Residency Dates: February 21, 2016 - March 12, 2016
Application Deadline: September 20, 2015
Josiah McElheny is a New York based sculptor, performance artist, writer and filmmaker best known for his use of glass with other materials. He has exhibited widely including two major survey exhibitions, Towards a Light Clubat the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio (2013), and Some Pictures of the Infinite at the Institute for Contemporary Art in Boston, Massachusetts (2012), as well as exhibitions at The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (2009), Henry Art Gallery, Seattle (2008), Moderna Museet, Stockholm (2007), and MoMA, New York (2007). He has written for such publications as Artforum and Cabinet, and is a contributing editor to Bomb Magazine. Book projects include Glass! Love!! Perpetual Motion!!! A Paul Scheerbart Reader, co-edited with Christine Burgin, published by Burgin and University of Chicago Press in 2014, The Light Clubalso published by the University of Chicago Press in 2010 and Interiors, a reader co-edited by Johanna Burton and Lynne Cooke, published by CCS Bard and Sternberg Press in 2012. In 2006 he was the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. He was the 2013 Teiger Mentor in the Arts at Cornell University and continues as a senior critic in sculpture at the Yale School of Art and a mentor at Columbia University School of the Arts.
http://www.andrearosengallery.com/artists/josiah-mcelheny
http://whitecube.com/artists/josiah_mcelheny/
Residency Statement
So much of making art is spent outside the studio, reading and looking at other works and influences outside yourself. This time can be hard to find but it is essential to a successful and happy studio practice. My work, across a variety of media from sculpture, film, performance, or drawing, is heavily influenced and directed by historical and conceptual research. I want to use our time together to communally share in this process of reading and looking as well discussing what it is we are taking in and how it might inform our work.
Application requirements
1. Applicants should submit a short bio (.doc, .docx, .pdf)
2. A letter of intent stating a very brief statement why they want to participate in the three week course and how they plan to spend their time outside the class’s structure during the residency. (doc, .docx, .pdf)
3. Please submit 10 images of previous works/projects and any web links to your work, especially including film or performance pieces. (.doc, .docx, .pdf or jpg. – 5 MB maximum file size)
Residency Fee: $900
Includes a $100 administration fee, weekday meals and housing; does not include artist materials, transportation, or weekend meals.
Scholarships / Financial Assistance
Only accepted Associate Artists may apply for financial assistance. For details, please visit the master artist details page.
Application fee: $25