Art Dubai 2019: Residents by Art Dubai

RESIDENTS ART DUBAI, MADINAT JUMEIRAH MARCH 20-23, 2019

HELD UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF HIS HIGHNESS SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM, VICE-PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER OF THE UAE, RULER OF DUBAI

PROGRAMME PARTNER

CONTENTS

Foreword

Programme Partner

Section Curators

Participating Galleries

Public Programme Highlights

Fair Programming

Programme Supporters

FOREWORD

ART DUBAI Art Dubai is an international art fair with roots in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. Over the past 12 years, the fair has become a cornerstone of the regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fast-growing art scene, playing an integral role in connecting regional and international art communities and becoming one of the most globalized meeting points in the art world, mirroring the dynamism of its host city. The 13th edition of Art Dubai takes place March 20-23, 2019 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The fair features 92 galleries from over 40 different countries, divided across four gallery sections, Contemporary, Modern, Bawwaba and Residents. RESIDENTS Residents is one of the fairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s core gallery programmes which promotes cross-cultural dialogue and cultural diplomacy at the highest level. Dedicated to solo presentations from selected galleries, the 6-to-8-week programme invites their artists to immerse themselves in the local art scene and create a body of work which merges their distinct artistic practice with their surroundings. The artworks produced are shown at the fair and presented by the artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; respective galleries. This one of a kind programme shifts the focus from the standard fair model of being gallery centric towards a more artist focused effort. Residents 2019 presents an intimate selection of 12 solo gallery presentations by artists from Latin America working across all media.

PROGRAMME PARTNER MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Residents is supported by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MOFA). MOFA are year-round supporters of Art Dubaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Residents and Global Art Forum programmes, with the aim of fostering cultural exchanges between the UAE and the rest of the world. In its first year the areas of focus for the collaboration have been the United Kingdom, Singapore and Latin America.

Something I was preoccupied with whilst planning the fair is the notion of ‘the perception of others’: the lens through which we view others, and indirectly ourselves. By taking these artists out of their usual environment and existing arts communities, challenging them to adapt and exchange in dialogue, we hope to see not just some exciting works but how their perception of others, and the UAE, shifts. For the smart collector, these artworks are very exciting pieces – completely new, shaped by and created in a new context.” PABLO DEL VAL, ART DUBAI ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

SECTION CURATORS Residents 2019 is co-curated by Emirati curator Munira Al Sayegh, a well-established name in the UAE art scene, and Brazilian Fernanda Brenner, Founder and Artistic Director of São Paulo-based contemporary art space Pivô and one of the most influential curators in Latin America.

MUNIRA AL SAYEGH Munira Al Sayegh (UAE, 1983) holds an undergraduate degree from University of London’s School of African and Oriental Studies in History of Art and Archaeology, with a focus on the Middle East. After graduating, Al Sayegh interned with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York in the Educational and Developmental departments. Once she moved back to Abu Dhabi, Al Sayegh worked with New York University Abu Dhabi as an assistant producer on the FIND project in 2012. From that she continued on, as co-curator of Art Dubai Projects 2014, assistant curator of Emirati Expressions 2015, and curator of Bayn: the in-between, the third edition of U.A.E Unlimited 2017. Al Sayegh worked on the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi project as a programmes officer from 20152017 and curated Abu Dhabi Art Talks programme 2017. Al Sayegh sits on the advisory council board of the NYUAD gallery. She has participated in various panels and lectures and published articles on the contemporary art scene of the region.

