Past Residents
Current Resident: Apr 1, 2023–May 31, 2025
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, New York City Council District 34, 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, The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation
Azita Moradkhani
Azita Moradkhani’s practice is heavily influenced by Persian art, culture, and politics as a result of her upbringing in Tehran. Her work centers on the female body and its exposure to various social norms, examining the experience of personal insecurity and the sensitivity of the dynamics of vulnerability and violence.
Azita Moradkhani has exhibited work at Jane Lombard Gallery, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, China; and Royal Academy of Arts, England, among others.
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Azita Moradkhani, Beautiful Eye, 2023, colored pencil, 26 × 40 in. (66.04 × 101.6 cm).
Azita Moradkhani, Cycle, 2018, paper clay, colored pencil, and tree branch, 10 × 14 × 4 in. (25.4 × 35.56 × 10.16 cm).
Azita Moradkhani, The End, 2022, colored pencil, 19 × 24 in. (48.26 × 60.96 cm).
Azita Moradkhani, Her, 2022, colored pencil, 19 × 24 in. (48.26 × 60.96 cm).
Azita Moradkhani, Pink Boys, 2021, colored pencil, 26 × 40 in. (66.04 × 101.6 cm).
Ground Floor Residents
Hong Seon Jang
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, 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, New York City Council District 34, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, Hartfield Foundation, Danna and Ed Ruscha, The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation
Sarah Zapata
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York City Council District 34, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, Danna and Ed Ruscha, The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Hartfield Foundation
Sasha Wortzel
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, New York City Council District 34, 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, The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso
Past Resident2023: Ministry of Culture, Taiwan
Hung-Yen Chang
In her practice, Hung-Yen Chang explores and reexamines the relationship between artistic development and social context during and post the Cold War era through the writing, archive-collection, and curating, with the goal of rediscovering the momentum and reflections between of historical moments. As an art administrator, Chang is also interested in the generative system and trends of cultural institutions in contemporary urban spaces.
Hung-Yen Chang has curated exhibitions at Tainan Art Museum and Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts, in Taipei, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2023 Spring Open Studios
April 21–April 22, 2023
Hung-Yen Chang, LIAO: Frontline/ Frontier, 2021, installation view. Curated by Hung-Yeng Chang.
Hung-Yen Chang, Uneven Horizons: 1957-1983 The Internationalist Taiwanese Printmaking, 2020, installation view. Curated by Hung-Yeng Chang.
Hung-Yen Chang, Uneven Horizons: 1957-1983 The Internationalist Taiwanese Printmaking, 2020, installation view. Curated by Hung-Yeng Chang.
Hung-Yen Chang, Power! Concrete! Let's Build the Island's Modern Dream!, 2023, installation view. Curated by Hung-Yeng Chang.
Hung-Yen Chang, Everyday Life and Landscapes of the Island: Betel Nuts, Bananas, Sugar Cane, and Palms, 2020, installation view. Curated by Hung-Yeng Chang.
Past Resident2023: Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation
Akshay Sethi
Akshay Sethi’s practice takes a mundane approach to exploring the relationship between the personal and the political. He focuses on unnoticed, trivial and repetitive actions of daily life to create works that foster everyday encounters and public spaces.
Akshay Sethi has exhibited work at the 2019 Serendipity Arts Festival; 1Shanthiroad; and India Art Fair, all in India, among others.
Akshay Sethi, What is Dangerous, 2018, ink on paper and photocopies, 8 × 11 in. (20.32 × 27.94 cm).
Akshay Sethi, Bura mat Dekho, Bura mat Suno, Bura mat Bolo, 2018, ink on Indian Railway tickets, 1 × 3 in. (2.54 × 7.62 cm).
Akshay Sethi, Situational Irony of a Stick, 2020, watercolor on paper and stickers, 8 × 11 in. (20.32 × 27.94 cm).
Akshay Sethi, The man and the Rattrap, 2018, charcoal pencil on paper, 5 × 8 in. (12.7 × 20.32 cm).
Akshay Sethi, Mootri, 2018, ink on paper, 5 × 8 in. (12.7 × 20.32 cm).
