Past Resident
2025: Alfred Kordelin Foundation

Artist

Laura Lappi

Laura Lappi explores how architecture and spatial environments shape our perceptions and influence reality. Her work delves into the experience and emotional charge of different places, often blurring the line between reality and fiction. Through her sculptural practice, she explores the intricate relationship between physical spaces, man-made structures, and the human mind, focusing on the psychogeography of places.

Laura Lappi has exhibited work at the Bronx Museum, New York; Flushing Meadows Corona Park, New York; and Galleria Sculptor, Helsinki, among others.

Events & Exhibitions

Spring Open Studios 2025

April 25–April 26, 2025

The grandeur of ancient basilicas, cathedrals, and medieval Scandinavian wooden structures are the inspiration for these works. The sculptures comprise abstracted segments of various architectural structures, reminding of the sculptural properties of some of the world’s most renowned works of architecture. Through the series of sculptures Lappi addresses the topics of what these buildings and structures represent in our communities, since they are usually seen as the most expressive, the most permanent and the most influential and shape the way we live and think.

Laura Lappi, Aenigma, 2023, triptych wall sculpture, charred pine, walnut, oak, ash, maple and poplar and baltic birch plywood, 59 × 122 × 2,5 in. (149.86 × 309.88 × 2,5 cm).

Laura Lappi, Basilica XIII, 2024, wall sculpture, charred pine, walnut, oak, ash, maple and poplar and baltic birch plywood, 69 × 47 × 2,5 in. (175.26 × 119.38 × 2,5 cm).

Cella depicts a meditative moment of an eternal flame. In the video, a burning candle is set against charred wooden wall. The video is displayed on refurbished iPhone which is set in a wooden frame that resembles the ones used for the paintings of old masters in the golden age, reinforcing the hypnotic and meditative effect of the work.

Laura Lappi, Cella, 2023, video, refurbished iPhone XR and custom made wooden frame, 15 × 11¹³/₁₆ in. (38.1 × 29.97 cm).

Hehku II is a site-specific installation standing in a suburban Colorado landscape at The Yard project space. The work reveals the process of charring, though it is unclear if the sculpture is devolving or evolving. The structure is still smoldering from the burning process, but the vapor appears as much like a strange mist as it does smoke, which creates an unknown aspect and an undeniable presence.

Laura Lappi, Hehku II, 2018, site-specific installation, charred wood and smoke, 51 × 39 × 71 in. (129.54 × 99.06 × 180.34 cm). The Yard, Colorado, United States.

2×3 (Heartbeat) deals with loneliness and isolation. The installation is installed on a rocky outcropping in a remote forest in Asikkala, Finland. The piece consists of a life-size wooden house containing an animated light. Its title refers to the Elvis Presley song “Heartbreak Hotel”, and the light is animated to pulse to the rhythm of that song. 2×3 (Heartbeat) was installed in 2013 with a support from the Finnish Cultural Foundation. The installation still exists in its original location.

Laura Lappi, 2x3 (Heartbeat), 2013, site-specific installation, wood and animated light, 79 × 60 × 118 in. (200.66 × 152.4 × 299.72 cm).

Residents from Finland

Kaija Hinkula

Finland

Uniarts Helsinki's Academy of Fine Arts and Saastamoinen Foundation

Studio #208

Hans Rosenström

Finland

Uniarts Helsinki's Academy of Fine Arts and Saastamoinen Foundation

2024

Felipe de Ávila Franco

Brazil, Finland

Uniarts Helsinki's Academy of Fine Arts and Saastamoinen Foundation

2023

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United States

Past Resident
2025: Vision Fund

Artist

Angel Lartigue

Angel Lartigue works through the lens of Bacteriomancy. Her work takes the form of archaeology, forensics, and fashion to examine putrefaction, one of the biological stages of decomposition, and its capability for nourishment.

Angel Lartigue has exhibited work at SOOT, New York; The Latinx Project at NYU, New York; and USC Roski School of Art and Design, Los Angeles, among others.

Events & Exhibitions

Spring Open Studios 2025

April 25–April 26, 2025

Artists at Work: Angel Lartigue in Conversation with Oscar Salguero

April 15, 2025, 6:30–7:30pm

Angel Lartigue, Bacteriomancy, 2024, inkjet printed garment and photographic vinyl installation, dimensions variable.

Angel Lartigue, La desintegración de un amor, 2024, inkjet printed banner, 104 Petri dish garment and video, dimensions variable.

Angel Lartigue, MB 03 (Inisheer, Aran Islands), 2024, digital photography.

Angel Lartigue, MB 02 (Inisheer, Aran Islands), 2024, digital photography.

Angel Lartigue, Mass Body, 2024, photographic vinyl installation, dimensions variable.

Residents from United States

Maya Jeffereis

United States

Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, New York City Council District 34, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, Hartfield Foundation, Danna and Ed Ruscha, The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation

Ground Floor

Aryel René Jackson

United States

Vision Fund

2025

Hanae Utamura

Japan, United States

Every Page Foundation

Studio #201

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Germany

Current Resident: Jan 1, 2025–Jun 30, 2025

KdFS Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen

Studio #214

Artist

Matthias Garff

Matthias Garff’s work focuses on the depiction of animals and our relationship with nature. Using found objects and recycled materials, he creates sculptures that are playful, thought-provoking, and marked by a fragile beauty. His work highlights biodiversity and features urban wildlife that has ingeniously adapted to its environment. His often larger-than-life sculptures blur the boundaries between human and animal identity and encourage us to reflect on our use of resources.

Matthias Garff has exhibited work at Museum im Kleihues-Bau, Germany; House of Arts, Czech Republic; and YIRI ARTS, Taiwan, among others.

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Events & Exhibitions

Artists at Work: Matthias Garff in Conversation with Hannah Kirshenbaum

June 10, 2025, 6:30–7:30pm

Spring Open Studios 2025

April 25–April 26, 2025

Matthias Garff, Gardenbirds, 2019, Installation and mixed media. Leipzig Museum of Fine Arts, Germany.

An upright walking green woodpecker in rubber boots with a long curved beak from an armrest

Matthias Garff, Green woodpecker, 2020, rubber boots, school bag, armrest, canister, fake fur and paint, 47 × 63 × 24 in. (119.38 × 160.02 × 60.96 cm).

A tawny owl out of an aluminium bowl and a bicycle helmet sitting on a pole.

Matthias Garff, Tawny owl, 2022, aluminium bowl, pot, bicycle helmet and dishwashing brushes, 8 × 15 × 10 in. (20.32 × 38.1 × 25.4 cm).

A grey heron out of an old street lamp stands on the shore of a lake.

Matthias Garff, Grey heron, 2024, street lamp, steel pipe, pegs, pot lid, teaspoon and bicycle mudguard, 32 × 100 × 67 in. (81.28 × 254 × 170.18 cm).

A giant wasp with wings made from tennis rackets.

Matthias Garff, Wasp, 2024, aluminum bowl, tennis racket, tricycle handlebars, tent poles, bicycle saddle and tires, 30 × 47 × 7 in. (76.2 × 119.38 × 17.78 cm).