Past Resident
2022: Artis

Artist

Yael Frank

Yael Frank is a multi-disciplinary artist working mainly in sculpture and video. Her satiric projects conceptually hack cultural and textual systems, arguing for emotional connections between historical memory and esoteric consumerist goods. Frank employs comedic strategies to expose multiple points of view on the precarious state of ethical concepts. Her work aims to test the seriousness of political ethos by orchestrating situations that are physically beyond language.

Yael Frank has exhibited work at The Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel; The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel; and FuturDome, Milano, among others.

$\Permanent installation of a fake coconut tree bending down from the roof along the facade of Artport Residency Building$

Yael Frank, IN A NUTSHELL, 2020, fake coconut tree, metal, styrofoam, epoxy and industrial paint, 60 × 240 in. (152.4 × 609.6 cm).

Installation shot from the solo exhibition GRID at the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art

Yael Frank, GRID, 2021, video, sound, PVC, wood, metal, paint and ceramics, dimensions variable.

A still shot from the video A Problem, where three dental set jaws give a speech about a problem

Yael Frank, A Problem, 2018, video, 4:30 min.

11 large scale pink thumbs sunk into the floor in a composition influenced by Raft of the Medusa by Theodore Jericho

Yael Frank, A Monument for Monuments, 2015, styrofoam, paint, plaster and wood, 94 × 240 × 63 in. (238.76 × 609.6 × 160.02 cm).

The word "no" is cut out from the wall, falling on the floor and leaving a negative hole in the form of the word.

Yael Frank, YES (no), 2019, architectural intervention, drywall and paint, dimensions variable.

Residents from Israel

Ruthi Helbitz Cohen

Israel

2024

Merav Kamel & Halil Balabin

Israel

Artis

2023

Merav Kamel & Halil Balabin

Israel

Artis

2023

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Argentina

Past Resident
2022: Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation

Artist

Manuel Aja Espil

Manuel Aja Espil draws inspiration from European and Latin American art history and science fiction. His works are constructed on a dialogue between tradition and caricatured characters inspired by popular culture, and his depictions frequently reflect his social and political context. Espil attempts to evoke in the viewer alternative worlds, parallel art histories, and fantasies of worlds in which elements of the present and his own imagination infiltrate borrowed models that represent various forms of cultural dominance.

Manuel Aja Espil has exhibited work at MALBA; Proa Foundation; and MUNTREF, all in Buenos Aires, among others.

Events & Exhibitions

2022 Fall Open Studios

November 18–November 19, 2022

Artists at Work: Manuel Aja Espil with Alejandro de la Guerra hosted by Culture Pass

September 29, 2022, 6:30–7:30pm

Manuel Aja Espil, Azymetrikah & The New World Order, 75.2" x 65.3", oil on linen, 2022. After Diego Velazquez

Manuel Aja Espil, Azymetrikah & The New World Order, 2022, oil on linen, 65³/₈ × 75³/₁₆ in. (165.99 × 191.01 cm).

Manuel Aja Espil, ¡Pandemia! (Pandemic!), 77.6" x 114.2", oil on linen, 2020-21.

Manuel Aja Espil, ¡Pandemia!, 2021, oil on linen, 114³/₁₆ × 77⁵/₈ in. (290.07 × 197.1 cm).

Manuel Aja Espil, Corro, el Baquiano, 2021, oil on linen, 23⁵/₈ × 28⁵/₁₆ in. (59.94 × 71.88 cm).

Manuel Aja Espil, ¡Pandemia! (¡Batman es un Científico!), Pandemic! (Batman is a Scientist!), 33" x 26", oil on canvas, 2021. After Juan Manuel Blanes

Manuel Aja Espil, Pandemic! (Batman is a Scientist!), 2021, oil on canvas, 26 × 33 in. (66.04 × 83.82 cm).

Manuel Aja Espil, Soldado de Rosa, 26.8" x 21.3", oil on canvas, 2021. After Raymond Monvoisin

Manuel Aja Espil, Soldado de Rosa, 2021, oil on canvas, 21⁵/₁₆ × 26¹³/₁₆ in. (54.1 × 68.07 cm).

Residents from Argentina

Ulises Mazzuca

Argentina

Fundación Ama Amoedo

Studio #217

Sebastián Vidal Mackinson

Argentina

Jane Farver Memorial Fund

Studio #306

Lolo y Lauti

Argentina

BARRO Arte Contemporáneo

2022

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Ethiopia

Past Resident
2022: Dennis Elliott Founder's Fund

Artist

Michael Tsegaye

Michael Tsegaye is interested in strengthening the arts in Ethiopia and creating a larger public sphere that promotes critical thinking and dialogue through the arts. He expresses concern about Addis Abeba’s urban revolution, which has claimed millions of lives. Tsegaye’s work calls into question the strategy of privilege and exclusion employed by Ethiopian urbanism, as well as its long-term implications.

Michael Tsegaye has exhibited work at Musée du quai Branly, Paris; International Center of Photography (ICP), New York City; and Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography, Amsterdam, among others.