EAF05: 2005 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition


Klara Hobza

       
Nay, I’ll Have a Starling, 2005
Wood, steel
Overall dimensions variable

Nay, I’ll Have a Starling is an installation based on 18th Century illustrations of bird traps from a German manual on how to recognize, catch and tame wild birds. As one component of an ongoing project, this work references a group of birds that were transported from England to the United States in the 1890s by the Acclimation Society of North America as a sampling of all the bird species mentioned in Shakespeare’s plays. Included in the shipment were 60 Starlings that were released in New York City’s Central Park. Since that time, Starlings have bred very successfully multiplying to a current population of over 200 million.

Born: 1975, Plzen, Czech Republic
Lives in Brooklyn, works in New York & Germany

Education:
2005 M.F.A., Columbia University, New York, NY
2003 Diploma in Fine Art, The Academy of Visual Arts, Munich, Germany

Group Exhibitions include:
German Romance, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin, Ireland (2005)
Traveling Tales, Aratotoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, Masterton, New Zealand (2005)
Make It Now, SculptureCenter, Long Island City, NY (2005)
Collaborative Practice Archive, Shedhalle, Zurich, Switzerland (2005)
Panoply, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, NY (2005
Collaborative Practice Archive, Kunstverein, Munich, Germany (2004)
Delight, Elisabeth Art Foundation, New York, NY (2004)
Paperwork, Savage Art Resources, Portland, OR (2004)
SPACE CAMP, Prague, Czech Republic (2004)
Free Radio HDTS, High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, CA (2004)
Strange Animals, L.A.C.E., Los Angeles, CA (2004)
Biography, Galerie 16, Munich, Germany (2003)
Diploma show, Munich Art Academy, Munich, Germany (2003)
Unframed First Look, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, NY (2003)
Laboratorium, Aktionsforum Praterinsel, Munich, Germany (2002)
CAP Gallery, Fribourg, Germany (2002)
Galeria ZDB, Lisbon, Portugal (2002)
Raum 110, Art Academy Munich, Munich, Germany (2002)
Gruban Foundation, Staatlich Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany (2001)
inSITEout, lothringer13/halle, Munich, Germany (2001)
Breakdance Contest, Volksbühne, Berlin, Germany (2001)
Aurascan, Odeonsplatz, Munich, Germany (2000)
Art Academy Summer Show, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (2000)
Credo, Rathausgalerie, Munich, Germany (1999)
Galerie Linda, Cologne, Germany (1999)
Accelarated Culture Jetlag/Art Below Zero, Abz@La Gare, London, UK (1999)
Dreamplan Project, Kwan Hoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea (1999)
Staring Contest, Kwan Hoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea (1999)
GMAM/Kapputt Des, Raum 4, Munich, Germany (1999)
Tandem, Ultraschall, Munich, Germany (1998)
Klinischer Kontakt, Ultraschall, Munich, Germany (1998)
Gang From Munich, Shedhalle, Zurich, Switzerland (1998)
Chance 2000, Christoph Schlingensief, Berlin, Germany (1998)
A Visit From The Stones, Stonehenge, UK (1998)
Lightbulb Gallery, London, UK (1998).

Prizes, fellowships and awards include:
SculptureCenter Prize (2005)
Dean's Fellowship, Columbia University (2003 - 2005)
Stipend, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for New York City (2003 – 2004)
Meisterschueler for Olaf Metzel, Munich Art Academy (2002 – 2003)
Video Award, Invalideale Bottom Up Film Festival, Berlin (2002)
Leonhard-und-Ida-Wolf-Gedächtnispreis, City of Munich (2000)
Artist in Residence, KLF's Curfew Tower, Cushendall, Northern Ireland (1999).