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Adrianos Efthymiadis
Program Director David Gersten Program Director David Gersten

Adrianos Efthymiadis

Adrianos Efthymiadis is a 25 year-old artist and researcher from Athens, Greece. He attended The Cooper Union’s Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture in New York from the year 2015 to 2017, when he decided to discontinue his studies and move back to Greece where, for the next three years, he concentrated on the study of philosophy (phenomenology) and theology under philosopher Stephanos Rosanis. He considers himself a highly un-trained clown of many disciplines, a jack of no trade, a jester of an ever-dying circus of the street.

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Melanie Chirignan
Visiting Artist David Gersten Visiting Artist David Gersten

Melanie Chirignan

Melanie Chirignan is an avid chamber musician and has premiered many new works including Nolan Stolz's Princess Ka'iulani, released on SCI/ Parma Recordings and Dream of Sailing by Masatora Goya available on iTunes.

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Eilish Henderson
Artist in Residence David Gersten Artist in Residence David Gersten

Eilish Henderson

I am a movement artist working primarily with subjects of the body based in NYC. I am interested in nourishing the practice of translation through interdisciplinary methods. My work seeks to explore resonance, discord, decay and healing.

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Jie Shao
Artist in Residence David Gersten Artist in Residence David Gersten

Jie Shao

Jie Shao (b.1994) is an artist based in New York and Shanghai. Jie received an MFA from Parsons School of Design. From artful and accidental coincidence in historical fragments between Chinese and Western culture, to the particular discipline of knowledge (including the development of art medium, anatomy, and engineering).

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