Košice Artist in Residence
PROGRAM: 17:00 – start of Open Studios / Eva Bubla, Katalin Kortmann – Járay and Karina Mendreczky will open their studios 18:00 – 20:00 – workshop Plant motifs – recycled materials with Katalin Kortmann-Járay and Karina Mendreczky / for children and adults from 17:00 the traditional Christmas Šopa market Come and experience the Christmas atmosphere […]
Topic: Cultural literacy – being able to understand the traditions, regular activities and history of a group of people from a given culture. Wrocław Instutute of Culture in cooperation with KAIR Košice Artist in Residence invites visual or interdisciplinary artists interested in youth artistic education from Slovakia to take part in 4 to 6 week […]
What do a handful of soil, the forest, city greens, fresh air, or some invisible creatures have to do with the health of our bodies? We invite you to spend the November evening at Šopa gallery for a creative workshop, which will be guided by Hungarian artist Eva Bubla. Microbial Futures Lab is a traveling […]
Katalin Kortmann-Járay and Karina Mendreczky have been collaborating closely since 2019, creating large-scale, walk-through installations—spatial collages—made up of diverse elements. In their work, they combine various techniques and materials such as textiles, photographs, and sculptures crafted from iron, concrete, and clay, to construct metaphorically fragile spaces. By drawing parallels between contemporary animistic perspectives, rooted in […]
We would like to invite you to Šopa Gallery for a reading and discussion on the topic of Queer Resistance, led by our resident, Belarusian artist, Lisa Deikun. In a world where simply existing as a queer person can be seen as an act of resistance, this reading event, inspired by Donna Haraway’s concept of […]
Eva Bubla is a Hungarian artist, activist, researcher, and independent curator. Her work has been centered around current ecological and social concerns. At the boundaries of art and science, her projects aim to map, perceive, interpret, and as such (re)connect audiences to the local ecosystem. She is keen on working together with local communities and […]