felt the profound call to be more and more connected to nature through ephemeral land art projects, especially in France and Belgium.
Many of the actual events and slip-ups testifying of a worrying worldwide change of paradigm catch the artist’s attention, as a thinker and a person, but she still lives her life in a deep spiritual way that gathers creation, amazement and hope bringing a deep recognition to people who contributed to shape her, the one who she is today.
Web sites:
https://www.sonores.be
https://www.ana-maria-asan.com
The artist defines herself as a poet and an explorer looking for establishing lively connections between what she profoundly is, people that she could encounter and places presenting a sort of thinking or remembering potential.
As a selected artist-in-residence at the ARS Factory Tallinn, she visits Estonia for the first time, in summer 2024, with the intention of creating a body of work based on the dialogue between “the soul” of the capital Tallinn and the artist’s personal mythology. So, she conceives Inner Echoes, Exploring The City As A Woman as an interdisciplinary research and a sensitive creative project putting together media as clay, sound and image in all kind.
Born in Romania at the end of the communist regime and based in Brussels since her art studies, Ana Maria Asan’s name is entrancingly linked to the SONORES project she created in a key moment of her life (2010-2011), that associates in various ways ceramics and sound, with the vision and enthusiasm that only pioneers could have.
Her artworks have been selected and, sometimes, awarded in many major international contemporary ceramics art events through Europe and Asia, like the ICMEA Gold FuLe Prize, in Fuping, China, but the artist chose to be present also in alternative places allowing people less accustomed to museums and galleries to experience art without inhibition or emphasis.
These last years, she felt the profound call to be more and more connected to nature through ephemeral land art projects, especially in France and Belgium.
Many of the actual events and slip-ups testifying of a worrying worldwide change of paradigm catch the artist’s attention, as a thinker and a person, but she still lives her life in a deep spiritual way that gathers creation, amazement and hope bringing a deep recognition to people who contributed to shape her, the one who she is today.
Web sites:
https://www.sonores.be
https://www.ana-maria-asan.com
We are pleased to introduce our following artist in residence Amie Chan Nga Man, a talented artist from Hong Kong now based in Tallinn, is renowned for her captivating ceramics and clay work. She holds a master's degree in Crafts and Design - Ceramics from the Estonian Academy of Arts (2021). Amie's artistry seamlessly blends ceramics, clay, and the environment, forging deep connections with her audience. She has received the Applied Art Young Artist Award and showcased her solo collection at the prestigious HOP gallery. As a co- founder of Ceramies and Laichankee studios, she actively pushes the boundaries of artistic expres- sion. Amie's artistic journey epitomizes boundless exploration, promising an enriching experience at her upcoming solo exhibition at HOP gallery.
"Somewhere but nowhere”
Embark on a profound exploration with Amie Nga Man Chan as, amidst the waves, she boldly delineates an ephemeral border over the endless sea—a fluid boundary that evokes the yearning for connection and the weight of separation. "Somewhere but nowhere" becomes our threshold, inviting contemplation of the intangible ties that bind us and the resilient spirit that transcends physical constraints. Immerse yourself within this fluid tableau, where the palpable intertwines with the intangible, resonating with our collective longing for a sense of place.
Journey alongside Amie Chan through this evocative landscape, where the ephemeral converges with the eternal, unveiling whispers of the unseen and an everlasting quest to discover our place within the infinite.
Temporary names of those artworks series
“Boundaries series” - Ceramics pieces (New)
"Whispered chain” - Video and installation (New)
“Fuzziness” - Video (2021)
"Somewhere but nowhere”
Embark on a profound exploration with Amie Nga Man Chan as, amidst the waves, she boldly delineates an ephemeral border over the endless sea—a fluid boundary that evokes the yearning for connection and the weight of separation. "Somewhere but nowhere" becomes our threshold, inviting contemplation of the intangible ties that bind us and the resilient spirit that transcends physical constraints. Immerse yourself within this fluid tableau, where the palpable intertwines with the intangible, resonating with our collective longing for a sense of place.
Journey alongside Amie Chan through this evocative landscape, where the ephemeral converges with the eternal, unveiling whispers of the unseen and an everlasting quest to discover our place within the infinite.
Temporary names of those artworks series
“Boundaries series” - Ceramics pieces (New)
"Whispered chain” - Video and installation (New)
“Fuzziness” - Video (2021)
We are pleased to introduce our following artist in residence Kirsten Schiel. She is a ceramic artist based in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
She is residing in Tallinn to continue development on a project entitled "Vessel." The artistic concept of the Vessel Project is an exploration of the symbolic relationship between a ceramic form as a vessel designed to hold space, and the human body as a vessel designed to hold the human experience. The creation process of each piece goes in tandem with a mental exploration of personal life experiences and how our bodies serve as a container that both allow our souls access to the human experience, but at the same time, limit them to only the human physique. The vases made in 2022 explore mental health, societal pressure on the female form, the evolving relationship between self and body, and political violence on bodily sovereignty. Kirsten is spending time in Estonia to observe the complexity of losses and gains that the displacement experienced by her Estonian Grandmother has created two generations later. The pieces created in Estonia will focus specifically on relocation, the ability or inability to reconnect, and the loss of heritage and culture, as experienced through the migration of human bodies to new places.
