Caroline Achaintre
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Caroline Achaintre (Born in 1969 in France, lives and works in Germany)
Caroline Achaintre (FR, 1969). Born in France and raised in Germany, Achaintre trained as a blacksmith before travelling to London with the prestigious DAAD scholarship to study at Chelsea School of Art & Design and Goldsmiths College, London. Solo exhibitions include the Present / Future Illy Prize at Castello di Rivoli, Turin, IT from November 7 and currently at Tate Britain, London, UK until June 2015 as part of the BP Contemporary Spotlight programme Her works belong to Museum collections that include FRAC, Aquitaine, FR, Musée d'Art moderne de al Ville de Paris, FR and the Southampton City Art Gallery, UK. The artist lives and works in London.
Stay: January 27, 2015 - March 22, 2015
Co-organized by:The Agency of Cultural Affairs (Bunkacho)
Event: "At the still point of the turning world..." - a salon event curated by Gina Buenfeld (February 21, 2015)
Report for Artist in Residency:
AstraY, 2014, hand tufted wool, 275 x 208 cm
Mola, 2014, ceramic, 22 x 35 x 20 cm (installation view Tate Britain)
Fevver, 2008, hand tufted wool, 220 x 115 cm
( ceramics on display furniture Bric a Brac and Prim Lo, 2014, installation view Tate Britain)
2014-12-15