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Recent Events with Past Sacatar Fellows

Past Sacatar Fellows are invited to share news of their activities by sending information to info@sacatar.org
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• Sook Jin Jo (Korea 2001 & 2007) was invited to join as a Master Artist in Residence at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, for the session of Oct 13 — Nov 2, 2019.
• “Trumpiad”, the new book by Evan Eisenberg (USA 2006 & 2010), is now available at Amazon, Goodreads and Google Books.
• Ines Raphaelian (Brazil 2003) is curating the show “Correlações Entre Variáveis Aleatórias: Julio Plaza e Nelson Leirner” at Galeria Marília Razuk in São Paulo from March 30 to April 27, 2019. Opening reception: March 30 from 11am to 4pm.
• Eduardo Kac (Brazil 2002) invites for his solo exhibition “Inner Telescope” at Henrique Faria Fine Art, New York  from March 28–May 11, 2019. Opening reception: March 28, Thursday, 6–9 pm.
  Kac’s first solo exhibition in the gallery, Inner Telescope features an artwork that the artist conceived specifically for zero gravity and realized in outer space with the cooperation of French astronaut Thomas Pesquet. In the works on view—including original drawings, photographs, embroideries, an installation, and video—we see the conceptualization, realization, and visual expression of the first artwork that was literally made outside of our home planet.
• Three of the nine laureates of the PIPA Prize awarded to date are Sacatar alumni. They are: PAULO NAZARETH (Sacatar 2014 / PIPA Winner 2016); ALICE MICELI (Sacatar 2011 & 2016 / PIPA Popular Vote 2014 & PIPA Winner 2014); VIRGINIA DE MEDEIROS  (Sacatar 2007 / PIPA Popular Vote 2015 & PIPA Winner 2015). LUCIANA MAGNO (Sacatar 2016) won the PIPA Online prize in 2015.
  And five of this year’s nominees are also Sacatar alumni: ÍCARO LIRA (Sacatar 2014); ROMY POCZTARUK (Sacatar 2014); LOUISE BOTKAY (Sacatar 2017); LUCIANA MAGNO (Sacatar 2016) and PAULO NIMER PJOTA (Sacatar 2015)
• Laurie Anderson (USA / Sacatar Solo 2016) won Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance at the 2019 Grammy Awards with the album LANDFALL Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet.
• Mark Steven Greenfield (USA 2013) takes part in the group show “Personal Truth” that opens at El Camino College Art Gallery and features the work of five Southern California artists. The exhibit runs through March 17, with a reception scheduled for February 21 and an artists’ talk on February 26.
• Xavier Marrades (Catalonia, 2017) will premiere  the short film he made during his Sacatar residency, ‘Misericórdia,’ at the New Directors New Films Festival, to take place at the Museum of Modern Art and at Lincoln Center in New York City, New York, USA, from June 24 to July 1, 2019.
• Ayesha Harruna Attah (Ghana > USA 2015) would like to share news of the U.S. book launch of “THE HUNDRED WELLS OF SALAGA”, the book she worked on while at Sacatar. Hoping Sacatar fellows in these different cities are able to attend.
• Celia de Villiers (South Africa 2004) and Prof Kris van ‘t Hof created Ponte d’Arte (Arts Bridge), an artist’s retreat, residency and meeting point for knowledge exchange, surrounded by 1,5 hectares of wild gardens, on the banks of the Rio Alva, in Ponte da Mucela, Mid-Portugal (40 min from the city of Coimbra).
• Kostana Banovic (Serbia 2006) created KAMEN, an independent artist-run residency founded in 2018 in Bosnia and Herzegovina that provides a space for a small number of artists, curators, and art-related researchers to live and work in proximity to one another, and engage in collaborative or solo projects.
• Yumi Kori (Japan 2008) will give a talk at Rome Japan Foundation on Friday, November 23rd. “MIRAI / SHORAI” is a conversation with Professor Giorgio Amitrano, an specialist of Japanese literature.
• Artist Jane Ingram Allen (USA 2002) has been awarded a grant by the City of Santa Rosa for a public art project to commemorate the October 2017 wildfires in Santa Rosa, California, that destroyed so many homes, businesses and forests.  Jane’s artwork “Living Quilt for Santa Rosa” consists of a handmade paper quilt with seeds for wildflowers added to the pulp in the same colors as the quilt pattern. The quilt will be installed in a public ceremony at Rincon Ridge Park in Santa Rosa, CA, at 2PM on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018.