It is extremely important that the artists who are participating in this residency infiltrate further than just the surface of the United Arab Emirates. It is key for the artists to engage and exchange with local artists in order to further their understanding of the makeup of what the UAE really has to offer.â&#x20AC;? MUNIRA AL SAYEGH, RESIDENTS SECTION CURATOR

FERNANDA BRENNER Fernanda Brenner (Brazil, 1986) is an independent curator based in São Paulo. In 2012 she founded Pivô, a nonprofit contemporary art space in São Paulo, where she serves as artistic director. Since its inception, Pivô has enabled over 70 projects, including exhibitions, workshops and an ongoing studio programme, hosting over 250 artists from 20 different countries. Among them: Cildo Meireles, Mario Garcia Torres, Haroon Mirza, Erika Verzutti, Lucas Arruda, Rodrigo Hernandez, Danilo Dueñas, Anna Maria Maiolino, Laura Lima and Alexandre da Cunha. Brenner curated So Far So Good at White Cube in São Paulo (2015), and Neither at Mendes Wood DM, Brussels (2017) and most recently Caixa Preta (2018) at Fudação Iberê Camargo in Porto Alegre, along with Bernando de Souza, Veronica Stigger and Eduardo Sterzi. She is a contributing editor for Frieze, and her writings have appeared in a number of catalogues and publications such as ArtReview, Mousse, Terremoto and The Exhibitionist, where she is a member of the editorial board. Brenner is listed by Artsy as one of the 20 most influential curators in Latin America and was included in the 2017 Apollo Magazine 40 under 40 Global ranking.

The artists we’ve selected all work with different media and come from different backgrounds. Even though they share a continental territory, each country in Latin America is very different and full of complexities, so my intention is to deconstruct this idea of homogeneity and instead highlight the singularities.” FERNANDA BRENNER, RESIDENTS SECTION CURATOR

PARTICIPATING GALLERIES RESIDENTS HALL 3

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A Gentil Carioca Rio de Janeiro Laura Lima (Brazil, 1971) Piero Atchugarry Gallery Pueblo Garzón/Miami Verónica Vázquez (Uruguay, 1970) Barro Buenos Aires Nicanor Aráoz (Argentina, 1981) Ruth Benzacar Galería de Arte Buenos Aires Luciana Lamothe (Argentina, 1975) Casa Triângulo São Paulo Rodolpho Parigi (Brazil, 1977) Galleria Continua San Gimignano / Beijing / Les Moulins / Havana José Manuel Mesías (Cuba, 1990) Instituto de Visión Bogotá Mazenett Quiroga: Lina Mazenett and David Quiroga (Colombia, 1989 and 1984) Mendes Wood DM São Paulo / Brussels / New York Luiz Roque (Brazil, 1979) Galeria Pilar São Paulo Flora Rebollo (Brazil, 1983) Galería Revolver Lima / Buenos Aires Jerry B. Martin (Colombia, 1976)

Galería Servando Havana Luis Enrique López-Chávez (Cuba, 1988) Galeria Luisa Strina São Paulo Alexandre da Cunha (Brazil, 1969)

Resident Supporters: G15 BAIT15 G6 Tashkeel Warehouse421

A GENTIL CARIOCA RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL A Gentil Carioca was founded in 2003 and it is a contemporary art gallery that differs from other galleries because of its particular characteristics, one of which is that it was founded by three artists – Márcio Botner, Ernesto Neto and Laura Lima – an initiative that makes it unique in Brazil. This gallery is a place to think, produce, experience, celebrate and market the art. Located at the historic center of Rio de Janeiro, more specifically in the region known as Saara, the largest outdoor market in Latin America which was founded in the last century by Arab and Jewish immigrants. Around the gallery you can find all kinds of trinkets and spices, a fundamental attraction for many artists and curious people. A Gentil is present in a 1920s townhouse over one of these stores and also on a three floors building listed as historical patrimony, occupying a crossroad in the heart of this market. A Gentil Carioca was born mixed to capture and spread the diversity of art in Brazil and in the world. The gallery believes that each work of art is a cultural particle with enough power to radiate culture and education. Its fixed address takes place of concentration and irradiation of the voice of different artists and ideas, as well as advocates the expansion of the potential field of action of art by stimulating the network of collectors and lovers of art in general.

