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Andrea Anastasio
Andrea Anastasio is a designer who lives between Naples and Bombay. He holds a master’s degree in philosophy from the University of Ca' Foscari- Venice, Italy. Anastasio has been designing lamps and domestic objects since 1989 for the design firms Memphis, Artemide, Giocasta, and Danese. His design work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and Architecture in Denver, the Museé des beaux-arts de Montréal, and the Museo degli argenti del XX secolo in Satirana, Italy.
As well as being a resident, Anastasio was a collaborator on the “Chairs” exhibition; a project that brought together an artist, furniture historian, designer, educator and filmmaker with three of the Gardner Curators. In February he gave an “Eye of the Beholder” Lecture entitled “Standing Between the Earth and Sky.” Here Anastasio discussed the cultural, economic, political and anthropological aspects of the object as well as its role in the domestic, work, public, religious, artistic and literary environments.
Jason Cheriyan
Jason Cheriyan studied fashion design at the College of Arts and Crafts in Chennai and the National Institute of Fashion Technology in New Delhi. After his graduation from N.I.F.T. in 1990, Cheriyan worked in the fashion trade for only a few years before receiving the Damania Award for best young designer. He opened his own business called Anew and launched the “Jason Cheriyan” label that retails at Cinnamon in Bangalore, Chennai in Kolkata and Ogaan in Delhi. In addition, Cheriyan mentors students at the Shristi School of Art and Design and N.I.F.T. on their thesis projects. His products include woman’s clothing, accessories, bags, shoes and home furnishings. His line has been exhibited and sold in India, Spain, Austria, the U.K. Germany and the U.S. Cheriyan lives and works in Bangalore India and was the Artist-in-Residence during the month of May. He spent his time at the museum exploring textiles and lace in Gardner’s collection as well as a broad range of textiles and clothing at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and other institutions.
Paula Robison
Paula Robison was a resident at the Gardner in September 2005. She was born in Tennessee to a family of writers, actors, dancers, and musicians. Her ground-breaking performances have made her a role model for young flutists everywhere. Robison has been commissioned for well over thirty works for flute and is renowned for her master classes, original transcriptions, and books on the art of flute playing. In the fall of 2005, she rejoined the faculty of New England Conservatory as the first Donna Hieken Flute Chair and began a series of masterclasses at New York’s Diller-Quaile School of Music. Robison is also a founding member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and co-director with Scott Nickrenz of the Concerti di Mezzogiorno at the Spoleto Festival which earning her the 1987 Adelaide Ristori Prize for her contribution to Italian cultural life. Ms. Robison has had a long relationship with the Gardner Museum as a performer and as co-director of Boston’s Gardner Chamber Orchestra.
Robison spent much of her residency playing the flute in the artist’s apartment and performing in the special exhibition gallery as part of “Variations on a Theme by Sol Lewitt and Paula Robison.” For this exhibition, a quartet played music for flute and strings by Mozart daily in the gallery where LeWitt's wall drawing, inspired by the same music, was installed. This collaborative exhibition stemmed from a deep friendship between two artists and resulted in a truly unique and moving experience.
Michele Iodice
Michele Iodice is a working sculptor, installation artist and set designer. He currently lives and works in Naples, where he is also a museum educator at the Museo Archelogico Nazionale di Napoli. Iodice has designed many exhibitions and museum installations for Museums in Naples. He is well known for his original table installations and set designs. Iodice came to the Gardner as an Artist-in Residence in the fall of 2005 and created “A Pagan Feast”, a reinterpretation of the Museum’s annual Holiday Table. Iodice transformed the beautiful mosaic from the Courtyard into a tablecloth for the installation in the Dutch Room. On this he placed objects and sculptures he selected from different corners of the museum along with his own newly created pieces.
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