Talk
Artists at Work: Ilya Fedotov-Fedorov and Francesca “Frankie” Altamura
12 Apr 2022
Regular hours
- Tuesday
- 12:00 – 18:00
Free admission
Address
- 1040 Metropolitan Avenue
- New York
New York - 11211
- United States
For this in-person Artists at Work, current ISCP artist in residence Ilya Fedotov-Fedorov will speak with curator Francesca Altamura. The pair will discuss the current political climate, the artist’s recent immigration to New York, and his artistic practice at-large.
About
Ilya Fedotov-Fedorov (b. Moscow, Russia) is an artist currently based in New York, NY. He works with sculpture, installation, and video to explore themes related to identity politics and queer ecologies. Using scientific and museological collection strategies, the artist attempts to deconstruct relationships with nature, gender, and the body. He has exhibited at Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz; the 4th Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art, Ekaterinburg; and the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow; among many others.
Francesca Altamura (b. New York, NY) is a curator and organizer born and based in New York, NY. In 2021, she co-curated one of the Main Projects for the VII Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, selected through an open call for curators under the age of 35. She previously worked as a Curatorial Assistant for the New Museum of Contemporary Art, where she collaborated with artists including Diedrick Brackens, Sydney Shen, Ahaad Alamoudi, Randa Maroufi, among others.
This program is supported, in part, by Hartfield Foundation; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; New York City Council District 34; New York State Council on the Arts and the New York State Legislature; Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF); The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation; Teiger Foundation; Willem de Kooning Foundation; and William Talbott Hillman Foundation.