LAURA LIMA BRAZIL, 1971 Laura Lima’s works are experimental arrangements that explore the margins of our perception along the boundaries between reality, illusion, and fiction. Working across mediums, Laura Lima frequently subjects the body to surprising juxtapositions with objects and architectures. With each installation, Lima consistently reinvents the viewer’s encounter with her work, skillfully considering the nature of perception, social relationships, and human behavior, while creating profound and startling aesthetic experiences. Laura Lima won the Marcantonio Vilaça Premium in 2007, and was nominated for the Francophone and Hans Nefken Award in 2011. She is the 2014 recipient of the BACA (Bonnefanten Award for Contemporary Art). Laura is also the co-founder of gallery A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, along with the artists Márcio Botner and Ernesto Neto STUDIO: Tashkeel, Dubai, UAE

Laura Lima, Frias, 2018, Cloth, wood and thread, 111.5 x 90.5 x 7.8 cm Courtesy of the artist and A Gentil Carioca

PIERO ATCHUGARRY GALLERY GARZÓN, URUGUAY MIAMI, FL, UNITED STATES Located in Garzón, Uruguay, Piero Atchugarry is a contemporary art gallery that focuses on primary market and the representation of a selected group of artists. The gallery was founded in September 2013 and soon it moved to a larger space in Garzón, occupying an old converted stable. The same year the gallery began a programme of residences; artists from all over the world are invited to regenerate and create specific artworks inspired by the calm and beauty of the Uruguayan landscape and nature. The programme aims to educate the public on artistic processes by converting the gallery into an artist studio. Visitors are welcome to come and explore artistic practices in situ, as well as to meet and exchange ideas with the artists. Each visiting artist develops a body of work in Garzón and creates a site-specific installation for the sculpture park of 159 hectares (54 acres) surrounding the gallery, leaving a permanent memory of his or her passage. The focus of the gallery is to promote art internationally and therefore it represents artists from Brazil, Italy, Japan, Uruguay and the United States. In addition to a consistent schedule of exhibitions the gallery collaborates with museums and institutions, and participates to several international art fairs in Latin America, United States, Europe and Middle East. On December 3rd 2019, the gallery will open a second location, expanding to the United States and occupying a space in 5520 NE 4th Ave, Miami. This artistic City will be an exciting location to promote international contemporary art and foster the career of the emerging and the established artists of the gallery.

VERÓNICA VÁZQUEZ URUGUAY, 1970 Through a process of finding and collecting materials, Verónica Vázquez repurposes discarded objects to create visually striking sculptures and wall reliefs. Her work references both the history of Uruguayan Constructivism as well as the legacy of the Italian Arte Povera. STUDIO: Warehouse421, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Verรณnica Vรกzquez, Siluetas, 2015, Iron, 63.5 x 87 cm Courtesy of Piero Atchugarry Gallery

BARRO BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA Barro is a contemporary art gallery that works in the representation, positioning and commercialization of important contemporary Argentinian artists who have successfully forged prominent careers both locally and internationally. The gallery, located in La Boca, has a space of more than 400 square meters for exhibitions, in an important warehouse of industrial style and port aesthetics: the ideal setting for the development of the most risky and contemporary artistic proposals. Barro, which opened its doors in 2014, has held sixteen solo exhibitions and two very successful collective shows. The gallery has participated in national and international art fairs, such as ARCOmadrid (Madrid), artBO (Bogota), Proyectos LA (Los Angeles), arteBA (Buenos Aires), and most recently The Armory Show (New York). In 2019 Barro will take part for the first time in Art Dubai (Dubai) and Art Basel (Basel). Artists represented by Barro are Nicanor Aráoz, Joaquín Boz, Gabriel Chaile, Nicola Costantino, Matías Duville, Faivovich & Goldberg, Mónica Giron, Martín Legón, Mondongo, Marcelo Pombo, Alejandra Seeber, Amalia Ulman and Agustina Woodgate.

