Past Residents
Past Resident2022: Pola Art Foundation2021: Pola Art Foundation
Saya Irie
Saya Irie’s work is inspired from everyday life and its ties to the distant past. Irie modifies objects by means of reduction, working with books, photographs, banknotes, and soaps, amongst others objects. Her practice is based on the idea that life continues to exist in an imperceptible sphere even after its external form disappears.
Saya Irie has exhibited work at Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art; Setouchi Triennale, Shōdoshima, Kagawa, Japan; and Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, among others.
Saya Irie, Kannon Dust (Kukurihime), 2016, Japanese hanging scroll and eraser shavings, figure: 7 x 4.7 x 2.4 in.; hanging scroll: 24 x 71 in.
Saya Irie, Mau Dust, 2016, charm and eraser shavings, figure: 5 x 6 x 2.4 in., charm: 20 x 28 in.
Saya Irie, Mary Dust, 2020, Kapanese hanging scroll and eraser shavings, figure: 2.4 x 1.7 x1.5 in.; hanging scroll: 16 x 9.4 x0.6 in.
Saya Irie, Disny Dust, 2015, children's book and eraser shavings, figure: 5 x 3.5 x 2.3 in., book: 7.8 x 12 in.
Saya Irie, Jyashouten Dust, 2019, Japanese hanging scroll, cardboard boxes, and eraser shavings, 90 x 70 x 12 in.
Past Resident2021: Vision Fund
Devin N. Morris
Devin N. Morris collapses memory and space to envision delicate new realms of existence. Informed by his upbringing in Baltimore and his personal experiences as a queer man of color, his work often portrays semi-fictive characters who exchange acts of kindness and care within surreal domestic settings. Extending his practice of collage into physical assemblage and sculpture, Morris creates site-specific environments that refract the domestic interior and subvert traditional values and social boundaries.
Devin N. Morris has exhibited work at Baltimore Museum of Art; Bass Museum, Miami; and P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York, among others.
Devin N. Morris, Water not under the moonlight, water at moon’s eve. Saw it from behind and now the cold front is unveiled, guiltily picked and exposed, 2020, acrylic, painters tape, wall paper, plaster, wood veneer, wood moldings, house paint, oil pastel, pastel, collage, ink, door, vinyl, wool, daily vitamin, acidophilus, velvet, wood shutter, and footboard on panel, 98 × 70 in. (248.92 × 177.8 cm).
Devin N. Morris, Moving away from up there. Broken easily as brown skin does walking through brown stone. From Somewhere and Me at the base of stairs treading rows perfectly soiled for blossoming lunacy, 2020, entryway doors, chair, lampshade, and light, 129 × 95 × 27 in. (327.66 × 241.3 × 68.58 cm).
Devin N. Morris, Homeostatic, 2018, archival inkjet print, 36 × 24 in. (91.44 × 60.96 cm).
Devin N. Morris, Spot Clean with Daily Lavender Pill, 2018, acrylic, tempera, oil pastel, candle wax, inkjet print on silk, and charcoal on wood panel, 36 × 24 in. (91.44 × 60.96 cm).
Devin N. Morris, Birds Through A Window Chirp Frying Flying Chicken Grease Glittered Air, 2020, wood veneer, oil pastel, leather, cotton, acrylic, silk, charcoal, and suede on paper, 14 × 17 in. (35.56 × 43.18 cm).
Residents from United States
Past Resident2022: Johnson Picture Framing & Galleries2021: Johnson Picture Framing & Galleries2020: Tauck Ritzau Innovative Philanthropy
Adjani Okpu-Egbe
Adjani Okpu-Egbe is a multidisciplinary artist who uses mixed media, including found objects, to make works that shed light on socio-political and economic issues affecting Africa, its diaspora and reflecting on global social justice. The artist explores autobiographical content, various themes; including family, love, loss, humour, mythology, and day to day life experiences to create metaphors throughout his practice.
Adjani Okpu-Egbe has exhibited work at Kunstverein Braunschweig Museum, Braunschweig; SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin; Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel; and Kunstpalast Museum, Düsseldorf, among others. In 2019, Adjani was the recipient of the inaugural Ritzau Art Prize via ISCP, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, and the Tauck Ritzau Innovative Philantropy.
Events & Exhibitions
'Bursting Bubbles' Film Premiere: Director Maliyamungu Gift Muhande Interviews Adjani Okpu-Egbe
February 25, 2022, 4–5pm
‘Bursting Bubbles’ Film Premiere: Director Maliyamungu Gift Muhande Interviews Adjani Okpu-Egbe
February 25, 2022, 4–5pm
On Delegitimization and Solidarity: Sisiku AyukTabe, the Martin Luther King Jr. of Ambazonia, the Nera 10, and the Myth of Violent Africa
September 17, 2021–February 25, 2022
2021 Summer Open House
July 28, 2021, 3–9pm
2020 Fall Open Studios
November 17–November 18, 2020
Adjani Okpu-Egbe, Fabricated Anthropology, 2018, mixed media on four door panels (quadriptych).
Adjani Okpu-Egbe, Young Choreographers, 2019, mixed media on found wooden board.
Adjani Okpu-Egbe, Bearing Witness to Dystopia: Multigenerational Genocide, Fascism and Rumours of Civil War, 2020, wooden door panels, bookshelves, books, and variable objects.
Adjani Okpu-Egbe, The Foundation and Etymological Reinforcement of Erasure, 2020, variable.
Adjani Okpu-Egbe, Takumbeng’s Creed, Ambazonian Fortress, 2018, mixed on door panels (diptych).