No Regrets: The Collectors' Edition
Parker Ito is an American contemporary artist. He was raised in Long Beach, California and currently works in Los Angeles. Ito's art practice encompasses a wide range of media, including painting, sculpture, video, performance, and installation.
Ito is known for his exploration of the intersection of technology and contemporary art. He often incorporates digital elements into his work, such as using UV printing on canvas, digital painting, and 3D printing. Ito's work also frequently deals with issues of identity, representation, and the commodification of art.
Ito has exhibited his work in numerous solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums around the world.
Ryan Mendoza is an American contemporary artist. He is best known for his large-scale installations and sculptures that explore themes of memory, identity and social justice. He works and lives between Naples and Berlin.
Mendoza often works with found objects and materials, reworking them to create new meanings and contexts. He has created installations using discarded and forgotten objects such as abandoned houses and furniture to create powerful commentaries on the human condition.
One of Mendoza's most famous works is White House, which he created in 2016. The installation was a replica of the house Rosa Parks lived in after her famous act of civil disobedience in Montgomery, Alabama. Mendoza moved the entire house from Detroit to Berlin and opened it as a public exhibition. The work was a powerful commentary on the ongoing struggle for civil rights in the US and around the world.
Mendoza's work has been exhibited in numerous solo and group shows around the world, including the Venice Biennale, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Studio Museum in Harlem. He has received several awards and grants for his work, including a grant from the Joan Mitchell Foundation in 2004 and a grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation in 2011.
Sebastian Black is a contemporary American artist from New York whose work is stylistically reminiscent of Cubism. The artist is best known for his Puppy Paintings series, in which he depicts puppy muzzles in fragmented abstract shapes and warm tones.
Piotr Makowski is a contemporary artist from Poland. He works primarily in painting and drawing, and his work often explores themes of memory, identity, and the passage of time.
Makowski studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, Poland, and has since exhibited his work in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Poland and abroad. In 2013, he was awarded the Paszport Polityki award, one of the most prestigious awards for artists in Poland.
Overall, Makowski's work is marked by a keen sensitivity to the world around him, and an ability to capture the essence of his subjects with a subtle, understated touch.
Peter Sutherland is an American artist and photographer, known for his experimental approach to photography and his use of a wide range of materials and techniques. He is based in New York City.
Sutherland's work often explores themes of nature, urbanism, and the built environment. He is particularly interested in the intersection between human-made structures and natural landscapes, and his photographs often feature scenes of decay, erosion, and transformation. He is also known for his use of collage and mixed media, incorporating found materials such as old books, magazines, and maps into his work.
Sutherland has exhibited his work in galleries and museums around the world, and has published several books of his photography. He is also a co-founder of the art and culture publication Paper Work NYC.
Overall, Sutherland's work is marked by a sense of curiosity and experimentation, as well as a deep appreciation for the beauty and complexity of the natural world. His photographs and collages invite viewers to reconsider their relationship to the built environment and the natural world, and to see beauty in unexpected places.
Yves Corbassière is a French painter, printmaker, poster designer, set designer, sculptor and lithographer, close to American Action Painting.
Yves Corbassière is the author of over 5,000 works. Widely known in the United States, his work is exhibited in some forty American museums.
In addition to painting, Corbière was also an accomplished printmaker, working in a variety of techniques including etching, lithography, and silkscreen. His etchings often had the same bold, abstract shapes and vivid colours as his paintings.
Overall, Corbassiere's work is characterised by energy and dynamism, as well as a deep understanding of the expressive potential of colour and form.
Simon Denny is a contemporary artist from New Zealand, born in 1982. He works with a variety of media including sculpture, installation, video, and printmaking. Denny's work often explores the intersection of technology, politics, and economics. He is particularly interested in how technological systems shape our lives and societies. In his art, he frequently uses images and objects related to the tech industry, such as circuit boards, computer servers, and software interfaces. One of Denny's most well-known works is "Secret Power," which was exhibited at the 2015 Venice Biennale. The installation focused on the activities of the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB), New Zealand's intelligence agency. It included a recreation of the agency's boardroom, as well as a series of prints and sculptures that explored the agency's role in global surveillance. Denny has exhibited his work internationally, including at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, the Serpentine Gallery in London, and the Biennale of Sydney. In 2019, he was awarded the prestigious Ars Viva Prize for Visual Arts.
Trisha Baga is an American artist working in various media, including video installations, sculpture, painting and audio installations. She is known for her experiments with technology and often uses voice and body in her work.
