Moira Sims

Moira Sims is a Brazilian-American writer, curator, and producer of artist projects and exhibitions living and working in New York City. She is currently a Director at Anat Ebgi, and previously worked at Simone Subal Gallery and 47 Canal. In 2020, Sims founded Octagon, a curatorial initiative focused on working closely with artists to produce long-form solo projects.

Levani (Levan Mindiashvili)

b. 1979, Tbilisi, Georgia. Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. 2010 MFA, Buenos Aires National University of Arts, Buenos Aires. 2003 BFA, Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Tbilisi.

"Levani’s practice tenderly considers the ways in which language and memory inform identity and spark community, or cause these constructs to become increasingly fluid and fall apart. The artist’s immersive installations reference places where people gather and ideas cross pollinate, ranging from neon soaked nightclubs to a domestic space replete with family photographs and houseplants. These powerful "rooms" and related sculptures examine interconnectivity, trauma, and adolescent exploration through a decidedly queer lens. Levani’s silkscreen prints of the Georgian alphabet on cascading latex are particularly captivating, and they draw natural associations to religious script, window drapery, and erotic fetish."

Artwork Image: instar, 2023. Stainless steel sanitizing box, syringe and glass beakers from 1980’s, gauze, dry flowers, aragonite, snowflake obsidian, faux pearl, atlantic ocean red algae, soy wax casts of human genitalia, stone shelf 26 x 16 x 12 in.

Talles Lopes

Lives and works in Anápolis, Brazil.

"Through sculpture, artist books, and installation, Talles Lopez’s practice investigates the ways in which socio-political systems and Modernist architecture in Brazil echo the country’s colonialist past and inform its complicated present. The columns of Brasilia’s Alvorada Palace are a recurring motif in Lopez’s work—commonly understood as a proud, yet kitsch symbol of Brazilian progress, Lopez satirically personifies the columns by setting one into a hammock or leaning several against a wall as a suggestion of municipal surplus. Through replication and appropriation, Lopez retroactively questions the political agendas behind historical events of the Global South."

Artwork Image: Monumental Surplus, 2020. Styrofoam, polyester canvas, grout and iron bars, variable dimensions.

Wisrah Villefort

b. 1989, Buritizeiro, Brazil. Lives and works in São Paulo.

"Wisrah Villefort’s conceptual practice harnesses found objects and preexisting social contracts to produce sculptures and installations they refer to as “scores.” These groupings of objects typically provide an absurdist meta-commentary on the site in which they are presented: ranging from an ornamental gate rented to an arts organization by the artist’s father, to an assortment of miscellaneous supplies and tools belonging to an institution’s private offices. Engaging within the tradition of institutional critique, Villefort’s installations provide a window into the complex bureaucracies of an artist’s everyday life that are often obscured from sight or intentionally hidden."

Artwork Image: Belonging, 2022. Score: A set of objects belonging to the institution, gallery, organization, or space where the work is presented. Variable dimensions and materials. Installation view at La Becque, Switzerland.