marytwo is honored to present a two-person exhibition of emerging artists Nina Emge (*1995 in Zurich, Switzerland) and DonChristian Jones (*1989 Philadelphia, USA). Resonance is the third collaboration between Kathy Battista and marytwo. Following the group show Youth Hostel in 2022 and Claudia Bitrán’s monographic exhibition Broken over the top in 2023, Resonance takes the form of an improvisational dialogue between two young artists.
Nina Emge (*1995 in Zurich, CH) lives and works in Zurich and Berlin. She completed her Bachelor in Fine Arts at the Zurich University of the Arts with honours in 2019 . Her works and performances have been exhibited at the Istituto Svizzero in Palermo (2024), Lagos Biennale (2024), Kunsthalle Bern (2023), Cabaret Voltaire (2023), Kunstverein Braunschweig (2023), Frac Bretagne (2023) and Halle für Kunst Lüneburg (2022), among others. She has received a work grant from the Canton of Zurich (2022) and has participated in several residency programmes, including Junge Akademie der Künste (2024), Siena Residency Amant (2023), Frac Bretagne (2023).
DonChristian Jones (*1989 in Philadelphia, USA) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 2012. DonChristian’s work and performances have been exhibited at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles (2023), The Shed (2021), Brooklyn Museum (2019), MoMA PS1 (2018), Whitney Museum (2015), among others. DonChristian founded Public Assistants Inc. in 2020, a mutual aid network and community design lab based in Brooklyn, and this year won the Adobe Creative Residency from MoMA, New York.
Click here to read a conversation between Nina Emge and June Drevet for PW-Magazine
Click here to watch DonChristian Jones’ performance and video work Volvo Truck & the Girls From Up the Hill (2021)
Exhibition text by Kathy Battista, floor plan (EN)
Poster design by Basil Haug
DonChristian Jones
Karen Watching Akua at The Shed 2021, 2024
Oil on wood
28 × 35.5 × 4 cm / 11 × 14 × 1.5 in
DonChristian Jones
DCJ in Morgan’s Light at Hauser & Wirth LA 2023, 2024
Oil on wood
35.5 × 35.5 × 4 cm / 14 × 14 × 1.5 in
Nina Emge
Reverberation or Unintended Consequence of an Event (detail), 2024
Iron, painted and/or dyed cotton, glass beads, speakers, audio track, 52’
Poem by Duygu Ağal, read by Sam Nimmrichter, Michelle Schuhmacher, Tina Omayemi Reden, Sam Ghantous
Dimensions variable
Click here to listen to a short excerpt
DonChristian Jones
Performance School Pyramid with Humans and Dog: Kate, DCJ, Kaur, Elise, Kristin, Monica, Colin, Halo 2024, 2024
Oil on wood
20 × 15 × 4 cm / 8 × 6 × 1.5 in
DonChristian Jones
Karen and Teddy’s Wedding Day 1987 (detail), 2024
Oil on wood
61 × 51 × 4 cm / 24 × 20 × 1.5 in
Nina Emge
Reverberation or Unintended Consequence of an Event, 2024
Iron, painted and/or dyed cotton, glass beads, speakers, audio track, 52’
Poem by Duygu Ağal, read by Sam Nimmrichter, Michelle Schuhmacher, Tina Omayemi Reden, Sam Ghantous
Dimensions variable
DonChristian Jones
DCJ Bobbing for Apples 2024, 2024
Oil on wood
76 × 50.5 × 4 cm / 30 × 20 × 1.5 in
DonChristian Jones
Cape Cod Sunset (Emily’s House), 2024
Oil on wood
25.5 × 25.5 × 4 cm / 10 × 10 × 1.5 in
DonChristian Jones
Rafe’s Gaze at The Whitney 2023 (detail), 2024
Oil on wood
50.5 × 40.5 × 4 cm / 20 × 16 × 1.5 in
DonChristian Jones
Dad on the beach in Bermuda 1994, 2024
Oil on wood
23 × 30.5 × 4 cm / 9 × 12 × 1.5 in
DonChristian Jones
Fisher Price Globe (You’re In the Hood Now Baby) (detail), 2024
Oil on wood
25.5 × 20.5 × 4 cm / 10 × 8 × 1.5 in
