原文发表于BigCi

April 2018

We are pleased to announce the Winners of the inaugural BigCi (Bilpin international ground for Creative initiatives) and Red Gate Gallery (Beijing) artist residency exchange program.

Kailum Graves will undertake a free 4-week residency at Red Gate, Beijing, China, from December 1 till December 30, 2018.

Yiy Zhang will undertake a free 4-week residency at BigCi, Blue Mountains, Australia, from 18 July till 14 August, 2018.

Kailum Graves is an anatomically modern human.
He seeks experiences over materialism.
He is perpetually poor, yet infinitely happy.
He suffers from anxiety attacks.
He wrote this in the third person.

BIOGRAPHY
Kailum Graves is an emerging artist critically obsessed with the artifactual digital object. He works predominantly in the medium of photography and within the sphere of the photographic process, including large-scale video installations. His practice reflects the influence of technology on the photographic medium and sits resolutely within the context of future movements of contemporary photography. He read art history, philosophy, archaeology, and photography at the University of Queensland and the Queensland College of Art (graduated summa cum laude). His dissertation focused on American Internet-based activist group The Yes Men, Russian collective Voina, and international hacktivist group Anonymous as a way into discussing the wider practice of culture jamming, and to question the efficacy of political art under the hegemony of multinational capitalism. He continues to explore this through independent creative inquiry, by examining what is ostensibly an ideological impossibility—the aesthetic response to the problem of effective resistance where resistance itself is commoditised into neutrality. Career highlights include being exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra; participating in international exhibitions in London, Venice, Rio de Janeiro, and an international conference in Mexico City; undertaking a residency in Iceland; winning the 2016 Clayton Utz Art Award; and being acquired into the Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery’s permanent collection. He is the founder and totalitarian head honcho of An Evolving Thesis—a website established to investigate and debate the cultural economy—and is the Director and Dictator of The Goodwink Conspiracy, an online exhibition residency program and curatorial platform.

STATEMENT
Kailum is critically obsessed with the Web and born-digital content. He is particularly interested in image-rich technologies and the way global media communication—a landscape controlled by a handful of multidimensional oligopolistic corporate-run networks—can be sampled, organised, and considered in new philosophical, sociological, and political terms. Nonetheless, while these issues are political and economic in nature, Kailum believes anti-capitalist art offers no real alternative to the economic and ideological discourses of multinational capitalism. In its place, he is interested in examining the politics of the image and the construction of truth. To do this, he uses the Internet, which has normalised the act of collecting and compiling information, to preserve and curate found images and raw material. The aim is to engage with the cultural space and aesthetics of the Internet—and the vast amount of digital information it contains—as a subject, material, and tool of artistic production.

Kailum’s photographic practice, which is an extension of his web-based appropriation work, explores the disappearance of clear boundaries between culture, environment, and technology. He is particularly interested in the way humans use technology to transform, manipulate, and transcend natural environmental limits. There isn’t a one-way correlation between culture, technology, and environment; instead, a culture develops a technology, such as agriculture, to change the environment, and this technology, in turn, changes the culture and society that created it. The three—culture, technology, and the environment—are in a circular relationship, where the last object references the first, resulting in a closed loop. He explores the closed loop by creating large-scale prints that sit somewhere between imagined landscapes and abstract portraits.

CONTACT
MrKailumGraves [at] gmail [dot] com

EDUCATION
2013 Bachelor of Photography, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University
– Graduated early with a Diploma of Photography, Southbank Institute of Technology
2011 Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Art History, The University of Queensland
– Dissertation: ‘Culture Jamming: Extreme Capitalism and Art’
2008 Bachelor of Arts, Art History and Philosophy, The University of Queensland
2005 Diploma of Business, Southbank Institute of Technology

