Past Residents
Past Resident2021: Mondriaan Fund
Maja Bekan
Maja Bekan’s work explores and questions mediation and delegation of artwork production. She is interested in a collaborative and social approach to explore personal histories, truths, economies and social relations. Bekan works on long-term research-based projects that involve different levels of collaboration, presented to the public in the form of performances, site-specific environments, and video/audio/text-based installations.
Maja Bekan has exhibited work at Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw; Kunsthaus, Graz; and Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, among others.
Maja Bekan, Performance Class, 2017, site specific installation with light, floor intervention, paint, objects, construction elements, costumes, text and performance.
Maja Bekan, Social Room, 2017, constructed situation within the site-specific installation with custom-made furniture and text. Photo by Bartosz Górka.
Maja Bekan, A series of unexpected incidents, 2016, theatrical event.
Maja Bekan, Troublemakers And Other Wayward Subjects?, 2018, constructed situation. Photo by Tim Bowditch.
Maja Bekan, At some point we all have to dance, 2018, HD video, 57 min.
Yuki Higashino
Yuki Higashino explores a variety of topics through his work, including the influence of digital technology on our visual culture, immigrant identity, and the conflict between language and picture. Higashino combines several aesthetic standards, such as those of photography, calligraphy, and film, to create his own distinctive pictorial lexicon.
Yuki Higashino has exhibited work at Mumok, Vienna; Last Tango, Zurich; Contemporary Art Factory, Kyoto; Galerie Kunstbuero, Vienna; and The Brno House of Arts, among others.
Yuki Higashino, Notebook 5, 2020, acrylic paint on plexiglass, 151/8 × 111/4 in. (38.42 × 28.57 cm).
Yuki Higashino, After Josef Sudek 1, 2020, acrylic on acetate, 57/8 × 101/4 in. (14.92 × 26.03 cm).
Yuki Higashino, Notebook 6, 2021, acrylic on plexiglass, 151/8 × 111/4 in. (38.42 × 28.57 cm).
Yuki Higashino, Sundborn, Summer 1, 2021, acrylic on plexiglass, 131/4 × 235/16 in. (33.65 × 59.26 cm).
Yuki Higashino, The Poundbury Horror, 2020, HD video with sound, 18 min. .
Past Resident2020: Fire Station - Qatar Museums
Mohammed Al-Atiq
In his practice, Mohammed Al-Atiq uses simple elements, ordinary tools and at times cheap materials to create pieces that explore the ideas of time and place. He is also interested in building unusual connections between the work and the audience.
Mohammed Al-Atiq has exhibited Qatar Fine Art Society; Complesso Monumentale, Rome; and Avesta Cafe del Arto, Frankfurt, among others.
Mohammed Al-Atiq, Lightning the Darkness 1, 2015, mixed media on canvas, 311/2 × 311/2 in. (80.01 × 80.01 cm).
Mohammed Al-Atiq, Lightning the Darkness 2, 2019, mixed media, 51 × 76 in. (129.54 × 193.04 cm).
Mohammed Al-Atiq, Predictions 1, 2016, mixed media on canvas, 254 × 254 in. (645.16 × 645.16 cm).
Mohammed Al-Atiq, Lightning the Darkness 3, 2015, mixed media on canvas, 254 × 254 in. (645.16 × 645.16 cm).
Mohammed Al-Atiq, Lightning the Darkness 4, 2019, mixed media on canvas, 64 × 64 in. (162.56 × 162.56 cm).
