In Process @ The Watermill Center is our ongoing series of studio visits that invite the community to gain insight into the creative process of our international Artists-in-Residence, cultivating an understanding of how artists from across the globe develop new work.

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Born in Athens and based in France, Katerina Andreou graduated both from the Law School-University of Athens and the State School of Dance in Athens. She attended the program ESSAIS in CNDC d’ Angers and holds a master’s degree of Paris 8 in research and choreography. As a dancer, she collaborated with DD Dorvillier, Lenio Kaklea, Bryan Campbell, Dinis Machado, Emmanuelle Huynh, and Ana Rita Teodoro. In her work, she is interested in developing states of presence sorting out from a constant negotiation between contrasted tasks, fictions, and universes, often questioning the relation to ideas such as authority and autonomy, communication, and censorship. She often makes the music design of her own pieces. She was awarded the choreography prize Prix Jardin d’Europe, at ImpulsTanz Festival in 2016 for the solo dance piece “A kind of fierce.” She then created the solo “BSTRD” (2018) and the duo “Zeppelin Bend” (2021) with Natali Mandila, “Rave to Lament” (2021), a site-specific performance with a tuned car, and recently the solo “Mourn Baby Mourn” (2022). She is associated artist at Centre Chorégraphique National de Caen en Normandie and the Master Program EXERCE in CCN de Montpellier. Katerina Andreou is a recipient of the Baroness Nina von Maltzahn Fellowship for the Performing Arts at The Watermill Center.

Brianna L. Hernández is a Chicana artist, curator, educator, and death doula guided by socially-engaged values. In developing as an artist, Hernández credits her late mother, Sylvia D. Hernández as her most significant mentor for the lifelong creativity she demonstrated. Hernández’s studio practice focuses on end-of-life care, grieving processes, and mourning rituals based on lived experience, cultural research, and collaborations with peers. In addition to formal artworks, she offers workshops for viewers to self-educate on grief and end-of-life planning through the safety of the creative process. As a curator, Hernández works with artists to make socially-charged topics publicly accessible in order to create opportunities for education and empathy. She also collaborates with community health researchers to incorporate the arts into public health projects through curatorial consulting.

Aref Montazeri is a sculptor removed from conventional practices, he pursues a novel approach to mirror art that involves large numbers of mirror cuts and meticulous attention to detail. Conceptually, he follows an approach he has termed “MIRROR follows narrative”; which favors materialism over ornamentalism and resilience of design over buildability. His design apparatus consists of three criteria: Narrative, Material and Technique, which is also the way he looks at art and creates it. Montazeri started his training during a collaboration with Monir Farmanfarmaian on the design and fabrication of 60 sculptures. He has worked with Parviz Tanavoli, the Maleki Collection as an Artist-in-Residence, and for notable collectors such as Mohammad Afkhami, and Farhad Farjam. He exhibited his first collection titled “MIRROR” in Leila Heller Gallery’s booth in Art Dubai 2021. Following that, he exhibited his first solo show at Leila Heller gallery.

Robert Taylor is a fiction writer and filmmaker from Long Island. His work leans toward literary horror and the speculative, inspired by the unexplainable and weird aspects of race and sexuality. Currently he is experimenting with short films, finding different ways to convey his style of fiction. Robert received his MFA from Stony Brook University. His fiction has appeared in The Southampton Review, The Molotov Cocktail, and The Wild Word.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Please note: The Watermill Center no longer requires visitors to wear face-coverings for indoor events. The use of masks is encouraged, and disposable masks will be provided by The Center upon request. We thank you for supporting our efforts to keep both our international and local community of artists and alumni safe and healthy during their stay at The Watermill Center.

Please arrive 10 minutes early to allow for the check-in process.

The Watermill Center is committed to providing accessible programs and services for all patrons and artists with disabilities. For further information about any accessibility needs or issues, please email us at visit@watermillcenter.org.

Photo copyright Lindsay Morris.