Past Residents
Past Resident2020: 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, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, William Talbott Hillman Foundation, Hartfield Foundation
Shahpour Pouyan
In his practice Shahpour Pouyan explores power, domination, and possession through culture. He transforms political issues into a monument of poetic and visual form. The repetition of mistakes and errors is one of his main concerns, and he reflects this by bringing historical aesthetics and mediums to his art practice. He grapples with materials provided from the political world and historic documents; the poetic qualities of power and the human condition inspire him.
Shahpour Pouyan has exhibited work at Yinchuan Museum of Contemporary Art, China; Grey Art Gallery, New York University; and The Rubin Museum of Art, New York, among others.
Ground Floor Residents
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
Simon Liu
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, 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, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, Hartfield Foundation, Danna and Ed Ruscha, The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation
Past Resident2020: Fire Station - Qatar Museums
Mohammed Al-Atiq
In his practice, Mohammed Al-Atiq uses simple elements, ordinary tools and at times cheap materials to create pieces that explore the ideas of time and place. He is also interested in building unusual connections between the work and the audience.
Mohammed Al-Atiq has exhibited Qatar Fine Art Society; Complesso Monumentale, Rome; and Avesta Cafe del Arto, Frankfurt, among others.
Residents from Qatar
Jianru Wu
Jianru Wu is a curator and writer based in Guangzhou. Her practice look at the consequences of rapidly diversifying structures of relationship and power in East Asia within a digital era. Her curatorial works include “Re/sentiment” (2016) at A+ Contemporary, Shanghai and “Southern Climate” (2017) at N3 Gallery, Beijing. “Forget Sorrow Grass: An Archaeology of Feminine Time” (co-curated with Sirui Zhang, 2019) at Guangdong Times Museum. She is the Director of Media Lab at Guangdong Times Museum since 2019.
Jianru Wu has presented exhibitions at OCAT, Xi’an; N3 Gallery, Beijing; Guangdong Times Museum, Guangzhou, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
One (Illegitimate) Child
March 17–October 9, 2020