“A Couple of Artists” (ACOA) is a collaboration between the artists Adi Shniderman and Merav Ezer. ACOA produces art projects ranging in mediums from video art and photography based works to installations. ACOA responds playfully to their immediate environment, experimentation and improvisation drives their creative process. performative aspect, humor and the absurd are major components in their work.
ACOA studio also functions as a lab and forum for experimentation. By working collaboratively with an interdisciplinary approach, ACOA wishes to expand the boundaries of contemporary art, offering an innovative dialogue for art practices. Participation in conceptual dinners, art crits, artists’ salons, and art fairs are some of the platforms through which we aim to promote candid conversation and expand our studio practice.
ACOA shown their works at the Andy Warhol Factory, Hendershot Gallery, the first Cypress Video Art Festival, Williamsburg Video Art, Scope New York, and the Abington Arts center, among other venues. ACOA work has been featured in Sculpture Magazine, New York Times, Whitewall Magazine, Art in America, and Brooklyn Rail. They participated in several artists in Residents including; Santa Fe Art Institute, ETC- Experimental Television Center, Makor- 92st Y, among other residencies. In 2007 the won the Finishing Funds Awards for their work Air Condition, sponsored by the New York Council for the Arts.