A gift for our new and renewing members, our Artist Edition Series focuses on sharing the most exciting talents from emerging markets in countries all over the world. The artists we partner with for this series are committed to innovation, growth and participating in a global discourse. We hope that by bringing their work to you we can shine a light both on the artists themselves and on the cities in which they work, which are often dynamic sites of artistic production.
Artist Editions
Recent Artist Editions
"Green Window" Leikun Nahusenay
Leikun Nahusenay is a multidisciplinary artist born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Although he identifies himself as a self-taught artist, Nahusenay has completed art degrees from Ale School of Fine Arts, as well as Teferi Mekonnen School. Based in Addis Ababa, the artist is a prominent part of the growing Ethiopian art scene. As a member of the Netsa Art Village, he also works from the Nas Gedame studio and teaches photography and creates artistic workshops for children. Based in Addis Ababa, Nahusenay is a prominent part of the growing Ethiopian art scene. He is represented by Addis Ababa Fine Art, a gallery committed to working with —and representing—modern and contemporary Ethiopian artists while sharing their work with a global audience.
"Lines" by Farah Khelil
Farah Khelil was born in 1980 in Carthage, Tunisia. She graduated from the Advanced Institute of Fine Arts in Tunis before pursuing a PhD in art at the Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University. She has been received as resident at the Art Sensitif Resources Center, Mains d’œuvres (Paris) in 2010, Perception de la Ciutat, Centre Cívic Fort Pienc (Barcelona and Saragossa) in 2006 and more recently at ATER, Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University in 2013.
Khelil’s practice deals with the point of view as plastic or textual data but also as a condition of approach of the work of which the viewer becomes witness and reader. She mixes different techniques to give a wide-range of points of view about being and living together. Codes are diverted, redistributed and multiplied to create new meanings. The artist develops forms of artistic approaches that install distance with the image, mediation role of the technical object and the portrait of the artist as translator.
"The Sagrario Series" by Lucia Pizzani
Lucia Pizzani is a Venezuelan visual artist focusing on photography, moving image and sculpture. She graduated from the Católica Andres Bello University in Caracas, she also holds a Certificate in Conservation Biology from CERC at Columbia University (NY) and a Master in Fine Arts from the Chelsea College of Art (London). Pizzani’s practice incorporates ceramics, photography (including wet-plate collodion processes) and film, drawing on recurring themes of transformation and metamorphosis. She interweaves perceptions of the body and gender with historical narratives, often drawing on current crisis in Venezuela.
"May 2016" by Johanna Unzueta
Chilean artist Johanna Unzueta first gained notice for sculptures made from felt that reflected her deep interest in the history of labor. In recent years, Unzueta’s practice has been marked by a renewed focus on drawing. She has exhibited widely in North America, South America and Europe and is currently part of the Open Sessions Program at the Drawing Center, New York (2018 - 2019), which will culminate in a group show at the main gallery.
"Mother of Pearls" by Merike Estna
Merike Estna (1980) lives and works in Tallinn, Estonia. Her performative work has been exhibited at Baltic Triennial 13, Tallinn; Kiasma Art Museum, Helsinki; Performa 17, NYC and elsewhere. Her solo exhibitions have been exhibited at Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga; Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn; Bosse & Baum, London; Galeria Karen Huber, Mexico City; Temnikova & Kasela, Tallinn and others. She is represented by Temnikova & Kasela Gallery, Tallinn and Galeria Karen Huber, Mexico City and is collaborating with Bosse&Baum, London.