EXHIBITIONS
2017-18 Clayton Utz Art Award, Clayton Utz, Brisbane (October-November)
2017 After Hiroshima (And Beyond), B#SIDE WAR & IoDeposito [with funding from UNESCO and the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum], Treviso (August-October)
2017 Children of Hiroshima, B#SIDE WAR & IoDeposito [with funding from UNESCO and the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum], Venice (August)
2017 (dis)placement [curated by Gabriela Davies], Arte Clube Jacarandá, Rio de Janeiro (July-August)
2017 Artist-led: Crates on Wheels [touring exhibition], Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba (February-November)
2017 Paramor Prize: Art + Innovation, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre (February-April)
2017 (dis)placement [curated by Gabriela Davies], Ugly Duck Off Quay, London (February-March)
2017 Contemporary Art Awards, Online Exhibition, Brisbane (January-June)
2016-17 Digital Portraiture Award, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra (December-April)
2016-17 Clayton Utz Art Award, Clayton Utz, Brisbane (October-November)
2016 Incinerator Art Award, Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne (October-December)
2016 Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle (September-November)
2016 Contemporary Localised Survey, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne (September-October)
2016 CLICK 2016 Photography Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne (September)
2016 Toowoomba Biennial Emerging Artists Award, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba (August-October)
2016 Miércoles de SOMA, SOMA, Mexico City (August)
2016 Contemporary Art Awards, Online Exhibition, Brisbane (July-December)
2016 Four Walls [curated by Bethany O’Connor], Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne (June-July)
2016 Art Now Revisited, Kensington Contemporary, Chippendale Creative Precinct, Sydney (June-July)
2016 Stanthorpe Art Festival, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Stanthorpe (June-July)
2016 Chippendale New World Art Prize, Kensington Contemporary, Chippendale Creative Precinct, Sydney (June)
2016 MAMA Art Foundation National Photography Prize, Murray Art Museum Albury, Albury (May-August)
2016 Noosa Art Award, Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa (May-June)
2016 Moreton Bay Art Awards, Pine Rivers Art Gallery, Moreton Bay (May)
2015 Incinerator Art Award, Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne (October-December)
2013 Happy Birthday To Me, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University (September)

AWARDS & GRANTS
2017 Individuals Fund, Arts Queensland
2017 Finalist, Clayton Utz Art Award, Clayton Utz
2017 Shortlisted, John Fries Award (top 40 of 600+ entries), UNSW Galleries
2017 Users’ Choice, Digital Project of the Month, Kunstbulletin 4/2017, Zürich
2017 Finalist, Paramor Prize: Art + Innovation, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
2017 Finalist, The Wyndham Art Prize, Wyndham Cultural Centre
2017 Finalist, Contemporary Art Awards, Online Exhibition
2017 Showcase Winner, 9th 2017 ArtSlant Prize, ArtSlant
2016 Finalist, Digital Portraiture Award, National Portrait Gallery
2016 Winner, Clayton Utz Art Award, Clayton Utz
2016 Finalist, MAMA Art Foundation National Photography Prize, Murray Art Museum Albury
2016 Finalist, Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre
2016 Finalist, Uncover: Emerging Artist Award, Perth Centre of Photography
2016 Winner, Toowoomba Biennial Emerging Artists Award, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
2016 Shortlisted, Royal Ulster Academy’s 135th Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum
2016 Finalist, Incinerator Art Award, Incinerator Gallery
2016 Finalist, Chippendale New World Art Prize, Kensington Contemporary
2016 Finalist, Stanthorpe Art Festival Art Prize, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery
2016 Finalist, Contemporary Art Awards, Online Exhibition
2016 Unanimously Voted Artist, (dis)placement project, London
2016 Finalist, Noosa Art Award, Noosa Regional Gallery
2016 Finalist, Moreton Bay Art Awards, Pine Rivers Art Gallery
2016 Finalist, International Residency, Bitamine Faktoria, Basque Country
2016 Funding Recipient, Creative Individuals Career Fund, Copyright Agency
2016 Showcase Winner, 9th 2016 ArtSlant Prize, ArtSlant
2016 Showcase Winner, 4th 2016 ArtSlant Prize, ArtSlant
2016 Showcase Winner, 3rd 2016 ArtSlant Prize, ArtSlant
2016 Juried Winner, 2nd 2016 ArtSlant Prize, ArtSlant
2016 Showcase Winner, 1st 2016 ArtSlant Prize, ArtSlant
2015 Finalist, Incinerator Art Award, Incinerator Gallery
2013 Griffith Award for Academic Excellence – Ranked Top 5%, Griffith University
2008 Commonwealth Government Scholarship, The University of Queensland
2007 Dean’s Commendation for High Achievement, The University of Queensland
2007 Commonwealth Government Scholarship, The University of Queensland
2005 Dean’s Commendation for High Achievement, The University of Queensland

