NOISE MEDIA Art fair, Istanbul
A9 & A7
17TH - 21ST JANUARY, 2024
At the NOISE Media Art Fair, the gallery presented mixed media artworks by acclaimed local and international artists like Memo Akten, Emre Meydan, David Young, Mario Klingemann, and Kevin Abosch. The exhibition featured a diverse range of installations, live performances, video works, prints, and plotter drawings, created using technologies from advanced AI to traditional methods like plotter machines. This array of works offered an immersive experience where art and technology intersect, opens a dialogue on socio-political themes, ecological concerns, and the role of technology in art. Each artwork was a unique exploration of how these artists perceive and reinterpret the world through the lens of technology.
Onchain creative studio K011 presented works by AI emerging and established artists Alice Gordon, Ivona Tau and the project Post Human Cinema.
curated on chain At K011.com
OCTOBER - NOVEMBER, 2023
We are excited to present numerous curated collections by top AI and generative artists throughout October and November, all available at K011.com
‘LES PARISIENS’ BY ALKAN AVCIOĞLU
'SHE WAS MACHINE-HEARTED' BY IVONA TAU
‘NODE TO NODE’ COLLECTION BY JARED S. TARBELL
‘CLONISM’ BY ALICE GORDON
‘POST HUMAN CINEMA’ BY MARK AMERIKA, WILL LUERS, AND CHAD MOSSHOLDER ‘
‘CHANGE OF BASIS’ BY KJETIL GOLID
ART SALON: NODE TO NODE
13TH - 21ST OCTOBER , 2023
From October 13th to 21st, in the heart of Paris, Kate Vass Galerie presented Art Salon ‘Node to Node’, a captivating fusion of artistic mediums, bringing together paintings, plotter drawings, post-photography, and site-specific installations.
This group show is a celebration of generative & AI artistry featuring renowned artists: Kjetil Golid, Manoloide, Jared S. Tarbell, William Mapan, Iskra Velitchkova, Eko33, Marcelo Soria-Rodriguez, Kevin Abosch, Nancy Burson, Ganbrood, Ivona Tau, Obvious, Helena Sarin, Alkan Avcioğlu, Zancan & Alice Gordon.
As an integral part of the exhibition, we proudly presented a curated selection from the esteemed French @lemonde2d private collection, featuring the works of Michael Zancan, Phaust, Marcel Schwittlick, Anna Beller & Alejandro Campos, Stuart Batchelor, Andreas Rau, Casey Reas, and Peter Beyls.
With over 13 artists unveiling their exclusive artworks for the first time, this exhibition shined a spotlight on the cutting-edge of generative & AI art. The physical representation of natively digital art within the gallery space serves as a bridge between the virtual & tangible, creating a conceptually rich atmosphere. Visitors are invited to engage with the artists, & even become a part of the creative process through live performances, and workshops including an exciting collaboration with the renowned Michael Zancan, Ivona Tau, Iskra Velichkova & Marcelo Soria-Rodriguez. This exhibition is a unique opportunity to witness the most talked-about web3 contemporary art & meet many artists in person.
We thank our special partner fx(hash) for their support of this event.
Address: Kate Vass Galerie 91 rue Saint-Honore 75001 Paris France
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
31ST MAY - 18TH JULY
Curated group AI show featuring works by acclaimed artists such as Ivona Tau, Jenni Pasanen, Miss AL Simpson, and Obvious.
Drawing inspiration from Philip K. Dick's renowned science fiction masterpiece, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", the exhibition delved into the field of AI art and the intricate dynamics between humans and machines. Many minds ponder the essence of AI art and the true nature of an AI artist, in our pursuit of understanding, this show unveiled the variety and range of artistic practices within AI. It also explored into the implications of creating and interacting with intelligent machines that can experience emotions and develop their sense of self.
“ALGORITMO DIVINO” BY GANBROOD
18TH APRIL, 2023
K011 introduced unique 0KAI engine the first on-chain AI art minting technology that safeguards the privacy of the artist's input, revolutionizing and transforming the way of creating and collecting AI art. With 0KAI, we enable prompt encryption and real-time artwork generation, delivering the encrypted prompt in its hash on-chain saved eternally.