NICANOR ARÁOZ ARGENTINA, 1981 Nicanor Aráoz produces objects, installations, drawings and sculptures using as a reference images from comics, imagery from Internet and romantic mythologies taken from gothic art. In his practice, he attempts to push the boundaries of materials in search of intermediate emotional states. STUDIO: Dubai Design District (d3), Dubai, UAE

Nicanor Arรกoz, Unitiled, 2017, Sheet metal, plaster, polyurethane foam, laser printing, 244 x 122 x 126 cm Courtesy of BARRO

RUTH BENZACAR GALERIA DE ARTE BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA Founded in Buenos Aires in 1965 by Ruth Benzacar, the gallery is currently directed by Orly Benzacar and Mora Bacal. Since its inception, the gallery has been committed to contemporary art, paying special attention to the work produced by Argentinian artists. The galleryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual programme includes five exhibitions by both established and emerging artists.

LUCIANA LAMOTHE BUENOS AIRES, 1975 Luciana Lamothe works with sculpture, assemblage and installation to interrogate the dialectical relationship between construction and destruction, the social and the anti-social. The ambivalence of the materials she works with, in terms of strength and ductility, soft and hard, can be clearly perceived in her pieces. STUDIO: NYUAD, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Luciana Lamothe, Sin titulo, 2018, Iron, 71.5 x 71.5 x 70 cm Courtesy of Ruth Benzacar GalerĂa de Arte

CASA TRIÂNGULO SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL Casa Triângulo, founded in 1988, in São Paulo, stands out as one of the most important and respected contemporary art galleries in Brazil. The gallery plays a crucial role in building and consolidating the career of several important artists in the recent history of Brazilian Contemporary Art and also commands a special position on launching emerging talents. The gallery programme is internationally recognized for presenting young and emerging artists and constantly supporting them to present institutional-scale exhibitions, reaffirming the gallery as a free experimental space focused on contemporary art. Casa Triângulo remains consistent to its aim of promoting great and innovative artists and nurturing the best talent from the new generation of artists around the globe. The programme is focused on cutting edge art, and the team of artists that the gallery represents is taking an increasingly prominent position in the international art scene. In March 2016, Casa Triângulo moved to a new location in Jardins, São Paulo. The new building of Casa Triangulo, designed by Metro Architects, has a strong urban presence. A big white box with translucent and opaque panes features two different pavements and two exhibition areas, making up a total of approximately 500m2. The main room extends to the outside of the gallery towards the street creating an outdoors area for exhibitions.

RODOLPHO PARIGI BRAZIL, 1977 Rodolpho Parigi’s drawings and paintings are somewhere between figurative and abstract. His vibrant compositions, defying any perspective, almost giving rise to vertigo and use a wide spectrum of visual references such as the history of art, design, advertising, pop culture, botany, zoology and anatomy. STUDIO: Dubai Design District (d3), Dubai, UAE

Rodolpho Parigi, La danse, 2018, Oil on canvas, 290 x 500 cm Courtesy of Casa TriĂ˘ngulo

GALLERIA CONTINUA SAN GIMIGNANO, ITALY BEIJING, CHINA LES MOULINS, FRANCE HAVANA, CUBA Galleria Continua opened in San Gimignano, Italy, in 1990, as the result of the initiative of three friends: Mario Cristiani, Lorenzo Fiaschi and Maurizio Rigillo. Occupying a former cinema, Galleria Continua established itself in an unexpected location, far from the big cities and smoothly running art circuits – in San Gimignano, a town steeped in history and somehow out of time, in the heart of Tuscany. In 2004 Galleria Continua began a new adventure in Beijing, China, showing contemporary Western artists in an area where they were still little seen. Three years later, in 2007, Galleria Continua inaugurated a new peculiar site for large-scale creations – Les Moulins – in the Parisian countryside. In 2015 Galleria Continua embarked on new paths, opening a space in La Habana, Cuba, devoted to cultural projects designed to overcome every frontier.