• Photographer Gordana Hajinovic (Serbia 2016) invites you to her solo exhibition “OXIMORON” at Small Gallery of the Art Pavilion Cvijeta Zuzoric, Belgrade, Serbia from November 15 – 26, 2018.
• Video artist Bia Gayotto (Brazil / USA 2018) invites you to the group show “Somewhere in Between” that opens on November 10 at Kellogg Art Gallery in Pomona, CA.
• Mark Steven Greenfield (USA 2013) invites you to the reception of his next solo exhibition “Love and Loathing” on November 3, 2018 from 5 to 8 pm at Cal State LA Fine Arts Gallery in Los Angeles, CA.
• Musician Derek Bermel (USA 2017) is organizing a musical tribute to Fred Sherry, who turns 70 this year, one of the world’s great cellists and a stalwart champion of composers. The musical features an all-star group that ranges from our era’s most distinguished instrumentalists to the luminaries of tomorrow. Sunday | October 28 2018 | 2 pm at Merkin Hall.
• Visual artist and Photographer Fabio Duarte (Brazil 2016 & 2018) invites you to his solo exhibitions “Autorretratos – Guardar uma coisa, iluminá-la e ser iluminado por ela” at Galeria ACBEU – Corredor da Vitória from October 11 to November 3, 2018. 
• Dancer and Choreographer Maureen Fleming (USA 2004 & 2016) invited you to Irish Arts Center’s event: “Wildflowers – A Feminine Genesis”. Thu Oct 18 at 7 PM EDT to Sun Oct 21 at 8:30 PM EDT at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in NY/NY.
• Award-winning translator, playwright and theatre director Philip Boehm (USA 2016) is the 2018 PEN Literary Award winner in Translation for Chasing the King of Hearts by Hannah Krall.
• Visual artist J Michael Walker (USA 2011) has his photo series “Bodies Mapping Time” on view at two venues in LA. More information.
• The book “What’s Left of the Night” that Ersi Sotiropoulos (Greece 2006 & 2014) wrote during her latest residency at Sacatar was just translated into English.
• Felipe Goes (Brazil 2012) invites you to the opening of his solo exhibition “Bennu” at Galeria Virgílio on September 11 at 7:30pm in São Paulo.
• Frances de Pontes Peebles’ (USA 2003) latest novel “The Air You Breathe” is receiving excellent reviews from the critics.
• Chandrahas Choudhury (India 2017) latest book “Clouds” is one of the 10 candidates to the JCB Prize for Literature award presented each year to a distinguished work of fiction by an Indian author.
• Cecile Martin (Canada 2014) Solo exhibition and workshop Ilhas de Salvador hosted by Goethe-Institut Salvador.
• Muthukrishnan Ramalingam (India 2004) just attended the residency programme at La Porte Peinte Centre Pour Les Arts in Noyers sur Serein, France.
• Scott Hocking (USA 2016) Solo exhibition SCOTT HOCKING: OLD at David Klein Gallery, 1520 Washington Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan from May 12 – June 23, 2018.
• Michael Zelehoski (USA 2015) Solo exhibition Things Fall Apart. From May 17 to July 13, 2018. Opening on Thursday, May 17 from 2 to 9 pm. Backlash Gallery Paris.
• Elida Tessler (Brazil 2006) invites to the 16th Week of Museums in the Sala dos Pomares. May 19, 2018 at 3pm.
• Mauricio Adinolfi (Brazil 2016) participates in the group show of art and science entittled “Amazon: The New Travelers” that happens at MuBE from May 12 to July 29, 2018.
• Derek Bermel (USA 2007) is thrilled to perform a concert of his music in NYC on Monday, May 7, with the splendid JACK Quartet on Music Mondays.  Also featuring the golden tones of soprano Mikaela Bennett and the intrepid virtuosity of pianist Aaron Wunsch. And it’s free!
  
• Evan Eisenberg (USA 2006 & 2010) will participate in the show ROUNDWORMS AND SMALL HANDS: PARASITES AND THE BODY POLITIC May 6 at 6pm (And every first Saturday of each month) at Cornelia Street Café. 29 Cornelia Street, NY NY 10014.
