Past Residents
Past Resident2024: Pro Helvetia, Atelier Flex - Kanton Zug
Pascale Birchler
Pascale Birchler creates theatrical installations that form a multi-layered system of visual connotations. Her work explores the embodiment of loneliness and stalemate, as well as the contemporary status quo.
Pascale Birchler has exhibited work at Istituto Svizzero, Rome; UCCA Edge, Shanghai; and Gallery Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, among others.
Pascale Birchler, Da sind wir, losgekettet von der Sonne (Here we are, unchained from the sun), close up, 2022, sculpture, wood, modeling clay, glaze, pigments, artificial hair, oil painting on wood, acrylic glass, metal frame, flowers, wire and textile, dimensions variable.
Pascale Birchler, Da sind wir, losgekettet von der Sonne (Here we are, unchained from the sun), 2022, sculpture, wood, modeling clay, glaze, pigments, artificial hair, oil painting on wood, acrylic glass, metal frame, flowers, wire and textile, dimensions variable.
Pascale Birchler, In den Wiesen I-III (In the Meadows I-III), 2020, aquarellle and colored pencil on paper, 865/8 × 59 in. (219.96 × 149.86 cm)
Pascale Birchler, Schmetterlingsstühle I / II (Butterfly Chairs I / II), 2019, metal and glass with burned glasspainting, dimensions variable.
Pascale Birchler, Die Dichter (The Poets), 2018, wood, padding, modelling glay, glaze, textile and oil pencil, dimensions variable.
Past Resident2023: Danish Arts Foundation
Mai Dengsøe Hansen
Mai Dengsøe Hansen’s practice reflects a rare eclectic approach that is at ease with the coexistence of fiction, theory, and curating – building a bridge between generations. She is currently the Artistic Director of Gl. Holtegaard in Copenhagen, Denmark and previously worked as an assistant to German artist Ursula Reuter Christiansen from 2018 to 20 and wrote the first book on the artist, A 60-year Expanse of Paintings. Hansen holds an Art History degree from the University of Copenhagen and the Humboldt-Universität in Berlin.
Mai Dengsøe Hansen has curated exhibitions at Gl. Holtegaard; Rønnebæksholm; and Tønder Kunstmuseum, all in Denmark.
Mai Dengsøe Hansen, Bedtime, 2023, installaton shot
Mai Dengsøe Hansen, Bedtime, 2023, installaton shot
Mai Dengsøe Hansen, Sengetid, 2023, paint on ceiling, from the exhibition 'Frankfurterkreuz'
Residents from Denmark
Past Resident2023: Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin
Aileen Murphy
Aileen Murphy creates paintings that convey corporeal and psychological tenacity. Murphy employs painting as an artistic process in which color and motion are living wires.
Aileen Murphy has exhibited work at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin; Deborah Schamoni, Munich; and Amanda Wilkinson, London, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2023 Fall Open Studios
November 10–November 11, 2023
Aileen Murphy, soprano crush, 2023, oil, oil bar, acrylic ink and pencil on canvas, 707/8 × 627/8 in. (180.09 × 159.77 cm)
Aileen Murphy, Hi! Arrangement, 2022, oil and pigment on canvas, 755/16 × 701/16 in. (191.26 × 178.03 cm)
Aileen Murphy, PANTING, 2019, exhibition view. Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin
Aileen Murphy, In the gale, with Gale, 2020, oil and oil bar on canvas, 76.8
Aileen Murphy, food that I would feed my lover, 2022, exhibition view. Deborah Schamoni, Munich
