Past Residents
Past Resident2023: Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation
Akshay Sethi
Akshay Sethi’s practice takes a mundane approach to exploring the relationship between the personal and the political. He focuses on unnoticed, trivial and repetitive actions of daily life to create works that foster everyday encounters and public spaces.
Akshay Sethi has exhibited work at the 2019 Serendipity Arts Festival; 1Shanthiroad; and India Art Fair, all in India, among others.
Akshay Sethi, What is Dangerous, 2018, ink on paper and photocopies, 8 × 11 in. (20.32 × 27.94 cm).
Akshay Sethi, Bura mat Dekho, Bura mat Suno, Bura mat Bolo, 2018, ink on Indian Railway tickets, 1 × 3 in. (2.54 × 7.62 cm).
Akshay Sethi, Situational Irony of a Stick, 2020, watercolor on paper and stickers, 8 × 11 in. (20.32 × 27.94 cm).
Akshay Sethi, The man and the Rattrap, 2018, charcoal pencil on paper, 5 × 8 in. (12.7 × 20.32 cm).
Akshay Sethi, Mootri, 2018, ink on paper, 5 × 8 in. (12.7 × 20.32 cm).
Past Resident2023: The Kettering Family Foundation
Levon Kafafian
Levon Kafafian is a Detroit-based Armenian-American artist working primarily with textile. Through weaving Kafafian assembles narrative threads of costume, artifact, ritual and installation into stories about possible worlds and potential futures. Their woven fabrics become portals to these other worlds, generating writing that influences future work. They infuse their stories and cloth with future ancestral practice, hybridity and magic, often collaborating toward collective visions.
Levon Kafafian has exhibited work at Stamps Gallery, University of Michigan; Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit; and Arab American National Museum, all in Michigan, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2023 Spring Open Studios
April 21–April 22, 2023
Levon Kafafian, The Summoner, 2021, fiber and media, dimensions variable.
Levon Kafafian, The Summoner, 2021, fiber and media, dimensions variable.
Levon Kafafian, Vanagad, the Obsidian Spirit, 2021, fiber and media, dimensions variable.
Levon Kafafian, Once There Was, Once There Wasn't, 2019, fiber and media, installation, dimensions variable.
Levon Kafafian, Rite of Wild Magic, 2020, fiber, 72 × 12 in. (182.88 × 30.48 cm).
Residents from United States
Past Resident2023: The Puffin Foundation, Dimitri Offengenden, Artist Relief
Kahori Kamiya
In her practice, Kahori Kamiya examines her Japanese identity and womanhood, reflecting on issues of racial discrimination and grief while delving into her own experience with topics like maternity, breastfeeding, and the pandemic. Kamiya employs organic shapes, semi-figurative drawings, and crystals in her painted sculptures to allude to traditional Japanese spirituality and its affinity to nature.
Kahori Kamiy has exhibited work at Solo Exhibition at Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn; Dumbo Arts Festival, Brooklyn; and the 14th WRO Media Art Biennale, Warsaw, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2023 Spring Open Studios
April 21–April 22, 2023
Kahori Kamiya, Long Eclipse, 2023, oil paint, metal leaf, foam, resin, feather, fabric and linen, 120 × 72 in. (304.8 × 182.88 cm).
Kahori Kamiya, Blooming Flow, 2022, clay, acrylic, metal leaf, cinder block and amethyst, 23 × 43 × 22 in. (58.42 × 109.22 × 55.88 cm).
Kahori Kamiya, I Have Been Waiting For You, 2023, clay, plaster, acrylic, foam, raisin, fabric, metal leaf and amethyst, 48 × 80 × 52 in. (121.92 × 203.2 × 132.08 cm).
Kahori Kamiya, I Have Been Waiting For You, 2023, clay, plaster, acrylic, foam, raisin, fabric, metal leaf and amethyst, 48 × 80 × 52 in. (121.92 × 203.2 × 132.08 cm).
Installation view of Kahori Kamiya's solo show "Long Eclipse" at Amos Eno Gallery, 2023.