Current Resident: Nov 1, 2024–Dec 31, 2024
Danish Arts Foundation
Studio #304
Artist
Jens Settergren
Jens Settergren’s work delves into the production of collective imaginaries and visual culture within late-capitalist society. Using video, sculpture, sound, and installation, he examines the collective fears and fantasies of contemporary life, often in relation to technology and nature. His work investigates the realities images construct and the power they wield, capturing both grand, iconic visuals and placing everyday objects and commercial imagery in unfamiliar contexts.
Jens Settergren has exhibited work at die raum, Germany; Copenhagen Contemporary, Denmark; and Kunsthal Aarhus, Denmark, among others.
Past Residencies
Events & Exhibitions
Spring Open Studios 2019
March 29–March 30, 2019
Jens Settergren, Milk Plus, 2024, transparent LED screen, LED pharmacy signs, 8.1 surround sound, dimensions variable
Jens Settergren, Harvest, 2024, stainless steel and chameleon paint, 14 × 1 in. (35.56 × 2.54 cm)
Jens Settergren, Architect, 2023, glass mosaic
Jens Settergren, GhostBlind Loading, 2021, rock speakers, electronic hunting pigeons, hunting mirror panels, plastic leaves, 5-channel surround sound, dimensions variable
Jens Settergren, The Copenhagen Interpretation, 2023, stainless steel, glass insulators and 6-channel surround sound
Residents from Denmark
Current Resident: Oct 1, 2024–Dec 31, 2024
Canada Council for the Arts
Studio #305
Artist
Kara Springer
Kara Springer’s work centers on armature—the underlying structure that holds the body in place. Using photography, sculpture, and site-specific interventions, she explores systems of structural power and support. Her practice is deeply rooted in processes of care and attentiveness, focused on understanding the specificities of a given context and environment. This sensitivity allows her to consider how a structure might exist sustainably in relation to the world around it.
Kara Springer has exhibited work at Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; and Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, among others.
karaspringer.ca
Kara Springer, The Shape of Mountains, 2023, double-sided inkjet prints on rice paper, poplar wood support structures, ceramic fragments, 120 × 72 in. (304.8 × 182.88 cm)
Kara Springer, Judith Mae Part III, 2023, two double-sided lightboxes, dimming mechanism, arduino panels, power source units, wood support structure, dimensions variable
Kara Springer, Do I have to build you a fucking pyramid?, 2021, double-sided prints on dibond panels, poplar wood, dimensions variable
Kara Springer, The Earth & All Its Inhabitants, 2019, double-sided light box, found materials, dimensions variable
Kara Springer, I / must be given words, 2022, twelve double-sided lightboxes, dimming mechanism, arduino panels, power source units, wood support structure, dimensions variable
Current Resident: Dec 1, 2024–Jan 31, 2025
Artis
Studio #306
Artist
Nardeen Srouji
Nardeen Srouji’s work delves into the gaps between stability and instability, placement and displacement, familiarity and estrangement. Transitioning between sculpture and installation, she appropriates familiar objects, images, and sounds from her surroundings, transforming them into interventions that challenge viewers to reconfigure their understanding and relationship with the world. Recently, her focus has shifted to site-specific art, exploring how processes take form within the multilayered dynamics of the body in relation to place, space, and time.
Nardeen Srouji has exhibited work at A M Qattan Foundation; Haifa Museum of Art; and Tel Aviv Museum of Art, all in Israel and in Palestine, among others.
nardeensrouji.com
Nardeen Srouji, Columns, 2019, site-specific installation, 150 × 65 × 16 in. (381 × 165.1 × 40.64 cm)
Nardeen Srouji, Arches, 2019, sculpture, 16 × 11 × 8 in. (40.64 × 27.94 × 20.32 cm)
Nardeen Srouji, Momentum, 2020, mixed media installation, 150 × 90 × 60 in. (381 × 228.6 × 152.4 cm)
Nardeen Srouji, Level Up, 2022, video art installation, 2 min loop
Nardeen Srouji, Orange, 2024, sculpture, 120 × 40 × 40 in. (304.8 × 101.6 × 101.6 cm)
