Past Residents
Past Resident2019: Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, New York City Council District 34, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature
Furen Dai
Furen Dai’s practice has focused largely on the economy of culture industry, and how languages lose function, usage, and history. Dai’s hybrid art practice utilizes video, sound, sculpture, painting and collaboration. Her years as a professional translator and interest in linguistic studies have guided her artistic practice since 2015. She has been researching and developing the nearly extinct language of NüShu. The language, derived from Chinese characters, was created and used exclusively by women.
Furen Dai has exhibited work at the 13th Athens Digital Arts Festival, Greece; 2016 International Video Art Festival Now&After, Moscow, Russia; and Edinburgh Artists’ Moving Image Festival, Scotland, amongst other.
Furen Dai, The Experiential Industry, 2017, sculpture and video installation.
Furen Dai, Language Producing Factory, 2017, sculpture and video installation.
Furen Dai, Truth or Consequences, 2017, sculpture and video installation.
Furen Dai, Green for The Future, 2017, sculpture and video installation.
Furen Dai, #Silverwords, 2017, participatory performance.
Ground Floor Residents
Hong Seon Jang
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, 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, New York City Council District 34, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, Hartfield Foundation, Danna and Ed Ruscha, The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation
Sarah Zapata
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York City Council District 34, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, Danna and Ed Ruscha, The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Hartfield Foundation
Sasha Wortzel
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, New York City Council District 34, 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, The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso
Past Resident2018: Celebrate the Studio
Maria Varona
Maria Varona has been making embroideries since childhood. Varona was taught the technique by her grandmother, that she then developed as her practice by creating comic strips embroideries. She uses this format as a method of constructing a narrative line that often explores existential inquietudes.
Maria Varona has exhibited work at BronxArtSpace, New York; Roberto Paradise, San Juan; and Mondo Bizarro: Arte & Comics, San Juan, amongst others.
Maria Varona, #6, 2013, embroidery.
Maria Varona, El pescador, 2017, embroidery.
Maria Varona, La pantera de Camito, 2014, embroidery.
Maria Varona, El ratón, 2017, embroidery.
Residents from United States
Past Resident2018: Arts Council England, Liverpool Biennial
Harry Meadley
Loosely emulating the career trajectory of a comedian, but with the artistic license of needing to neither be funny nor successful, Harry Meadley has gone from delivering an artist talk as one-hour stand-up comedy special, to hosting his own late night talk show, producing an eight episode video series, and has just started the weekly interview-based podcast Ey Up. He is concerned with what it means to be an artist, and concerned about being one.
Harry Meadley is based in Leeds, United Kingdom. He has exhibited work at Liverpool Biennial, 2016; Eastside Projects, Birmingham, 2015; and Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sunderland, 2014, amongst others.
Events & Exhibitions
Salon: Harry Meadley and Antonia Low
January 30, 2018, 6:30–8pm
Harry Meadley, On the Bench (Episode 2), 2017, video, 14:54 min.
Harry Meadley, On the Bench (Episode 4), 2017, video, 17:06 min.
Harry Meadley, (Shhhhhhhhh), 2015, billboard poster, 117 × 235 in. (297.18 × 596.9 cm).
Harry Meadley, The Harry Meadley Show, 2017, late night talk show, 40:40 min.
Harry Meadley, Artists Talk, 2016, stand-up comedy special, 60 min.
