Past Residents
Past Resident2025: The New York Community Trust’s Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund
Bryan Fernandez
Bryan Fernandez is a Dominican-American artist from Washington Heights, New York, whose practice centers on the visibility of marginalized communities from his cultural background. As an Afro-Dominican, he has observed the lack of authentic representation of his demographic in white media. In response, Bryan creates large-scale figurative mixed media works that tell the stories of his people, challenging colonial and anti-Black narratives.
Bryan Fernandez has exhibited work at The Shed, New York; Bronx Museum, New York; and New Image Art, Los Angeles, among others.
Bryan Fernandez, Cansado Por el Dia, 2024, oil pastel, cardboard, yarn, denim, xerox paper, decorative fabric, shirt, acrylic paint, relief print on Fabriano paper, and tobacco.
Bryan Fernandez, Jajaja Jajaja Jajaja, 2024, oil pastel, cardboard, yarn, denim, xerox paper, decorative fabric, shirt, acrylic paper, relief print on Fabriano paper, found stickers, paper clay, milk crates, rope, led lights, aluminum foil, and tobacco on wood panel.
Residents from United States
Aryel René Jackson
Studio #305
Hanae Utamura
Studio #201
Past Resident2024: Estonian Contemporary Art Development Center
Karel Koplimets
Karel Koplimets is a photo, video, and installation artist who explores themes such as urban space, fear, prejudice, and climate change. His work is driven by a desire to understand patterns in human behavior and sociopolitical processes. Koplimets often incorporates stories, cases, or phenomena into his pieces, offering the viewer a narrative experience. His recent projects focus on emerging technologies, the fears associated with them, and their impact on climate change.
Karel Koplimets has exhibited work at Videobrasil, Brazil; Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Finland; and Manifesta 9 Genk, Belgium, among others.
Karel Koplimets, Your Order Is on Its Way, 2021, 4K video, colour, and sound, 7:28 min.
Karel Koplimets, Case No 13. Waiting for the Ship of Empties, 2017, performance installation and documentation , dimensions variable.
Past Resident2025: The New York Community Trust’s Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund
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.
Nifemi Ogunro, Untitled, 2021, sculpture/furniture, 12 × 491/2 × 9 in. (30.48 × 125.73 × 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, 15 × 24 × 15 in. (38.1 × 60.96 × 38.1 cm).
Nifemi Ogunro, Reth, 2022, sculpture/furniture, 4 × 8 × 9 in. (10.16 × 20.32 × 22.86 cm).
Nifemi Ogunro, Topé, 2020, sculpture/furniture, 9 × 49 × 13 in. (22.86 × 124.46 × 33.02 cm).
Residents from United States
Aryel René Jackson
Studio #305
Hanae Utamura
Studio #201