Guillermo Acosta

Group XLV, 2017
ARCHITECTURE

Born 1992 in Mexico City, Mexico
Lives in Mexico City, Mexico

Education

Architecture, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Mexico City, Mexico

Work Experience

2015 - present
- Fernanda Canales Arquitectura, junior architect, Mexico City, Mexico
- WASA, co-founder, Mexico City, Mexico

2015
- Slot. Studio, intern, Mexico City, Mexico

2011-12
Libre Acceso/ArquiTEC, intern, Mexico City, Mexico

Professional Highlights

2017
- Jury, Fundamentals of Design II (final reviews), ITESM, Mexico City, Mexico
- Jury, 20th Encuentro Plástico Espacial, ITESM, Mexico City, Mexico
- Guest lecturer, Fundamentals of Design II, ITESM, Mexico City, Mexico

Selected Works

2018
- “The Machine is Broken!,” under development
- Tapetito, Tapetote Pavilion,” under development

2017
- “Inserted Space, Uncertain Meeting” pavilion, built

Awards & Competions

2017
- Participant, Arquine Competition 19 “Mextrópoli Pavilion”

2016
- Finalist, Official selection - Arquine Competition 18 “Mextrópoli Pavillion”
- 2nd. place - Razonarq “Peace Pavillion (Mexico)”

2014
- Participant - AWR competition “CPH Modern Library”
- Participant - 120 hours “ØYA FESTIVAL Pavilion”

2013
- Participant - 1st. “FIVS” competition, Infonavit - Density: Think housing to make city

Publications & Exhibitions

2016
- Concurso No. 18 Pabellón MEXTRÓPOLI 2016, Arquine, Mexico City, Mexico

JURY

Christian Kühn
Chus Martínez
Florian Pumhösl
Kolja Reichert
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein

Alejandra Avalos

Group XLV, 2017
ARCHITECTURE

Born 1992 in Mexico City, Mexico
Lives in Mexico City, Mexico

Education

Architecture, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Mexico City, Mexico
Architecture, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea

Work Experience

2015 – present
- EDAA, junior architect, Mexico City, Mexico
- WASA, co-founder, Mexico City, Mexico

2015
- Taller de Frida Escobedo, intern, Mexico City, Mexico
-
2012
- Libre Acceso – Arquitec, intern, Mexico City, Mexico

Professional Highlights

2017
- Jury, Fundamentals of Design II (final reviews), ITESM, Mexico City, Mexico
- Jury, 20th Concurso Plástico Espacial Luis Barragán, ITESM, Mexico City, Mexico
- Guest lecturer, Fundamentals of Design II, ITESM, Mexico City, Mexico

2016
- Jury, Thesis Project (final review), ITESM, Mexico City, Mexico

Selected Work
- Tapetito, Tapetote Pavilion,” under development
- “The Machine is Broken!,” under development
- “Inserted Space, Uncertain Meeting,” pavilion, built

Awards & Competitions

2017
- Participant, Arquine Competition 19 “Mextrópoli Pavilion Arquine”

2016
- Finalist, Official selection - Arquine Competition 18 “Mextrópoli Pavillion”

2015
- 2nd. place - Razonarq “Peace Pavillion (Mexico)”

Volunteer Work

2015-17
- Encuentro con México, volunteer and coordinator, Malinaltepec, Mexico

JURY

Christian Kühn
Chus Martínez
Florian Pumhösl
Kolja Reichert
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein

Alan Rios

Group XLV, 2017
ARCHITECTURE

Born 1991 in Mexico City, Mexico
Lives in Mexico City, Mexico

Education

Architecture, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Mexico City, Mexico
Architecture, INHA University, Incheon, South Korea

Work Experience

2016 - present
- WASA, design collective, Mexico City, Mexico

2015 - present
- BLANGKAZ SA DE CV, furniture design and architecture
-
2009 – 2015
-Alan Ríos Cruz Graphic Arts, printing company

Professional Highlights

2017
- Mentor, Philein Project, Aalto University, UT of Calakmul, ITESM, UNAM, IT of Cancún, Mexico
- President, EXATEC architecture association, Mexico City, Mexico
- Class Adviser, Design Fundamentals II, ITESM, Mexico City, Mexico

2016
- Tutor, Aalto Lab Mexico

2015
- Lab participant, Aalto Lab Mexico

Contests

2016
- Finalist, (WASA), Espacio inserto, encuentro (embedded space, uncertain encounter), Arquine No.18 MEXTRÓPOLI Pavillion
- Second place, (WASA), “quéquieredecir? (whatdoyoumean?),” Peace Pavillion

2015
- Finalists / digital archive (Aalto Lab México), “cuxta-há (living water),” 15th Venice Architecture Biennale: Reporting from the front

JURY

Christian Kühn
Chus Martínez
Florian Pumhösl
Kolja Reichert
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein

Flora Hauser

Group XLV, 2017
FINE ARTS

Born 1992 in Vienna, Austria
Lives in Vienna, Austria

Education

Art, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
Art, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Arts Paris-Cergy, Paris, France
Graphic and Communication Design, Höhere Graphische Bundes-Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt, Vienna, Austria

Solo Exhibitions

2016
- “Die vier Jahreszeiten,” Boltenstern.Raum, Meyer Kainer, Vienna, Austria
- “Heimoti,” Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

2015
- “Owls and Foes,“ Ibid Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Selected Group Exhibitions

2017
- “Lightness and Matter. Matter and Lightness.” Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna, Austria
- “A Painters Doubt,” Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria

