Past Residents
Past Resident2019: Lenore G. Tawney Foundation
Sophy Naess
Sophy Naess is a multimedia artist based in New Haven who works with painting, printmaking, weaving, and writing.
Sophy Naess has exhibited work at 321 Gallery, Brooklyn; 17ESSEX, New York; and Växjö Konsthall, Sweden, among others. She is a lecturer in the Painting and Printmaking program at Yale University School of Art, and Director of Chateau d’Eau, an exhibition platform for artist designed fragrances.
Sophy Naess, Untitled (To Plumb), 2017, handwoven cotton fiber, 68 × 96 in. (172.72 × 243.84 cm)
Sophy Naess, Slow Thing, 2018, handwoven silk and cotton fiber, 98 × 120 in. (248.92 × 304.8 cm)
Sophy Naess, Jämtlands Giverny, 2018, handwoven cotton fiber, 180 × 108 in. (457.2 × 274.32 cm)
Sophy Naess, All The Things You Are, 2017, oil, acrylic, gouache, and paper on canvas, 13 x 11 each
Sophy Naess, a Tergo, 2016, handwoven silk and cotton fiber, 130 × 96 in. (330.2 × 243.84 cm)
Residents from United States
Johannes Heldén
Johannes Heldén’s interdisciplinary works deals with artificial intelligence, ecology, poetry, science fiction, sentience, nature and interactive narrative structures. He is the author of sixteen books, the most recent being New New Hampshire & Clouds, 2017, and Astroecology, 2016. Astroecology was published simultaneously in three languages, made into an interdisciplinary performance at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, and into a digital artwork published by Bonniers Konsthall. He has published four music albums and seven interactive online works of poetry and visual art.
Johannes Heldén has exhibited work at the Riga Biennial; Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm; and Centre Pompidou, Paris, among others. He is the recipient of the inaugural N. Katherine Hayles Award.
Johannes Heldén, Encyclopedia, 2015-18, AI-generated extinct species, each one unique, dimensions variable
Johannes Heldén, Astroecology, 2016-17, poetry book, performance, animation, sound, photographs, and watercolor, dimensions variable
Johannes Heldén, Evolution, 2013-15, AI, www.textevolution.net
Johannes Heldén, Jackdaw (Mutations 2015-2047), 2015, 3D-printed sculpture, 4.7 x 2 x 6 in. each
Johannes Heldén, First Contact, 2011, mixed media, 7 × 12 × 2 in. (17.78 × 30.48 × 5.08 cm)
Residents from Sweden
Past Resident2019: ISCP Alumni Fund2016: SAHA Association
belit sağ
belit sağ’s ongoing artistic and moving image practice largely focuses on the role of visual representations in the experience and perception of political conflicts and violence in Turkey, Germany, and the Netherlands. Recent works include a video piece that centers around the concepts and practices of conserving, conversing, absences and re-enactment.
belit sağ’swork has been exhibited in international art spaces including PEER UK and LUX, London; EYE Film Museum, Amsterdam; and documenta 14, Kassel, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
Artists at Work: Matilda Aslizadeh and belit sağ
July 2, 2019, 6:30–8pm
belit sağ, Tomáš Rafa and Siddhartha Mitter on Concrete Truth: Art and the Documentary
January 23, 2018, 6:30–8pm
Concrete Truth: Art and the Documentary
October 24, 2017–February 16, 2018
Spring Open Studios 2016
April 29–April 30, 2016
belit sağ, cut-out, 2018, video, 4 min
belit sağ, what remains, 2018, video, 7:10 min
belit sağ, (Against) Randomness, 2017, video, 2:20 min
belit sağ, disruption, 2016, video, 5 min
belit sağ, Ayhan and me, 2016, video, 14:30
