Past Residents
Past Resident2021: Pola Art Foundation
Saya Irie
Saya Irie’s work is inspired from everyday life and its ties to the distant past. Irie modifies objects by means of reduction, working with books, photographs, banknotes, and soaps, amongst others objects. Her practice is based on the idea that life continues to exist in an imperceptible sphere even after its external form disappears.
Saya Irie has exhibited work at Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art; Setouchi Triennale, Shōdoshima, Kagawa, Japan; and Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2020 Fall Open Studios
November 17–November 18, 2020
Saya Irie, Kannon Dust (Kukurihime), 2016, Japanese hanging scroll and eraser shavings, figure: 7 x 4.7 x 2.4 in.; hanging scroll: 24 x 71 in.
Saya Irie, Mau Dust, 2016, charm and eraser shavings, figure: 5 x 6 x 2.4 in., charm: 20 x 28 in.
Saya Irie, Mary Dust, 2020, Kapanese hanging scroll and eraser shavings, figure: 2.4 x 1.7 x1.5 in.; hanging scroll: 16 x 9.4 x0.6 in.
Saya Irie, Disny Dust, 2015, children's book and eraser shavings, figure: 5 x 3.5 x 2.3 in., book: 7.8 x 12 in.
Saya Irie, Jyashouten Dust, 2019, Japanese hanging scroll, cardboard boxes, and eraser shavings, 90 x 70 x 12 in.
Past Resident2021: University of the Arts Helsinki2020: University of the Arts Helsinki
Anna Estarriola
Anna Estarriola is interested in the exchanges and interactions between visual and media arts with other disciplines, including performing arts and technology. The themes of her work revolve around perception of reality, individual and communal behavior, and communication. She uses cross-disciplinary narrative structures that explore and question the union of content, medium and context. Over the last years, she has created media installation works combining sculptures and moving image with dramaturgy, mechanics and electronics.
Anna Estarriola has exhibited work at Galerie Anhava, Helsinki; Pori Art Museum, Finland; and Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2021 Spring Open Studios
April 27–April 28, 2021
Anna Estarriola, Emerging Toughts, 2015, sound installation.
Anna Estarriola, The system, 2017, media installation.
Anna Estarriola, Resonance, 2019, sound installation.
Anna Estarriola, Guided, 2019, sound installation.
Anna Estarriola, Transition / Assisted Breathing, 2019, media installation.
Residents from Finland
Past Resident2021: Vision Fund
Devin N. Morris
Devin N. Morris collapses memory and space to envision delicate new realms of existence. Informed by his upbringing in Baltimore and his personal experiences as a queer man of color, his work often portrays semi-fictive characters who exchange acts of kindness and care within surreal domestic settings. Extending his practice of collage into physical assemblage and sculpture, Morris creates site-specific environments that refract the domestic interior and subvert traditional values and social boundaries.
Devin N. Morris has exhibited work at Baltimore Museum of Art; Bass Museum, Miami; and P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2020 Fall Open Studios
November 17–November 18, 2020
Devin N. Morris, Water not under the moonlight, water at moon’s eve. Saw it from behind and now the cold front is unveiled, guiltily picked and exposed, 2020, acrylic, painters tape, wall paper, plaster, wood veneer, wood moldings, house paint, oil pastel, pastel, collage, ink, door, vinyl, wool, daily vitamin, acidophilus, velvet, wood shutter, and footboard on panel, 98 × 70 in. (248.92 × 177.8 cm).
Devin N. Morris, Moving away from up there. Broken easily as brown skin does walking through brown stone. From Somewhere and Me at the base of stairs treading rows perfectly soiled for blossoming lunacy, 2020, entryway doors, chair, lampshade, and light, 129 × 95 × 27 in. (327.66 × 241.3 × 68.58 cm).
Devin N. Morris, Homeostatic, 2018, archival inkjet print, 36 × 24 in. (91.44 × 60.96 cm).
Devin N. Morris, Spot Clean with Daily Lavender Pill, 2018, acrylic, tempera, oil pastel, candle wax, inkjet print on silk, and charcoal on wood panel, 36 × 24 in. (91.44 × 60.96 cm).
Devin N. Morris, Birds Through A Window Chirp Frying Flying Chicken Grease Glittered Air, 2020, wood veneer, oil pastel, leather, cotton, acrylic, silk, charcoal, and suede on paper, 14 × 17 in. (35.56 × 43.18 cm).
