Past Residents
Past Resident2023: Edward Steichen Award Luxembourg
Nika Schmitt
Nika Schmitt’s kinetic sculptures and installations are distinguished by a unique combination of sound, electronics, and mechanics. Her work examines complex physical processes in a simple and straightforward manner. The compositions, which are mostly site-specific, investigate the principles of energy, material, and time, reflecting on the interrelationships and impacts that each of these elements elicit in cycles of repetition (rhythm), deterioration, and transformation.
Nika Schmitt has exhibited work at Singuhr, Berlin; Ikob, Belgium; and Philharmonie Luxembourg, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2023 Fall Open Studios
November 10–November 11, 2023
Nika Schmitt, Radau Radar, 2020, electronics, microphones, speakers and steel, dimensions variable.
Nika Schmitt, self/harmonium, 2023, motors, steel and aluminium, dimensions variable.
Nika Schmitt, zweet zenith, 2022, solar panels, motors, electronics and steel.
Nika Schmitt, LOOP, 2021, steel, solar panels, electronics, motors and plexi, dimensions variable.
Nika Schmitt, Locus Motus, 2019, wood, metal and electronics.
Past Resident2023: Danish Arts Foundation
Ida Schyum
Ida Schyum is a Danish curator specialized in curating exhibitions that reflects on and challenges our current moment while engaging new audiences. Schyum is currently a curator at The Museum of Contemporary Art in Roskilde, which is a museum displaying exhibitions and their collection of hybrid and ephemeral art forms everywhere else than in the white cube–e.g. in public institutions, public space, abandoned buildings, on digital platforms, in private offices, and at festivals.
Ida Schyum has curated exhibitions in her position as a curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Roskilde and in her previous position as a curator at the Overgaden Institute of Contemporary Art as well as independently at Kunsthal Charlottenborg, ARoS Public, and the Alt_Cph20 Biennial. She has also curated outreach programs for the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art and the Nivaagaard Painting Collection
Events & Exhibitions
Curators at Work: Curating Beyond Institutional Walls
October 24, 2023, 6–8pm
Jacolby Satterwhite, A Feeling of Healing, 2022, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, curated by Ida Schyum. Photo by David Stjernholm.
Ida Schyum, Marie Munk: Placenta, 2022, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, curated by Ida Schyum.
Ida Schyum, Annette Holdensen: Wild, Warm and Cautious, 2022, O–Overgaden Institute of Contemporary Art, curated by Ida Schyum. Photo by Mikkel Kaldal.
Ida Schyum, Dina El Kaisy Friemuth: No History at All, 2021, O–Overgaden, curated by Ida Schyum. Photo by Anders Sune Berg.
Diana Velasco and Kristoffer Ørum, Monstrous Machines, 2021, ARoS Public, curated by Ida Schyum. Photo by Mikkel Kaldal.
Residents from Denmark
Past Resident2023: Fire Station - Qatar Museums
Ebtisam Alsaffar
Ebtisam Alsaffar’s paintings adhere to the ideals of Abstract Expressionist art, employing spontaneous and bold brushstrokes. She attempts to convey the essence of the human face by employing vibrant colors and gestural techniques.
Ebtisam Alsaffar has exhibited work at Qatari Contemporary Art, UNESCO, Paris; Mediterranean Contemporary Art Symposium, Morocco; and Arabic Arts Symposium, Sudan, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2023 Fall Open Studios
November 10–November 11, 2023
Ebtisam Alsaffar, absent, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 12 × 16 in. (30.48 × 40.64 cm).
Ebtisam Alsaffar, absent, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 12 × 16 in. (30.48 × 40.64 cm).
Ebtisam Alsaffar, absent, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 12 × 16 in. (30.48 × 40.64 cm).
Ebtisam Alsaffar, absent, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 12 × 16 in. (30.48 × 40.64 cm).
Ebtisam Alsaffar, absent, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 12 × 16 in. (30.48 × 40.64 cm).