On the 18th of April, we launched our first project by one of the most prominent AI artists – Ganbrood. His first long-form on-chain AI drop 'Algoritmo Divino' went live at the Dutch auction with 333 unique live-generated iterations and was sold out in 2 hours.
‘FREAK SHOW’
5TH APRIL, 2023 - 11TH OF MAY, 2023
There is a long history of “Freak Shows” also referred to as “Odditoriums” which dates back to medieval times, where people considered physically unusual were put on display like caged animals. Exhibiting those with deformities—extreme diseases and conditions—as objects of interest and entrainment is barbaric and sadistic (especially by today’s standards), but had been routine for hundreds (and hundreds) of years.
The exhibition took place at Unpaired. Gallery in Zug on the 5th of April. The artworks were introduced at onchain studio, K011.
Participating artists: Ganbrood, Robert McNally, Phosphor, Olga Fedorova, Nude Robot, Memo Akten, Kenny Schachter, Iñigo Bilbao, Formless, Erika Weitz, David Henry Nobody Jr., Daichi Mori, Viola Rama.
PAL - A GENERATIVE SYSTEM
BY ISKRA VELITCHKOVA & MARCELO SORIA-RODRIGUEZ
25TH JANUARY - 1ST MARCH 2023
PAL, 2022 is an inaugural collaborative performance that took 4 days as a live performance during ART SG 11-15th January. The project will be released as a drop of 100 unique works, which will be minted in February 2023 at Kate Vass Galerie. We offer a limited number of discounted passes to those who register as ‘Early Bird’ and secure the reservation by completing their payment until 27th January. ‘Early Birds’ will receive the airdrop between 24-27th February 2023 to their wallets. The public sale will be on 28th February and the reveal will take place on 1st of March 2023.
ART SINGAPORE FAIR, SINGAPORE
12TH - 15th JANUARY, 2023
Kate Vass Galerie's presentation for the 2023 ART SG showcased the work of leading international new media and generative artists, highlighting the diversity of the genre. The gallery exhibited a special artwork by Japanese digital artist Sputniko!, an exclusive project [RAY-D OH! AKTIV] by conceptual artist Kevin Abosch, and an inaugural collaborative performance by generative artists: Iskra Velitchkova and Marcelo Soria-Rodríguez, as well as, new works by Kjetil Golid from EXPANSE Series. The program addressed pressing issues facing our world, exploring the nature of life, human connections, and the utopian dystopia of nuclear energy. The artists used various tools and mediums, including machine learning, performance art, sculpture, and video work, to express sociological dilemmas and their creative processes in a powerful way.
We have focused on cutting-edge new media programs since our founding in 2017, presenting the genre's spectrum from a unique perspective. The artworks presented as live performances, videos on screens, prints, NFTs and plush toys. Booth #RE02 in the Reframe at the fair
Exhibiting artists: Iskra Velitchkova, Marcelo Soria-Rodríguez, Kjetil Golid, Kevin Abosch, Sputniko!
'EXPANSE’
by kjetil golid
30TH DECEMBER, 2022 - 7th JANUARY, 2023
10 exclusive works by Kjetil Golid were displayed at 2023 Art SG as unique NFTs + Fine Art Print signed by the artist (120x85cm)
EXPANSE divides the plane into a grid and extrudes each cell of the grid into cuboids of various dimensions. Each face on each cuboid is colored based on its slant, relative to a light source. Laws of illumination turn this geometrical relation into a numerical value which is subsequently mapped to a location in the color space, giving each face its color.
With the shapes and colors so tightly linked, by using repetitious rules when deciding upon dimensions and slants, chromatic patterns and tendencies emerge as well.
‘Le monde non objectif’ - Solo-exhibition by Swiss generative artist Eko33
7TH DECEMBER, 2022 - 31st JANUARY, 2023
Kate Vass Galerie gave a first solo show to a Swiss-based artist Eko33, curated by Kate Vass in collaboration with unpaired. Gallery, opened on the 7th of December.
Browse the catalogue of works
'Dear Machine, paint for me’ - group show
17th OCTOBER, 2022 - 21st DECEMBER, 2022
Kate Vass Galerie hosted a group exhibition 'Dear Machine, paint for me” that traced a broad spectrum of algorithmic art. The exhibition showcased new artworks by Frieder Nake, Hein Gravenhorst, Alexander Mordvintsev, Manfred P. Kage, Ganbrood, Herbert W. Franke & Espen Kluge.
