Current Resident: Jan 1, 2021–Jun 30, 2021
Italian Cultural Institute of New York
Studio #201
Artist
Francesco Simeti
Francesco Simeti creates site-specific installations, which the artist describes as “aesthetically enchanting scenes” that reveal a complex subtext upon closer inspection. Since the late nineties, he has explored the environmental crisis, the numerous conflicts and consequent displacements of people, through sculptures and video animations. The artist conceive of these as a form of collage.
Francesco Simeti has exhibited work at Castello di Rivoli, Torino, Italy; Mass Moca, North Adams; and Rhode Island School of Design among others.
francescosimeti.comEvents & Exhibitions
2021 Spring Open Studios
April 27–April 28, 2021
Francesco Simeti, Unrelenting, 2020, animation projection, 5 min. loop.
Francesco Simeti, Curtain, 2017, printed velvet, 2285/16 × 1023/8 in. (579.88 × 260.1 cm).
Francesco Simeti, Curtain (detail), 2017, printed velvet, 2285/16 × 1023/8 in. (579.88 × 260.1 cm).
Francesco Simeti, Swell, 2017, printed sintra and motors, dimensions variable.
Francesco Simeti, Bensonhurst Gardens, 2012, printed glass, dimensions variable.
Current Resident: Mar 1, 2021–May 31, 2021
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
Studio #202
Artist
Joani Tremblay
Joani Tremblay investigates the perception of place through the relationship between landscape and its simulations and reproductions. Instead of painting from traditional observed landscapes, the artist assembles constructed ideas of a place from a variety of sources including advertisements, postcards, Instagram architecture influencers, social media, mass communications, and field researches. Tremblay assembles these images into digital collages to test hundreds of possibilities before applying paint.
Joani Tremblay has exhibited work at Harper’s Gallery, New York; Marie-Laure Fleisch Gallery, Brussels; and Interstate Projects, Brooklyn, among others.
joanitremblay.comEvents & Exhibitions
2021 Spring Open Studios
April 27–April 28, 2021
Joani Tremblay, Quaderno, 2019, oil on linen, 30 × 36 in. (76.2 × 91.44 cm).
Joani Tremblay, Quaderno 6, 2019, oil on linen, 30 × 36 in. (76.2 × 91.44 cm).
Joani Tremblay, What Makes Life Worth Living, 2020, Installation view at Projet Pangee Gallery, Montreal, dimensions variable.
Joani Tremblay, Lemons for Catherine, 2020, oil on linen, 30 × 36 in. (76.2 × 91.44 cm).
Joani Tremblay, Untitled, 2021, oil on linen, 30 × 36 in. (76.2 × 91.44 cm).
Current Resident: May 1, 2021–Aug 31, 2021
Studio #203
Artist
Frank Yefeng Wang
Frank Wang Yefeng works across various media, including 3D animation, video installation, sculpture, and writing. His migratory experience at a young age drives him to explore his reality as a multicultural individual. The estrangement of the origin and the absence of home turn “in-betweenness” into his constant dwelling. Ambivalent characters play essential roles in Yefeng’s works, where he explores the transmission of affect and the in-between states of nomadic subjects in both virtual and physical realms.
Frank Wang Yefeng has exhibited work at BRIC Biennial, Brooklyn; Hyundai Motorstudio Beijing, China; and Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, among others.
wangyefeng.com
Frank Yefeng Wang, BIRDS Volume II - Slow Spectre, 2021, 3D animation with sound, writing; outdoor billboards, 2:40 min., dimensions variable.
Frank Yefeng Wang, BIRDS Volume I, 2019, 3D animation, 4K single-channel video, 2.1 sound, writing, 12:52 min.
Frank Yefeng Wang, The House of the Solitary, 2020, 3D animation, 4K single-channel video, 2.1 sound, writing, loop.
Frank Yefeng Wang, The Whimsical Characters - Made Ready, 2021, 3D animation, public LED screens, loop.
Frank Yefeng Wang, The Groundless Protag, 2020, 3D animation, motion capture, loop.