Her work is often interactive and a combination of different elements such as projections, sounds, objects and movement. She is also known for her use of private elements such as mobile phones to create unique and personal works of art.
Trisha Baga draws on the heritage of sculpture, painting, music, photography and literature in her practice. Among the subjects and themes she explores are contemporary events, the worship of heroes and celebrities, and collective history. Baga's installations often include film, consisting of montages and collages of found footage and photographs, stacked in such a way that some images obscure others; the films are projected directly onto the wall, over personal items and rubbish from her studio so that they cast shadows on the projection.
Her work has been exhibited in many museums and galleries around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art in Los Angeles, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Venice Biennale.
Kerstin Brätsch is a German contemporary visual artist who often creates large-scale, highly abstract works that combine multiple media. She studied at the University of Art in Berlin and Columbia University in New York and received a Master of Fine Arts degree in 2007. She currently lives and works in New York.
Brecht creates large works that she exhibits in a particular manner. This is as far as possible from the standard form of exhibiting artwork. She hangs her works on magnets, inserts them in double glass frames and rests them against the wall, leaving them on the floor. Using this peculiar method of presentation, she combines a bit of performance art into her visual works.
In 2014, Bratsch was awarded the August Macke Prize. In 2017, Bratsch was awarded the second Edvard Munch Art Prize, which is a cash prize and a solo exhibition at the Munch Museum in 2019.
Aaron Garber-Maikovska is a contemporary artist. He is known for his multidisciplinary approach, which incorporates sculpture, performance, video, and installation art.
Garber-Maikovska's work often explores themes of power, violence, and the body. He has exhibited his work internationally, including at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, and the Kunsthalle Basel in Switzerland.
Some of his notable works include "The Power and the Glory," a performance piece in which the artist dressed in a suit made of raw meat and recited a monologue about the nature of power, and "Shadow Boxing," a series of sculptures that depict fighters engaged in violent combat.
Garber-Maikovska is also a co-founder of the art collective Dear Reader, which explores the intersection of art and literature through exhibitions, readings, and other events.
Hugh Scott-Douglas is a contemporary British-born American artist. He is known for his innovative use of photography and printmaking techniques to create works that explore the relationships between image, technology, and culture.
Scott-Douglas's work often incorporates found images from popular culture, which he manipulates through various digital and analog processes to create abstract, layered compositions. He has also experimented with printing techniques such as halftone and silkscreen, which further emphasize the mechanical and reproductive nature of the image.
Hugh Scott-Douglas has exhibited his work internationally, including at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Britain in London, and the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. He currently lives and works in New York City.
Larry Bell is an American contemporary artist and sculptor. He is best known for his glass boxes and large-scaled illusionistic sculptures. He is a grant recipient from, among others, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and his artworks are found in the collections of many major cultural institutions.
David Noonan is an Australian artist. He is known for his work in sculpture, installation and painting.
Noonan often uses found images and materials in his work, which he combines with his own photographs, drawings and other materials to create collages, assemblages and installations. He is particularly interested in how images can be transformed and re-contextualised through different mediums and forms.
Noonan has exhibited his work in many major art institutions and galleries around the world. In 2016, he was awarded an Australian Visual Arts Council Award.
His notable works include a series of large-scale silkscreened linen panels displaying monochrome photographic representations of artists, landscapes and still lifes; sculptures and installations, often referencing theatre and film.
Derek Paul Boyle is a contemporary American visual artist whose work often deals with the anthropomorphism of everyday objects and absurdist interventions.
Boyle received his BFA from Emerson College in Boston and his MFA in Digital and Media Studies from Rhode Island School of Design.
Boyle has exhibited his work nationally and internationally, including exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in Cleveland, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Saatchi Gallery in London. His work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Cleveland Museum of Art and others.
In addition to his studio practice, Boyle also teaches art and works as a visiting artist at various institutions, including the Rhode Island School of Design, the School of Visual Arts and the University of Michigan.
Gavin Turk is a British artist who is known for his conceptual and postmodern artworks. He studied at Chelsea College of Art and Design and the Royal College of Art in London.
Turk's work often explores themes related to identity, authorship, and the value of art.
Turk has exhibited his work extensively in the UK and internationally, including shows at the Tate Modern, the Saatchi Gallery, and the Venice Biennale. He was also included in the landmark exhibition "Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection" in 1997.
Turk has received numerous awards and accolades for his work, including the Royal Academy of Arts' Charles Wollaston Award in 2007. He is also a lecturer at a number of art schools and institutions, including the Royal College of Art and the University of the Arts London.
