Past Residents
Past Resident2019: Sobey Art Awards, National Gallery of Canada
Lou Sheppard
Lou Sheppard works with score, systems of notation, translation and metaphor to explore the performative powers of data and language. They have worked with a wide variety of source texts-diagnostic criteria from the DSM V, field recordings of birdsong, sea ice tracking data, executive management principles, government policy among others, to create scores, musical compositions, choreographies, and performances. Their work often leads them to collaborate with other artists, including musicians, visual artists and performing artists.
Lou Sheppard has exhibited work at the Toronto Biennial; Simon Fraser University, Vancouver; and the Antarctic Biennial, Antarctica/Moscow, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2019 Fall Open Studios
November 15–November 16, 2019
Lou Sheppard, I Possess the Qualities Needed to Be Extremely Successful: The Principles of Scientific Management, 2019, video still.
Lou Sheppard, Forward Bend to Plank from: I Am a Powerhouse I Am Indestructible: Forward Bend to Plank, Low Lunge, Crunch, Burpee, 2019, charcoal on Paper, 92 × 46 in. (233.68 × 116.84 cm).
Lou Sheppard, Score: A Strong Desire, 2019, marker on paper, 40 × 40 in. (101.6 × 101.6 cm).
Residents from Canada
Past Resident2019: SAHA Association
Volkan Kızıltunç
Volkan Kızıltunç is a photographer working in between still and moving image. His works focus on time, visual perception of memory, reconstruction, observation and typologies.
Volkan Kızıltunç has exhibited work at Istanbul Modern; Centre of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu (CoCA), Torun, Poland; Essl Museum, Vienna; TRAFO Center for Contemporary Art, Szczecin, Poland; Sinop Biennale; Akbank Art, Istanbul; Elgiz Museum, Istanbul; and Mas Museum, Antwerp, among others. He is the co-founder of NOKS Independent Art Space in Istanbul. He won the ESSL Art Award in 2013 and the Akbank Contemporary Artists Prize in 2015.
Events & Exhibitions
2019 Fall Open Studios
November 15–November 16, 2019
Volkan Kızıltunç, Pellicle, 2019, photogrammetry, 153/8 × 231/4 in. (39 × 59 cm).
Volkan Kızıltunç, Gaps of Memory-Istanbul, 2015, four-channel video, 5 min. 14 sec. each.
Volkan Kızıltunç, Typology of Memories, 2015, nine-channel video, 4 min. 45 sec each.
Volkan Kızıltunç, The Unspectacular, 2012, single channel video, 9 min. 20 sec.
Residents from Turkey
Civan Özkanoğlu
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York City Council District 34, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, Hartfield Foundation, Danna and Ed Ruscha
2020
Past Resident2019: Estonian Contemporary Art Development Center
Laura Põld
Laura Põld’s work deals with territory and place. She seeks to combine specific histories, or qualities of a given location, with her art. She works mainly with clay and ceramic sculpture, textile and embroidery, wood and painting, weaving them together with natural, context-specific and interdisciplinary elements, often engaging in collaborative endeavors.
Laura Põld has exhibited work at the Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (EKKM), Tallinn, Estonia; le lieu unique; Nantes, France; and Tartu Art Museum, Estonia, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2019 Fall Open Studios
November 15–November 16, 2019
Laura Põld, Natural Shelter, detail, 2019, installation, dimensions variable.
Laura Põld, Burrows. Flights, detail, 2019, clay, ceramics, wood, glass, and the book "Meeting the Universe Halfway" by Karen Barad, dimensions variable.
Laura Põld, Burrows. Flights, detail, 2019, ceramics, 70 × 19 × 17 in. (177.8 × 48.26 × 43.18 cm).
Laura Põld, Dre Britton and Ingrid Allik, How to Live: Virtual Biographies, 2018, installation, dimensions variable.
Laura Põld and Johna Hansen, Serving Makes Place, 2016, installation and performance, dimensions variable.