JOSÉ MANUEL MESÍAS CUBA, 1990 José Manuel Mesías takes notable moments from history and re-contextualises them, combining them with contemporary moments and more intimate occurrences. Mesías aims to capture urban beauty and simultaneous deterioration in his works; he seeks to portray the same anxiety and marvel he experiences through his everyday life and that, he argues, the world provokes in equal amounts. STUDIO: Warehouse421, Abu Dhabi, UAE

JosĂŠ Manuel MesĂas, The dementia of the seamstress, 2016-2018, Fabric album, Singer sewing machine, lace fabric, thread, motor, carretes, pulleys, Variable dimensions Courtesy of the the artist and Galleria Continua

INSTITUTO DE VISIÓN BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA Instituto de Visión* is a space for research, experimentation and exchange between local and international artists, markets, and cultural agents. Our programme is focused on conceptual practices that propose micro-revolutions, original perspectives and personal ecosystems inserted into a specific context. The poetics that inspire us originate in interchange, tropicality, decoding, cotidianity, archives and historic revision. Through the programme Visionarios, Instituto de Visión aims at revisiting the history of Colombian art to give a deserved position to artists who remained, despite their challenging and committed posture, alienated from the academic/official recount of our Art History. Instituto de Visión presents a programme of public art that will go beyond the walls of our gallery to bring artistic proposals to urban spaces not typically considered as artistic settings. *Named after the work Instituto de Visión (2008) by artist Nicolás Consuegra.

MAZENETT QUIROGA LINA MAZENETT COLOMBIA, 1989 DAVID QUIROGA COLOMBIA, 1984 Mazenett Quiroga are interested in exploring the interrelationship between organisms and the misnamed “resources” of our environment. Their distribution and resignification through culture. They strive to blur the distinction between the concepts of nature and culture. The duo have developed a practice based on an oscillation between past and present, science and mythology, Amerindian cultures and western influence, finding interstices between these apparent polarities. STUDIO: BAIT15, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Mazenett Quiroga, De mรกs allรก del mar IV, Temple, ultramarine blue pigment and 22 genuine gold leaf on wood, 200 x 85cm Courtesy of Instituto de Visiรณn

MENDES WOOD DM SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL BRUSSELS, BELGIUM NEW YORK, UNITED STATES Mendes Wood DM was founded in 2010 by partners Felipe Dmab, Matthew Wood and Pedro Mendes with the intent to exhibit international and Brazilian artists in a context conducive to critical dialogue and cross-pollination. Central to the gallery’s programme is a concern for regional difference and individuation while fostering cosmopolitanism and collaboration. Inspired by a belief that artistic practices broaden the scope of human agency and have the power to both touch and change the world, Mendes Wood DM cultivates a programme premised on conceptualism, political resistance and intellectual rigor. In 2017, Mendes Wood DM inaugurated its first North American exhibition space in New York with a series of two-person shows juxtaposing historical and contemporary material; including artists such as Lucas Arruda and On Kawara, Sonia Gomes and A.R. Penck. In the same year, Mendes Wood DM expanded its European presence with a new gallery in Brussels founded in partnership with longtime friend and collaborator Carolyn Drake Kandiyoti. Located in a historic townhouse, the space lends itself to ambitious curatorial projects and mono-graphic exhibitions, as well as welcoming artists and curators in residence. The residency is integral to the gallery project to establish a place for the active exchange, creation and reformulation of varying artistic narratives.

