Past Residents
Past Resident2021: Fire Station - Qatar Museums
Mubarak Al-Thani
Mubarak Al-Thani works with dimensions, colors, geometrics, abstraction, and literal expressionism to capture cities, skylines, horizons, interaction, culture, history and politics. Mubarak was an artist in residence at Doha Fire Station. He is self-taught with a BA from Georgetown School of Foreign Service and an MA in Urban Planning from NYU.
Mubarak Al-Thani has exhibited work at Central Exhibition Hall, Russia; United Nations Headquarters, New York; and Fire Station, Qatar, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2021 Summer Open House
July 28, 2021, 3–9pm
Mubarak Al-Thani, Transport Me, 2021, mixed media on canvas.
Mubarak Al-Thani, Smart City Flourish, 2021, mixed media on canvas.
Mubarak Al-Thani, Body Shaming, 2019, mixed media on canvas.
Mubarak Al-Thani, Residency Shaming, 2019, mixed media on canvas.
Mubarak Al-Thani, Background Shaming, 2018, mixed media on canvas.
Residents from Qatar
Past Resident2021: International Visegrad Fund
Katarzyna Przezwańska
In her artistic practice, Katarzyna Przezwańska combines nature and architecture in an effort to “improve the quality of human life and to make art useful”. The artist is inspired by both vernacular architecture and the 20th century classics as well as geological phenomena and vegetative processes. Przezwańska creates architectural interventions, installations, and sculptures, where she often uses natural materials such as rocks, minerals, and plants.
Katarzyna Przezwańska has exhibited work at Galeria Dawid Radziszewski, Poland; Museum of Modern Art, Poland; and Abteiberg Museum, Germany, among others.
Katarzyna Przezwańska, leaf man, 2020, dry leaves, paint, metal, marble, 10 × 14 × 10 in. (25.4 × 35.56 × 25.4 cm).
Katarzyna Przezwańska, untitled, 2019, clay, lustre, agate geodes, sterculia seedpod, ostrich eggs, shell, coconut shells, branches, 27 × 22 × 15 in. (68.58 × 55.88 × 38.1 cm).
Katarzyna Przezwańska, untitled, 2016, nautilus shell, acrylic paint, 211/16 × 1 in. (6.86 × 2.54 cm).
Katarzyna Przezwańska, untitled (island), 2020, rocks, wood, paint, dimensions variable.
Katarzyna Przezwańska, The pool, 2015, resin, polyurethan, chipboard, dimensions variable.
Past Resident2021: International Visegrad Fund
Jaroslav Kyša
Jaroslav Kyša reflects on contemporary society and confronts viewers with constantly changing presence and the insecure future through use of laws of physics and nature. The artist disrupts functioning of gravity and perception of time by bringing attention to “short circuits” of reality and its understanding, and encourages questioning of general certitudes.
Jaroslav Kyša has exhibited work at Wumin Art Center, South Korea; Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami; and Trafó Galéria, Budapest, among others.
Jaroslav Kyša, Anyone can become anything, 2019, modeling clay, wooden construction, 787 3/8 × 984 1/4 × 984 1/4 in. (2000 × 2500 × 2500 cm).
Jaroslav Kyša, Order of waves, 2020, installation view at Ján Koniarek gallery, Slovakia, video installation, 21 min. collaboration with Tomáš Prištiak, Denis Kozerawski and Dušan Dobiaš.
Jaroslav Kyša, Heaviness of being, 2017, crystal clear resin, glass, stone.
Jaroslav Kyša, I was keeping it all safe for you, 2019, dimensions variable.
Jaroslav Kyša, Degrowth, 2019, found objects calthemites, perspex tubes, dimensions variable.
