Past Residents
Past Resident
2019: Tauck Ritzau Innovative Philanthropy, Dennis Elliott Founder's Fund
Younes Baba-Ali
Younes Baba-Ali makes art that is unconventional and critical, mostly in public space or places uncommon to art practice. He holds a mirror up to society and confronts it with its ingrained habits and dysfunctions. Baba-Ali’s work often assumes the form of the readymade, but underneath its facade of simplicity there is a complex exercise in balance at work. He integrates technology, objects, sound, video and photography with political, social and ecological issues.
Younes Baba-Ali has exhibited work at ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany; BOZAR – Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium; and MACAAL, Marrakech, Morocco, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
Artists at Work: Oleksiy Radynski and Younes Baba-Ali
July 30, 2019, 6:30–8pm

Younes Baba-Ali, Paraboles, 2011-19, in situ installation with satellite dishes and preprogrammed system.

Younes Baba-Ali, Untitled (Kanal), 2018, in situ installation.

Younes Baba-Ali, Untitled (Megaphones), 2014, sound installation with megaphones.

Younes Baba-Ali, Carroussa Sonore, 2012, vending cart and sound system.

Younes Baba-Ali, Without Negotiation, 2018, installation with video and glass cases containing objects.
Residents from Morocco
Past Resident
2019: William Paterson University
Julie Nagle
Julie Nagle’s current work explores the intimate relationship between ancestry, mortality, and humanities’ place among other species. She appropriates and recasts methods and research from the sciences to explore how they enter our personal lives. Throughout her practice, Nagle interweaves seemingly disparate ideologies, carving out complex spaces to re-imagine what we think we understand.
Julie Nagle has exhibited work at Penn State Altoona; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, among others.

Julie Nagle, Eternal Currents, 2019, sculpture, dimensions variable.

Julie Nagle, Bella Dama, 2016-18, aqua resin, dirt, glass beads, stainless steel bucket, horse blanket, trowels, brush, leather gloves, LED lights, brass, steel, and paint, 84 × 108 × 24 in. (213.36 × 274.32 × 60.96 cm).

Julie Nagle, Bloodlines, 2017, steel, moss, and glass beads, 40 × 50 × 24 in. (101.6 × 127 × 60.96 cm).

Julie Nagle, Darkness There Was at First by Darkness Hidden, 2018, brass, resin, cast glass, speaker, amp, and portable TV tuned to static, dimensions variable.

Julie Nagle, Saturnalia, 2018, skull of a pig roasted at the artist's wedding, beads, brass, steel, and paint.
Residents from United States
Past Resident
2019: Finnish Cultural Institute in New York, Alfred Kordelin Foundation
Honkasalo-Niemi-Virtanen
Honkasalo-Niemi-Virtanen is a Helsinki-based collective of three artists working in the fields of music, theatre, sculpture and time-based arts. Their research-oriented and multi-disciplinary practice has as its main focal point the tension between historical narratives and the uncertain borderlands between scientific facts, myths and imagination.
Honkasalo-Niemi-Virtanen have exhibited work at Sinne Gallery, Helsinki; Helsinki International Artist Programme; and Kunsthalle Helsinki, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2019 Fall Open Studios
November 15–November 16, 2019

Honkasalo-Niemi-Virtanen, Chimera, 2018, mixed media and video, 10 min.

Honkasalo-Niemi-Virtanen, Chimera, 2018, mixed media, dimensions variable.

Honkasalo-Niemi-Virtanen, 7 Days Before Deluge, 2017, video, 20 min.

Honkasalo-Niemi-Virtanen, Terminal Beach, 2018, video, 10 min.

Honkasalo-Niemi-Virtanen, Share the Fantasy, 2017, mixed media.