Current Residents
Past Resident2024: Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
Stanley Wany
Stanley Wany’s practice spans large-format works on paper, illustration, and installations, focusing on his multi-ethnic identity and the reappropriation of Black representation in the West. His work engages with the concept of “creolization,” a term popularized by Martinican author Édouard Glissant, through its materiality and form. Central to Wany’s practice is extensive research, encompassing African-Canadian, African-American, and Caribbean history and culture, as well as African myths and traditions.
Stanley Wany has exhibited work at Galerie de l’UQAM; Plug In Contemporary Art Institute; and Ottawa Art Gallery, all in Canada, among others.
Residents from Canada
Current Resident: Aug 1, 2025–Nov 30, 2025
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Studio #205
Artist
Antonietta Grassi
Antonietta Grassi’s paintings explore the intersections of textile, memory, and technology. Drawing inspiration from her personal history in the textile industry, Grassi creates multi-layered compositions that evoke the textures of woven surfaces, circuit boards, and obsolete machines. Influenced by modernist abstraction and women pioneers in computing, her paintings integrate thread-like lines with architectural forms to suggest a hidden system of knowledge. Grassi’s work reflects a personal engagement with cultural memory, feminine labour, and the evolution of analog and digital language.
Antonietta Grassi has exhibited work at Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Canada; Galerie Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Canada; and Katonah Museum, New York, among others.
Past Residencies
Antonietta Grassi, Chromafils, 2025, installation view . Centre d'exposition Michel et Jacques Auger, Quebec.
Antonietta Grassi, Compiler 3.0, 2022, oil and ink on linen, 61 × 60 in. (154.94 × 152.4 cm).
Antonietta Grassi, Pink Power Push, 2023, oil and ink on linen, 55 × 55 in. (139.7 × 139.7 cm).
Antonietta Grassi, Zip Blur, 2023, oil, acrylic and ink on linen, 53 × 53 in. (134.62 × 134.62 cm).
Antonietta Grassi, Portal, 2022, oil and ink on canvas, 40 × 30 in. (101.6 × 76.2 cm).
Past Resident2024: Senate Department for Culture and Europe, Berlin
Bob Kil
Bob Kil’s work reflects contemporary reality, serving as a mirror that blends the present with a detailed and often critical exploration of societal norms and the deeply rooted aspects of human experience and identity. Through repetition and meticulous notation, Kil contrasts subtlety with conventional notions of mastery, challenging the belief that complexity equates to skill. Instead, his work emphasizes the power and impact of refined, minimalistic imagery.
Bob Kil has exhibited work at Mudam Museum of Modern Art, Luxembourg; Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City; and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, among others.
Bob Kil, Traveller, 2024, collage, 115/8 × 83/16 in. (29.46 × 20.83 cm).
Bob Kil, Is, Bob, 2024, collage, 115/8 × 83/16 in. (29.46 × 20.83 cm).
Bob Kil, Trip, 2024, performance.
