Past Residents
Past Resident2017: Toby Devan Lewis
Didier William
Didier William is a painter and printmaker. His objects are collaged, carved, painted, and drawn to produce a painting surface that resists the rigidity of his materials. He draws from memory, oratory and historical archives to reimagine narratives of the black diaspora.
Didier William is originally from Port-au-prince, Haiti. He received his BFA in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art and an MFA in painting and printmaking from Yale School of Art. His work has been exhibited at the Bronx Museum of Art; The Fraenkel Gallery, San Fransisco; Frederick and Freiser Gallery, New York; and Gallery Schuster, Berlin. He was an artist in residence at the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, Brooklyn, and has taught at Yale School of Art, Vassar College, Columbia University, and SUNY Purchase. William is currently the Chair of the MFA Program at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
Didier William, Ezili tourjous konnen, 2015, acrylic, wood carving, and pastel on panel, 38 × 36 in. (96.52 × 91.44 cm).
Didier William, Dancing, Pouring, Crackling and Mourning, 2015, acrylic, wood carving and collage on panel, 60 × 48 in. (152.4 × 121.92 cm).
Didier William, I see you, We all see you, 2015, collage and wood carving on panel, 38 × 30 in. (96.52 × 76.2 cm).
Didier William, His Life Depends on Spotted Lies, 2014, acrylic, wood carving, and pastel on panel, 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.64 cm).
Didier William, Everything is You Under the Sun, 2015, acrylic, pastel, and collage on panel, 60 × 48 in. (152.4 × 121.92 cm).
Residents from United States
Ailyn Lee
Studio #210
Angel Lartigue
Studio #217
Past Resident2017: Bureau VerbeeldingsKracht
Gracia Khouw
Gracia Khouw’s works explore language, both visual and auditory. She creates minimal geometrical arrangements in which our comprehension of letters and their symbolic meaning are disturbed. Khouw’s images float between purely geometrical designs and readable letters and symbols.
Gracia Khouw attended the Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, and the Design Academy Eindhoven. Khouw has exhibited at art spaces internationally including at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey and at the Rotterdam Contemporary Art Fair, and her work is part of private collections around the world. She is represented by Galerie Hein Elferink.
Gracia Khouw, NB, 2017, wallpainting, 138 × 228 in. (350.52 × 579.12 cm).
Gracia Khouw, MANWRK, 2015, wallpainting, 98 × 254 in. (248.92 × 645.16 cm).
Gracia Khouw, Closed Circuit series / CC4, 2014, acrylic on dibond, 49 × 49 in. (124.46 × 124.46 cm).
Residents from The Netherlands
Past Resident2018: Kunsten en Erfgoed2017: Kunsten en Erfgoed
Marius Ritiu
Marius Ritiu aims to reflect on the importance and/or triviality of heritage, borders and nationalism. He encourages viewers to think about notions of global responsibility, consciousness, and citizenship. Ideas around the universe, the “Oveview Effect”, time travels, and relativity, are recurring themes in his work
Marius Ritiu graduated with a BA and MA in Classical Sculpture from the Art and Design University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania and obtained an MA from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, Belgium. He has exhibited work at The Rema Hort Mann Foundation, New York; Middelheim Museum, Antwerp; and Verbeke Foundation, Antwerp, among others. Ritiu is represented by Slag Gallery, NYC.
Marius Ritiu, Astral Bookmark 1, 2018, beaten copper, 92 × 10 × 24 in. (233.68 × 25.4 × 60.96 cm).
Marius Ritiu, The Alley of the Universe (element 6), 2018, beaten copper, 6 × 12 × 5 in. (15.24 × 30.48 × 12.7 cm).
Marius Ritiu, Astral Bookmark 2, 2018, beaten copper, 90 × 9 × 7 in. (228.6 × 22.86 × 17.78 cm).
Marius Ritiu, The Alley of the Universe (element 4), 2018, beaten copper, 18 × 12 × 9 in. (45.72 × 30.48 × 22.86 cm).
Marius Ritiu, Astral Bookmark 3, 2018, beaten copper, 27 × 9 × 7 in. (68.58 × 22.86 × 17.78 cm).
