#10 Brittney Leeanne Williams & Katharine Kostyál
Brittney Leeanne Williams (b. 1990, Pasadena, CA) transforms Southern California vistas into what she calls “emotional landscapes: representations of psychological states, memories, and emotional ties,” often staging a red, bent figure in tableaux where the natural world and architecture blend and reflect each other. Williams’ female forms become conduits for her exploration of feminine and Black identities.
Chris Edwards ©️ the artist. Courtesy of Carl Kostyál, London | Stockholm
Today she lives and works in Chicago, IL and her work has recently been exhibited at Alexander Berggruen, New York, NY; The Hole, New York, NY; Zevitas Marcus, Los Angeles, CA; Monique Meloche, Chicago, IL; Mamoth, London, UK; Carl Kostyál, Milan, IT and Stockholm, SE
Photo by Carl-Henrik Tillberg ©️ the artist. Courtesy of Carl Kostyál, London | Stockholm
Photo by Carl-Henrik Tillberg ©️ the artist. Courtesy of Carl Kostyál, London | Stockholm
Katharine Kostyál is a curator, director, and dealer running the renowned art gallery Carl Kostyál founded by her husband.
Katherine Kostyál ©️ Courtesy of Carl Kostyál, London | Stockholm
Carl Kostyál opened his eponymous gallery at no. 12A Savile Row, London W1 in 2010 after a decade of private dealing and advising. He launched his first Stockholm space, Isbrytaren, at Igeldammsgatan 20, Stockholm in 2013 and in 2016 moved to the former German Embassy at Artellerigatan.
In May 2021 the gallery opened a new exhibition space, Hospitalet, in the 18th century mental asylum formerly known as Danvikens Hospital in Nacka, Stockholm, in collaboration with Gullringsbo Konstsamling.
In addition to the London and Stockholm programme, Kostyál commissions artist projects at his home in Milan. The gallery regularly stages offsite exhibitions in the UK and Sweden. It runs invitational artist residency programmes at Masseria Fontana di Vite, Matera and, in collaboration with artist Canyon Castator, at Mohilef Studios, Los Angeles. Each summer Kostyál hosts an invitational Draw Jam in the south of Italy.
Photo by Carl-Henrik Tillberg ©️ the artist. Courtesy of Carl Kostyál, London | Stockholm
Stora Sundby is one of Sweden’s most beautiful castles and was completed in 1848, now boasting four large towers symbolising the seasons, 12 smaller turrets for the months, 52 rooms for the weeks of the year, and 365 windows - one for each day in the calendar. Today, Stora Sundby is the home of Mauritz and Ida-Sofia Klingspor, and the estate has been in the Klinsgspor family since 1888. The preservation of cultural and historical assets is of great importance in the management of the estate.
Photo by Carl-Henrik Tillberg ©️ the artist. Courtesy of Carl Kostyál, London | Stockholm
In addition to maintaining the castle and its accompanying buildings, they work actively with nature conservation and gamekeeping to promote a richly diversified flora and fauna.
