Fredag d. 9. maj, kl. 10.00-14.00 / Besøg af Malt AIR
Lokation: Høloftet
Årgang: 4. og 5. år

Temaet for denne undervisningsdag er 'residencies'. Vi får besøg af de to kunstnere Sidra Khawaja (Pakistan) og Paula Niño (Colombia/Tyskland) som er i et tre måneders residency-ophold på Malt AIR i Ebeltoft. De to kunstnere vil give artist talks med fokus på deres ophold på Malt AIR og hvordan opholdet påvirker deres praksis og videre karriere.

Om kunstnerne 
Paula Niño (1993) is an interdisciplinary artist from Bogotá, Colombia, where she received a BFA with honours in 2016, at the Pontifical Javeriana University. Later, in 2024, she completed her studies in Fine Arts, Painting and Graphics (Prof. Schirin Kretschmann) at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, Germany. 

Her artistic practice arises from a constant curiosity about life, the feeling of belonging somewhere, the invisible frame of every story, and all the ordinary things we have no explanation for. Themes such as migration, identity and memory emerge, which in turn are interwoven with the experience of writing and material processes. Her most recent works and research critically examine the migration policies of the countries she has lived in and expose them through hybrid and experimental installations where an intimate and personal voice reveals collective issues on a larger scale.

Sidra Khawaja is a Kashmiri interdisciplinary creative practitioner, educator, researcher, and a Fulbright scholar. Born in 1990 in Muzaffarabad–Kashmir (Pakistan), she completed her Bachelor in Visual Communication Design from National College of Arts Lahore (2015) and Master in Designed Objects from School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA (2021). Her practice thrives at the intersection of design, craft, anthropology and cultural exploration. She weaves narratives bridging socio-political and cultural contexts through interactive public experiences using objects, installations, archives, and multimedia. Her work critically delves into material culture, sparking dialogue on decolonization, identity, representation, eco-feminism and climate change.

For spørgsmål kontakt Cecilie Bernts på mail kommunikation@djk.nu