Current Residents
Current Resident: Oct 1, 2025–Dec 31, 2025
Canada Council for the Arts
Studio #306
Artist
Ella Gonzales
Ella Gonzales is a Filipina Canadian artist working between painting and Computer-Aided Design programs. Her practice explores the materiality of painting, soft architecture, and narratives of migration as related to the Filipino diaspora.
Ella Gonzales has exhibited work at Mercer Union; The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery; and Southern Alberta Art Gallery, all in Canada, among others.
Residents from Canada
Current Resident: Oct 1, 2025–Nov 30, 2025
Estonian Contemporary Art Development Center
Studio #211
Artist
Kris Lemsalu
Kris Lemsalu is a contemporary artist based in Tallinn, Estonia, and Vienna, Austria. She studied at the Estonian Academy of Arts, the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Eccentric in her use of color and materials, Lemsalu incorporates props, costumes, and natural elements to create immersive installations that, in her words, “give birth to a world of shamanic force, visionary weirdness, and collective revival.”
Kris Lemsalu has exhibited work at 58th Venice Biennial, Italy; KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Germany; and Secession, Austria, among others.