Past Residents
Past Resident2023: SAHA Association
Eda Gecikmez
Eda Gecikmez’s work focuses on gender, identity, and urban politics in relation to the body and space. She connects social and political change to art history and emphasizes both the past and a potential future.
Eda Gecikmez has exhibited work at Goethe-Institut, Ankara; Ashkal Alwan, Beirut; and DEPO, Istanbul, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2023 Spring Open Studios
April 21–April 22, 2023
Eda Gecikmez, The Bird is Unseen, yet its Voice is in the Tree, 2022, site-specific installation with ink drawings and foil print, 1571/2 × 2361/4 in. (400 × 600 cm).
Eda Gecikmez, Broken Open, 2022, collage, 1911/16 × 0 × 471/4 in. (49.99 × 0 × 119.99 cm).
Eda Gecikmez, Distant Landscape, 2018, oil on canvas, 195/16 × 195/16 in. (49 × 49 cm).
Eda Gecikmez, Master Plan, 2016, oil on canvas, 13713/16 × 783/4 in. (349.99 × 200 cm).
Eda Gecikmez, Commandante Toki, 2016, oil on canvas, 393/8 × 471/4 in. (100 × 119.99 cm).
Residents from Turkey
Cem Örgen
Studio #204
Civan Özkanoğlu
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York City Council District 34, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, Hartfield Foundation, Danna and Ed Ruscha
2020
Past Resident2023: Polish Cultural Institute New York, The Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Krupa Gallery
Maess Anand
Maess Anand’s drawings depict cancer-affected organisms. Using scientific materials such as cancer-related databases, microscopic views, histopathology images, Kaplan-Meier curves, and 2D and 3D modeling, Anand transforms the data into visually expressive images.
Maess Anand has exhibited work at The Drawing Center, New York; Wroclaw Contemporary Museum, Poland; and Austrian Culture Forum, Warsaw, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
Artists at Work: Maess Anand and Hulda Rós Gudnadóttir
March 28, 2023, 6–7:30pm
Maess Anand, Breast Cancer, ductal Carcinoma study, 2018, pen and marker drawing on paper, 385/16 × 27.5 in in. (97.28 × 27.5 in cm).
Maess Anand, Red devil, 2023, pen and marker drawing on paper, 251/2 × 20 in. (64.77 × 50.8 cm).
Maess Anand, Pain avoidance, 2023, 251/2 × 20 in. (64.77 × 50.8 cm).
Maess Anand, Metastasis II, 2014, pen and marker on paper, 787/8 × 59 in. (200.41 × 149.86 cm).
Maess Anand, Thrombocytopenia / Fall in platelet count, 2014, pen and marker on paper, 395/16 × 271/2 in. (99.82 × 69.85 cm).
Residents from Germany
Past Resident2023: AES+F
Mikhail Tolmachev
Mikhail Tolmachev is a visual artist working with sound, video, photography, and spatial installations. His research-based practice explores the relationship between images, power, and the politically mediated production reality, as well as the fractures of representation and the violent history of visibility.
Mikhail Tolmachev has exhibited work at Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Russia; Badischer Kunstverein, Germany; and the 2015 Kyiv Biennial, Ukraine, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2023 Spring Open Studios
April 21–April 22, 2023
Mikhail Tolmachev, Pact of silence, 2015, RA-4 prints, 1911/16 × 1911/16 in. (50.04 × 50.04 cm).
Mikhail Tolmachev, SLON, 2017, carousel slide projection, 8 min..
Mikhail Tolmachev, Re-locations, 2021, digital animation (24 min) and sound installation (12 min).
Mikhail Tolmachev, Waiting for movement, 2011, RA-4 print, 235/8 × 0 × 235/8 in. (59.94 × 0 × 59.94 cm).
Mikhail Tolmachev, Beyond visual range, 2014, installation, dimensions variable.