Marieta Cirulescu is a Romanian-German artist known for her abstract and conceptual paintings. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bucharest and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg, Germany.
Cirulescu's work is characterised by calm colours and minimal compositions, often featuring repeating patterns and forms reminiscent of organic forms and structures found in nature. She is interested in the interplay of the organic and geometric, and her works often evoke a sense of movement and growth.
Cirulescu has exhibited her work extensively in Europe and the United States, including exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in Frankfurt, the Kunstmuseum Bonn and the New Museum in New York. She was also included in the Romanian pavilion at the 2013 Venice Biennale.
Cirulescu is the recipient of numerous awards and grants, including the Villa Romana Prize in 2004 and the Berlin Senate Fellowship in 2009. She currently lives and works in Berlin.
Alex Perweiler is an American artist known for his multidisciplinary practice.
Perweiler's work often explores themes related to popular culture, consumerism and the role of the artist in contemporary society.
Perweiler creates installations and sculptures to complement his experimental photographic works. In them, he takes photographs without a camera, exposing sheets of photographic paper to light and leaving them unsupported. The resulting images are abstract, vividly saturated and often monochrome, constantly changing over time.
Perweiler has exhibited his work widely in the US and abroad, including exhibitions at the Detroit Museum of Contemporary Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art in St. Louis and at the NADA Art Fair in Miami.
R. H. (Rebecca Howe) Quaytman is an American contemporary artist, best known for paintings on wood panels, using abstract and photographic elements in site-specific "Chapters", now numbering 35. Each chapter is guided by architectural, historical and social characteristics of the original site. Since 2008, her work has been collected by a number of modern art museums. She is also an educator and author based in Connecticut.
Thomas Scheibitz was a German painter and sculptor.
He is among the most important German artists and sculptors of his generation. Since the early 1990s Scheibitz has developed conceptual painting and sculpture that draws on historical references, and at the core of the Berlin artist's work is the search for a new relationship between figuration and abstraction.
Neïl Beloufa is a French-Algerian artist born in 1985 in Algeria and raised in France. He currently lives and works in Paris. Beloufa's work covers a wide range of media, including sculpture, video and installations, and often deals with topics related to social and political issues.
Belufa's installations often use a combination of found objects, industrial materials and digital technologies such as screens and projectors. He often creates an immersive environment that encourages the viewer to physically and emotionally interact with the work.
One of Belufa's most famous works is Colonies, an installation that was exhibited at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles in 2017. The installation was a series of interconnected rooms filled with sculptures, videos and soundscapes that explored themes related to colonisation and global power structures. Belufa's work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, the New Museum in New York and the 2015 Venice Biennale. He has received numerous awards and prizes, including the Audi Talent Award in 2011 and the Marcel Duchamp Prize in 2015.
Kevin Beasley is an American artist working in sculpture, performance art, and sound installation. He lives and works in New York City. Beasley was included in the Whitney Museum of American Art's Biennial in 2014 and MoMA PS's Greater New York exhibition in 2015.
Yngve Holen is a contemporary German artist.
In his work, Holen often explores the relationship between technology, consumer culture and the human body. He often uses industrial materials and objects in his sculptures and installations, and his work often has a minimalist and futuristic aesthetic.
Yngve Holen's work expresses a sensitivity to the ever-growing identification of man and machine, the body and consumer culture, where objects define us as much as we define them. His work reflects on how these boundaries are shifting and expanding, manipulated and stretched, both in the technological and social sphere, where they collide with new ontologies. Objects of consumption are carefully and clinically dissected; car headlights take on anthropomorphic qualities; computer tomograph components become futuristic portals to a new reality.
Holen has exhibited his work widely in Europe and North America, including exhibitions at the Venice Biennale, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the Museum of Modern Art in Chicago. He is also the recipient of numerous awards and grants. He currently lives and works in Berlin.
Jake Chapman, born Iakovos Chapman, is an English conceptual artist who works almost exclusively with his older brother Dinos Chapman. Together they are known as Jake & Dinos Chapman and became famous as members of the Young British Artists, brainchild of media mogul and collector Charles Saatchi. The brothers usually create works using plastic models or fibreglass mannequins, which often cause scandal.
Dinos Chapman (born Konstantinos Chapman) is an English conceptual artist who almost always works with his younger brother Jake Chapman. Together they are known as Jake & Dinos Chapman and became famous as members of The Young British Artists, brainchild of media mogul and collector Charles Saatchi. The brothers usually create works using plastic models or fibreglass mannequins, which often cause scandal.
