Past Residents
Past Resident2022: Danish Arts Foundation
Silas Inoue
Silas Inoue’s practice is characterized by an idiosyncratic approach to nature and natural sciences, and a style he describes as Quasi-Asian in reference to he’s mixed Danish and Japanese heritage. He makes use of classic as well as less conventional materials, including sugar, cooking oil, mold and other living organisms. Combining intuitive methods with more analytic observations of the world, he creates works that are humorous, sensorial, and thought evoking. Interested in how different life forms are distributed, Inoue explores ideas around consumption/formation, ecological/economic growth, and connectedness between the species and the planetary.
Silas Inoue has exhibited work at ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark; Augustiana Kunsthal, Augustenborg, Denmark; and Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2021 Fall Open Studios
November 13, 2021
Silas Inoue, Infrastructure, 2020, clear acrylic, wood, silicon, radiant acrylic, plastic, mold, bronze respiratory system, 1711/16 × 511/2 × 1113/16 in. (44.96 × 130.81 × 29.97 cm).
Silas Inoue, Installation view of eat & becʘ̃me at Huset for Kunst & Design, 2020. Jonas Søgaard.
Silas Inoue, Installation view of Young Danish Art–Forecasting the Future at ARKEN Museum of Modern Art. David Stjernholm.
Silas Inoue, ∞, 2019, pencil, watercolor, and dirt on paper in stainless steel frame, 195/16 × 24 in. (49.02 × 60.96 cm).
Silas Inoue, Wolf Pack, 2018, pencil on paper, Walnut frame, 343/16 × 475/8 × 25/16 in. (86.87 × 120.9 × 5.84 cm).
Kubra Khademi
Kubra Khademi considers herself as a multidisciplinary artist. Interested in subjects of female identity such as sexuality, she has—for the past few years—been creating performances and performative videos where her body is always at the center. Recently, using personal stories as raw material for art, she has returned to her drawing practices of self-portraits and images of women.
Kubra Khademi has exhibited work at Galerie Eric Mouchet, Paris; MUCEM, Marseille; and Palais de Tokyo, Paris, among others.
Kubra Khademi, The Warm War, 2019, gouache on paper and gold, 141 × 95 in. (358.14 × 241.3 cm).
Kubra Khademi, Untitled, 2019, gouache on paper and gold, 39 × 31 in. (99.06 × 78.74 cm).
Kubra Khademi, Untitled, 2019, gouache on paper and gold, 29 × 22 in. (73.66 × 55.88 cm).
Kubra Khademi, The Great Accord, 2019, gouache on paper, 39 × 29 in. (99.06 × 73.66 cm).
Kubra Khademi, Falak, 2019, gouache on paper and gold, 47 × 74 in. (119.38 × 187.96 cm).
Past Resident2021: Italian Cultural Institute of New York
Francesco Simeti
Francesco Simeti creates site-specific installations, which the artist describes as “aesthetically enchanting scenes” that reveal a complex subtext upon closer inspection. Since the late nineties, he has explored the environmental crisis, the numerous conflicts and consequent displacements of people, through sculptures and video animations. The artist conceive of these as a form of collage.
Francesco Simeti has exhibited work at Castello di Rivoli, Torino, Italy; Mass Moca, North Adams; and Rhode Island School of Design among others.
Francesco Simeti, Unrelenting, 2020, animation projection, 5 min. loop.
Francesco Simeti, Curtain, 2017, printed velvet, 2285/16 × 1023/8 in. (579.88 × 260.1 cm).
Francesco Simeti, Curtain (detail), 2017, printed velvet, 2285/16 × 1023/8 in. (579.88 × 260.1 cm).
Francesco Simeti, Swell, 2017, printed sintra and motors, dimensions variable.
Francesco Simeti, Bensonhurst Gardens, 2012, printed glass, dimensions variable.
Residents from Italy
Raffaela Naldi Rossano
The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies, Columbia University, Italian Cultural Institute of New York, Directorate-General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture
2024
