Past Residents
Past Resident2019: Toby Devan Lewis
ektor garcia
ektor garcia is multidisciplinary artist who approaches sculptural installation through wide-ranging experiments with craft techniques and materials. Throughout his practice, he develops a lexicon of crochet, weaving and fibre-work, including the use of ceramic, metal, leatherwork, found materials, and the principles of assemblage and social sculpture. Garcia is in constant pursuit of modes of making and presentation that trouble the division between so-called high and low culture.
ektor garcia has exhibited work at Art Basel, Switzerland and kurimanzutto, Mexico City, among others.
ektor garcia, Perro Muerto, 2016, ceramic, leather, and rawhide, dimensions variable.
ektor garcia, Empezar, 2018, mixed media, dimensions variable.
ektor garcia, Ladrilloz, 2017, found bricks and glazed ceramic, dimensions variable.
ektor garcia, Huarache, 2018, galzed ceramic and marble, dimensions variable.
ektor garcia, Matanza, 2012, handsewn leather and hemp, dimensions variable.
Past Resident2018: Tauck Ritzau Innovative Philanthropy, Dennis Elliott Founder's Fund
Modupeola Fadugba
Modupeola Fadugba’s multimedia practice encompasses painting, drawing and socially-engaged installation. She explores the social history of communal swimming pools, within a greater context of visibility, access and representation. In Fadugba’s ongoing series Synchronised Swimmers, she continues to explore moving bodies, focusing on community and group dynamics, developing a new interest in interdisciplinary collaborations with other artists and local communities. As an avid and lifelong swimmer, her figures also represent her own challenges navigating the fluid landscape that is the art world.
Modupeola Fadugba has exhibited work at DAK’ART 2016, Dakar, Senegal; Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris; SMO Contemporary Art, Lagos, Nigeria, among others. She was awarded the El Anatsui’s Outstanding Production Prize in 2014.
Modupeola Fadugba, How to do Double Platform Lift, 2016, acrylic, beads and gold leaf on canvas, 90 × 56 in. (228.6 × 142.24 cm).
Modupeola Fadugba, Synchronized Swimmers: Black See, 2018, acrylic, pencil, ink and gold leaf on burned paper, 66 × 51 in. (167.64 × 129.54 cm).
Modupeola Fadugba, Teach Us How to Shoki, 2017, acrylic, pencil, ink and gold leaf on burned paper, 48 × 60 in. (121.92 × 152.4 cm).
Modupeola Fadugba, Heads or Tails: Dr. Stella Adadevoh, 2017, acrylic, pencil, ink and gold leaf on burned paper, 69 × 60 in. (175.26 × 152.4 cm).
Residents from Nigeria
Past Resident2018: Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation
Rajyashri Goody
Rajyashri Goody is a visual artist and ethnographer. Her practice is informed by her background in social science as well as her Dalit roots. Through the use of various media, including writing, ceramics, photography, video, and sculptural works made with found objects and food items, she attempts to decode and make visible instances of everyday power and resistance within Dalit communities in India. She is currently researching parallels and contrasts in foodways in the context of race and caste.
Rajyashri Goody has exhibited work at The Showroom, London; Harvard University, Cambridge; and Khoj International Artists’ Association, New Delhi, among others.
Rajyashri Goody, Joothan, 2018, Manusmriti paper pulp, turmeric, and acrylic, dimensions variable.
Rajyashri Goody, Namak Halal, 2017, rock salt and dried red chillies, 60 × 108 in. (152.4 × 274.32 cm).
Rajyashri Goody, Bhakar, 2017, ceramic, stainless steel, and dried red chillies, dimensions variable.
Rajyashri Goody, Is Hunger Gnawing At Your Belly?, 2017, text, 6 × 8 in. (15.24 × 20.32 cm).
Rajyashri Goody, Changing Room, 2017, 100 pairs of men's trousers and shirts, 1181 × 1181 in. (2999.74 × 2999.74 cm).