2016
- “Summer in the City,” Galerie Christina König, Vienna, Austria
- “focus (2-7) Alighiero Boletti, Flora Hauser,” Ibid Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- “Les Limbes,” curated by Caterina Riva, La Galerie, centre d’art contemporain, Paris, France
- “… Und eine Welt noch,” Kunsthaus Hamburg , Germany
- “Lokalverbot für zehn aus Wien,” 8. Salon, Hamburg, Germany
- “Mir ist das Leben lieber,” Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
- “sec.,” curated by Robby Greif, Galerie Christine König, Vienna, Austria
- “Now/Here, Franz Josef Kai 3, Vienna, Austria

2015
- “Der Mentor und die neuen Schnellen,“ Kunstbüro, Wiener Art Foundation, Vienna, Austria
- “E-01,” Parkhaus 1070, and artist talk at University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
- “Tower,” Ibid Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- “Different Things Happen / Pathological Hoarding,” Senn Gallery, Vienna, Austria
- “Parallel,” room curated by wellwellwell, Vienna, Austria
- “Crocodile,” curated by Christian Rosa and Janis Varelas, AUTOCENTER, Berlin, Germany

2014
- “Maria Taniguchi, Michael Van den Abeele and Flora Hauser,” Ibid Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- “Eye Know,” Hochhaus Herrengasse, Vienna, Austria
- “If Damien were Viennese,” ve.sch, Vienna, Austria
- “Flora Hauser & Hanno Schnegg,” wellwellwell, Vienna, Austria

2013
- “Foreign Affairs,” Beelitz Heilstaetten, Germany
- “EEA 13,” The Rietveld Pavilion, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- “Aufstellungen,” Skulpturinstitut, Vienna, Austria
- “Arthur!, Interventionen im ö_entlichen Raum, (Interventions in public space),” Arthur Schnitzler Park, Baden bei Wien, Austria
- “N2,” performance series in public space, www.n2-blaster.com, Vienna, Austria

2012
- “Salon David,” with Lukas Matuschek, Andre Wagner and Stephan Blumenschein, Vienna, Austria
- “Arthur!, Interventionen im öffentlichen Raum,” Arthur Schnitzel Park, Baden bei Wien, Austria
- “nothing is ever finished,” Steinsaal Oskar-Kokoschkaplatz 2, Vienna, Austria
- “Space, Time, Dignity, Rights,” in cooperation with the UN, GIZ, Centre of Architecture Germany, Berlin, Germany
- “The New Jerusalem Project,” group exhibition and lecture with Philip Ursprung

2011
- “Kontanimierte Räume,” group exhibition initiated by Anna Viebrock, Karlsruhe, Germany
- screening of “winterfest,” 16mm short film, ZKM | Karlsruhe, Germany

2010
- “Über Zukunft reden wollte er auch nicht mehr,” a multi-channel projection of YouTube videos in cooperation with Steffen Zillig

2009
- “Installation homesick,” Kunsthalle Münster, Muenster, Germany

Teaching

2015/16
- Guest Lecturer, University of Arts and Design, Karlsruhe, Germany

Awards and Grants

2015/16
- Award 11 for Documentary Photography, Wüstenrot Stiftung, Germany
- Research Stipend, Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, the Netherlands
- Stipend, Kunststiftung Baden Württemberg, Germany

2013/14
- ZKM Award for the exhibition “The Walk and The New Jerusalem Project,”

Artist Books & Publications

2016
- “Two Times One,” editor and contribution, Maastricht 2016

2015
- “Script of Demolition,” pin-up magazine, Spector Books, New York, 2015

2014
- “Script of Demolition,” Spector Books, Leipzig, 2014
- “Siedlung rot beige (begrünt),” photographic essay, trans magazine, 2014

2013
- “LOSK,” photographic essay, Domus Magazine, Rozzano (1), 2013
- “LOSK,” in collaboration with Franca Scholz, text by Joseph Grima and Simon Bieling Spector Books, Leipzig 2013 (Images 5)
- “Komische Strahlung und Notes from Underground,” Bauwelt Magazin, Edition Nr. 8, Berlin, 2013
- “Multifunktionsfabrik 22,” author & editor, Karlsruhe, 2013

JURY

Christian Kühn
Chus Martínez
Florian Pumhösl
Kolja Reichert
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein

Baptist Penetticobra

Group XLV, 2017
FINE ARTS

www.baptistpenetticobra.com

Born 1991 in Montmorency, France
Lives in Paris, France

Education

Art, l'École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris, France
Art, College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning. University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Art, l'École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Indurstries graphiques Estienne, Paris, France

FIlms

2017
- “Studio Brawl, video, 4’
- “Nobody,” video, 5’

2016
- “For Real, tho,” fiction, film, 14'
- “Press Conference,” fiction, film, 12’

2015
- “The Game of Life,” fiction, series, 25’

2014
- “Entertainment Capital of the World,” fiction, 19’

2013
- “Conservatoire,” installation, 7’
- “Nineteen Ninety Nine,” fiction,” 29’
- “Buy 1, Get 1 Free,” installation, 9’

Exhibitions and Screenings

2017
- Appareiller, le Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France — “For Real tho”
- Chacunsoncourt , Strasbourg, France — “For Real tho”
- Carrousel Film Festival, Rimouski , Canada — “For Real tho”
- Lago Film Fest, Treviso, Italy — “For Real tho”
- SundanceTV Shorts Competition — “For Real tho”
- Forum des Images, Paris, France — “For Real tho”
- Labo, Clermont - Ferrand International Film Festival, France — “For Real tho”
- Flatpack Film Festival , Birmingham, U K — “For Real tho”
- Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine — “For Real tho”