LUIZ ROQUE BRAZIL, 1979 Attracted by the power of image and, in particular, by sensations that stem from the sense of vision, visual artist Luiz Roque’s work crosses different territories, such as the genre of science fiction, the legacy of Modernism and pop culture, in order to understand and propose ingenious and visually sensual narratives. STUDIO: Dubai Design District (d3), Dubai, UAE

Luiz Roque, Rio de Janeiro, 2017, HD video, 5â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Courtesy of the artist and Mendes Wood DM

GALERIA PILAR SĂ&#x192;O PAULO, BRAZIL Galeria Pilar was launched in 2011 by Elisio Yamada and Henrique Miziara. The gallery, located in the Santa Cecilia district of SĂŁo Paulo, has 400 square meters of exhibition space dedicated to presenting Brazilian as well as international artists, and functions as a platform for establishing a discourse with curators, critics and collectors. The main purpose for the gallery is to promote artists who are working in the most diverse media, including photography, painting, sculpture, installation, and video.

FLORA REBOLLO BRAZIL, 1983 In her most recurring practice, Flora Rebollo creates dynamic large-scale colorful compositions which employs a number of graphic features and are intriguing by both their profuse use of electric and muddy colors and their elusive shapes that appear to rebuild themselves incessantly. STUDIO: Warehouse421, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Flora Rebollo, Untitled, 2017, Graphite, marker, colored pencil, pastel, spray and oil bar on paper, 280 x 400 cm Courtesy of Galeria Pilar

REVOLVER GALERĂ?A LIMA, PERU ARGENTINA, BUENO AIRES Revolver GalerĂa is a project created by artist Giancarlo Scaglia, which began in 2008 with the intention of boosting the Peruvian the contemporary art scene, and since, Revolver has been showing the most exciting new generation of artists from Peru and around Latin America. From the beginning, the gallery set clear targets in its mission as a private platform for the exhibition, promotion and management of contemporary artists and worked to re-direct from the local scene and, instead, to aim towards the exchange and connection with the rest of the world, reinforcing the idea that it is the active trade of discourses that will articulate further development. Focused on its role as the catalyzing nexus between artists, critics, museum directors, curators, and collectors, Revolver reaffirms that the sum of these -resulting in intelligent art collection- will be essential triggers for the development of a wide range art scenario.

JERRY B. MARTIN COLOMBIA, 1976 For over two decades, Jerry B. Martin has been using a typewriter as the main tool for his practice: a private performance based on transcription as a means for cognition. By typing and over-typing sentences, paragraphs, texts and even complete books, the artist creates lights and shadows that end up translating information into an image on paper that establishes links between author, material, content, process and itself. STUDIO: Warehouse421, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Jerry B. Martin, Indented Landscape, 2013-2015, Typeset drawings with transcription of texts on paper, 230 x 255 cm Courtesy of the artist and Revolver GalerĂa

GALERIA SERVANDO HAVANA, CUBA Servando art gallery was created in 2003 in Vedado, Havana. Our work profile focuses mainly on the conceptual and experimental art developed in the country, with an emphasis on emerging creators, hence most of the artists we represent are from the generation of 2000. The preference for a type of art of marked experimentality provides the gallery with an unusual variety of media that transits from the most traditional ones, such as painting, drawing and sculpture, to those introduced by postmodern renovations, namely, installations, video art, etc. Since its creation Servando gallery has participated in different international fairs in Europe and America (ARCO, Artissima, Houston Fine Art Fair, Hot Art, Art in Lisbon, ArtMadrid, ArtToronto, MACO Mexico). Also, since its foundation it has been working directly with the Biennial of Havana.

LUIS ENRIQUE LÓPEZ-CHÁVEZ CUBA, 1988 In his work, Luis Enrique López-Chávez has been conducting a research exercise on the development of the plastic form and on the frictions that such form generates by introducing itself as an affirmation in the logical space of the world. From this contact with the socio-historical context, with language or with art itself, he proposes an image contained between a conceptual methodology and a un- conscious pulse, between a philosophical proposition and a poetic image. STUDIO: Tashkeel, Dubai, UAE

Luis Enrique López-Chávez, La conducta doméstica, 2017, Oil on canvas, 75 x 75 cm (each) Courtesy of the artist

