Past Residents
Past Resident2023: Danish Arts Foundation
Carl Mannov
Carl Mannov uses painting and other mediums to explore the role that fiction plays in the formation of identity, drawing on his own experience and theatrical upbringing as a source of maxims.
Carl Mannov has exhibited work at Salzburger Kunstverein, Austria; Overgaden Contemporary Art Institute, Denmark; and La Casa Encendida, Spain, among others.
Carl Mannov, Forestilling (Apparition/Play), 2023, gesso, acrylic, linen and resin on cotton canvas mounted on wood and aluminum, 435/16 × 591/8 × 13/16 in. (109.98 × 150.11 × 3.05 cm).
Installation view of 'The fiction reader' and 'Veil' from Den Frie by Carl Mannov, Centre of Contemporary Art, 2023.
Carl Mannov, Chamber Play (Roots), 2021, pencil, watercolor and guache on papers and artist-made passepartout, 317/8 × 161/2 × 11/16 in. (81.03 × 41.91 × 1.78 cm).
Installation view of 'Chamber Play' by Carl Mannov at Overgaden Contemporary Art Institute, 2021.
Installation view of 'Kammerspil (Chamber Play)' by Carl Mannov at Overgaden Contemporary Art Institute, 2021.
Residents from Denmark
Past Resident2023: Danish Arts Foundation
Hannibal Andersen
Hannibal Andersen creates images, objects, interventions and performances that address the role of the economy in society. He gives intangible economic conditions physical form, revealing their relationship to art and existence. His works pose amusing and embarrassing issues about capital’s authority, limitlessness, and invisible power.
Hannibal Andersen has exhibited work at Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen; P.E.T Projects, Athens; and The National Museum of 21st Century Arts, Rome, among others.
Hannibal Andersen, $!?, 2022, trademarked paint, 394 × 748 in. (1000.76 × 1899.92 cm).
Hannibal Andersen, The Abstract Expression of Privatization, 2022, readymade jpegs printed on artpaper, clip-frames and neutral grey backdrop, 70 × 83 in. (177.8 × 210.82 cm).
Hannibal Andersen, Everything Under the Sun, 2023, mixed media, dimensions variable.
Hannibal Andersen, Everything Must Go!, 2022, video/animation and LED ad-screen, 15 sec.
Hannibal Andersen, Møntfod (Coin Foot), 2021, CNC-cut styropor, polyurea coating and paint, 47 × 79 × 32 in. (119.38 × 200.66 × 81.28 cm).
Residents from Denmark
Current Resident: Apr 1, 2023–May 31, 2025
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
Azita Moradkhani
Azita Moradkhani’s practice is heavily influenced by Persian art, culture, and politics as a result of her upbringing in Tehran. Her work centers on the female body and its exposure to various social norms, examining the experience of personal insecurity and the sensitivity of the dynamics of vulnerability and violence.
Azita Moradkhani has exhibited work at Jane Lombard Gallery, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, China; and Royal Academy of Arts, England, among others.
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Azita Moradkhani, Beautiful Eye, 2023, colored pencil, 26 × 40 in. (66.04 × 101.6 cm).
Azita Moradkhani, Cycle, 2018, paper clay, colored pencil, and tree branch, 10 × 14 × 4 in. (25.4 × 35.56 × 10.16 cm).
Azita Moradkhani, The End, 2022, colored pencil, 19 × 24 in. (48.26 × 60.96 cm).
Azita Moradkhani, Her, 2022, colored pencil, 19 × 24 in. (48.26 × 60.96 cm).
Azita Moradkhani, Pink Boys, 2021, colored pencil, 26 × 40 in. (66.04 × 101.6 cm).
Ground Floor Residents
Hong Seon Jang
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, 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, New York City Council District 34, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, Hartfield Foundation, Danna and Ed Ruscha, The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation
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