2016
- Chelsea Film Festival, New York, USA — “For Real tho”
- Parcours Urbain d’Art Video, Cayenne, French Guiana — “For Real tho”
- Rhode Island Film Festival, USA — “For Real tho”
- Hors Pistes, le Centre Pompidou, Paris, France — “For Real tho”
- DTLA Proud Festival, Los Angeles, USA — “The Game of Life”
- Club Sandwich, CRAC de Montbéliard, France — “The Game of Life”
- Hors Pistes, le Centre Pompidou, Paris, France — “Press Conference”
- Le Balzac, Paris, France — “The Game of Life”

2015
-Atomic Pictures, le Carmen, Paris, France — “The Game of Life”
-ENSAD, Paris, France — “Entertainment Capital of the World”
- FIPA, International TV Film Festival, Biarritz, France — “The Game of Life”
- in Rocks Lab, le Trianon, Paris, France — “Entertainment Capital of the World”
- Marginal, Tokyo, Japan — “The Game of Life”
- Congrats!, le Wanderlust, Paris, France — “The Game of Life”
- in Rocks Lab, la Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, France — “Entertainment Capital of the World”

2014
-Traverse video, Espace Croix-Baragnon , Toulouse, France — “Entertainment Capital of the World”
- La Nuit Blanche, Paris, France — “Entertainment Capital of the World”
- Nuit des diplômés, ENSAD, Paris, France — “Entertainment Capital of the World”
- ENSAD, Paris, France — “Entertainment Capital of the World” and “Buy1Get1Free”

Awards and Grants

2017
- Special Jury Award, Festival dufilm court de Clermont-Ferrand – “For Real tho”
- Special Jury Awars, Chelsea Film Festival, New York, USA – “For Real tho”

2015
- Production grant, le Centre Pompidou, Paris, France – “Entertainment Capital of the World”
- Special production grant, Sosh
-Video achievement award, les inRocks lab, Paris, France – “Entertainment Capital of the World”

2012
- Study abroad excellence scholarship, EnsAD

Publications

2014
- Entertainment Capital of the World (Thesis) – Under direction of Brice Dellsperger

JURY

Christian Kühn
Chus Martínez
Florian Pumhösl
Kolja Reichert
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein

Alessandro Bava

Group XLIV, 2017
ARCHITECTURE

www.aayr.xyz

Born 1988 in Naples, Italy
Lives in London, United Kingdom

Education

Architecture, Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, United Kingdom
Architecture, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

Professional Experience

2014
- Bava and Sons, London, United Kingdom

2013
- vPPR Architects, Longon, United Kingdom

2011
- Acconci Studio, New York, United States

2010
- Marc Forned/TVM, New York, United States

2009
- ecoLogic Studio, London, United Kingdom

2008
- Work PGLF/Tartaglia Partnership, Milan, Italy

Workshops

2010
- ecoLogicStudio, Cybergarden, Architectural Association, London, United Kingdom
- ecoLogicStudio, Urban Pavilions, Simply Rhino/Grasshopper, London, United Kingdom

Teaching

2014
- Guest Critic, UCL Bartlett MArch GAD RC5: Philippe Morel & Thibault Schwartz
- Guest Critic, AA First Year, Fabrizio Ballabio, Maria Giudici

2010
- Visiting Lecturer, BA History and Theory of Architecture, Politecnico di Milano

Lectures & Talks

2014
- “Home ‘14,” (with AIRBNB Pavilion) AA School of Architecture, London, United Kingdom
- “Everything That Is Solid Melts Into Airbnb,” (with Andrea Branzi, AIRBNB Pavilion), Swiss Institute, New York, United States
- “Extinction Marathon,” Serpentine Galleries, London, United Kingdom
- “Swiss Pavilion Marathon,” XIV Architecture Biennale, Venice, Italy
- “89plus Resources Panel,” with Hans Ulrich Obrist et.al., LUMA Stiflung, Zurich, Switzerland

2013
- “Architecture Publishing,” panel discussion with Jack Self, Marlie Mul, Tom Weaver

2010
- “Computing Architectural Concepts,” Architectural Association, London, United Kingdom

2009
- “New York Undergrounds,” lecture, Milan Film Festival, Milan, Italy

Exhibitions

2014
- “N.E.A.T Google Cultural Institute and 89plus,” Fondation Cartier pour l’Art
Contemporain, Paris, France
- “AIRBNB Pavilion,” XIV Architecture Biennale, Venice, Italy
- “Community Development Meeting + Do More Of What They Love,” with AIRBNB Pavilion, 63rd 77th Steps, Bari, Italy
- “The Office,” with AIRBNB Pavilion, ACL Partners, Paris, France
- “Basic Zone,” curation, Bernadette Corporation, Dena Yago, Juliette Bonneviot, Ilja
Karilampi, Casamadre, Naples, Italy

2009
- “Building for Bouwkunde,” Nai Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- “EcoMachines,” with AAInter10, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2008
- “Everyville,” XII Architecture Biennale, Venice, Italy

Competitions

2012
- BAB AL BAHRAIN, Honorable Mention

2011
- Building for Bouwkunde Rotterdam, shortlisted, special mention

Books & Writing

2015
- “Civitate Dei, Holy Experiments and the Heavenly American Gridiron City,” in “The
Architecture of Sacred Space,” AA Publications, London

