Past Residents
Current Resident: Jan 1, 2025–Apr 30, 2025
Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport of Austria
Studio #218
Artist
Marianne Vlaschits
Marianne Vlaschits creates paintings and installations that explore connections between the human body and the so-called natural world. Drawn to the grotesque and enigmatic, she seeks to break down perceived borders and explore what can be gained by leaving them behind. Her process combines research, subconscious exploration, and experimentation with materials and techniques. For Vlaschits, making art is a negotiation between mind, body, and material, with painting as a sensual, physical experience that activates subconscious knowledge stored in the flesh. Fascinated by humanity’s ancient impulse to paint and the primal creative moment when art comes into being, she examines how paint expands thought across space and time. As a person who stutters, she is particularly interested in painting as a form of language and its potential to represent disabled speech.
Marianne Vlaschits has exhibited work at Kunstwerke, Berlin; Belvedere21. Vienna; and Leopold Museum, Vienna, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
Spring Open Studios 2025
April 25–April 26, 2025
Marianne Vlaschits, 10% Curiosity, 5% Fear, 85% Fun, 2024, acrylic on burlap, 55 × 1065/16 in. (139.7 × 270 cm).
Marianne Vlaschits, 5% Mild Joy, 30% Distrust, 50% Despair, 15% Awe, 2024, acrylic on burlap, 393/8 × 1065/16 in. (100.08 × 270 cm).
Marianne Vlaschits, Herbarium Burggasse, 2024, mural, dimensions variable.
Marianne Vlaschits, Glitch Music, 2023, oil on linen, dimensions variable.
Marianne Vlaschits, Opinions, 2024, acrylic and oil on burlap, 11.8.
Residents from Austria
Tony Karlsson Savci
Tony Karlsson Savci is a transdisciplinary artist whose practice engages with queer life, intergenerational trauma, healing, and community resilience through performance, installation, and social practice. They are currently working on I Am The Sun, a poem using the sun as a metaphor for the Syriac Orthodox church, reflecting on its role in producing and destroying identity, culture, and belonging. They have collaborated with a wide range of art professionals including Every Ocean Hughes, Makda Embaie, and pop star Zhala. Alongside Sara Kaaman and Johnny Chang, they co-run Munnen (The Mouth), a Stockholm-based cultural hub for art, publishing, and workshops.
Tony Karlsson Savci has exhibited work at Off Biennale, Cairo; Mint ABF, Stockholm; Baerum Kunsthall, Oslo; and the Whitney Museum, New York, among others.
Tony Karlsson Savci, I Am the Sun, 2024, installation. Photo by Jean-Baptiste Béranger.
Tony Karlsson Savci, Churchs' Finger, 2024, readymade, 38.6. Photo by Jean-Baptiste Béranger.
Tony Karlsson Savci, 1815 Year of The Sword, 2024, readymade. Photo by Jean-Baptiste Béranger.
Tony Karlsson Savci, Rotten Sun, 2024, vinyl text. Photo by Tony Karlsson Savci.
Tony Karlsson Savci, Seyfo, 2024, readymade.
Residents from Sweden
Current Resident: Jan 1, 2025–Jun 30, 2025
Uniarts Helsinki's Academy of Fine Arts and Saastamoinen Foundation
Studio #208
Artist
Kaija Hinkula
Kaija Hinkula is a Finnish contemporary artist whose work delves into themes of utopia, fantasy, and the construction of future narratives. Hinkula’s exploration of malleable geometry as a symbol of hope, potential, and the imagining of new worlds is central to her recent work. Operating within the realm of expanded painting, she is creating minimalistic spatial experiences that merge elements of painting, sculpture, and time-based media. Her playful and versatile body of work includes sculptural paintings, site-specific installations, and video performances. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki 2021, Hinkula holds a Master’s degree in Fine Arts. She was awarded the Fine Arts Academy of Finland Foundation Prize 2025.
Kaija Hinkula has held solo exhibitions at venues such as Pragovka, Prague; HAM Gallery, Finland; Helsinki Art Museum; Forum Box, and the Oulu Art Museum, all in Finland. Her work has been featured in group exhibitions, including the Pori Biennale, Helsinki; and SIC and Knipsu Fight Cage, Norway.
kaijahinkula.comEvents & Exhibitions
Spring Open Studios 2025
April 25–April 26, 2025
Kaija Hinkula, Gardener, 2024, installation, dimensions variable. Turku Art Hall, Finland.
Kaija Hinkula, Sketching Realities (Shimmer), 2023, alkyd, board, animation, metal pipes, wood, plastic plant and spray, 102 × 125 in. (259.08 × 317.5 cm).
Kaija Hinkula, Gardener (II), 2024, alkyd and board, 31 × 47 in. (78.74 × 119.38 cm).
Kaija Hinkula, Gardener (I), 2024, alkyd, board and watering globe, 19 × 19 in. (48.26 × 48.26 cm).
Kaija Hinkula, Democracy, 2024, site specific painting serie, alkyd, board and thread, dimensions variable.
