Current Residents
Past Resident2024: Estonian Contemporary Art Development Center
Karel Koplimets
Karel Koplimets is a photo, video, and installation artist who explores themes such as urban space, fear, prejudice, and climate change. His work is driven by a desire to understand patterns in human behavior and sociopolitical processes. Koplimets often incorporates stories, cases, or phenomena into his pieces, offering the viewer a narrative experience. His recent projects focus on emerging technologies, the fears associated with them, and their impact on climate change.
Karel Koplimets has exhibited work at Videobrasil, Brazil; Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Finland; and Manifesta 9 Genk, Belgium, among others.
Karel Koplimets, Your Order Is on Its Way, 2021, 4K video, colour, and sound, 7:28 min.
Karel Koplimets, Case No 13. Waiting for the Ship of Empties, 2017, performance installation and documentation , dimensions variable.
Current Resident: Sep 1, 2024–Feb 28, 2025
The New York Community Trust’s Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund
Studio #205
Artist
Nifemi Ogunro
Balancing utility and style, Brooklyn-based designer Nifemi Ogunro approaches their design process with equal consideration for both the bodies that interact with their objects and the forms of the objects themselves. While wood is the primary medium for their art and furniture-making practice, Ogunro draws inspiration from photography, film, performance, and movement. They describe their creations as functional sculptures.
Nifemi Ogunro has exhibited work at Side Gallery, Barcelona; and the Denver Art Museum, Colorado, among others.
nifemiogunro.com
Nifemi Ogunro, Untitled, 2021, sculpture/furniture, 12 × 491/2 × 9 in. (30.48 × 125.73 × 22.86 cm).
Nifemi Ogunro, Mrs. Sola, 2020, sculpture/furniture, 15 × 15 × 18 in. (38.1 × 38.1 × 45.72 cm).
Nifemi Ogunro, Tob(i), 2020, sculpture/furniture, 15 × 24 × 15 in. (38.1 × 60.96 × 38.1 cm).
Nifemi Ogunro, Reth, 2022, sculpture/furniture, 4 × 8 × 9 in. (10.16 × 20.32 × 22.86 cm).
Nifemi Ogunro, Topé, 2020, sculpture/furniture, 9 × 49 × 13 in. (22.86 × 124.46 × 33.02 cm).
Residents from United States
Ailyn Lee
Studio #210
Angel Lartigue
Studio #217
Past Resident2024: Canada Council for the Arts
Amy Ching-Yan Lam
Amy Ching-Yan Lam is an artist and writer whose work explores personal and communal histories, approaching them through intuition and necessity. Her practice is rooted in absurdity—where humor and sadness meet, or where the line between them blurs, creating a sense of instability. She primarily works in poetry, site-specific projects, and installation. Her publications include Property Journal (forthcoming, 2024), Baby Book (2023), and Looty Goes to Heaven (2022). Born in Hong Kong, Amy now lives in Tkaronto/Toronto.
Amy Ching-Yan Lam has exhibited work at Eastside Projects, United Kingdom; Seoul MediaCity Biennale, South Korea; and Richmond Art Gallery, Canada, among others.
Amy Ching-Yan Lam, Stolen from the British Museum (Rosetta Stone USB Key), 2021, USB key.
Amy Ching-Yan Lam, Needing and Wanting (fountain), collaboration with HaeAhn Woo Kwon, 2023, water pump, sink, cabinet and garbage can.
Amy Ching-Yan Lam, Property Calendar, 2023, newspaper print and acrylic.
Amy Ching-Yan Lam, Property Calendar (install), 2023, 10 calendars.
Amy Ching-Yan Lam, Looty Goes to Heaven, 2022, animation.
