Esmeralda Kosmatopoulos is a multi-disciplinary conceptual artist working with language and identity. Born in Greece, raised in Paris, she now lives and works in NY.
Her work investigates the definition and construction of identities, personal memories, culture and collective histories in the post-Internet age. She places herself as a translator, building connections between past and present, physical and virtual and ultimately between one and another.
Her work was exhibited in galleries, institutions and public spaces in North America, Europe and Latin America including AMA | Art Museum of the Americas (DC, USA), Künstlerhaus Wien (Vienna, Austria), Palazzo delle Arti Napoli (Naples, Italy). Kosmatopoulos also worked alongside socially charged entities such as the Organization of American States (United States) and the Museum Louis Braille (France) to create large-scale installations that raise awareness on social issues.
Her upcoming participatory project in collaboration with Sean Naftel will be exhibited at Kunsthal Aarhus, Denmark in the Spring 2016, followed by a large scale outdoor installation at the MUBE Museum in Sao Paulo and a multi-location olfactive project with the Institute for Art and Olfaction in Los angeles both in the Fall 2016.
PROJECT CREATORS
Sean Naftel lives and works in New York City. He received a BA at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in ceramics and sculpture, and an MFA from the Burren College of Art in Visual Art & Theory in Ballyvaughn, Ireland. He is one half of the art collaborative Attenborough Naftel and the co-founder of Roving Project.
Sean was selected to attend a series of artist symposia in Slovakia, Czech Republic, Finland, and Italy between 2007-2009. In 2014, he received a fellowship to attend the Ora Lerman trust Residency, Pennsylvania, and his collaborative exhibition with Chris Attenborough, Yard Sale, at De Buck Gallery in NYC, garnered a feature interview in the New York Times. His upcoming collaboration with Esmeralda Kosmatopoulos, Mastering the Art of Contemporary Art, will be exhibited at Kunsthal Aarhus, Denmark in 2016. Sean’s most recently co-created project, Celica Tea Ceremony, with Calder Brannock, is currently on display at Toyota America in Washington DC.