• Pieter Paul Pothoven (Holland 2016) invites for the opening of FACADE SUSPENDED, his first solo exhibition at the Dürst Britt & Mayhew gallery in The Hague, The Netherlands. Opening: May 5, from 5 to 8 p.m. Exhibition: May 5 to June 23, 2018
• The puppeteer Sean Cawelti (USA 2011) announces that the remake of WOOD BOY DOG FISH will play at the Garry Marshall Theatre in Burbank, California on May 12 – June 24.
• Musician Januibe Tejera (Brazil 2016) will present the Insanæ Navis concert on May 4, 5 and 6 in Paris, at POP.
• Musician Sidiki Conde (Guinea 2004) will be part of the show What We Bring: New Immigrant Gifts at City Lore – 56 E 1st Street, New York, NY 10003. Opening Reception: Friday, April 6th from 6-9 PM. Exhibit Dates: April 6th – September 16th, 2018. Gallery Hours: Fri: 2 – 6pm / Sat – Sun: 12 – 6pm
• Photographer Karolina Karlic (Polland / USA 2014) invites you to her solo exhibition entittled “Rubberlands”. On view at Light Work: March 20 – July 27, 2018. Opening reception and gallery talk: March 29 from 5-7pm.
• Sook Jin Jo (Korea 2001 & 2007) would like to invite you to her solo show entittled SHANGHAI BLACK at Black & White Gallery / Project Space from April 6 – May 13, 2018 / Preview: Friday, April 6, 6-9pm.
• The first artist to participate in the Sacatar Solo project with exclusive use of the main house and two studios, Laurie Anderson (USA 2016) was at Sacatar for three weeks in 2016. During that time, she worked on her (just published by Rizzoli) book “All The Things I Lost in the Flood”. 
• Sound artists Bruce Odland (USA 2017) and Sam Auinger (Germany 2017) will present a discussion and workshop at the Rubin Museum in New York on Wednesday, March 7, 2018 from 7 to 8:30PM. Click here for more information.
• Xavier Marrades (Spain 2017) was the guest of honor in the “Cinema ao Ar Livre” project created by Instituto Cervantes de Salvador / Bahia. At the occasion, his film “Cucli” was shown along with three Bahian short films. Afterwards the audience had the chance to talk to the directors. Feb 23, 2018 at 7PM.
• Yumi Kori (Japan 2008) was invited to give a talk “Between Art and Architecture” at Washington University in Seattle on Wednesday, Feb 28, 2018, 6 – 8 p.m.
• Candice Lin (USA 2011) will be a featured visual artist in Made in LA 2018, a prestigious acknowledgment by the Hammer Museum biennially. JUN 3-SEP 2, 2018. Made in L.A. 2018 is the fourth iteration of the Hammer’s biennial exhibition, continuing to highlight the practices of artists working throughout Los Angeles and the surrounding areas.
• Viga Gordilho (Brazil 2004) curated the show “Alma Infinita de Tudo” at Galeria ACBEU, Salvador, Bahia from Jan 26 – Feb 23, 2018. And participated in the group exhitibion “Os 11 Sonhos de Iemanjá” at Galeria Póstudo, Salvador, Bahia from Feb 2 – 28, 2018.
• Sook Jin Jo (Korea 2001 & 2007) would like to share her 3 exhibitions in the past months: “Seoul Cross” in the Bukseoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea. October 31 – November 26, 2017; “Chairs” in the Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Jeonbuk, Korea. September 1 – December 3, 2017; ​“Witness” in the Forum Schlossplatz, Aarau, Switzerland. March 4- May 21, 2017.
• Eduardo Kac (Brazil 2002) had a screening of Télescope intérieur: une œuvre spatiale d’Eduardo Kac at the Louvre Museum Auditorium in Paris on January 27th, 2018. The documentary is centered on Eduardo Kac’s work Inner Telescope, directed by Virgile Novarina and produced by Observatoire de l’Espace, the Cultural Lab of the French Space Agency (CNES).
• Chandrahas Choudhury (India 2017) just had released his new novel “Clouds”, 288 pages / published by Simon & Schuster India. Clouds will be available in book stores and online from 9 January, 2018.