For this Artists at Work, ISCP artist-in-residence Abed Elmajid Shalabi will be joined by curator Leah Triplett. Shalabi will present on his practice and speak with Triplett about his interest in everyday technological objects and the way they alter connections between the body, gender, and self. They will also discuss Shalabi’s experimentation with cast forms. A Q&A with the audience will follow.

Abed Elmajid Shalabi is a United States-based Palestinian artist who works with cast objects, street signs, and industrial materials. His installations aim, in his words, “to link homophobia, shame and sexual dissatisfaction to the political power structures that produce such dynamics and reinforce them.” Shalabi has exhibited work at Center for Contemporary Arts, Tel Aviv; Hamiltonian Artists, Washington DC; C24 Gallery, SARA’S Gallery, and NARS Foundation Gallery, all in New York; and Vox Populi, Philadelphia; OCCCA, California; and The Anderson, Virginia.

Leah Triplett is a curator, writer, and current Director of Exhibitions and Contemporary Curatorial Initiatives at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) in Philadelphia. Previously, she was a curator at Boston’s Now + There, facilitating the Public Art Accelerator and organizing large-scale public art commissions in Boston. Her writing has appeared in ArtAsiaPacific, ArtNet News, Sculpture, Public Art Dialogue, Flash Art, Hyperallergic, The Brooklyn Rail, and others. She has curated projects for Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston University Art Galleries and Herter Art Gallery, all Massachusetts; and Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn. In 2021, she was the inaugural curatorial mentor for Praise Shadows Art Gallery, Massachusetts.

This program is supported by Artis; Hartfield Foundation; James Rosenquist Foundation; Lèna Saltos; Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso; New York City Council District 34; New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; Dr. Samar Maziad; Sarah Jones; van Beuren Charitable Foundation; William Talbott Hillman Foundation; and Woodman Family Foundation.

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This in-person event will be live streamed through Instagram: @iscp_nyc.

Accessibility information: Please note that the entrance to ISCP has seven steps and a ramp, which is ADA compliant. There are seven artist studios and one exhibition space which can be accessed on the first floor of ISCP. There is an accessible bathroom on the first floor at the end of the hallway, up one step, where the artist studios are located. To access the second floor there is a staircase with a grab bar installed on the right side with 22 steps. The second floor has 22 artist and curator studios, one exhibition space, and a lounge where remarks by our guest speaker will take place. To access the third floor there is a staircase with a grab bar installed on the right side with 24 steps. The third floor has five artist and curator studios.

ISCP can access a freight elevator to bring visitors between the first and second floors on request. ISCP can offer two reserved parking spaces on request for people with disabilities. Please email Veronica Sanchez at vsanchez@iscp-nyc.org to request a parking space and/or freight elevator usage.