2014
- “City of God,” with Harry Burke, Version House, Berlin
- “Home 2014,” Fulcrum #96
- “Catfish Homes, Airbnb and the Domestic Interior Photography,” Rhizome
- “Any Random Thing, Giuseppe Pagano and Chinese 3D Printing,” Issue 14, Pin-Up Magazine
- “Say hello to ghostmodernity: Keller Easterling's Subtraction,” Architectural Review, October 2014
- “Everything Everywhere, Corporate Aesthetics,” Fulcrum #89

2014
- “Interview with Philippe Morel,” Rhizome

Publications

2015
- “Rituals and Walls: The Architecture of Sacred Space,” AA Publications

2014
- “Interview,” L’Uomo Vogue, July/August 2014
- “AIRBNB Pavilion,” PIN-UP Magazine, Issue 14

2013
- BAB AL BAHRAIN, Domus Special, February 2013

2012
- “Deepthroat Diary,” JunkJet, Issue 5
- “ecoLogicStudio, Systemic Architecture,” Routledge

2011
- “ecoLogicStudio, The World Dubai Marine Life Incubators,” AA Publications

2010
- “AD Territory: Architecture Beyond Environment,” AAInter10

2009
- “Building for Bouwkunde Ideas Competition,” Nai Rotterdam

JURY

Andreas Fogarasi
Gabu Heindl
Catrin Lorch
Beatrix Ruf
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein

Luis Ortega Govela

Group XLIV, 2017
ARCHITECTURE

www.aayr.xyz

Born 1988 in Tampico, Mexico
Lives in London, United Kingdom

Education

Architecture, Architectural Association, London, United Kingdom
Architecture, London Metropolitan University, London, United Kingdom

Selected Work Experience

2012/13
- architectural assistant, David Kohn Architects, London, United Kingdom

2010
- architectural assistant, Ushida Findlay Architects, London, United Kingdom

2008 - 2011
- first assistant to art director / set designer David White, London, United Kingdom

2010
- artist’s assistant, Madeleon Vriesendorp Koolhaas

2009
-assistant to art director / set designer Shona Heath, London, United Kingdom

Selected Projects

2014 - ongoing
-- founder, AIRBNB Pavilion:
- AIRBNB Pavilion Exhibition, curation, 14th Venice Architectural Biennale
- “Everything that is solid melts into airbnb,” talk, Swiss Institute New York, United States
- “Home 2014,” talk, Architectural Association, London, United Kingdom
- “Morphing Overnight,” group show, Seventeenth Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- “Schoner Wohnen,” exhibition, Armada, Milan, Italy

Additional Experience
- regular contributor to “Fulcrum” and “Architectural Review” publications
- guest lecturer, 2014, Architectural Association, London, United Kingdom
- external critic, Intermediate Unit 12, Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, United Kingdom
- external critic, 2010 & 2011, Foundation and First Year, London Metropolitan University, London, United Kingdom

JURY

Andreas Fogarasi
Gabu Heindl
Catrin Lorch
Beatrix Ruf
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein

Octave Perrault

Group XLIV, 2017
ARCHITECTURE

www.aayr.xyz

Born 1988 in Saint-Malo, France
Lives in London, United Kingdom

Education

Sociology & Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths University, London, United Kingdom
Architecture, Architectural Association, London, United Kingdom

Work Experience

since 2013
- freelance architect:
- artist assistant (Amalia Ulman, Ed Fornieles, Ana Rajcevic, 18+, …)
- architecture collaborator (DPA, Sam Jacob Studio, Lab-Top Rendering, …)
- set-designer for “The Camus Incident,” shortlisted by the Barbican and Oxford Samuel Becket Theatre Trust

since 2014
- co-founder & active member of åyr
- First Year Studio tutor, Architectural Association

2014 - 2016
- contributing editor at Fulcrum (weekly print publication, with Bedford Press & AA School)

2012
- tutor, Architectural Association Visiting School, with Pascal Schoening and Goswin Schwedinger, Nice, France

2011
- executive producer (archive and copyright research for the documentary “Bob Marley: The Making of a Legend”), Trenhorne Films, London, United Kingdom

2009
- photography and studio assistant, Jonathan Becker, New York, United States

2010
- Marc Forned/TVM, New York, United States

2009
- ecoLogic Studio, London, United Kingdom

2008
- Work PGLF/Tartaglia Partnership, Milan, Italy

Publications & Exhibitions

2015
- contributor to “Architectural Review, Harvard Design Magazine,” (as åyr)

2014
- contributor to “Fulcrum,” Rhizome.org (as åyr)-

2013
- “Digital Sociability,” Fulcrum #74, Bedfors Press, September 2013

2011
- “Tidal Gallery,” Footprint across Fresh Snow, Wimbledon Space, United Kingdom

2010
- “Tidal Gallery,” Takenaka Exhibition, Japan

2009
- “Biological Gateway,“ publication in “Bioluminescent Metropolis,“ BldgBlog.com

Other

2014
- lecturer, Home 2014, with AIRBNB Pavilion, Architectural Association, London, United Kingdom
- guest lecturer “The end of place as we know it,” Strathclyde conference, Glasgow, United Kingdom

2013
- external critic, Inter13, Architectural Association, London, United Kingdom
- co-writer, Salpa’s Journey – a Road Movie,” official selection Rotterdam Film Festival 2014

2012
- contributor, “IMPORT / EXPORT,” Kassel School of Architecture Floating Pavilion, documenta (13), Kassel, Germany

JURY

Andreas Fogarasi
Gabu Heindl
Catrin Lorch
Beatrix Ruf
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein

Anna Jermolaewa

Group XLIV, 2017
FINE ARTS

www.jermolaewa.com

Born 1970 in St. Petersburg, Russia
Lives in Vienna, Austria

Education

Art, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
Art History, University of Vienna, Austria

Selected Exhibitions

2016
- “Anna Jermolaewa, Beide Weiß,” 21er Haus, Vienna, Austria
- “Anna Jermolaewa. A Noble Experiment,” Kunsthaus Nexus, Saalfelden, Austria

2015
- “Anna Jermolaewa. Good Times, Bad Times,” WRO Art Centre, Wroclaw, Poland
- “Anna Jermolaewa. Good Times, Bad Times,” Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
- “Kiss, Motherhood, Untitled,” Function Room, London, United Kingdom

2013
- Kerstin Engholm Galerie, Vienna, Austria
- “The Way Up,” Victoria Gallery, Samara, Russia
- “Anna Jermolaewa and Audronė Vaupsiene, A SORT OF HOMECOMING,“ CAC Vilnius, Lithuania

2012
- “Art is Concrete. And so is Truth?, Camera Austria, Graz, Austria
- “Anna Jermolaewa,” Galerie Johann Widauer, Innsbruck, Austria
- “Anna Jermolaewa. Das vierzigste Jahr,“ Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria

2011
- “Handschuhe aus Gummi, Putzkittel und Wischmopp,“ Arbeiterkammer Wien, Vienna, Austria
- “Filme von Anna Jermolaewa,” kunstraum lakeside, Klagenfurt, Austria
- “Kinoglaz,” XL Gallery, Moscow, Russia
- “Step Aside,” Institute of Contemporaty Art, Sofia, Bulgaria

2010
- “ANNA JERMOLAEWA | KREMLIN,” EDS GALERIA Mexico City, Mexico

2009
- “
RATS,” XL-Gallery, Moscow, Russia
- “Anna Jermolaewa, Peter Kogler,” Galerie 422, Gmunden, Austria
- “Engholm,” Engelhorn Galerie, Kunstverein Friedrichshafen, Germany

Teaching

2005-2011
- Professor of Media Art, University of Arts and Design, Karlsruhe, Germany

Awards and Grants

2014
- ISCP Artist Residency and New York Studio Grant, Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture

2011
- Outstanding Artist Award

2009
- Preis der Stadt Wien

2006
- T-Mobile Art Award

2004
- Förderungspreis der Stadt Wien

2002
- Ursula Blickle Förderspreis

2000
- Professor-Hilde-Goldschmidt-Anerkennungspreis
- SCA Kunstpreis
- Pfann-Ohmann-Preis

1999
- Römerquelle-Preis

Collections
- Stedelijk Museum
- Friedrich Christian Flick Collection
- Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
- MUMOK – Museum Moderner Kunst
- Stiftung Ludwig, Wien
- Volpinum Kunstsammlung
- MUSA
- Museum auf Aubruf, Vienna
- Tiroler Landesmuseums Ferdinandeum
- Vehbi Koc Foundation
- Kontakt – The Art Collection of Erste Group
- Belvedere
- Landesgalerie Linz
- Wien Museum
- Bank of Austria Collection
- EVN Collection
- Arbeiterkammer Wien

JURY

Andreas Fogarasi
Gabu Heindl
Catrin Lorch
Beatrix Ruf
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein

Alina Schmuch

Group XLIV, 2017
FINE ARTS

alinaschmuch.de

Born 1987 in Muenster, Germany
Lives in Berlin, Germany

Education

Art, Karlsuhe University of Arts and Design, Karlsruhe, Germany
Art, Academy of Fine Arts Muenster, Germany

Selected Exhibitions & Lectures

2016
- “Overwritten Ground,” film in cooperation with Forensic Architecture, “Reporting from the Front,” Venice Architecture Biennale, Venice, Italy
- “Performing Grace,” film in Bruno Latour‘s “Reset Modernity!,” ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
- “We can,” multichannel installation, Open Studios, Jan van Eyck Academie Maastricht, the Netherlands
- “We can,” Kunstverein Dusseldorf, Germany

2015
- “It‘s all all underneath the floor. It‘s all between the walls,” Vienna, Austria
- “Script of Demolition,” Villa der Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany
- “Script of Demolition,” best Photo-book selection, Fotobookfestival, Kassel, Germany

2014
- “Script of Demolition,” lecture performance, Fink Sprengtechnik, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
- “Ritual,” publication in the Webplatform An Inquiry into the modes of existence by Bruno Latour
- “The Walk. From Naples to Pompei,” curated by Nils Olsen and Fredi Fischli, ETH Zurich, gta Ausstellungen, Zurich, Switzerland
- “Reenactment of WW1,” multi-channel installation, European Culture Days, Prinz Max Palais, Karlsruhe, Germany

2013
- “Erasmus Effect,” film for Kuehn Malvezzi, Museum MaXXi, Rome, Italy
- “HAUSEN – Konkrete Substanz und die Möglichkeit einer Sitzgruppe,” 45cbm Kunsthalle Baden Baden, Germany

2012
- “Space, Time, Dignity, Rights,” in cooperation with the UN, GIZ, Centre of Architecture Germany, Berlin, Germany
- “The New Jerusalem Project,” group exhibition and lecture with Philip Ursprung

2011
- “Kontanimierte Räume,” group exhibition initiated by Anna Viebrock, Karlsruhe, Germany
- screening of “winterfest,” 16mm short film, ZKM | Karlsruhe, Germany

2010
- “
Über Zukunft reden wollte er auch nicht mehr,” a multi-channel projection of YouTube videos in cooperation with Steffen Zillig