silsceramics.com
instagram.com/sils.ceramic.studios
She is residing in Tallinn to continue development on a project entitled "Vessel." The artistic concept of the Vessel Project is an exploration of the symbolic relationship between a ceramic form as a vessel designed to hold space, and the human body as a vessel designed to hold the human experience. The creation process of each piece goes in tandem with a mental exploration of personal life experiences and how our bodies serve as a container that both allow our souls access to the human experience, but at the same time, limit them to only the human physique. The vases made in 2022 explore mental health, societal pressure on the female form, the evolving relationship between self and body, and political violence on bodily sovereignty. Kirsten is spending time in Estonia to observe the complexity of losses and gains that the displacement experienced by her Estonian Grandmother has created two generations later. The pieces created in Estonia will focus specifically on relocation, the ability or inability to reconnect, and the loss of heritage and culture, as experienced through the migration of human bodies to new places.
silsceramics.com
instagram.com/sils.ceramic.studios
We are pleased to introduce our following artist in residence, Evy Jokhova EE/UK/PT.
Currently living and working in Lisbon. Evy Jokhova is a multidisciplinary artist whose body of work includes sculpture, installation, photography, film, drawing and performance. At ARS Keraamikakeskus Evy Jokhova is working on her project 'Waiting for geological time' - a multi-media commission for KUMU Kunstimuuseum which will open in May as part of the 'Art in the Age of the Anthropocene' exhibition. 'Waiting for geological time' takes its point of departure from the architecture of burial sites, caves, tombs, and temples. The site-specific installation will consist of stone and earthenware ceramics, nettle fabric, handwoven textiles with sheep and dog yarn, fermented foods, recycled wood, acrylic and faux fur. During her residency at ARS Evy is using recycled clay to create a range of ceramic figurines from tradition motifs on embroidered towels, such as garden gnomes and pots for fermentation that will be buried containing food in the grounds of KUMU for several months before being unearthed and sampled in the installation.
evyjokhova.co.uk
https://www.facebook.com/arskunstilinnak/videos/912601469817225
Currently living and working in Lisbon. Evy Jokhova is a multidisciplinary artist whose body of work includes sculpture, installation, photography, film, drawing and performance. At ARS Keraamikakeskus Evy Jokhova is working on her project 'Waiting for geological time' - a multi-media commission for KUMU Kunstimuuseum which will open in May as part of the 'Art in the Age of the Anthropocene' exhibition. 'Waiting for geological time' takes its point of departure from the architecture of burial sites, caves, tombs, and temples. The site-specific installation will consist of stone and earthenware ceramics, nettle fabric, handwoven textiles with sheep and dog yarn, fermented foods, recycled wood, acrylic and faux fur. During her residency at ARS Evy is using recycled clay to create a range of ceramic figurines from tradition motifs on embroidered towels, such as garden gnomes and pots for fermentation that will be buried containing food in the grounds of KUMU for several months before being unearthed and sampled in the installation.
evyjokhova.co.uk
https://www.facebook.com/arskunstilinnak/videos/912601469817225
We are pleased to introduce our following artist in residence, Maureen Marck from the Netherlands!
Maureen is a multidisciplinary artist working and living in Amsterdam. Her artistic practice has evolved from a basis in psychology and photography into working with other materials in the past two years. Often incorporating different disciplines, for example clay with photography or writing with ceramics. Most recent works are ceramic sculptures and installations, based on elements from our physical world, combined with a story, habit or memory. Finding a way to shape these elements often expands into reproducing manually or mechanically and a repetition, but not a repetition of the same.
Here she is working with local blue clay from Aseri, commonly used to produce bricks. Find out what she’s up to by keeping an eye on us, as Maureen will be taking over our Instagram profile for a little while!
Maureen is a multidisciplinary artist working and living in Amsterdam. Her artistic practice has evolved from a basis in psychology and photography into working with other materials in the past two years. Often incorporating different disciplines, for example clay with photography or writing with ceramics. Most recent works are ceramic sculptures and installations, based on elements from our physical world, combined with a story, habit or memory. Finding a way to shape these elements often expands into reproducing manually or mechanically and a repetition, but not a repetition of the same.
Here she is working with local blue clay from Aseri, commonly used to produce bricks. Find out what she’s up to by keeping an eye on us, as Maureen will be taking over our Instagram profile for a little while!
East Carolina University lõpetamisest saati 2007’dal aastal olen ma keraamikuna keskendunud peamiselt puupõletatud tarbekeraamikale ja skulptuurile ja laste kasvatamise kõrvalt oma keraamikaäri loomisele ja arendamisele.
Nüüd kus mõlemad mu lapsed on saamas täiskasvanuks leian ma end vajamas aega ja ruumi eksperimenteerimiseks.