LUISA STRINA SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL In 2019 Galeria Luisa Strina completes 45 years of activity. Luisa Strina started as a merchant in 1970 and opened her gallery in 1974. During the 1970s, Strina introduced into the market diverse exponents of what later would be called Geração 70, such as Cildo Meireles, Tunga, Waltercio Caldas and Antonio Dias. Her gallery was the first Latin-American one invited to participate in the Basel Art Fair, in 1992. During the 1990s she started working with Brazilian and Latin American artists that would afterwards develop an international career, such as Alexandre da Cunha, Fernanda Gomes, Marcius Galan, and Jorge Macchi. Currently, Galeria Luisa Strina represents 43 artists, a mixture of established and emerging artists which are active locally and internationally.

ALEXANDRE DA CUNHA BRAZIL, 1969 Grounded in a material aesthetic and ethic, Alexandre da Cunha makes sculpture and wallmounted work using transformed everyday or found objects. Da Cunha describes his practice as ‘pointing’, not ‘making’: pointing at existing objects in our everyday surroundings, and highlighting or revealing new and unexpected facets or meanings within them. This approach has allowed him to unpick our preconceptions and instinctive responses to things and shift our perspective to new ways of seeing and understanding. STUDIO: Tashkeel, Dubai, UAE

Alexandre da Cunha, Kentucky (Terracota), 2016, Mop heads, dye, metal fittings, 132 x 110 x 15.5 cm Courtesy of the artist Galeria Luisa Strina

PUBLIC PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS Art Dubai‘s programming promotes creative activities that aim to grow the cultural fabric of the country and encourage social interactivity and engagement. Residents 2019 engages with local cultural institutions which partner with Art Dubai to host the residency spaces offering the artists an opportunity to engage with Emirati culture, history and identity through residencies in some of the country’s leading cultural spaces. The programme is accompanied by a range of public events and open studios, hosted by the residency spaces, inviting the public to interact with the artists and follow the production of their work. Residents concludes with a roundtable discussion, taking the dialogue around the programme to the public sphere. OPEN STUDIOS BAIT15 Abu Dhabi Friday, March 1 5pm TASHKEEL TALK: ALEXANDRE DA CUNHA Tashkeel Dubai Monday, March 4 6-7:30pm OPEN STUDIOS Warehouse421 Abu Dhabi Saturday, March 16 6-8pm

FAIR PROGRAMMING RESIDENTS ROUNDTABLE Art Dubai Talks Mina A’Salam, Dubai Friday, March 22 6:30-7:30pm 36

PROGRAMME SUPPORTERS The artists set up temporary studio space in the UAE: at Dubai Design District and Tashkeel in Dubai and BAIT15 and Warehouse421 in Abu Dhabi. The residency programme acts as a starting point for introductions to and conversations with the local arts scene; promoting encounters and providing the artists with a comfortable working environment to allow for each artist to respond in their own way to the situation they find themselves in.

BAIT15 BAIT15 is an artist run studio and exhibition space based in the heart of a residential area in downtown Abu Dhabi. Founded by three Abu Dhabi-based artists: Afra Al Dhaheri, Hashel Al Lamki, and Maitha Abdulla. The space housing BAIT15 was originally a residential home that was slowly transformed into a multifunctional space to cater to the artist’s community needs, reconfiguring the initial function of a home to serve as a production space for its artists. Each of the founders have an individual studio space in the villa to house their daily practice, in addition to a small library collection, and a multifunctional open space that is used for exhibitions, film screenings, workshops, artist talks, as well as community social events. BAIT15 is a self-funded non-profit space that was founded out of a mutual need for collective community and artist working spaces. BAIT15’s mission is to engage with artistic communities and develop intimate to wider conversations in an effort to create new dialogues within the UAE’s evolving art scene. BAIT15’s programming is driven by its artists’ day to day practice in the space, and a continuous networking with artists and art professionals within the UAE and internationally, which ultimately allow for a more diverse and critical discourse within BAIT15’s community members.