Bunny Rogers is an American visual artist and poet. She is known for her multimedia works that explore themes of trauma, adolescence, and the internet.
Rogers often works in a variety of media, including sculpture, video, installation, and performance. Her work frequently features a mix of digital and handmade elements, such as computer-generated imagery, printed images, and found objects.
One of her most well-known works is "Columbine Cafeteria," an installation that recreates the cafeteria of Columbine High School, the site of a mass shooting in 1999. The installation includes video footage and audio recordings of the shooting, as well as handmade sculptures of the perpetrators and victims.
Rogers has exhibited her work in major museums and galleries around the world, including the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, and the Kunstverein in Hamburg.
In 2019, Rogers was awarded the Baloise Art Prize at Art Basel for her installation "The Misadventures of the Romantic Cannibals." Her work has been praised for its ability to evoke powerful emotions and connect with audiences on a visceral level.
Peter Coffin is an American artist. He is known for his conceptual and interdisciplinary works that explore the relationship between humans and the natural world.
Coffin's work often incorporates a range of media, including sculpture, painting, photography, video, and performance. He frequently engages with scientific and philosophical concepts, such as the nature of perception and the relationship between humans and animals.
Coffin's work has been exhibited in major museums and galleries around the world, including the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
He has received numerous awards and grants for his work, including a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2013. Coffin's work is noted for its ability to bridge the gap between art and science, and to encourage viewers to think critically about their place in the world.
Peter Coffin lives and works in London.
Matthew Darbyshire is a British artist. He is known for his multimedia works that explore contemporary consumer culture and the built environment.
Darbyshire often works in sculpture, installation, and photography, using materials such as concrete, metal, and plastic. His work often references the aesthetics of modernist architecture and design, and he frequently incorporates found objects and images from popular culture into his pieces.
In 2014 Darbyshire created the polystyrene sculpture Hercules, which is an imitation of the Farnese Hercules. The deliberate choice of a white material has been interpreted as a perpetuation of colourism in how we view and understand classical sculpture.
Darbyshire's work has been exhibited in major museums and galleries around the world, including the Tate Britain in London, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Venice Biennale. In 2015, he was shortlisted for the Hepworth Prize for Sculpture.
His work is noted for its critical engagement with consumer culture and the built environment, as well as its use of humor and playfulness to explore complex social and cultural issues.
Terence Koh is a Canadian artist. He is known for his provocative and often controversial works that explore themes of spirituality, sexuality, and identity.
Koh works in a variety of media, including sculpture, performance, and installation. He often incorporates found objects and materials into his pieces, such as bones, hair, and glitter.
One of his most well-known works is "Gone, Yet Still," a performance piece in which the artist covered himself in white paint and stood motionless in a gallery for hours at a time. The work explored ideas of stillness, mortality, and transcendence.
Koh's work has been exhibited in major museums and galleries around the world, including the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, and the Tate Modern in London.
He has been the recipient of numerous awards and grants, including the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award in 2007. His work is noted for its confrontational and often unsettling qualities, as well as its ability to challenge viewers' assumptions and beliefs about art and the world around them.
Terence Koh is a Canadian artist. He is known for his provocative and often controversial works that explore themes of spirituality, sexuality, and identity.
Koh works in a variety of media, including sculpture, performance, and installation. He often incorporates found objects and materials into his pieces, such as bones, hair, and glitter.
One of his most well-known works is "Gone, Yet Still," a performance piece in which the artist covered himself in white paint and stood motionless in a gallery for hours at a time. The work explored ideas of stillness, mortality, and transcendence.
Koh's work has been exhibited in major museums and galleries around the world, including the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, and the Tate Modern in London.
He has been the recipient of numerous awards and grants, including the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award in 2007. His work is noted for its confrontational and often unsettling qualities, as well as its ability to challenge viewers' assumptions and beliefs about art and the world around them.
Artie Vierkant is an American contemporary artist, art critic, spokesperson and theorist of post-internet art, and author of The Image Object Post Internet (2010). He lives and works in New York, USA.
He studied fine art at the University of Pennsylvania, and holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California.
Vierkant creates objects that are post-internet art, meaning they are meant to exist both online and in a tangible medium. His works are examples of how the new media environment is influencing art and contemporary society in general. Vierkant's creations are often on the edge between the abstract conceptual idea of the object itself and its physical embodiment.
Also in his work, Vierkant deals with the problem of intellectual property protection, reflecting on the limits of copyright distribution.