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: Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Residency
Cullen Washington Jr.
Cullen Washington Jr.’s abstract paintings convey the feeling of the divine in nature through matter and light, which he calls TerraChroma. Washington doesn’t depict atmosphere and land but rather the primary properties that make them exist, thus, the paintings’ titles “Primers” refer the underlying beginning. He constructs the painting surface with raw pigments, earth minerals, and acrylic, and he represents color as the quality of light with an atomized mixture of pigment and water.
Cullen Washington Jr. has exhibited work at The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Michigan; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston; and Saatchi Gallery, London, among others.
Cullen Washington Jr., Primer 20, 2023, earth pigment, acrylic, carbon on paper, 47 × 31 in. (119.38 × 78.74 cm).
Cullen Washington Jr., Primer 19, 2023, earth pigment, acrylic, carbon on paper, 31 × 0 × 47 in. (78.74 × 0 × 119.38 cm).
Cullen Washington Jr., Primer 18, 2023, earth pigment, acrylic, carbon on paper, 47 × 31 in. (119.38 × 78.74 cm).
Cullen Washington Jr., Primer 17, 2023, earth pigment, acrylic, carbon on paper, 47 × 31 in. (119.38 × 78.74 cm).
Cullen Washington Jr., Primer 14, 2023, earth pigment, acrylic, carbon on paper, 47 × 31 in. (119.38 × 78.74 cm).
Residents from United States
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
