Current Resident: Jan 1, 2021–Jun 30, 2021
Fire Station - Qatar Museums
Studio #209
Artist
Yousef Bahzad
Yousef Bahzad works with painting and experimental photography. The artist maintains and builds upon what he refers to ‘visual mythos,’ consisting of past drawings, paintings, and photographs. Bahzad observes how the works supplement and speak to each other as a starting point to explore themes of individuality and universality.
Yousef Bahzad has exhibited work at Fire Station, Doha, Qatar, and ITSLIQUID Group, Venice, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2021 Spring Open Studios
April 27–April 28, 2021
Yousef Bahzad, Wraith, 2019, oil on canvas, 353/8 × 395/16 in. (89.92 × 99.82 cm).
Yousef Bahzad, Cave, 2016, oil on canvas, 681/2 × 681/8 in. (173.99 × 172.97 cm).
Yousef Bahzad, Untitled, 2017, oil on canvas, 681/8 × 681/8 in. (172.97 × 172.97 cm).
Yousef Bahzad, Conflagration, 2017, oil on canvas, 181/8 × 24 in. (45.97 × 60.96 cm).
Yousef Bahzad, I, 2017, oil on canvas, 24 × 297/8 in. (60.96 × 75.95 cm).
Current Resident: Jan 1, 2021–Jun 30, 2021
Beca Arte, CCU - Corporación Cultural La Araucana
Studio #211
Artist
Nicolás Grum
Nicolás Grum focuses his investigation on power relationships and its most diverse manifestations in different contexts. In the last years, he has been working specifically on museums from the western world, and collections acquired through colonial networks, providing a critique over museums representation and museological practice. He understands his work as a process that articulates through manipulation or re-interpretation of historical facts, in order to create an alternative narrative of what is imposed as “the official truth”.
Nicolás Grum has exhibited work at Beijing 798 Biennale; transmediale, Berlin; and Instituto Itaú Cultura, Sau Paulo, among others.
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Events & Exhibitions
Salon: Nicolas Grum (Chile) and Jiandyin (Thailand)
September 7, 2010
Nicolás Grum, Leading with the exotic, 2019, collage, 6 × 8 in. (15.24 × 20.32 cm).
Nicolás Grum, Puerta del Sol (from the serie La Ruina de la Ruina), 2015, mix media sculpture, 1711/16 × 105/8 × 1113/16 in. (44.96 × 26.92 × 29.97 cm).
Nicolás Grum, Ollantaitambo (from the serie La Ruina de la Ruina), 2015, mix media sculpture, 2811/16 × 85/8 × 135/16 in. (72.9 × 21.84 × 33.78 cm).
Nicolás Grum, Investigation Room (From the serie A personal voyage through the British Museum), 2020, ink on paper, 12 × 9 in. (30.48 × 22.86 cm).
Nicolás Grum, Label (From the serie A personal voyage through the British Museum), 2020, ink on paper, 12 × 9 in. (30.48 × 22.86 cm).
Current Resident: Mar 1, 2021–Jun 30, 2021
Consulate General of Spain in New York
Studio #214
Artist
Miki Leal
Miki Leal’s practice is characterized by the use of irony, distancing from conventional painting, and the questioning of “isms”. His work reflects his personal iconography and explores a range of topics including architecture, cinema, travel, jazz music, and the camp aesthetic. Over the years, he developed sculptural ceramic pieces to move his painting into three-dimensional space.
Miki Leal has exhibited work at Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles; County Hall Gallery, London; and CAC Málaga, Spain, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2021 Spring Open Studios
April 27–April 28, 2021
Miki Leal, DANDY'S EN ROMA (EL PRIMER DÍA EN VILLA MÉDICI), 2017, acrylic and watercolor on paper, 1181/8 × 865/8 in. (300 × 219.96 cm).
Miki Leal, Cocodrilos en la pista. Estudio para una pieza Camp, 2019, installation view at Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos CAB, Spain, variable dimensions.
Miki Leal, Gente conocida / Derecho a entrar, Installation view at CAC Málaga, Spain, 2020, variable dimensions.
Miki Leal, PALOMARES (cerca de La Laguna), 2019, acrylic and watercolor on paper, 5913/16 × 865/8 in. (151.99 × 219.96 cm).
Miki Leal, PARA LA CASA DE SOMMERFELD, 2019, acrylic and watercolor on paper, 1791/2 × 865/8 in. (455.98 × 219.96 cm).
