Past Residents
Past Resident2024: ACC - Asian Cultural Council
Carlos Quijon, Jr.
Carlos Quijon, Jr. is a Manila-based art historian, critic, and curator. He was a fellow of the research platform Modern Art Histories in and across Africa, South and Southeast Asia (MAHASSA) convened by the Getty Foundation’s Connecting Art Histories project, and has written exhibition reviews for publications such as Artforum, MoMA’s post, Queer Southeast Asia and ArtReview Asia. Quijon previously co-curated the exhibition series Afro-Southeast Asia in Singapore, 2021, Manila, 2022, and Busan, 2022, and recently started the curatorial project Archipelagic Futurisms. In 2024, he will curate the Philippine Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale.
Carlos Quijon, Jr. has curated exhibitions at Vargas Museum, Philippines; ADM Gallery, School of Art, Design and Media, Singapore; and ASEAN Culture House, South Korea, among others.
Carlos Quijon, Jr., and land erodes into, 2023, exhibition.
Carlos Quijon, Jr., Nothing human is alien to me, 2023, exhibition, 'A+ Works of Art,' Kuala Lumpur.
Carlos Quijon, Jr., Synthetic Condition, 2022, exhibition, Vargas Museum, Manila. Presented in partnership with' A+ Works of Art,' Kuala Lumpur.
Carlos Quijon, Jr., To A Faraway Friend: Beyond Afro-Southeast Asian Affinities, 2022, exhibition, co-curated with Kathleen Ditzig and Sooyoung Leam, ASEAN Culture House, South Korea.
Carlos Quijon, Jr., Cast But One Shadow: Afro-Southeast Asian Affinities, 2022, exhibition, co-curated with Kathleen Ditzig, Vargas Museum, Manila.
Past Resident2023: Vision Fund
Alicia Grullón
Alicia Grullón is a Bronx-based artist and organizer. Grullon’s social practice work extends to exploring how people relate to land in order to rally a transformation of our living by using performance and self-portraiture as a critique on the politics of presence, an argument for the inclusion of underinvested communities in political and social spheres. She is a Moore College of Art and Design Walentas Fellow for 2020-2022, and teaches at Queens College.
Alicia Grullón has exhibited work at Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University; Bronx Museum of the Arts; and BRIC Arts Media House, all in New York, among others.
Alicia Grullón, March 31, 2020: Rikers Island Prisoners Are Being Offered PPE and $6 an Hour to Dig Mass Graves, 2020, archival color dye sublimation print, 30 × 60 in. (76.2 × 152.4 cm).
April 13, 2020: NYC death toll jumps by 3,700 after uncounted fatalities are added, 2020, archival color dye sublimation print, 36 × 60 in. (91.44 × 152.4 cm).
Alicia Grullón, May 4th, 2020: We call workers ‘essential’ – but is that just referring to the work, not the people?, 2020, archival color dye sublimation print, 36 × 60 in. (91.44 × 152.4 cm).
Alicia Grullón, May 8th, 2020: US Postal Service warns coronavirus pandemic threatens its survival, 2020, archival color dye sublimation print, 36 × 60 in. (91.44 × 152.4 cm).
Alicia Grullón, Breaking News, 2019, single channel video, 4 min.
Residents from United States
Aryel René Jackson
Studio #305
Hanae Utamura
Studio #201
Past Resident2023: ipureland
Nikita Shokhov
Nikita Shokhov’s virtual practice delves into the human condition, exploring issues such as whiteness and blackness, queer phenomenology, carnivalesque, religions, and technology. Shokhov uses spatial computing to create lens-based media ranging from traditional photography to volumetric cinematic forms. Employing a documentary approach, his works engage critical thinking, philosophy, political and social agendas.
Nikita Shokhov has exhibited work at Loop Barcelona, Spain; The Watermill Center, New York; and World Press Photo, Amsterdam, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2023 Fall Open Studios
November 10–November 11, 2023
Nikita Shokhov, Dragzina, 2022, AR volumetric video performance, 15 min.
Nikita Shokhov, Klaxon. My Dear Sweet Friend, 2021, VR 360 interactive film, VR experience, 1h 15 min.
Nikita Shokhov, Scan, 2020, slit scanning digital photography, dimensions variable.
Nikita Shokhov, Ice, 2016, immersive video installation, 60 min.
Nikita Shokhov, Utrish, 2013, color analog photography and digital print, 30 × 40 in. (76.2 × 101.6 cm).
Residents from United States
Aryel René Jackson
Studio #305
Hanae Utamura
Studio #201