Karina Bisch, Yelena Popova, Mary Simpson: September 2012
Karina Bisch, KIOSK, 2011; Performance in collaboration with Thomas Clerc, Fondation Ricard, Paris
Karina Bisch (lives and works in Paris) attended the Rijksakademie, van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam in 2006. Recent solo exhibitions include Nosbaum & Reding Gallery, Luxembourg; Display Artproject (with Mai-Tu Perret), Paris; Fluxia, Milan. Recent group exhibitions include Historia Mysteria, Renwick Gallery, New York; Abstraction and storytelling I, Marz Galeria, Lisbon; Tableaux, Le Magasin, Grenoble; Tout ce que vous avez toujours voulu savoir sur le blanc, FRAC Aquitaine, Bordeaux; Almeria curated by Nicolas Chardon, Julien Fronsacq, Niklas Svennung, Chantal Crousel, Paris.
Yelena Popova, Balance of Probabilities, 2011; Mixed media on linen, found objects
Yelena Popova (lives and works in Nottingham) received an MA from Royal College of Art, London in 2011. Recent exhibitions include New Sensations, Victoria House, London; New Contemporaries, S1 Space, Sheffield, touring to ICA, London; Bookmark Project, Nottingham Contemporary; Keep Doors and Passages Clear curated by Tom Godfrey, White Columns, New York. In 2011, Popova was the recipient of the Outset Prize as well as the Red Mansion Prize where she was artist in residence in Beijing.
Mary Simpson, Pick up your money / Pack up your tent, 2011; Vinyl banners, acrylic on canvas
Mary Simpson (lives and works in New York) received an MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University in 2009, attended the Whitney Independent Study Program in 2010 and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2007. Recent exhibitions include Meulensteen/Max Protetch, New York; Felt Under Fingers (with Tom Burr) Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels; Offset Summary, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York; Seattle Art Museum, Washington; Boise Art Museum, Idaho; The Kitchen, New York; CAM2, Madrid. In 2011, Simpson was artist in residence for the Eastern European Exchange Program in Croatia with Art in General.
Images courtesy the artists