Current Resident: Sep 1, 2024–Feb 28, 2025
Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Residency
Studio #203
Artist
S Emsaki
S Emsaki works to deconstruct and disorient East-West subject-object positionings through video, drawing, and multimedia installations incorporating found and provisional elements. Born and raised in Isfahan, Iran, Emsaki’s practice unsettles the legacies of petro-imperialism by engaging with marginalized archives and intimate histories of human and non-human subjects. Currently based in NYC, Emsaki is an alum of the Whitney Museum’s Independent Study Program and holds an MFA from Yale University and a BA from UC Berkeley.
S Emsaki has exhibited work at Westbeth Gallery, New York; San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco; and Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM), Massachusetts, among others.
emsaki.comResidents from Iran
Current Resident: Aug 1, 2024–Jan 31, 2025
The New York Community Trust’s Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund
Studio #204
Artist
Amy Bravo
Amy Bravo blends icons from Cuban religious culture with hyper-personal stories to create a queer afterlife universe in the rough shape of the island of Cuba. Her collaged canvases feature irregular forms where she combines graphite drawings with painterly techniques. These drawings evolve into paintings, embroidery, and assemblage sculptures. This unique mix of techniques helps recompose a family lineage disrupted by exile, engage with her ancestors, and outline a mythical world.
Amy Bravo has exhibited work at Semiose Gallery, Paris; Swivel Gallery, New York; and SESC Pompéia, São Paulo, among others.
amybravo.comResidents from United States
Current Resident: Nov 1, 2024–Dec 31, 2024
Haaretz Art Collection
Studio #206
Artist
Ruthi Helbitz Cohen
Ruthi Helbitz Cohen’s work explores themes of femininity, gender, and the cultural frameworks surrounding women’s imagery. The figures she creates draw from primordial sources—mythologies, stories, and their various incarnations in art and popular culture. They narrate tales, nightmares, dreams, and legends, often with a painful intensity. These figures seem vocal, as if reciting poetry, screaming, or murmuring. They are independent entities, navigating the world with both challenge and determination. Through exposure to fear and doubt, the women Cohen portrays seek answers, and perhaps, refuge.
Ruthi Helbitz Cohen has exhibited work at Museum de Fundatie, The Netherlands; Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel; and Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Greece, among others.
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