Past Residents
Past Resident2024: Canada Council for the Arts
Kara Springer
Kara Springer’s work centers on armature—the underlying structure that holds the body in place. Using photography, sculpture, and site-specific interventions, she explores systems of structural power and support. Her practice is deeply rooted in processes of care and attentiveness, focused on understanding the specificities of a given context and environment. This sensitivity allows her to consider how a structure might exist sustainably in relation to the world around it.
Kara Springer has exhibited work at Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; and Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, among others.
Kara Springer, The Shape of Mountains, 2023, double-sided inkjet prints on rice paper, poplar wood support structures, ceramic fragments, 72 × 120 in. (182.88 × 304.8 cm).
Kara Springer, Do I have to build you a fucking pyramid?, 2021, double-sided prints on dibond panels, poplar wood, dimensions variable.
Kara Springer, The Earth & All Its Inhabitants, 2019, double-sided light box, found materials, dimensions variable.
Residents from Canada
Past Resident2024: Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
Stanley Wany
Stanley Wany’s practice spans large-format works on paper, illustration, and installations, focusing on his multi-ethnic identity and the reappropriation of Black representation in the West. His work engages with the concept of “creolization,” a term popularized by Martinican author Édouard Glissant, through its materiality and form. Central to Wany’s practice is extensive research, encompassing African-Canadian, African-American, and Caribbean history and culture, as well as African myths and traditions.
Stanley Wany has exhibited work at Galerie de l’UQAM; Plug In Contemporary Art Institute; and Ottawa Art Gallery, all in Canada, among others.
Residents from Canada
Past Resident2024: Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
Antonietta Grassi
Antonietta Grassi’s paintings recontextualize the history of abstract art, emphasizing the vital role of female labor in technological advancements. By referencing textiles, technology, and women’s contributions to early computer systems, her work draws a parallel between the loom and the origins of computer programming. Though rooted in modernist painting traditions, Grassi’s art reflects the contemporary condition of living in an overly digitized, dematerialized world, while seeking to reconnect with a more embodied and spiritual experience.
Antonietta Grassi has exhibited work at Canadian Pavilion, Expo Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Canada; and Katonah Museum, New York, among others.
Antonietta Grassi, Zip Stack Flow, exhibition view , 2022, mixed media.