Past Residents
Past Resident2022: Pola Art Foundation2021: Pola Art Foundation
Saya Irie
Saya Irie’s work is inspired from everyday life and its ties to the distant past. Irie modifies objects by means of reduction, working with books, photographs, banknotes, and soaps, amongst others objects. Her practice is based on the idea that life continues to exist in an imperceptible sphere even after its external form disappears.
Saya Irie has exhibited work at Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art; Setouchi Triennale, Shōdoshima, Kagawa, Japan; and Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, among others.
Saya Irie, Kannon Dust (Kukurihime), 2016, Japanese hanging scroll and eraser shavings, figure: 7 x 4.7 x 2.4 in.; hanging scroll: 24 x 71 in
Saya Irie, Mau Dust, 2016, charm and eraser shavings, figure: 5 x 6 x 2.4 in., charm: 20 x 28 in
Saya Irie, Mary Dust, 2020, Kapanese hanging scroll and eraser shavings, figure: 2.4 x 1.7 x1.5 in.; hanging scroll: 16 x 9.4 x0.6 in
Saya Irie, Disny Dust, 2015, children's book and eraser shavings, figure: 5 x 3.5 x 2.3 in., book: 7.8 x 12 in
Saya Irie, Jyashouten Dust, 2019, Japanese hanging scroll, cardboard boxes, and eraser shavings, 90 x 70 x 12 in
Past Resident2022: Vision Fund
Ferguson Amo
Ferguson Amo works across various mediums, including hyper realistic drawings, installations, and mixed media. Originally from Koforidua, Ghana, the artist explores contemporary African identity in the diaspora and examines the intricate details of history and experiences of cultural diffusion, and its assimilation, through representation. Through each work, Amo asks “how as an audience, can we move the image of black bodies and ‘blackness’ toward emancipation?”
Ferguson Amo has exhibited work at VisArts, Rockville; Kente Royal Gallery and The Immigrant Artist Biennial, both New York City, among others.
Ferguson Amo, RGBlackLivesMatter, 2020, pen, embroidery, plastic, and kente cloth on paper, 39 × 30 in. (99.06 × 76.2 cm)
Ferguson Amo, Dual Self, 2018, pen and gold leaf on paper, 45 × 45 in. (114.3 × 114.3 cm)
Ferguson Amo, Black on black, 2019, pen and marker on watercolor paper, 60 × 90 in. (152.4 × 228.6 cm)
Ferguson Amo, Contingent Identity Cards of the African Diaspora, 2019, pen and gold leaf on paper, 16 works, 19 × 22 in. (48.26 × 55.88 cm) each
Ferguson Amo, sistas wisdom, 2017, pen and embroidery on paper, 45 × 90 in. (114.3 × 228.6 cm)
Residents from United States
Past Resident2022: 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, Joseph Robert Foundation, Danna and Ed Ruscha, Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation2013: The Arthur Foundation, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature
Bundith Phunsombatlert
Bundith Phunsombatlert’s recent projects trace the unseen paths of immigrants and their immigration stories through real and imagined landscapes. By merging contemporary technologies with traditional forms of media, the artworks offer a unique definition of new media art defined not simply by the use of technology, but by revealing a fresh new meaning of something old. His work seeks to explore ways that individuals connect with their personal backgrounds and cultural identities to reinvent traditional interpretations of history.
Bundith Phunsombatlert has exhibited work at Auckland Triennial Institution; New Zealand; Guangzhou Triennial, China; and Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Australia, among others. Currently, his projects are on exhibition at the Katonah Museum of Art, Bronx Museum of the Arts, and Stone Avenue Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, all in New York.
Bundith Phunsombatlert, Crossing the Border: Beneath the Blue Sky, ongoing, Cyanotype on fabric mounted on museum board, hung on cable lines, 7 × 4 1/4 in. each
Bundith Phunsombatlert, Memory, Market and Migratory Transition, 2015/2017/ongoing, electronic media (total of forty-nine video clips from seven locations in NYC played based on the mechanic system of View-Master stereoscopes and reels), variable dimensions
Bundith Phunsombatlert, Memory, Market and Migratory Transition, 2015/2017/ongoing, electronic media (total of forty-nine video clips from seven locations in NYC played based on the mechanic system of View-Master stereoscopes and reels), variable dimensions
Bundith Phunsombatlert, Sunny Garden in Blue: Stories from the Caribbean to Brooklyn, ongoing, digital and cyanotype versions, 14 1/4 × 20 in. each
Bundith Phunsombatlert, Returning Dialogue: Fragments of Blue and White Porcelain (Transatlantic Slave Trade Series), 2019, digital printing transfers on porcelain, 27 × 16 × 2 in. (68.58 × 40.64 × 5.08 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