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Kim? Residency Award recipient 2024 is Jānis Dzirnieks
2.9.2024 - 1.11.2024
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Kim? Contemporary Art Center is pleased to announce: the recipient of the Kim? Residency Award 2024 is artist Jānis Dzirnieks. Starting this September, Jānis Dzirnieks will spend two months at ISCP (International Studio & Curatorial Program) residency in New York City. Jānis Dzirnieks is the fifth Latvian artist to receive a residency opportunity in NYC through the Kim? and ISCP collaboration.
The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) is a leading nonprofit, residency-based contemporary art institution for emerging to mid-career artists and curators from around the world. Founded in 1994, ISCP has hosted over 1,300 artists and curators from more than 55 countries. Jānis Dzirnieks will be one of 35 residents selected to present his work to internationally renowned curators and art professionals during study visits. This opportunity will foster the exchange of ideas, enhance international recognition of his practice, and facilitate the creation of new professional contacts.
During the residency, the artist will continue to develop his practice, which explores themes of technological efficiency and environmental degradation, highlighting society’s relentless pursuit of optimization. By transforming industrial waste into thought-provoking installations, Dzirnieks’ work reflects on the ecological and social consequences of constant progress, encouraging us to reconsider our relationship with technology and nature. During this period, the artist will also engage in new creative experiments inspired by his experiences in the metropolis.
The Residency Award, established in 2015, aims to promote the development, professional growth, and international recognition of Latvian artists. It provides a promising Latvian artist with the opportunity to participate in a residency program at one of Kim?’s partner organizations abroad. Previous winners of the Residency Award include Daria Melnikova, who attended KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin (2015); Ieva Epnere, ISCP residency, New York (2016); Ieva Kraule, Gasworks residency, London (2017); Diāna Tamane, Artport Tel Aviv residency (2018); Maija Kurševa, ISCP residency, New York (2019); Krišs Salmanis, ISCP residency, New York (2021); Elza Sīle, ISCP residency, New York (2022); and Līga Spunde, ISCP residency, New York (2023).