RESIDENCES & CONFERENCES
2018 Artist-in-residence, Berlin Art Institute, Berlin, Germany
2018 Artist-in-residence, NES Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland
2017 Artist-in-residence, House Conspiracy, Brisbane, Australia
2017 Artist-in-residence, NES Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland
2016 Artist-in-residence, Rights of Nature Tribunal, Australian Earth Laws Alliance, Brisbane, Australia
2016 SOMA Summer: Archive Fever, SOMA, Mexico City, Mexico

COMMISSIONS
2016 Public Art Commission, unFramed, Coolum Beach

COLLECTIONS
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba

CATALOGUES & PUBLICATIONS
2018 The Conspirator, Brisbane (Book)
2018 5 Questions Feature Interview, ArtSlant, International (Interview)
2017 House Conspiracy, Brisbane (Podcast)
2017 Clayton Utz Art Award, Brisbane (Catalogue)
2017 After Hiroshima, Venice and Treviso (Catalogue)
2017 ‘After Hiroshima’: gli immaginari inesplorati dell’atomico, Rivista Segno (Article)
2017 In mostra “After Hiroshima” il fungo che cambio la storia, La Tribuna di Treviso (Article)
2017 After Hiroshima, Artribune (Article)
2017 After Hiroshima: gli immaginari inesplorati dell’atomico, arte.it (Article)
2017 (dis)placement [curated by Gabriela Davies], London and Rio de Janeiro (Catalogue)
2017 Digital Project of the Month [curated by Raffael Dörig], Kunstbulletin 4/2017, Zürich (Journal)
2017 In The Uncanny Valley [curated by Domenico Quaranta], International (Research blog)
2017 Contemporary Art Awards, Brisbane (Catalogue)
2017 Under the Radar, ArtSlant (Email/Article)
2016 ARTiculAction Art Review, Anniversary Edition, International (Interview/Publication)
2016 Transilluminating work wins 2016 Clayton Utz Art Award, Clayton Utz, Brisbane (Media Release)
2016 Incinerator Art Award, Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne (Catalogue)
2016 Artist-Led, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba (Catalogue)
2016 Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle (Catalogue)
2016 Contemporary Art Awards, Brisbane (Catalogue)
2016 D.U.M.P., SOMA, Mexico City (Publication)
2016 MAMA Art Foundation National Photography Prize, Murray Art Museum Albury, Albury (Catalogue)
2015 Incinerator Art Award, Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne (Catalogue)

WORK EXPERIENCE & CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2017 Director and Dictator, The Goodwink Conspiracy, Online curatorial platform (thegoodwinkconspiracy.com)
2016-17 Founder and Totalitarian Head Honcho, An Evolving Thesis, Brisbane (anevolvingthesis.com)
2016-17 Art Installer (Volunteer), Flying Arts Alliance, Brisbane
2015-17 Curator, ‘I Don’t Understand Modern Art,’ Twitter (@wtfmodernart)

Personal Information

Surname: Zhang
Given Name: Xiao yue | Yiy  
Birth Date: 22/10  

Lives and works in Beijing China and Düsseldorf Germany

张 潇月
1990年生于陕西
目前工作生活于中国北京和德国杜塞尔多夫


Education

2016-2019(Plan) （sculpture,Fine Arts) Kunst Akademie Düsseldorf,Düsseldorf,Germany 
2014-2017 (Sculpture,Fine Arts) Akademie der Bildenden Künste München,Munich,Germany
2010-2011 （Sculpture,Fine Arts）Ecole nationale superieure des beaux-arts,Paris,France
2008-2013 （Sculpture,Fine Arts）Central Academy of Fine Arts,Beijing,China

