Artist Talk: Haris Epaminonda
Participating Artist in Mercedes-Benz Art Scope 2018-2020
Haris Epaminonda VOL. XXVII, 2019 Mixed media installation
Photo © Andrea Avezzù
Courtesy: La Biennale di Venezia 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, May You Live In Interesting Times
For this Artist Talk, we’ve invited Haris Epaminonda, an artist from Cyprus who recently won the Silver Lion award at the 58th Venice Biennale which began this May. The artist is currently an artist-in-residence in Tokyo under the auspices of the Mercedes-Benz Art Scope 2018-2020 program. Epaminonda will speak at the Hara Museum about her past activities and current residence in Tokyo.
The Hara Museum has been a partner with Mercedes-Benz Japan in Art Scope since 2003, a program that promotes artist exchange between Japan and Germany. Tsuyoshi Hisakado was the Japanese artist selected for residence in Berlin for the 2018-2020 program. Next June, these two artists plus one past Art Scope participant Meiro Koizumi (2011) will be featured in the Mercedes-Benz Art Scope 2018-2020 exhibition at the Hara Museum.
Cooperation and residency program coordination provided by: Arts Initiative Tokyo [AIT]
*This talk will be given in English with Japanese interpretation.
When: July 6 (Saturday), 2019 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Where: The Hall at the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
Fee: Free (museum admission is required)
How to make a reservation by email:
*Reservation is closed.
Please write “7/6 Artist Talk” on the subject line, with your name, daytime contact number and requested number of seats in the body. Please include your Hara Museum membership number (if you are a member). Then send the email to event@haramuseum.or.jp. Reservations will be confirmed by return email.
Haris Epaminonda
Born in Nicosia, Cyprus in 1980, Epaminonda studied at the Royal College of Art and Kingston University London in England. She currently lives in Berlin. In 2013, she was one of the four artists shortlisted for Germany’s preeminent art prize, the Preis der Nationalgalerie. She represented Cyprus at the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007 Old earth, no more lies, I’ve seen you … and the 58th Venice Biennale May You Live in Interesting Times where she won the Silver Lion award. She has also contributed to many other international exhibitions such as the Berlin Biennale (2008) and Documenta 14 (2017) in Kassal, Germany. In Japan, she participated in the group exhibition The Kaleidoscopic Eye at the Mori Art Museum in 2009.
http://www.harisepaminonda.com/