‘Edges of the Metaverse’ feat. Sofia Crespo & Entangled Others
(27TH SEPTEMBER - 27TH OCTOBER, 2022
Kate Vass Galerie showcased selected works by pioneers of digital art & contemporary NFT art on 380 square meters, 25 screens, and VR installations.
The gallery opens with the exhibition "Edges of the Metaverse" by the award-winning National Geographic photographer Aaron Huey, feat. works by Harry Yeff, Entangled Others Studio and Sofia Crespo.
PHYGITAL
APRIL, 2022 - SEPTEMBER 2022
PHYGITAL was a an exhibition, above all, an intent to explore important works by generative artists with various implementations, generated by the machine, bit by bit, infusing the pieces with more real-world complexity.
Artists: Dominikus, Marcelo Soría-Rodriquez , Vebjørn Isaksen, Ksawery Kirklewski, Iskra Velitchkova, Anna Ridler, Kjetil Golid, Gordon Berger and pioneers of computer art Harold Cohen & Hans Dehlinger.
RHEA MYERS
Rhea Myers iconic works feat. in the historical show 'Perfect and Priceless' by Kate Vass Galerie in 2018 become available as unique NFTs, as the artist drops his first works on Foundation App.
88 Allegories by Manoloide
11TH NOVEMBER , 2021 - 1ST FEBRUARY, 2022
A long-awaited solo exhibition by one and only generative artist Manolo Gamboa Naon (aka Manoloide) opens at KVG on 11th November 2021.
MATH GOES ART - a solo show of the a pioneer of computer art Herbert W. Franke
21ST JULY - 31ST OCTOBER, 2021
Last gallery show of Herbert Franke while he was still alive, curated by Kate Vass. The program introduced three main body of works within Herbert W. Franke concept of Math Art where the artist has been exploring and researching the visual side of mathematics : Drakula series (1970s), Cellular Automata (1990s), Lissajous (1998).The solo exhibition features unique vintage works, which were never exhibited before.
Manolo Gamboa Naon -
'THE GENERATIVE ART THAT WEARS THE COLORS OF THE SOUL'.
10TH AUGUST 2021 - 1ST NOVEMBER 2021
The long-awaited exclusive interview with digital Argentinian artist - Manoloide, featuring a selection of 53 images cataloging the past 3 years of Manolo's practice, exported between 100 and 1000 variations and filtered by the artist, as his top notch.
‘TELEPHONE PAINTINGS’,
MONTREAL, CANADA
1ST JULY - 31ST OCTOBER 2021
In a moment where "remote proximity’’ has become the new normal in every domain, Telephone Paintings place the viewer, artist, curator, and critic at remote algorithmic distance. Feat. selected artworks by Cornelia Sollfrank, Sofia Crespo, Manolo Gamboa Naon , Tom White, Desmond Paul Henry, David Young, David Jhave Johnson, this is a broad-ranging exhibition that traces the desire lines between the analog and the digital, the automatic and intentional, and the past and the present.
‘THE GAME OF LIFE - EMERGENCE IN GENERATIVE ART’
7TH JULY 2020 - 1ST APRIL 2020
Complex worlds from simple rules. This online exhibition is a tribute to the mathematician John Horton Conway who recently passed away from COVID-19. Among Conway’s many gifts to the world was his famous “Game of Life” theory popularized in a 1970 article in Scientific American. For this show, we have included four generative artists: Jared S Tarbell, Alexander Reben, Kjetil Golid, and Manolo Gamboa Naon.
‘Osinachi - Existence as Protest’ SOLO SHOW
10TH MARCH - 10TH JULY, 2020
Osinachi took Microsoft Word, a word processing tool with 1.2 billion users globally, and found a new way to use it as a tool for making digital art that none of us have seen before. Through sheer effort, imagination, and creativity, Osinachi brings virtuosity to what most people overlooked or cast aside as a crude tool for making basic shapes and patterns. Osinachi’s textures and color palettes sing out and demand attention. Inspired by the textiles found in Nigeria, they feel more like a rich collage of vibrant fabrics than a screen full of cold lifeless pixels. The fearless creative energy and positivity of Osinachi’s aesthetic extend seamlessly into the subject matter of his work. Osinachi is a brilliant protest artist. Rather than depict dramatic scenes of struggle and conflict as is often typical with protest art, his weapon of choice is to highlight normalcy and positivity.
