Past Residents
Past Resident2019: Yoko Ono, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, New York City Council District 34, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, Danna and Ed Ruscha, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature
Martha Skou
Martha Skou is an interdisciplinary artist who moves freely between audible and visual worlds. Both analytical and experimental, her work toys with opposites in color, shape and/or sound. She has created personal universes surrounding her work both in her collaborations and solo projects. Her language is abstract and atmospheric, with compositions in spatial formats as well as two-dimensional media.
Martha Skou has exhibited her work at the Museum of Arts and Design, New York; Telfair Museums, Savannah; and Pioneer Works, New York, among others.
Martha Skou and Louise Foo, Earth, Water, Fire, 2017, wood, conductive ink, and electronics, 18 × 18 in. (45.72 × 45.72 cm)
Martha Skou, Aldante, 2017, textile installation, 200 × 55 in. (508 × 139.7 cm)
Martha Skou, Largo, 2017, textile installation, 60 × 60 in. (152.4 × 152.4 cm)
Martha Skou and Louise Foo, City Birds and Duet, 2017, wood, conductive ink, and electronics, 50 × 50 in. (127 × 127 cm)
Ground Floor Residents
Sarah Zapata
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York City Council District 34, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, Danna and Ed Ruscha, The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Hartfield Foundation
Sasha Wortzel
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, New York City Council District 34, 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, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso
Simon Liu
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, New York City Council District 34, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, Hartfield Foundation, Danna and Ed Ruscha, The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation
Past Resident2018: Edward Steichen Award Luxembourg
Esther Hovers
In her practice, Esther Hovers investigates how power, politics and control are exercised through urban planning and the use of public space. She was trained as a photographer but creates installations in which photographs, drawings, text and film play an equal part. She is interested in finding poetic translations for power structures and technological developments.
Esther Hovers has exhibited at GEM, Museum of Contemporary Art, The Hague; C/O Berlin; and the National Gallery in Prague, among others.
Esther Hovers, False Positives, 2016, installation view, 118 × 157 in. (299.72 × 398.78 cm)
Esther Hovers, False Positives, 2017, mixed media, dimensions variable
Esther Hovers, Structures Of Power Triptych, 2016-18, photographs, linen, and pins, 1911/16 × 1511/16 in. (50.04 × 39.88 cm)
Esther Hovers, Structures Of Power, 2016-18, photographs, linen, and pins, 435/16 × 61 in. (109.98 × 154.94 cm)
Esther Hovers, False Positives, 2017, artist book, 9.5 x 13.4 in. (48 pages)
Residents from The Netherlands
Past Resident2018: Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport of Austria
Benjamin Hirte
Benjamin Hirte uses a combination of objects and text within his works to examine themes of semiotics, slang, and metaphor within cultural histories.
Benjamin Hirte has exhibited work at Museum für moderne Kunst, Frankfurt; Museo Canonica, Villa Borghese, Rome; and Leopold Museum, Vienna, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
Fall Open Studios 2018
November 9–November 10, 2018
Benjamin Hirte, Condo New York, JTT, 2018. Exhibition view at Galerie Emanuel Layr
Benjamin Hirte, The google paragraph (white in black), 2018
Benjamin Hirte, Barrel, 2018
Benjamin Hirte, Untitled, 2018
Benjamin Hirte, The strong Left / Die starke Linke, 2018
