Past Residents
Past Resident2024: Danish Arts Foundation
Maja Malou Lyse
Maja Malou Lyse is a multidisciplinary artist exploring themes that address the complexities of image and pleasure politics through an immersive practice. Using mediated, image-based platforms, which are deeply embedded in our daily lives—such as magazines, television shows and digital medias—Lyse’s works highlight the ways in which our desires are deeply connected to the cultural and political realities of our time.
Maja Malou Lyse has exhibited work at Kunstmuseum Brandts; ARoS Aarhus Art Museum; and Kunsthal Charlottenborg, all in Denmark, among others.
Maja Malou Lyse, Antibodies, 2022, video, 10 min. Charlottenborg Kunsthal, Denmark.
Maja Malou Lyse, Antibodies, 2022, video, 10 min. Charlottenborg Kunsthal, Denmark.
Maja Malou Lyse, WAP, 2023, video, 17 min.
Maja Malou Lyse, Pressure Picture, 2023, video billboard, 2 min. Commision for Roskilde Festival 2023 in collaboration with Esben Weile Kjær.
Maja Malou Lyse, Untitled, 2019, sculpture. Courtesy of Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Denmark.
Residents from Denmark
Past Resident2024: Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport of Austria
Michail Michailov
In his practice, Michail Michailov explores fundamental human questions such as: Who am I? Who are we? How do we connect? And what defines our existence? Through his drawings, videos, and performances, he delves deep into these existential concers, staging not just his own “self” but its diverse manifestations within immersive installations that often draw inspiration from the exhibition space itself. His exploration of identity spans from the minutiae of dust settled in his studio to the vast landscape he navigates as a body.
Michail Michailov has exhibited work at Belvedere Palace, Vienna; 2022 Venice Biennale, Venice; and re.riddle, San Francisco, among others.
Michail Michailov, Dust to dust, 2024, installation. Carlone Contemporary, Belvedere, Vienna. Johannes Stoll.
Michail Michailov, Ground to overhead, 2024, installation. Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco. Dan Liberti.
Michail Michailov, Self-brainwashing #3, 2022, performative intervention. Ca Foscari University of Venice, Italy.
Michail Michailov, There you are, 2022, installation. Bulgarian Pavilion, Spazio Rava, 2022 Venice Biennale. Lisa Rastl.
Michail Michailov, Dust to dust, detail, 2022, colored pencil on paper. Bulgarian Pavilion, Spazio Rava, 2022 Venice Biennale. Kalin Serapinov.
Residents from Austria
Past Resident2024: Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport of Austria
Sarah Bechter
Sarah Bechter explores the complexities of painting, blurring the lines between the private and the public, and challenging surface norms. Her canvases go beyond mere projection surfaces, sparking discourse among themselves. Employing a wide range of techniques and references, Bechter questions the validity of her creations. She engages viewers by hinting protagonists and objects, evoking a mysterious and dream-like atmosphere.
Sarah Bechter has exhibited work at Belvedere 21; Kunsthalle Sankt Gallen; Kuenstlerhaus Bregenz, all in Austria, among others.
Sarah Bechter, Fountain (I'm all over you), 2022, oil and pigment on canvas, 60 × 70 in. (152.4 × 177.8 cm).
Sarah Bechter, Somebody And Somebody Else's Suggested Limits Of My Latitude, 2023, oil and pigment on canvas, 60 × 70 in. (152.4 × 177.8 cm).
Sarah Bechter, Somebody And Somebody Else In Flourishing Maneuver, 2023, oil and pigment on canvas, 60 × 70 in. (152.4 × 177.8 cm).
Sarah Bechter, No Occasion For Reduction, 2023, oil and pigment on canvas, 49,2 × 35,4 in. (49,2 × 35,4 cm).
Sarah Bechter, Stretching this Dynamics, 2023, oil and pigment on canvas, 215/8 × 30 in. (54.86 × 76.2 cm).