Workshop: Body, Space, Time.
Workshop: Body, Space, Time.
Teacher: Katya Grokhovsky
chashama 26-15
26-15 Jackson Avenue
Long Island City, NY
Thursday 2nd February, 2012
7-9pm
PERFORMANCE ART WORKSHOP, designed for people who would like to learn about the basics of performance art, specifically focusing on repetitive gestures, the concept of time in performance art, how to find inspiration in your immediate surroundings, through your body, the space you are in, the memory you hold and minute details of your own physical being.
KATYA GROKHOVSKY
Brooklyn based Australian/Ukrainian artist Katya Grokhovsky has an MFA in Sculpture (2011) from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Grokhovsky's work has been exhibited in Australia, USA, UK and Europe. She has traveled extensively, partaking in residencies and performance art events and received many awards and scholarships. Most recently, Grokhovsky was an artist in residence at Robert Wilson's Watermill Center, New York. In 2012, Grokhovsky’s Projects include “The Bedroom”a work comprising of a series of one night monthly events, staged in the artist’s apartment by other artists and herself, “The Art School”, an Innovative Educational Project/ Residency in Queens, NY, awarded by chashama, a “Learning Agency” “Wonderwomen” residency at _gaia studio in Jersey City , numerous group exhibitions in NYC and a solo exhibition in Melbourne, Australia.
www.thebedroomgallery.blogspot.com
http://vimeo.com/katyagrokhovsky