Artist's Profile: Hondartza Fraga

I would like to take this opportunity to introduce Hondartza Fraga, who is currently exhibiting at South Square for this month (see "Ever Remote, Ever There").

Hondartza Fraga, currently based in Sheffield, was born in Galicia, Spain. After a BA degree at The University of the Basque Country she completed an MA degree in Fine Art at Sheffield Hallam University in 2007. She has exhibited nationally (Liverpool, Leeds, London) and internationally (Portugal, Turkey, Italy, Norway).

Working primarily with video, photography and drawing, Hondartza’s work researches the emotional dependency relation between person, object and image. She is interested in tensions between different image-making systems, analogue and digital technologies and how they affect the way we understand images. Earlier in 2010 she did an artist-in-residence stay at LKV studios in Trondheim, Norway, from which some of the works in this exhibition have originated. 

Hondartza’s latest work revolves around the ideas of home and of elsewhere, exploring what it may mean to be lost in between. From drawing to video, original to found, "Ever remote, ever there" is an exhibition of works that seek to re-interpret the fictional and elusive character of home and the unknown. 

Conrad Atkinson | Tate Britain

Conrad Akinson, who will be having an exhibition at South Square over April and May this year, has revealed that he has recently had a piece put on display in Tate Britain. The artwork (pictured below) was commissioned by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the Irish Congress of trades Unions northern Committee in 1975. 

 

Conrad Atkinson "A shade of green: an orange edge: Mayday 1968/1975"

The piece is made up of approximately 70 photos and 35 texts and will be on display for several months. This work has previously been exhibited in such prestigious galleries as the Arts Council Gallery Northern Ireland (1975), Feldman Fine Art new York (1979), Hirshhorn Museum (1982) and others including the Pompidou Centre in Paris.

Emmy Twigge at South Square

Yesterday South Square was visited by Emmy Twigge, a Leeds-based artist who responded to an open call for exhibitions at South Square. She was successful in her application, and is currently set to show during June 2011 in the main gallery space. The exact nature of her upcoming show has not been completely decided, so expect to hear more next year.

Below is an image of one of her works from earlier this year made up of thirty-three hand built earthenware bricks and thirty-two fired porcelain spheres hidden within the bricks. The work was part of Emmy's contribution for the AA2A scheme at the Leeds College of Art this year.

"Thirty-three green clay bricks with thirty-two porcelain spheres" Emmy Twigge, AA2A 2009/2010

You can also visit her website at www.emmytwigge.com to see more images of her past works.