2016-2019 杜塞尔多夫美术学院，杜塞尔多夫，德国
2014-2016 慕尼黑美术学院，慕尼黑，德国
2010-2011 巴黎国立高等美术学院，巴黎，法国
2008-2013 中央美术学院，北京，中国

Exihibitions
2019
07-09 Galerie Shanghai,Munich,Germany(Plan)

2018
07 Kunstraum villa friede,Bonn,Germany(Plan)
29.06-29.07 Galerie 99,Aschaffenburg,Germany(Plan)
26.05 Nachtaktiv,Kunstverein Mönchengladbach,Mönchengladbach,Germany(Plan)
10.04-15.06 John Moores Prize,Minsheng Art Museum,Shanghai,China
31.01-04.02 Rundgang 2018,Dusseldorf Kunstakademie,Dusseldorf,Germany
07.01-28.02 Collision,Jiye Art Foundation,Suzhou,China 

2017
31.12-31.01.18 New Star,New Star Museum/Deji Museum,Nanjing,China
24.12-25.02.18 The Poetics of space,Today Art Museum,Beijing,China
18.11-19.11 PostPOST Final,PostPOST Grand Central,Düsseldorf,Germany
10.10-15.10 Zimmer frei,Hotel Mariandl,München,Germany
25.05-28.05 ARTMUC,München,Germany
14.04-17.04 ABC Art Book in China 2017 Nanjing,NUA Museum,Nanjing,China
14.02 11Stunden,Filmwerkstatt,Düsseldorf,Germany
13.02-19.02 Rundgang der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf,Düsseldorf,Germany 
17.01-17.02 GalerieParisHorizon,Paris,France 

2016
09.11-08.01 2016 3rd CAFAM Biennial”Negotiating Space:I never thought you were like that”,CAFA Art Museum,Beijing,China
13.09-13.10 Threshold Frequency, NUA Museum,Nanjing,China
25.08.2016-11.09.2016 Hei'mat ,Domagk Ateliers Hall 50,Munich,Germany
19.08-21.08 Art Book in China 2016，Shanghai 21st Minsheng Art Museum,Shanghai,China
16.07.2016-24.07.2016 Jahrsausstellung2016,Akademie der Bildenden Kunst München,Munich,Germany
02.06.2016-19.06.2017 Notel Prinzregent,Hotel Prinzregent,Munich,Germany
04.02.2016 Anywhere but here,Wuppertal&UCCA,Wuppertal&Beijing,Germany&China
10.01.2016-10.02.2016 Puptere-Before&Beyond,No.3 Mansion Art Space,The Old DuanQirui Mansion,Beijing,China

2015
18.07.2015-26.07.2015 Jahrsaussteillung2015,Akademie der Bildenden Kunst München,Munich,Germany
14.02.2015 Mehr Licht,Break Through,Munich,Germany
12.01.2015-22.01.2015 Gentle Silence,Labor.EG.05,Akademie der Bildenden Kunst München,Munich,Germany

2013
03.08.2013-06.08.2013 ByeByeCollege,YuanMuseum,Beijing,China
27.04.2013-28.05.2013 Village Basin Meal, KongSpace,Beijing,China
01.04.2013-11.04.2013 See You When I See You,CAFA,Beijing,China

2012
08.2012 The Direction of self-curse,Chongwu,China

2011
06.2011 Open Studio, ENSBA, Paris, France


Awards

2018
John Moores Art Award,Final list,UK/China 

2017 
NewStar Art Award,Final list,China
Big House Art Award,China
Boyaprize final list,China

2011 
Qeelin Art Award,China

2008 
Outstanding works China Central Academy of Fine arts,China


Conllections

2008 Central Academy of Fine Arts,Beijing,China


Press

2016 Süddeutsche Zeitung,München,Germany
2013 Art World,China
2012 Sculpture,China
2000 Sketch,China
2008 Works of Fine Arts,CAFA,Beijing,China


Residence

2018 BigCi,Bilpin, New South Wales, Australia
2017 The StoneHouse residence,Zhejiang,China
2012 Artist in Residence in Chongwu,Fujian,China

 We thank all artists who took part in this compeition.

张潇月 Yiy ZHANG 

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