‘Alternatives’ solo show by espen kluge
30TH OCTOBER, 2019 - 25TH FEBRUARY, 2020
Generative Portrait Series by digital artist Espen Kluge. Espen has a fascination for the inward, exploratory and meditative yet chaotic qualities of the creative process, he believes this is, at least in part, a product of his own dealings with problems of bipolar disorder before successful treatment. He has a broad interest in many types of creative work, and he is active in several categories of it, he likes to approach it by adding a sense of unfamiliarity, typically by using programming languages or tools/software that he is unfamiliar with, or setting up digital systems that adds elements of randomness into it. Kluge’s portraits feel monumental and architectural, reminding us of the sculptures of the Russian constructivists like Naum Gabo and Vladimer Tatlin. But in contrast to the somber character of the Constructivists, Kluge’s work explodes with a rainbow of color and emotion. Click below to browse the complete catalogue and the official website: https://alternatives.art
‘Automat und Mensch’ - A History of AI and Generative Art
29TH MAY - 15TH OCTOBER, 2019
In 2018 we have seen a tremendous spike in the interest of “AI art,” ushered in by Christie’s and Sotheby’s both offering works at auction developed with machine learning. Capturing the imaginations of collectors and the general public alike, the new work has some conservative members of the art world scratching their heads and suggesting this will merely be another passing fad. What they are missing is that this rich genre, more broadly referred to as “generative art,” has a history as long and fascinating as computing itself. A history that has largely been overlooked in the recent mania for “AI art” and one that co-curators Georg Bak and Jason Bailey hope to shine a bright light on in our show Automat und Mensch (or Machine and Man).
PERFECT & PRICELESS: VALUE SYSTEMS ON THE BLOCKCHAIn
16TH NOVEMBER, 2018 – 28TH FEBRUARY, 2019
For the first time in Switzerland, Kate Vass Galerie in Zürich presentED a comprehensive and unique exhibition on blockchain art, showcasing the most important protagonists of this movement like CryptoPunks and works from one of the world’s most famous artist Ai Weiwei in collaboration with Kevin Abosch.
ANDREA MARINI | NOVI MUNDI: SOLO SCULPTURE SHOW
30TH AUGUST - 2ND NOVEMBER, 2018
Starting from the awareness of a reality in which the human relationship is subject to continuous manipulations and alterations, Marini's artistic path develops in the research and re-creation of a new "world" where the boundary between the real and the fantastic is very labile. His research therefore becomes a desire for a new birth, a bodily metamorphosis and a poetic transformation for a different vision of reality. Novi Mundi is a solo presentation of Andrea Marini's otherworldly sculptures.
JIMMY NELSON - ‘BEFORE THEY PASS AWAY’
14TH JUNE - 18TH AUGUST, 2018
Jimmy’s dream has always been to create awareness about our world’s indigenous cultures through his photography. He has wanted to create a visual document that shows us and future generations the beauty of how they live. Like Edward Sheriff Curtis, the famous American ethnologist and photographer, who documented the North American Indians at the beginning of last century, he wanted to create carefully orchestrated portraits of these amazing peoples, at their absolute proudest.
THE FEMALE FORM
SPECIAL ZÜRICH ART WEEKEND! JUNE 8 - 10, 2018
PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION ON THE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES OF THE FEMALE BODY BY WORLD-FAMOUS ARTISTS
The idea of the feminine form has been repeatedly interpreted. The subject is timeless and constant. From early spiritual cultures celebrating the feminine, when temples were once populated with sculptures of goddess deities, the nude was a tribute and a way of giving thanks to the origin of the world – women. Since then, the expression of admiration for the female body has taken on countless forms in countless modes, made unique with not only each method, but from each personal perspective of each artist. In photography this theme is no different. The current satellite show by Kate Vass Galerie approaches audiences with an essentialist attitude toward femininity—as grounded in the female form —juxtaposed with a constructivist one that addresses notions of ideal female splendor promoted by advertising, and popular culture; through the eyes of different artist spanning from the last century. The exhibition features iconic photographic works by internationally renowned artists from the 1920s to now, including; Jeanloup Sieff, Helmut Newton, Rene Groebli, Erwin Blumenfeld, Guy Bourdin, Man Ray, Jim Lee, Guido Argentini, Lucien Clergue, Cathleen Naundorf, Melvin Sokolsky, and Edward Weston.
OFF-SITE: SIMON PROCTER IN MONACO
APRIL 26 - MAY 25, 2018
From April 26th to the May 25th our current exhibition «Modeland & Mr. Lagerfeld» will be shown in Côte d’Azur. The photographs of renowned fashion photographer, Simon Procter, will be exhibited in Monaco during the highly frequented event season.
The Exhibition, that will be hosted by Galerie Carré Doré, is an artistic homage to the turbulent world of fashion und allows a deeper look into the longtime collaboration with Karl Lagerfeld.
'We are delighted to expand our borders and present our current show of Simon Procter to an international art community in Monaco”, says Katerina Vasilieva, founder of the Zürich based Galerie Kate Vass. The exhibition will run during the most important events in the region such as Art Monte-Carlo (April 28-29), the Cannes Film Festival (May 8-19) and the Grand Prix of Monaco (May 24-27).
With GALERIE CARRÉ DORÉ we found an ideal partner for the exhibition. The well-established innovative gallery has a strong focus on fashion art. Beside regular exhibitions of established fashion artists, the gallery also scouts young artists and produced fashion reports from cities all over the world.
DICKSON YEWN | NO MAN'S LAND REVISITED
APRIL 25 - JUNE 10, 2018
Dickson Yewn is a Hong Kong born artist educated in Paris, Ottawa and New York.
His conceptual fine jewelry collections draw inspiration from Eastern philosophy, mysticism, and Chinese culture. Dickson has been featured in 7 solo exhibitions and numerous group exhibitions worldwide and his art works are collected by the Heritage Museum of Hong Kong and the City of Montpellier in France.
LAGERFELD AND CHANEL | UNIQUE VINTAGE PRINTS
FEBRUARY 1 - MARCH 31, 2018
A selection of unique vintage prints by Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
MODELAND AND MR. LAGERFELD | SIMON PROCTER
JANUARY 31 - APRIL 12, 2018
Painter, photographer and filmmaker Simon Procter grew up in a mining town in northern England. After having studied painting and sculpture at Trent University, he moved to Paris in the 1990s to work as a photographer. His innovative approach to capturing fashion shows, landed him an exhibition at the prestigious Colette gallery and soon led to a career as a fashion photographer.
Our show, Modeland and Mr. Lagerfeld, features photographs taken by Simon Procter from 2010 to 2017. These works were selected from Procter’s book Modeland and from his long and fertile collaboration with Karl Lagerfeld. Many of these photographs have been previously exhibited in museums and are to be found in both private and public permanent collections, and some are exhibited here for the very first time. These works were selected to show the breadth of Procter’s practice as a photographer.
FINE ART | HELMUT NEWTON & ARTHUR ELGORT
NOVEMBER 14, 2017 - JANUARY 20, 2018
The exhibition features the advancing styles of the representation of the human figure and the composition of icons alongside un-commissioned works by legendary fashion photographers Helmut Newton and Arthur Elgort.
Ranging from the iconic vintage photography, it depicts how fashion photography is much more than merely a genre – but an embodiment of the fashion atmosphere at a specific moment, where portraiture represents the mood of that era.
Each artist is a master in his own technique of luring the viewer into a dream-like atmosphere reminiscent of vintage short films that blur the worlds of fashion and express the body language with a new range of curves.
TERRAINS OF THE BODY: A ONE-MAN PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION FEATURING WORKS BY JIM LEE AND SCULPTURES BY LARS ZECH
OCTOBER 20, 2017 - JANUARY 20, 2018
Photographer and filmmaker Jim Lee has always kept an ear to the ground – mindful of the zeitgeist and anticipating the future. But, as with many artists, it is only the benefit of hindsight that reveals some of the most remarkable aspects of his oeuvre.
As a fashion photographer in the sixties and seventies, Jim was at the centre of the fashion world, but unlike his contemporaries, Jim quickly tuned in to the revolutionary changes underway in gender politics. He understood early that women would no longer only have supporting roles in narratives about men. So, rather than treating women like mere mannequins or objects for male desire, Jim made the women the protagonists of their own stories.