Past Residents
Past Resident2023: Danish Arts Foundation
Mai Dengsøe Hansen
Mai Dengsøe Hansen’s practice reflects a rare eclectic approach that is at ease with the coexistence of fiction, theory, and curating – building a bridge between generations. She is currently the Artistic Director of Gl. Holtegaard in Copenhagen, Denmark and previously worked as an assistant to German artist Ursula Reuter Christiansen from 2018 to 20 and wrote the first book on the artist, A 60-year Expanse of Paintings. Hansen holds an Art History degree from the University of Copenhagen and the Humboldt-Universität in Berlin.
Mai Dengsøe Hansen has curated exhibitions at Gl. Holtegaard; Rønnebæksholm; and Tønder Kunstmuseum, all in Denmark.
Mai Dengsøe Hansen, Bedtime, 2023, installaton shot.
Mai Dengsøe Hansen, Bedtime, 2023, installaton shot.
Mai Dengsøe Hansen, Sengetid, 2023, paint on ceiling, from the exhibition 'Frankfurterkreuz'.
Residents from Denmark
Past Resident2024: Tauck Ritzau Innovative Philanthropy, Dennis Elliott Founder's Fund
Crystal Yayra Anthony
Crystal Yayra Anthony’s work explores alternate ways of being by conceptualizing the human body in its most natural and vulnerable state: nude. Her subjects are presented in ways that challenge preconceived notions of decorum or performative and acceptable expression. Anthony’s practice investigates her perception of what African society used to be and experiments with what it could be.
Crystal Yayra Anthony has exhibited work at Kunsthalle Krems Museum, Vienna; Dot Ateliers, Ghana; and PM/AM, London, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
Crystal Yayra Anthony: A Glimpse of Us
May 14–September 27, 2024
Crystal Yayra Anthony, Two Cedis and Friends. I & II, 2023, acrylic, oil pastels and oil paint on canvas, 811/8 × 601/4 in. (205.99 × 153.01 cm).
Crystal Yayra Anthony, Reflection, 2023, acrylic and oil on canvas, 591/16 × 471/4 in. (150.01 × 119.99 cm).
Crystal Yayra Anthony, Solace, 2023, acrylic and oil on canvas, 565/16 × 623/16 in. (143 × 157.99 cm).
Crystal Yayra Anthony, Glimmer of Hope, 2023, acrylic, oil pastels and oil paint on canvas, 67 × 48 in. (170.18 × 121.92 cm).
Crystal Yayra Anthony, Mr. Lover, 2022, oil and acrylic on canvas, 311/2 × 471/4 in. (80.01 × 119.99 cm).
Residents from Ghana
Past Resident2023: ARTWORKS
Sofia Stevi
Sofia Stevi is an artist living and working in Athens. Her paintings depict flowing interpretations of materiality in a universe where dreams are a construct of everyday experiences, bodies are in flux, chance takes on permanent substance, and time and space collide.
Sofia Stevi has exhibited work at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, United Kingdom; Onassis Foundation Stegi, Greece; and The Benaki Museum, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2023 Fall Open Studios
November 10–November 11, 2023
Sofia Stevi, The Guardian, 2023, acrylics on cotton fabric, wall painting, dimensions variable.
Sofia Stevi, When we start to understand the world trilogy (The Letter, The Journey, When we start to understand the world), 2023, three double sided paintings, acrylic on cotton fabric, dimensions variable.
Sofia Stevi, Song without an ending, 2022, ink and actylic on cotton fabric, handpainted cotton and leatherette pillows, dimensions variable.
Sofia Stevi, Turning forty winks into a decade, 2017-2018, mixed media, dimensions variable.
Sofia Stevi, Spine Books (Skoliosis 004, Skoliosis 002, Kyphosis 001), 2009, mould-made cotton paper and thread, dimensions variable.
Residents from Greece
Antonis Pittas
Studio #219
Raffaela Naldi Rossano
The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies, Columbia University, Italian Cultural Institute of New York, Directorate-General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture
2024
