Past Residents
Past Resident2022: SAHA Association
Sümer Sayin
Sümer Sayin works with transformed objects as sculptures to investigate how we perceive our environment and how we can create alternative realities. Through playful visual interventions, Sayin creates conceptual and contextual alterations. She transforms systems, tools, and objects that are used to define our surroundings, movements or presence in one way or another to create poetic meanings and visible connections.
Sümer Sayin has exhibited work at R E I T E R, Berlin; Depo, Istanbul; 2015 Lyon Biennial, Jeune Création International, Lyon, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2022 Spring Open Studios
April 22–April 23, 2022
Sümer Sayin, Your Untitled Stone, 2020, stone, sculpture, and c-print photo, dimensions variable
Sümer Sayin, Action Plan, 2018, wood, ropes, and hooks, dimensions variable
Sümer Sayin, It Is Still Light Outside, 2018, mirrors and spotlight, 50 × 35 in. (127 × 88.9 cm)
Sümer Sayin, Access, Your Personal Key, 2018, 3D print (alumide) and catalog, dimensions variable
Sümer Sayin, What If, 2017, Installation, lifebuoy and plexiglass boards
Residents from Germany
Past Resident2022: Fire Station - Qatar Museums
Hana Al-Saadi
Hana Al-Saadi’s work explores the effects of her cultural society and the use of social media to generate discussions with anonymous identities and the space between privacy and the public. She works with archives, sound, and household items to create and assemble spontaneous installations.
Hana Al-Saadi has exhibited work at Cosmoscow, Moscow; The WaterFire Arts Center, Providence; and Fire Station – Qatar Museums, among others.
Hana Al-Saadi, Endless Work, Unless the Power is Out, 2015, sewing machine, canvas, wood, sneaker, and cement, dimensions variable
Hana Al-Saadi, Endless Game, Unless the Power is Out, 2015, fans, woods, and plexiglass, dimensions variable
Hana Al-Saadi, Untitled, 2929, resin, 11 × 11 in. (27.94 × 27.94 cm)
Hana Al-Saadi, If you need help, wear yellow, 2021, ink on newsprint, dimensions variable
Residents from Qatar
Past Resident2022: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Ana Manso
The work of Ana Manso is ingrained deeply in the medium of painting, making the canvas or raw wall surface a place of encounter between the real world and the imaginary. Free of structure, order, and rationale, Manso uses the language of abstraction and color, where the resemblance of forms, driven by chance, is coincidental and uninviting to interpretation, favoring instead a sense of spirituality and mystery.
Ana Manso has exhibited work at Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto; FUTURA Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague; and the Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art, Luxembourg City, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2022 Spring Open Studios
April 22–April 23, 2022
Ana Manso, 7-03-02, 2017, soft pastel, wax crayon, sand paint and water based paint on wall, exhibition view at yo-yo, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves . Photo by Filipe Braga, © Fundação de Serralves, Porto.
Ana Manso, Agar, 2018, oil on canvas, 311/2 × 1511/16 in. (80.01 × 39.88 cm). Photo by Bruno Lopes
Ana Manso, uvas, 2019, soft pastel on wall. Photo by Dinis Santos
Ana Manso, Tomorrow's weather, 2020, soft pastel on wall,oil on cardboard and straw hat, oil on canvas. Photo by Danilo Donzelli
Ana Manso, 1984, 2020, oil on canvas, 901/2 × 127/8 in. (229.87 × 32.7 cm). Photo by Bruno Lopes
