Current Resident: Sep 1, 2024–Feb 28, 2025
The New York Community Trust’s Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund
Studio #217
Artist
Nifemi Ogunro
Balancing utility and style, Brooklyn-based designer Nifemi Ogunro approaches their design process with equal consideration for both the bodies that interact with their objects and the forms of the objects themselves. While wood is the primary medium for their art and furniture-making practice, Ogunro draws inspiration from photography, film, performance, and movement. They describe their creations as functional sculptures.
Nifemi Ogunro has exhibited work at Side Gallery, Barcelona; and the Denver Art Museum, Colorado, among others.
nifemiogunro.com
Nifemi Ogunro, Untitled, 2021, sculpture/furniture, 491/2 × 12 × 9 in. (125.73 × 30.48 × 22.86 cm)
Nifemi Ogunro, Mrs. Sola, 2020, sculpture/furniture, 15 × 15 × 18 in. (38.1 × 38.1 × 45.72 cm)
Nifemi Ogunro, Tob(i), 2020, sculpture/furniture, 24 × 15 × 15 in. (60.96 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm)
Nifemi Ogunro, Reth, 2022, sculpture/furniture, 8 × 4 × 9 in. (20.32 × 10.16 × 22.86 cm)
Nifemi Ogunro, Topé, 2020, sculpture/furniture, 49 × 9 × 13 in. (124.46 × 22.86 × 33.02 cm)
Residents from United States
Current Resident: Sep 1, 2024–Dec 31, 2024
Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport of Austria
Studio #218
Artist
Irina Lotarevich
Irina Lotarevich’s sculptural practice emerges at the intersection of her personal experience and broader systems. She primarily works with metal fabrication and casting techniques, creating sculptures with minimal yet intricate forms that reference architecture, bureaucracy, labor, language, and parts of her own body, as well as the conditions of the material’s production and circulation.
Irina Lotarevich has exhibited work at Sophie Tappeiner Gallery, Vienna; FUTURA Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague; and Belvedere 21, Vienna, among others.
irinalotarevich.com
Irina Lotarevich, Compressed Structure, 2024, brass, 14 × 37 in. (35.56 × 93.98 cm)
Irina Lotarevich, Modular Body (container ship cross-section), 2023, steel, aluminum and metal shavings, 62 × 68 × 15 in. (157.48 × 172.72 × 38.1 cm)
Irina Lotarevich, Housing Anxiety 6, 2022, aluminum, stainless steel screws and locks and keys, 39 × 59 × 2 in. (99.06 × 149.86 × 5.08 cm)
Irina Lotarevich, Overtime and Pedagogy, 2023, steel, metal residue from bandsaw, plexiglass and rust, 9 × 30 × 9 in. (22.86 × 76.2 × 22.86 cm)
Irina Lotarevich, Stuffed Cells, 2024, brass and stainless steel, 16 × 2 × 3 in. (40.64 × 5.08 × 7.62 cm)
Residents from Austria
Current Resident: Feb 1, 2024–Jan 31, 2025
Mondriaan Fund
Studio #219
Artist
Antonis Pittas
Antonis Pittas’ work revolves around current social and political issues, marked by a profound connection to history. He creates spatial installations that respond to specific contexts, drawing inspiration from architecture, design, art history, the performative aspects of installation art, and its social dynamics. At the core of Pittas’ practice is the question about the relationship between the past and present. His practice delves into significant historical moments of destruction, decay, and resistance, playing a pivotal role in shaping his artistic narrative.
Antonis Pittas has exhibited work at Museum for Contemporary Art – Eindhoven – Van Abbemuseum, The Netherlands; Centraal Museum, The Netherlands; and National Museum of Contemporary Art Αthens (ΕΜΣΤ), Greece, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2024 Spring Open Studios
April 12–April 13, 2024
Antonis Pittas, Paraesthesia, 2023, installation, stones, graphite, memory foam and protective foam, dimensions variable
Antonis Pittas, ACT (with flash), 2022, installation, reflective foil, aluminium, various works by Theo van Doesburg, dimensions variable
Antonis Pittas, ACT, 2022, installation, reflective foil, aluminium, various works by Theo van Doesburg, dimensions variable
Antonis Pittas, ICITIAE, 2020, installation, 18th century sandstone and graphite, dimensions variable
Antonis Pittas, throw hands, 2017, installation, artificial leather and furniture stuffing, dimensions variable