Seda vajdust on teravdanud praegune Coronaviirusest tingitud kriis, poliitilised ja sotsiaalsed rahutused siin USA’s ja muus maailmas, mu enda vananemine ja soov pöörduda tagasi kodumaale. Mul on tundeid ja ideid mis vajavad väljendamist väljaspool tarbekeraamikat. Residentuur ARSis annaks mulle ainulaadse võimaluse sellisel pöördelisel ajal mu elus tulla tagasi sinna kus kõik algas - mu kodumaale, linna kus mu keraamika haridustee alguse sai ja olla eksperimentaalses keskkonnas. See võiks olla mu esimene residentuur.
Eelistatud aeg residentuuriks võiks olla 2021 Jaanuar, kestvus üks kuu.
Anne Pärtna on lõpetanud EKA (BA, 2000) ja East Carolina University (MA 2007) keraamika erialal. Anne armastus savi vastu algas juba lasteaias, kus kunstitundi toodud ämbritäie sinisavi lõhn teda endasse haaras. Esimene kogemus Kersti Laanmaa puupõletusahjuga oli pöördeliseks punktiks. Savi ja tule kutse ongi see, mis on viinud Annet Seagrove’i, “Ameerika Keraamika Pealinna” Põhja-Carolinas, USA’s. Anne ja tema abikaasa Adam juhivad seal väikest pereettevõtet Blue Hen Pottery, Inc. ning loovad unikaalset puupõletatud tarbekeraamikat ja skulptuure. Anne ja Adam on savi, tule, kanakarjade ja mesilaste keskel kasvatanud üles ka kaks tublit, loomingulist ja hakkajat noort inimest.
http://www.bluehenpottery.net/
Nüüd kus mõlemad mu lapsed on saamas täiskasvanuks leian ma end vajamas aega ja ruumi eksperimenteerimiseks.
Seda vajdust on teravdanud praegune Coronaviirusest tingitud kriis, poliitilised ja sotsiaalsed rahutused siin USA’s ja muus maailmas, mu enda vananemine ja soov pöörduda tagasi kodumaale. Mul on tundeid ja ideid mis vajavad väljendamist väljaspool tarbekeraamikat. Residentuur ARSis annaks mulle ainulaadse võimaluse sellisel pöördelisel ajal mu elus tulla tagasi sinna kus kõik algas - mu kodumaale, linna kus mu keraamika haridustee alguse sai ja olla eksperimentaalses keskkonnas. See võiks olla mu esimene residentuur.
Eelistatud aeg residentuuriks võiks olla 2021 Jaanuar, kestvus üks kuu.
Anne Pärtna on lõpetanud EKA (BA, 2000) ja East Carolina University (MA 2007) keraamika erialal. Anne armastus savi vastu algas juba lasteaias, kus kunstitundi toodud ämbritäie sinisavi lõhn teda endasse haaras. Esimene kogemus Kersti Laanmaa puupõletusahjuga oli pöördeliseks punktiks. Savi ja tule kutse ongi see, mis on viinud Annet Seagrove’i, “Ameerika Keraamika Pealinna” Põhja-Carolinas, USA’s. Anne ja tema abikaasa Adam juhivad seal väikest pereettevõtet Blue Hen Pottery, Inc. ning loovad unikaalset puupõletatud tarbekeraamikat ja skulptuure. Anne ja Adam on savi, tule, kanakarjade ja mesilaste keskel kasvatanud üles ka kaks tublit, loomingulist ja hakkajat noort inimest.
http://www.bluehenpottery.net/
In the midst of a rather chaotic (pandemic) year we are really pleased to introduce our very first international artist in residence: please meet MIMI McPARTLAN (US)!
Mimi has recently graduated from Aalto University in Finland and is staying with us for two months - just until the beginning of 2021. Feel free to get in touch and arrange a visit, Mimi is a great conversationalist and has a lot of knowledge to share!
Mimi has been steadily testing out our local space whilst working away with plaster, making models and molds in preparation of various different outcomes, both here and abroad.
“I’m working on molds and objects that have multifunctional possibilities and can be read and used in different ways based on their context.”
We’ll look forward to the next stages of work and we’ll keep you posted about the processes and progress. In the meantime, keep an eye on her website at https://www.mimimcp.com/ and her account here @miiiiiiiimi.
Mimi has recently graduated from Aalto University in Finland and is staying with us for two months - just until the beginning of 2021. Feel free to get in touch and arrange a visit, Mimi is a great conversationalist and has a lot of knowledge to share!
Mimi has been steadily testing out our local space whilst working away with plaster, making models and molds in preparation of various different outcomes, both here and abroad.
“I’m working on molds and objects that have multifunctional possibilities and can be read and used in different ways based on their context.”
We’ll look forward to the next stages of work and we’ll keep you posted about the processes and progress. In the meantime, keep an eye on her website at https://www.mimimcp.com/ and her account here @miiiiiiiimi.
