Current Residents
Current Resident: Oct 1, 2025–Dec 31, 2025
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
Studio #222
Artist
Swapnaa Tamhane
Swapnaa Tamhane’s research begins with the material histories of cotton and jute in India. She approaches her practice through the lens of drawing, which has expanded into papermaking and large-scale textile installations. Since 2018, she has collaborated closely with woodblock carvers, block printers, and embroiderers in Kutch, Gujarat, India, through processes of skill-sharing and exchange. Her work seeks to dissolve and decolonize the hierarchies between art, craft, and design established under British colonial rule in India.
Swapnaa Tamhane has exhibited work at Mead Art Museum, Massachusetts; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto; and Surrey Art Gallery, British Columbia, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2025 Fall Open Studios
November 14–November 15, 2025
Swapnaa Tamhane, Mobile Palace, 2020-2021, block print and natural dyes on cotton, appliqué and beading, dimensions variable. Photography by Paul Eekhoff/ROM.
Swapnaa Tamhane, Mobile Palace, 2020-2021, block print and natural dyes on cotton, appliqué and beading, dimensions variable. Photo by Dennis Ha.
Swapnaa Tamhane, Never Was a Man, 2025, achadiyas, appliqué and mirrors on steel dowels, 52 × 871/2 in. (132.08 × 222.25 cm). Photo by Jean-Michael Seminaro.
Swapnaa Tamhane, Cabinet, 2025, block print on cotton and mirror cabinet with achadiyas, dimensions variable. Patel Brown Gallery, Toronto. Photo by Darren Rigo.
Swapnaa Tamhane, And And, 2024, pencil on archival board, 16 × 19 in. (40.64 × 48.26 cm). Photo by Jean-Michael Seminaro.
Residents from Canada
Current Resident: Oct 1, 2025–Dec 31, 2025
IASPIS - The Swedish Arts Grants Committee's International Programme for Visual Artists
Studio #215
Artist
Gunilla Klingberg
Gunilla Klingberg’s spatial installations investigate the viral nature of visual language in everyday life. Through the use of generic symbols and signs, often repeated, she evokes unseen transcendental and spiritual patterns woven into daily experience. Her works extend beyond the exhibition space, resonating with cosmic forces such as moon phases, tides, and energy lines. In her latest series, she turns to themes of loss, absence, and presence, focusing on the subtle vibrations of the body.
Gunilla Klingberg has exhibited work at Skissernas Museum, Sweden; Bonniers konsthall, Sweden; and The 11th Gwangju Biennale, South Korea, among others.
gunillaklingberg.comEvents & Exhibitions
2025 Fall Open Studios
November 14–November 15, 2025
Gunilla Klingberg, Spirit of the woods (Silvia), 2024, aluminium, dimensions variable. Skissernas Museum, Sweden.
Gunilla Klingberg, Whirlwind and The red thread, 2024, dimensions variable. Skissernas Museum, Sweden.
Gunilla Klingberg, The red thread (Katarina), 2023, terrazzo concrete, mock-up, dimensions variable. Slussen Bus Terminal, Sweden.
Gunilla Klingberg, Wheel of Everyday Life, 2021, concrete, 14000 × 240 in. (35559.98 × 609.6 cm). One Burrard Place, Vancouver .
Gunilla Klingberg, A Sign In Space, 2012, sandprint. Laga, Spain.
Residents from Sweden
Current Resident: Sep 1, 2025–Feb 28, 2026
Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Residency
Studio #304
Artist
Ronald Hall
Ronald Hall seamlessly blends fiction and nonfiction in his narrative paintings, crafting otherworldly spaces where figures contemplate and navigate the complexities of the past, present, and future. Hall transforms domestic interiors, plantation architecture, and symbolic landscapes into dreamlike spaces where the past, present, and future collide. His narrative paintings often center the Black figure as both subject and witness, navigating complex legacies of race, identity, and social construction.
Ronald Hall has exhibited work at Bronx Museum of The Arts, New York; Duane Thomas Gallery, New York; and The Susquehanna Art Museum, Pennsylvania, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2025 Fall Open Studios
November 14–November 15, 2025
Ronald Hall, Inner City Dreamscape, 2024, acrylic, sand and flashe on linen, 30 × 22 in. (76.2 × 55.88 cm).
Ronald Hall, Madams of The Black Ether, 2023, acrylic, sand and flashe on linen, 52 × 60 in. (132.08 × 152.4 cm).
Ronald Hall, Making Sense of A Lullaby, 2024, acrylic, sand and flashe on linen, 53 × 40 in. (134.62 × 101.6 cm).
Ronald Hall, Cataclysmic Negritude, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 60 × 49 in. (152.4 × 124.46 cm).
Ronald Hall, The Virtual Absence of Platitudes, 2023, acrylic, sand and flashe on linen, 42 × 30 in. (106.68 × 76.2 cm).
