laboratory for creative concepts
About
We work with mid-careers conceptual artists who explore social justice related topics. They surface the world’s economic and social challenges through their insightful research and concepts.
Our contribution:
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Residencies and survey exhibitions: we invite the artists to think, research or create.
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Community and education programs: we make art accessible and we inspire younger generations.
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Partnerships with socially engaged businesses: we develop unique opportunities for making impact.
We were established in 2019 and have launched in 2020 with KODA Community program. Our work is designed around the needs of individual artists, with the main aim to provide them with due exposure and scholarship. Our strategy and our projects are aligned with the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
Email us to speak about potential collaborations.
Team
Executive Director
Klaudia has lived and led arts, technology and strategy projects in Europe, Africa and the United States. She works as Head of Public Relations at Polish Cultural Institute New York. Previously she served as a consultant to the British Council Arts, and worked at UBS, managing arts CSR projects. Klaudia is the 2021-2022 Helena Rubinstein Fellow at the Whitney ISP Curatorial Studies Program. She serves at the Membership Committee of ArtTable, and mentored at New Museum's NEW INC. Klaudia holds MA in Art Business from the Sotheby‘s Institute of Art New York where she founded KODA. She also holds MA in Economics from the Warsaw School of Economics.
Kenseth Armstead
Tim Goossens
Elana Herzog
Tahir Carl Karmali
Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff
Klaudia Ofwona Draber, ex officio
Board of Directors
Klaudia Ofwona Draber
Press
2022
Yale University Press: Jazmin Lopez about The Great Dane
ARTFORUM Must See: Jazmin Lopez: The Great Dane
Whitehot Magazine: Cultural Rebels: Latinx artist Lina Puerta brings her soft revolution to East Harlem
Sculpture Magazine: Lina Puerta
2021
The New York Times: Expanding the Scope of ‘Latin American Art’
Hyperallergic: Lina Puerta’s Art Mimics Botanical and Female Anatomical Forms
Time Out New York: “Embodied Activism” by I.D.A.
ArtReview: Farideh Sakhaeifar You are in the war zone.
Artefuse: Farideh Sakhaeifar: You are in the War Zone at Trotter & Sholer, NYC
The Org: The Changing Landscape of New York City’s Art Scene
Art Spiel: Farideh Sakhaeifar: You Are in the War Zone.
See Great Art: Farideh Sakhaeifar: ‘You are in the war zone’
ArtfixDaily: Farideh Sakhaeifar: You're in the warzone. Presented by Trotter&Sholer and KODA
Art Spiel: KODA – A Focus on Artists
Whitehot Magazine: Turning the spotlight onto the invisible: the works of Lina Puerta and Hidemi Takagi
2020
Art Zealous: Discussion Panel with Artist LINA PUERTA: Food Justice and Diverse Farming Ecosystem
TRUE Africa: This Is Not Your Typical New York City Barbershop Photo Story
ANTE Mag: Society, Individual, Suffrage: NYFA x KODA, Womanhood & Women’s Rights Panel on 10/21
IB Community Blog: Who am I? A conversation about identity
A Women’s Thing: Founder of New York Nomadic Art Space Sees Future in Art Beyond Commodity
Nowy Dziennik: Laboratorium dla koncepcji kreatywnych (Laboratory for creative concepts)
TRUE Africa: How to Support Artists and Their Professional Development in These Times of Crisis
J’AIPUR Journal: Culture and Climate in the Work of Artist Bahar Behbahani
IB Community Blog: Following your passion: Curating and entrepreneurship
Dance Informa: The DanceBands: Making art together, making it for all
Artland: Hidemi Takagi: Stories