2009
- “
Installation homesick,” Kunsthalle Münster, Muenster, Germany

Teaching

2015/16
- Guest Lecturer, University of Arts and Design, Karlsruhe, Germany

Awards and Grants

2015/16
- Award 11 for Documentary Photography, Wüstenrot Stiftung, Germany
- Research Stipend, Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, the Netherlands
- Stipend, Kunststiftung Baden Württemberg, Germany

2013/14
- ZKM Award for the exhibition “The Walk and The New Jerusalem Project,”

Artist Books & Publications

2016
- “Two Times One,” editor and contribution, Maastricht 2016

2015
- “Script of Demolition,” pin-up magazine, Spector Books, New York, 2015

2014
- “Script of Demolition,” Spector Books, Leipzig, 2014
- “Siedlung rot beige (begrünt),” photographic essay, trans magazine, 2014

2013
- “LOSK,” photographic essay, Domus Magazine, Rozzano (1), 2013
- “LOSK,” in collaboration with Franca Scholz, text by Joseph Grima and Simon Bieling Spector Books, Leipzig 2013 (Images 5)
- “Komische Strahlung und Notes from Underground,” Bauwelt Magazin, Edition Nr. 8, Berlin, 2013
- “Multifunktionsfabrik 22,” author & editor, Karlsruhe, 2013

JURY

Andreas Fogarasi
Gabu Heindl
Catrin Lorch
Beatrix Ruf
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein

Petrit Halilaj

Group XLIII, 2016
FINE ARTS

Born 1986 in Skenderaj, Kosovo
Lives in Skenderaj, Kosovo

Education

Art, Academy of Fine Arts Brera, Milan, Italy

Selected Solo Exhibitions and Projects

2015
- “Petrit Halilaj,” Hangar Bicocca, Milan, Italy
- “ABETARE,” curated by Moritz Wesseler and Carla Donauer, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
- “She fully turning around became terrestrial,” curated by Rein Wolfs, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany

2014
- “Yes, but the sea is attached to the earth and it never floats around in space. The stars would turn off and what about my planet?,” galerie kamel mennour, Paris, France
- “of course blue affects my way of shitting,” Chert, Berlin, Germany
- “Darling squeeze the button and remove my memory,” Galeria e Arteve e Kosovës, Pristina, Kosovo
- “I’m hungry to keep you close. I want to find the words to resist but in the end there is a locked sphere. The funny thing is that you’re not here, nothing is,” Kunshalle Lissabon, Lisbon, Portugal

2013
- “July 14th?,” Fondation d'Entreprise Galeries Lafayette, Paris, France
- Kosovo Pavillion, Venice Biennale, curated by Kathrin Rhomberg, commissioned by Erzen Shkololli, Arsenale, Venice, Italy
- “Poisoned by men in need of some love,” curated by Elena Filipovic, WIELS Contemporary Art Center, Brussels, Belgium
- Solo exhibition, Tongewölbe T25, Ingolstadt, Germany

2012
- “Who does the earth belong to while painting the wind?!”, curated by Giovanni Carmine, Kunsthalle Sankt Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

2011
- “Petrit Halilaj,” Kunstraum Innsbruck, curated by Veit Loers, Innsbruck, Austria
- “Statement,” with Chert (Berlin), Art Basel, Switzerland

2009
- “Back to the Future,” curated by Albert Heta, Stacion, Center for Contemporary Art Pristina, Kosovo
- “Petrit Halilaj,” Chert, Berlin, Germany

Group Exhibitions

2016
- “13. Triennale für Kleinplastik Fellbach, curated by Susanne Gaensheimer and Anna Goetz, Fellbach, Germany
- “The Natural Order of Things,” curated by Julieta González and José Esparza Chong Cuy, Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico
- “Shaping Ideas: Sculptures,” Lewben Art Foundation, Vilnius, Lithuania
- “The Distance of a Day: New in Contemporary Art,” curated by Rita Kersting, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
- “Par tibi, Roma, nihil,” curated by Raffaella Sciarretta, Palatin Hill, Rome, Italy
- “Cold Wind from the Balkans,” curated by Alenka Gregorič and Ali Akay, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
- “Animality,” curated by Jens Hoffmann, Marian Goodman Gallery, London, United Kingdom

2015
- “Thirty One,” by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Petrit Halilaj, National Gallery of Kosovo, Pristina, Kosovo
- “What’s Love Gotta Do With It,” S.A.L.T.S., Switzerland, Birsfelden, Switzerland
- “Trouble in Paradise,” Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany
- “Slip of the Tongue,” curated by Caroline Bourgeois, Palazzo Grassi, Punta della Dogana, Venice, Italy

2014
- “Shit and Die,” Palazzo Cavour, curated by Maurizio Cattelan, Myriam Ben Salah and Marta Papini, Turin, Italy
- “Fragile Sense of Hope,” Telekom Collection, curated by Nathalie Hoyos and Rainald Schumacher, me Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany
- “Artists’ Artists,” Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, United Statues
- “Fieldworks: Animal Habitats in Contemporary Art,” curated by Chris Clarke, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, CorkVilla Romana-Preisträger 2014, Villa Romana, Florence, Italy

2013
- “EDITIONSHOW,” Chert, Berlin, Germany
- “Zweiter Streich,” Fürstenberg Zeitgenössisch, Donaueschingen, Germany
- “SUPER Visions - Zeichnen und Sein,” curated by Stefanie Heckmann, Museum Schloss Moyland, Germany

