Past Residents
Past Resident2019: Estonian Contemporary Art Development Center
Laura Põld
Laura Põld’s work deals with territory and place. She seeks to combine specific histories, or qualities of a given location, with her art. She works mainly with clay and ceramic sculpture, textile and embroidery, wood and painting, weaving them together with natural, context-specific and interdisciplinary elements, often engaging in collaborative endeavors.
Laura Põld has exhibited work at the Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (EKKM), Tallinn, Estonia; le lieu unique; Nantes, France; and Tartu Art Museum, Estonia, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2019 Fall Open Studios
November 15–November 16, 2019
Laura Põld, Natural Shelter, detail, 2019, installation, dimensions variable.
Laura Põld, Burrows. Flights, detail, 2019, clay, ceramics, wood, glass, and the book "Meeting the Universe Halfway" by Karen Barad, dimensions variable.
Laura Põld, Burrows. Flights, detail, 2019, ceramics, 70 × 19 × 17 in. (177.8 × 48.26 × 43.18 cm).
Laura Põld, Dre Britton and Ingrid Allik, How to Live: Virtual Biographies, 2018, installation, dimensions variable.
Laura Põld and Johna Hansen, Serving Makes Place, 2016, installation and performance, dimensions variable.
Past Resident2019: Wang Shikuo Foundation, Today Art Museum
Chunhua Zhang
Chunhua Zhang considers painting as a medium that maximizes freedom of expression, one that allows him to communicate with his viewers through texture and traces of repeated alteration. In his works, scenes and objects appear in the “past tense.”
Chunhua Zhang participated in the 13th Havana Biennial; 11th Florence biennale 2017; and is involved in the contemporary Chinese art scene in Toronto.
Events & Exhibitions
2019 Fall Open Studios
November 15–November 16, 2019
Chunhua Zhang, Still 2, 2018, oil on canvas, 981/2 × 2361/2 in. (250.19 × 600.71 cm).
Chunhua Zhang, A Globe, 2016, oil on canvas, 707/8 × 63 in. (180.04 × 160.02 cm).
Chunhua Zhang, A Kind Of Memory, 2017, oil on canvas, 1183/16 × 7813/16 in. (300.23 × 200.15 cm).
Chunhua Zhang, Still 1, 2018, oil on canvas, 7813/16 × 1575/8 in. (200.15 × 400.3 cm).
Chunhua Zhang, Still 5, 2019, oil on canvas, 1183/16 × 2363/8 in. (300.23 × 600.46 cm).
Residents from China
Alchemyverse
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York City Council District 34, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, Hartfield Foundation, Danna and Ed Ruscha, The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation
2023
Past Resident2019: Fire Station - Qatar Museums
Alya Al Khalifa
Alya Al-Khalifa’s work focuses on the idea of movement. She experiments with different mark-making techniques through drawing and mixed-media. Throughout her practice, she observes the human experience as a collective, and how individuals move as groups, influenced by the rules of human nature and the nature that surrounds us.
Alya Al-Khalifa holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts from Chelsea College of Arts. She has exhibited work at University of the Art London and Chelsea College of Arts.
Events & Exhibitions
2019 Fall Open Studios
November 15–November 16, 2019
Alya Al Khalifa, No. 7.3, 2016, canvas.
Alya Al Khalifa, No. 2.1, 2015, canvas.
Alya Al Khalifa, No. 7.1, 2016, canvas.
Alya Al Khalifa, No. 42, 2013, wood.
Alya Al Khalifa, No. 127, 2013, wood and canvas.
