Past Residents
Past Resident2014: Meg-Multiforms, The Gallery Apart
Alice Schivardi
Alice Schivardi is interested in collecting stories and establishing human relationships, leading her toward a pursuit of the other as well as of the self. She focuses both on the natural and human condition, using technological and manual language. Schivardi’s work explores social phenomena and their logic, with a methodology that treasures the intimate exchange of micro-experiences. The threads of her “embroidery drawings” become a link between the artist and the stories, the artistic process and the finished artwork. Alice Schivardi lives and works in Rome.
Events & Exhibitions
Alice Schivardi: Wormholes
April 22–May 10, 2014
Alice Schivardi, Coccinelle, 2012, 32 pieces: embroidery drawings, curved glass, and resin frames. Courtesy of the artist.
Alice Schivardi, A Imagine e Somiglianza (detail), 2012, Embroidered drawing, scotch and collage on acetate paper. Courtesy of the artist.
Alice Schivardi, Equazione Uno, 2012, Installation of six speakers, embroidered drawing, scotch and collage on acetate paper. Courtesy of the artist.
Alice Schivardi, Portable Bug Cemetery, 2013, Lawn, earth, and insects, 138 × 16 × 138 in. (350.52 × 40.64 × 350.52 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Alice Schivardi, Portable Bug Cemetery (detail), 2013, Lawn, earth, and insects, 138 × 16 × 138 in. (350.52 × 40.64 × 350.52 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Italy
Raffaela Naldi Rossano
The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies, Columbia University, Italian Cultural Institute of New York, Directorate-General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture
2024
Past Resident2013: Davidoff Art Initiative
Mónica Ferreras De la Maza
Mónica Ferreras De la Maza’s body of work has an autobiographical component that captures periods of growth and anxiety in her own chronology. Some symbols and style elements recur often, like the spiral, the maze, and also the obsessive use of points, circles, and lines. Ferreras constructs her paintings by building layer upon layer of form and color. Parallel to her painting, she produces video art and installation based on daily social observation.
Mónica Ferreras De la Maza was born and lives in the Dominican Republic. Over the course of her career, Ferreras has produced 12 solo exhibitions and has participated in group shows in the United States, Europe, and the Dominican Republic including Inside and Out: Recent Trends in the Arts of the Dominican Republic, IDB Cultural Center, Washington, DC; Entre-Vues, Foundation Clément, Martinique; Latitudes 2009, Paris; Island Nation, RISD Museum, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence; VideoAKT, GlogauAIR Art Center, Berlin and Politica de la Diferencia: Arte Iberoamericano de Fin de Siglo, Centro de convenciones Pernabumco, Recife.
Mónica Ferreras De la Maza, Alegria, 2012, Acrylic on canvas, 40 × 40 in. (101.6 × 101.6 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Mónica Ferreras De la Maza, Totem Para Villa Francisca, 2011, Installation, 78 × 96 in. (198.12 × 243.84 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Mónica Ferreras De la Maza, Este Cuento se Jodio, 2011, Video, 2:20 min. Courtesy of the artist.
Mónica Ferreras De la Maza, Una Ventana, Una Ilusion I, 2010, Acrylic on canvas, 50 × 981/2 in. (127 × 250.19 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Mónica Ferreras De la Maza, Esperanza, 2012, Acrylic on canvas, 40 × 50 in. (101.6 × 127 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Dominican Republic
Joiri Minaya
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, Jerome Foundation, The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation
2021
Past Resident2012: ACC - Asian Cultural Council
Ambie Abaño
Ambie Abaño’s shift from painting to printmaking brought her to an exploration of the medium as she investigates portraiture in relation to both material and process. From two-dimensional prints, her experimental works led to the creation of portraits and figures in sculpture, mixed media works, and installations, always with an element of traditional printmaking processes.
Ambie Abaño (born Manila 1967) abandoned the practice of architecture in favor of being a visual artist. She exhibits widely in the Philippines and across Asia. Abaño is a faculty member at the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts. For the past six years, she served as president of the Philippine Association of Printmakers and remains active in their training program. Her solo exhibitions include: SurFACE (2011); Sanctuaire des memoires (2012) at the Alliance Francaise de Manille, and TransFIGURATION at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (2006). She participated in A/P: Analog Playground, Ateneo Art Gallery, Manila; The Speaking House, Kerala, India (2012); Asian International Art Exhibition (2007-2011), and Open Studios at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (2011).
Ambie Abaño, Trapped, 2009, Stuffed prints on textile, 24 × 24 × 24 in. (60.96 × 60.96 × 60.96 cm).
Ambie Abaño, Prayer, 2009, Installation with woodcut on textile and plastic.
Ambie Abaño, Self Awareness, 2011, Oil painting and woodcut on phillippine mahogany, 72 × 60 in. (182.88 × 152.4 cm).
Ambie Abaño, Diaries, 2010, Woodcut on recycled wood carved into books.