2011
- “Temporaneo,” organized by IMF Foundation and Nomas Foundation, Auditorium, Rome, Italy
- “Nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands,” curated by Scott C. Weaver, RaebervonStenglin, Zurich, Switzerland
- “Ernste Tiere: Petrit Halilaj, Judith Hopf, Bedwyr Williams,” curated by Christina Végh, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
- “Ostalgia,” curated by Massimiliano Gioni, New Museum, New York, United States
- “Based in Berlin,” curated by Angelique Campens, Fredi Fischli, Magdalena Magiera, Jakob Schillinger and Scott Cameron Weaver, Atelierhaus Monbijoupark, Berlin, Germany
- “STRUKTUR & ORGANISMUS,” curated by Stefan Tasch, Marillenhof - Destillerie Kausl, Austria
- “You don’t love me anymore,” curated by Katja Schroeder, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Germany

2010
- “Maladresses ou La Figure de l’idiot,” curated by Fanny Gonella, The Institute of Social Hypocrisy, Paris, France
- “Drinnen & Draussen,” Chert, Berlin, Germany
- 6th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, curated by Kathrin Rhomberg, Berlin, Germany
- “Berlin – Paris. Un échange de galeries,” Galerie Carlos Cardenas with Chert Galerie (Berlin), Paris, France
States

2009
- “Melancholy of Compassion,” curated by Melih Gorgun, Siemens Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
- “Time Machine,” curated by Vlado Velkov, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Germany

Selected Public Collections
- Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
- Nomas Foundation, Rome, Italy
- The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
- Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico
- University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Harper Center, Chicago, United States
- Museum Foundation Adrastus, Arévalo, Spain

Scholarships and Awards

2016
- Finalist Mario Merz Prize, Fondazione Merz, Torino, Italy

2014
- Villa Romana, Florence, Italy

2010
- Blau Orange 2010 – shortlist

Publications

2016
“Space Shuttle in the Garden”, exhibition catalogue, edited by Roberta Tenconi, published by Mousse Publications, Milan

2015
“Petrit Halilaj”, exhibition catalogue, edited by Susanne Kleine, Carla Donauer Giovanni Carmine, Elena Filipovic, Rein Wolfs and Moritz Wesseler, published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter König

2014
Of course blue affects my way of shitting, Chert and Motto Books, Berlin
Kushtetuta, edited by Petrit Halilaj, Alvaro Urbano, Issue 2, KOSOVO 2.0

2013
"Poisoned by men in need of some love", exhibition catalogue, edited by Elena Filipovic, published by Wiels and Motto books. Kushtetuta, edited by Petrit Halilaj, Alvaro Urbano, Issue 1, KOSOVO 2.0
SUPER Visions - Zeichen und Sein, exhibition catalogue, Museum Schloss Moyland, published by Verlag für Moderne Kunst.

2012
"The New Public", Museion, Bozen-Bolzano.
"30 Künstler 30 Räume", exhibition catalogue., published by Verlag für Moderne Kunst.

2011
Artist's book, published by Kunstraum Innsbruck and Chert, Berlin.
“STRUKTUR & ORGANISMUS”, exhibition Catalogue, edited by Stefan Tasch, Marillenhof - Destillerie Kausl, Austria.
“Ostalgia”, exhibition catalogue, New Museum NY.
“Based in Berlin”, exhibition Catalogue,Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Koenig, Koeln.
Kostërrc (CH), Petrit Halilaj, Brochure, Chert & Bonner Kunstverein, 2011.
“My work and me”, edited by Susanne Pfeffer, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Koenig, Koeln.

2010
“Blau Orange 2010 – shortlist Simon Denny, Petrit Halilaj, Klara Liden, Nora Schultz”, Published by BVR, National Association of German Cooperative Banks.
“Drinnen & Draussen” exhibition catalogue, published by Chert & Motto, Berlin, June.
“What is waiting out there”, Berlin Biennale 2010, curated by Kathrin Rhomberg. Published by DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne.

JURY

Andreas Fogarasi
Gabu Heindl
Catrin Lorch
Beatrix Ruf
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein

Alvaro Urbano

Group XLIII, 2016
FINE ARTS

www.alvarourbano.com

Born 1983 in Madrid, Spain
Lives in Berlin, Germany

Education

Art, Institut für Raumexperimente, Universität der Künste, Berlin, Germany
Interior Design, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, Spain

Selected Solo Exhibitions and Projects

2016
- “Alvaro Urbano,” Treti Galaxie, Turin, Italy
- “Alvaro Urbano,” Villa Empain, Boghossian Foundation, Brussels, Belgium
- “Dead Men Tell No Tales,” Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany

2015
- “Deep Down,” Porcino Gallery, Berlin, Germany
- “More than Real,” Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany

2014
- “The Ghost and the Host,” Pavillon Social Kunstverein, Lucca, Italy

2012
- “Utopias are for Birds,” Chert Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2011
- “Expanding Universes (An Ongoing Map),” Kunstverein Arnsberg, Germany

Selected Group Exhibitions

2016
- “Cycle,” Kópavogur, Iceland
- Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Moscow, Russia
- PLAN B: NRW-Forum,” Dusseldorf, Germany
- Hybrid Modus: New positions in bio, living and digital sculpture,” Skulptur Bredelar, Bredelar, Germany
- “Night Tales: Nuit Blanche,” Cinéma des Beaux Arts, Monaco, Italy
- “In Space No One Can Hear you Laugh,” Bonelli Gallery, Milan, Italy
- “Art & Nature. Walking with Senses,” Merano and surroundings, Italy