DUBAI DESIGN DISTRICT Dubai Design District (d3), a member of TECOM Group, is a destination dedicated to design that reinforces Dubai’s new status as a UNESCO Creative City of Design. Established to provide a platform for the region’s growing number of designers, creative professionals and artists to unite, create and inspire, d3 has fast become a hub for inspiration and innovation. Located in the heart of Dubai, the thriving neighborhood is home to emerging designers as well as international brands. 37

With over 450 creative partners, including architects, interior designers, photography studios, product and fashion designers, d3 also has more than 45 retail stores and eateries. The Design Quarter at d3 offers visitors the opportunity to discover a variety of design showrooms and art galleries, indulge in authentic dining experiences, and shop at homegrown lifestyle boutiques, fashion ateliers, and international design showrooms. d3 is also a popular events space that attracts international artists and audiences to cultural exhibitions and gatherings such as Dubai Design Week, Fashion Forward and Sole DXB a regional lifestyle platform for footwear, fashion, culture, art and design. In addition, the destination regularly hosts a roster of industry talks, workshops and educational programming, accessible to people of all ages. Now open to the d3 community and the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s visitors, The Block at d3 is a space to escape, relax, unwind and get fit. The recreational facility features a skate park, a basketball and volleyball court, climbing walls, an urban beach, as well as outdoor seating and entertainment areas.

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) is a satellite campus of New York University serving as a fully integrated liberal arts and science college. The university offers arts majors in Visual Art, Art History, Film and New Media, Theater, Interactive Media, and Music. The NYUAD Arts Center provides over 22,000 square meters of arts production, exhibition, and performance spaces, including sculpture labs, mixed media, printmaking, photography, painting and drawing studios, film production, editing and recording studios, acting studios, three theaters, and two exhibition spaces. It serves as a vibrant laboratory for art making and presentation that fosters a dynamic relationship between the arts, scholarship, and community.

TASHKEEL Established in Dubai in 2008 by Lateefa bint Maktoum, Tashkeel seeks to provide a nurturing environment for the growth of contemporary art and design practice rooted in the UAE. Through multi-disciplinary studios, work spaces and galleries located in both Nad Al Sheba and Al Fahidi, it enables creative practice, experimentation and dialogue among practitioners and the wider community. Operating on an open membership model, Tashkeelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual programme of training, residencies, workshops, talks, exhibitions, international collaborations and publications aims to further practitioner development, public engagement, lifelong learning and the creative and cultural industries. 38

Tashkeelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s range of initiatives include: Tanween, which takes a selected cohort of emerging UAE-based designers through a nine-month development programme to take a product inspired by the surroundings of the UAE from concept to completion; Critical Practice, which invites visual artists to embark on a one-year development programme of studio practice, mentorship and training that culminates in a major solo presentation; Make Works UAE, an online platform [visit make.works] connecting creatives and fabricators to enable designers and artists accurate and efficient access to the UAE manufacturing sector; Exhibitions & Workshops to challenge artistic practice, enable capacity building and grow audience for the arts in the UAE; and the heart of Tashkeel, its Membership, a community of creatives with access to facilities and studio spaces to refine their skills, undertake collaborations and pursue professional careers.

WAREHOUSE421 Warehouse421 is a hub for creativity and an active participant in Abu Dhabiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s creative ecosystem, and is dedicated to supporting learning, making, exhibition and commercial activity relevant to the local and regional creative industries. Since November 2015, Warehouse421 has hosted 20 exhibitions and showcased the work of more than 400 local and regional artists and designers, providing a place for creatives to formally and informally convene. Warehouse421 offers the public the opportunity to explore their creativity through interactive initiatives including talks, workshops, film screenings and performances. Located in the Mina Zayed of Abu Dhabi, Warehouse421 was converted from two former industrial warehouses and designed by the respected Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG).

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