FEATURED ARTIST: Vera Kox
Vera Kox (b. 1984, Frankfurt/Main) explores material uncertainty and the limits of form through the creation of richly textured sculptures that carefully play with density, fluidity, and weight. Working experimentally, Kox’s approach serendipitously blends highly controlled industrial production methods with makeshift elements and gestures from daily life. The illusion of shifting physical states subtly disrupts the viewer’s experience with the work, emphasizing instability and promoting a phenomenological look at matter.
Vera Kox received her MFA Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London in 2010 and has recently exhibited at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (2014), Salon Dahlmann, Berlin (2014), Green Is Gold, Copenhagen (2014), Minibar, Stockholm (2013), Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger (2013), Museum of Art, Luxembourg (2013), La Scattola Gallery, London (2012), Casino Forum of Contemporary Art, Luxembourg (2012), Van Horbourg, Basel (2011). Forthcoming exhibitions include Vera Kox / Manor Grunewald at Duve Berlin, Berlin, opening January 16th. Kox will be an artist in residence at Seoul Art Space Geumcheon in 2015. The artist lives and works in Berlin and Luxembourg.
Vera Kox, Reassuring Inertia, 2014. Courtesy the artist.