2015
- “SUPERSUPERSTUDIO.PAC,” Milan, Italy
- “Group Show V,” Alexander Levi Gallery, Berlin, Germany
- “Florence Contemporary,” Italian Embassy, Berlin, Germany
- “In the Land of the Blind the One Eyed Man Loses Sight,” Dittrich Schlechtriem Gallery, Berlin, Germany
- “WLGTDWI,” S.A.T.L.S., Basel, Switzerland
- “MOVIES IN MAY,” Nosbaum Reding Projects, Luxembourg
- “Ärger im Paradise,” Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany
- “Homecomings,” Berlin, Germany
- “ALPINA HUUS > House of Deep Transformation in 11 Acts,” Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin, Germany

2014
- “Futures Nows,” Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
- “Open Studios,” Villa Romana, Florence, Italy
- “Welcome show,” Villa Romana, Florence, Italy

2013
- “La Duda Original,” Plataforma Revolver, Lisbon, Portugal
- “Carry On,” curated by David Horwitz, Paris, France
- “Past Futures, Present, Futures,” Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, United States

2012
- “G L A S A U G E,” (Olafur Eliasson class), Berlin, Germany
- “Rundgang (Olafur Eliasson class), UdK, Berlin, Germany
- “Overseas,” Kunstverein Arnsberg, Germany

2011
- “BERLIN 2000-2011. PLAYING AMONG THE RUINS,” MOT - Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Japan
- “Do Not Disturb,” Centro Cultural Galileo & Fundación Claves de Arte, Madrid, Spain
- “The-Grey-Sheep Project,” O.Eliasson Studio Gallery, Berlin, Germany
- “Rundgang,” Institut für Raumexperimente, UdK, Berlin, Germany
- “LA private view for 25” Proposals,” Superfront Gallery / Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, United States
- “Without Destination”, Institut für Raumexperimente, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
- “100 Degrees,” Hau 2, Berlin, Germany

2010
- “Brilliant Volume,” symposium, UdK, Berlin, Germany
- “Gueistprojekt III,” Berlin, Germany
- “Lets start to implement little errors,” Olafur Eliasson class, UdK, Berlin, Germany
- “Unplanned,” Superfront Gallery/Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, United States

2009
- “Erasing Darkness,” Freises Museum, Berlin, Germany
- “SMIBE,” MAK Center, Los Angeles, United States

Public Art / Permanent Installations

2016
- “My Boy with Such Boots We May Hope to Travel Far,” Merano, Italy
- “Dead Men Tell No Tales,” Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany

2015
- “Osservatorio,” Villa Romana, Florence, Italy
- “The Show the Ghost and the Host,” Villa Romana, Florence, Italy

Curatorial Projects

2012
- “PERFORMING POLITICS Symposium : Critical spatial practices in Art and Architecture.The World Is Not Fair - Die Grosse Weltausstellung,” Institut für Raumexperimente, Berlin, Germany
- “SALT: WATER 117.6,” HOST, Berlin, Germany
- “Brunch with Wexler,” HOST, Berlin, Germany
- “Welcome,” HOST, Berlin, Germany

Publications

2016
- Moscow International Biennale for Young Art. Moscow. (catalogue)
- PLAN B: NRW-Forum Dusseldorf. Catalogue. 2016

2015
- Hybrid Modus: New positions in bio, living and digital sculpture. Skulptur Bredelar. Bredelar. Catalogue. 2016 -SUPERSUPERSTUDIO. Catalogue. 2015.
- Ärger im Paradies Catalog. BUNDESKUNSTHALLE. 2015

2014
- THE STATE OF A GHOST WHILE HOSTED AS A GUEST. Publication from the Villa Romana Fellows 2014. Editor: -Villa Romana Graphic design: Marco Urgolini Published by Argo Books ISBN 978-3-942700-62-7
- KUSHTETUTA # 2 About Mums & Dads : Edited by Petrit Halilaj and Alvaro Urbano
- TRANSLATION ACTS > PERFORMING POLITICS Concept by Ifrex Edited by Ifrex and Fotini Lazaridou-Hatzigoga.
- Kushtetuta Published by KOSOVO 2.0 Edited by Petrit Halilaj and Alvaro Urbano
- MAPPING EVERYTHING Institut für Raumexperimente (Berlin) and Institut für Landschaftsarchitektur (ETH Zurich) -Project Conception: Olafur Eliasson and Guther Vogt, Nicola Eiffler,

2012
- STUDIO MAGAZINE #2 an Architecture and Urbanism Publication Original This Is For Promotional Use Only An essay by Daniel Fernandez Pascual (deconcrete.org) and Alvaro Urbano. 2012

2010
- Ottos impossible talks / Lets start to implement little errorsImposible topics/rescued futures Otto Rössler with the Institut für Raumexperimente. Edited by Julius von Bismarck, Jeremias Holliger, Laura McLardy, Mathias Sohr, Alvaro Urbano, Euan Williams. Graphic design and concept book by bureau-aeiou 2010
- UNPLANNED: Research and Experiments at the Urban Scale the publication boldly presents a collection of radical methods for envisioning and producing space at the urban scale. Concept book by Superfront Graphic design by: Do not bend 2009 SUPERFRONT.

2009
- Kønst magazine issue n.4 Erasing Darkness Erasing Darkness was presented at the Freies Museum Berlin. 2009 Graphic design and concept by Kønst
- Pidgin-Magazine issue n.6 (text by Jose Esparza) 2009 A publication of the graduate students of the Princeton School of Architecture [SOA]

JURY

Andreas Fogarasi
Gabu Heindl
Catrin Lorch
Beatrix Ruf
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein