Open Studio with Kolaj Institute Artist-in-Residence Nate Hester

During his Solo Residency, North Carolina-based artist Nate Hester will create two large-scale (64x44") works on paper for the Tokyo International Art Fair. The artist’s trans-disciplinary work (drawings, projected animations, textiles, ceramics, immersive installations of household ephemera, tags, and interactive encounters) explores the charming if disquieting incongruities of the places, communities and bodies to which we all yearn to belong. He will use New Orleans as his inspiration for the work, writing that the city is the "confluence of many natural, political, historic, cultural and ethnic influences." He will also use his time at Kolaj Institute to investigate the technique of bas-relief paper pulp sculpting. On Saturday, October 5, 2024, 2-4PM, the public is invited to visit Kolaj Institute Gallery to meet the artist and see how the artwork is progressing. 

ABOUT KOLAJ INSTITUTE'S SOLO RESIDENCIES

The mission of Kolaj Institute is to support artists, curators, and writers who seek to study, document, and disseminate ideas that deepen our understanding of collage as a medium, a genre, a community, and a 21st century movement. We operate a number of initiatives meant to bring together community, investigate critical issues, and raise collage’s standing in the art world. Kolaj Institute’s Solo Residencies are designed to provide artists, curators, and writers with dedicated time and space to work on a project, develop their practice, and make artwork.

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