Past Residents
Past Resident2023: Vision Fund
Dana Robinson
Dana Robinson is a multidisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn who combines vintage materials, found objects, and paint to explore the themes of Blackness, womanhood, and ownership.
Dana Robinson has exhibited work at Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City; Texas State University, San Marco; and 92nd Street YMCA, New York, among others.
Dana Robinson, Hand 001, 2022, multimedia in clear acrylic case, 11 × 14 in. (27.94 × 35.56 cm).
Dana Robinson, Here, We Know Computers, 2022, gouache, acrylic, and collage on wooden panel, 9 × 12 in. (22.86 × 30.48 cm).
Dana Robinson, Miss LeMoyne, A Senior from Memphis, 2022, acrylic on wooden panel, 36 × 48 in. (91.44 × 121.92 cm).
Dana Robinson, Remember How Much You Loved Koolaid, 2022, acrylic on wooden panel, 18 × 24 in. (45.72 × 60.96 cm).
Dana Robinson, Women’s Work Vol.4-03, 2022, printed fabric, 32 × 32 in. (81.28 × 81.28 cm).
Residents from United States
Aryel René Jackson
Studio #305
Hanae Utamura
Studio #201
Past Resident2023: SAHA Association
Eda Gecikmez
Eda Gecikmez’s work focuses on gender, identity, and urban politics in relation to the body and space. She connects social and political change to art history and emphasizes both the past and a potential future.
Eda Gecikmez has exhibited work at Goethe-Institut, Ankara; Ashkal Alwan, Beirut; and DEPO, Istanbul, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2023 Spring Open Studios
April 21–April 22, 2023
Eda Gecikmez, The Bird is Unseen, yet its Voice is in the Tree, 2022, site-specific installation with ink drawings and foil print, 1571/2 × 2361/4 in. (400 × 600 cm).
Eda Gecikmez, Broken Open, 2022, collage, 1911/16 × 0 × 471/4 in. (49.99 × 0 × 119.99 cm).
Eda Gecikmez, Distant Landscape, 2018, oil on canvas, 195/16 × 195/16 in. (49 × 49 cm).
Eda Gecikmez, Master Plan, 2016, oil on canvas, 13713/16 × 783/4 in. (349.99 × 200 cm).
Eda Gecikmez, Commandante Toki, 2016, oil on canvas, 393/8 × 471/4 in. (100 × 119.99 cm).
Residents from Turkey
Cem Örgen
Studio #204
Civan Özkanoğlu
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
2020
Past Resident2023: Polish Cultural Institute New York, The Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Krupa Gallery
Maess Anand
Maess Anand’s drawings depict cancer-affected organisms. Using scientific materials such as cancer-related databases, microscopic views, histopathology images, Kaplan-Meier curves, and 2D and 3D modeling, Anand transforms the data into visually expressive images.
Maess Anand has exhibited work at The Drawing Center, New York; Wroclaw Contemporary Museum, Poland; and Austrian Culture Forum, Warsaw, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
Artists at Work: Maess Anand and Hulda Rós Gudnadóttir
March 28, 2023, 6–7:30pm
Maess Anand, Breast Cancer, ductal Carcinoma study, 2018, pen and marker drawing on paper, 385/16 × 27.5 in in. (97.28 × 27.5 in cm).
Maess Anand, Red devil, 2023, pen and marker drawing on paper, 251/2 × 20 in. (64.77 × 50.8 cm).
Maess Anand, Pain avoidance, 2023, 251/2 × 20 in. (64.77 × 50.8 cm).
Maess Anand, Metastasis II, 2014, pen and marker on paper, 787/8 × 59 in. (200.41 × 149.86 cm).
Maess Anand, Thrombocytopenia / Fall in platelet count, 2014, pen and marker on paper, 395/16 × 271/2 in. (99.82 × 69.85 cm).
