Past Residents
Past Resident2023: Ministry of Culture, Taiwan
Hung-Yen Chang
In her practice, Hung-Yen Chang explores and reexamines the relationship between artistic development and social context during and post the Cold War era through the writing, archive-collection, and curating, with the goal of rediscovering the momentum and reflections between of historical moments. As an art administrator, Chang is also interested in the generative system and trends of cultural institutions in contemporary urban spaces.
Hung-Yen Chang has curated exhibitions at Tainan Art Museum and Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts, in Taipei, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2023 Spring Open Studios
April 21–April 22, 2023
Hung-Yen Chang, LIAO: Frontline/ Frontier, 2021, installation view. Curated by Hung-Yeng Chang.
Hung-Yen Chang, Uneven Horizons: 1957-1983 The Internationalist Taiwanese Printmaking, 2020, installation view. Curated by Hung-Yeng Chang.
Hung-Yen Chang, Uneven Horizons: 1957-1983 The Internationalist Taiwanese Printmaking, 2020, installation view. Curated by Hung-Yeng Chang.
Hung-Yen Chang, Power! Concrete! Let's Build the Island's Modern Dream!, 2023, installation view. Curated by Hung-Yeng Chang.
Hung-Yen Chang, Everyday Life and Landscapes of the Island: Betel Nuts, Bananas, Sugar Cane, and Palms, 2020, installation view. Curated by Hung-Yeng Chang.
Residents from Taiwan
Past Resident2023: Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation
Akshay Sethi
Akshay Sethi’s practice takes a mundane approach to exploring the relationship between the personal and the political. He focuses on unnoticed, trivial and repetitive actions of daily life to create works that foster everyday encounters and public spaces.
Akshay Sethi has exhibited work at the 2019 Serendipity Arts Festival; 1Shanthiroad; and India Art Fair, all in India, among others.
Akshay Sethi, What is Dangerous, 2018, ink on paper and photocopies, 8 × 11 in. (20.32 × 27.94 cm).
Akshay Sethi, Bura mat Dekho, Bura mat Suno, Bura mat Bolo, 2018, ink on Indian Railway tickets, 1 × 3 in. (2.54 × 7.62 cm).
Akshay Sethi, Situational Irony of a Stick, 2020, watercolor on paper and stickers, 8 × 11 in. (20.32 × 27.94 cm).
Akshay Sethi, The man and the Rattrap, 2018, charcoal pencil on paper, 5 × 8 in. (12.7 × 20.32 cm).
Akshay Sethi, Mootri, 2018, ink on paper, 5 × 8 in. (12.7 × 20.32 cm).
Residents from India
Past Resident2023: The Kettering Family Foundation
Levon Kafafian
Levon Kafafian is a Detroit-based Armenian-American artist working primarily with textile. Through weaving Kafafian assembles narrative threads of costume, artifact, ritual and installation into stories about possible worlds and potential futures. Their woven fabrics become portals to these other worlds, generating writing that influences future work. They infuse their stories and cloth with future ancestral practice, hybridity and magic, often collaborating toward collective visions.
Levon Kafafian has exhibited work at Stamps Gallery, University of Michigan; Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit; and Arab American National Museum, all in Michigan, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2023 Spring Open Studios
April 21–April 22, 2023
Levon Kafafian, The Summoner, 2021, fiber and media, dimensions variable.
Levon Kafafian, The Summoner, 2021, fiber and media, dimensions variable.
Levon Kafafian, Vanagad, the Obsidian Spirit, 2021, fiber and media, dimensions variable.
Levon Kafafian, Once There Was, Once There Wasn't, 2019, fiber and media, installation, dimensions variable.
Levon Kafafian, Rite of Wild Magic, 2020, fiber, 72 × 12 in. (182.88 × 30.48 cm).
Residents from United States
Aryel René Jackson
Studio #305
Hanae Utamura
Studio #201
